Faculty invited to participate as workshop leaders for 36th Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference

We would like to invite all faculty to participate as workshop leaders in the 36th Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference for 7th-9th grade girls to be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015.  We would also really appreciate student volunteers to work with faculty for this event.  Participation in this conference looks GREAT on your résumé!  Also think about the impact a positive […]

Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson Named MN Professor of the Year

Film Professor, Filmmaker is MSUM’s 11th CASE Professor of the Year View an interview with Kyja here. The art of filmmaking balances the big picture against the small picture details, said Minnesota State University Moorhead film studies Professor Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson. That harmony is also central to the teaching and learning process, a balance Kristjansson-Nelson manages with sharp perspective and fluid […]

“MSUM’s Kristjansson-Nelson named Minnesota’s Professor of the Year” InForum article

By Grace Lyden on Nov 19, 2014 at 11:47 p.m. MOORHEAD, Minn. – A film professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead became the school’s 11th Minnesota Professor of the Year on Thursday. Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, 35, has been on MSUM’s faculty since 2006 and will receive the award today in Washington, D.C. The Professors of the Year program recognizes excellence in […]

Kandace Creel Falcón presented research at National Women’s Studies Association meeting

Kandace Creel Falcón, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies presented her research at the National Women’s Studies Association meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico November 13-16. She presented a paper titled, “Railway Visions and Chicana Lives: Realizing the Chicana Feminist Interdisciplinary Archive.” Her work was one of over 500 presentations at the largest attended NWSA conference with over 1500 attendees.