Economics
Stephen Burks
professor of economics and management
- US trucking industry and truck driver labor market
- Behavioral economic field experiments
- Behavioral personnel economics
Environment
Troy Goodnough
sustainability director
- Sustainability in rural communities
- On-site energy production
- Community-based sustainability projects
Equity and Access
Becca Gercken
chief diversity officer / associate professor of English and Native American and Indigenous studies
- Representations of Native and Indigenous peoples in books, film, and television
- Federal Indian policy
Health
Rachel Johnson
assistant professor of biology / acting chair of the Division of Science and Mathematics
- Immunotherapy treatments for cancer
- Infectious diseases
- The spread of diseases
Kerry Michael
assistant professor of psychology
- Opioids
- Addiction
- Drug court
- Public health
- Rural health
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Stress
Minnesota
Stephen Gross
archivist / associate professor of history
- Minnesota history
- Rural history
- History of American immigration
Politics and Policy
Tim Lindberg
assistant professor of political science
- Rural-urban divide in Minnesota politics
- Political behavior
- American political development
Popular Culture
Janet Schrunk Ericksen
acting chancellor / associate professor of English and medieval and ancient studies
- Medieval literature in contemporary popular culture
- History of the English language
- Humanities in higher education