Minnesota


A mixed race woman wearing a black blazer and glasses.
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Tanisha Fazal is a professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. She focuses on sovereignty, international law, and armed conflict. Her current research looks at the long-term cost of war and the effects of medical care improvements in conflict zones.

An Oglala Lakota man wearing two long braids and a black chef's apron leans against a tan counter.
Added 01/28/22 | Location: Minnesota | Subjects: ,

Sean Sherman is a chef born and raised in Pine Ridge, S.D., and a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe. His primary focus is the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America. In 2014, he opened The Sioux Chef, a business providing catering and food education in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.

Added 04/20/20 | Location: Minnesota | Subjects:

Shashi Shekhar, a McKnight Distinguished University Professor at the University of Minnesota, is a leading scholar of spatial computing (think Google Maps, Uber and geotagging) and Geographic Information Systems.

Updated 04/22/21 | Location: Minnesota | Subjects: ,

Robin Washington is a longtime journalist and transportation writer and editor-at-large of The Forward, America’s oldest Jewish journalism outlet.

Added 08/06/15 | Location: Minnesota | Subjects:

Purna C. Kashyap is an assistant professor of medicine and physiology at the Mayo Clinic.

Updated 04/04/21 | Location: Minnesota | Subjects:

Anton Treuer is a professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University in Minnesota and a staff member of its American Indian Resource Center.