College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities Campus
101 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Meet the Faculty
CLA’s faculty are outstanding teachers and scholars. They engage in research and creative works that reshape the ways we see the world. Our students look to them for inspiration, academic advice, research collaborations and more. Let us introduce you to some of them.
Kathleen Collins, Political Science
Collins has faced some personal risks conducting her research on clan politics in Central Asia.
Tracey Deutsch, historian
How is your diet different from someone who lives in another part of town? Why do poor neighborhoods tend to have poor diets? Learn what Deutsch discovered about how we shop for food.
Chris Federico, psychology professor
Federico seeks to uncover the roots of racial inequality by looking at how we are socialized and how we understand cultural and political issues.
Carl Flink, dance professor
Through his roles as a dancer,choreographer, teacher, attorney and community activist, Flink builds bridges between the dance department and the community.
Ascan Koerner, communications studies professor
Koerner’s study of how parents and children communicate may help us build stronger communication in the world.
Kathryn Kohnert, speech pathology scholar
By facilitating an understanding of language variances, Kohnert hopes to help the next generations of speech pathologists and improve the lives of bilingual children.
Ron Krebs, political science
Does war affect our democracy? Does it change the way we view our rights? These are the questions Ron Krebs is looking to answer.
Erika Lee, historian
Lee strives to preserve and expand the documented history of Asian Americans. She was one of the leaders in creating CLA's Asian American studies minor.
Karen Till, geography professor
Human geographer Till helps students understand the global economy from the contents of their backpacks.
Susy Ziegler, biogeographer
Zielger uses tree ring cores, history, cartography and detective work to tell the story of forests in the Adirondacks and in Minnesota.