Who We Are

Editors

Editor:
Laurie Moberg
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota

Administrative Editor:
Phyllis Mauch Messenger
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota

Editorial Assistants:
Lily Ryan
Master’s Student, Creative Writing, and Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota

Zoe Senecal
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Northwestern University

Mikala Stokes
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Northwestern University

Media and Production Manager:
Joanne Richardson
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota

Editorial Board

Christine Baeumler
Art, University of Minnesota

M. Bianet Castellanos
Institute for Advanced Study and American Studies, University of Minnesota

Vicente M. Diaz
American Indian Studies, University of California Los Angeles

Tia-Simone Gardner
Department of Media and Cultural Studies, Macalester College

Mark Gorman
Policy Analyst, Retired, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Simi Kang
Department of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Melissa Kenney
Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

Emma Molls
University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Services, University of Minnesota

David Naguib Pellow
Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Susannah L. Smith
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota

Wendy F. Todd
Department of Natural Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast Juneau

Andrew Wickert
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota

Kelly Wisecup
Department of English, Northwestern University

Graduate Student Committee, 2024-25 Cohort

  • Fouzia B. Bhat, University of Minnesota – Duluth
  • Nicole Emanuel, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
  • Karaline Green, University of Minnesota – Duluth
  • Adrian Gronseth, University of Iowa
  • Vanessa Jimenez Juarez, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
  • Amjad Ali Khan, Hazara University Mansehra
  • Abigail Murray, University of Washington
  • Abha Panda, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
  • Asmita Saha, Illinois State University
  • Tyler Sirovy, University of California – Los Angeles
  • Jessica Tran, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
  • Parker Webster, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Contact Us

Open Rivers
Institute for Advanced Study
University of Minnesota
Northrop
84 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Telephone: (612) 626-5054
Fax: (612) 625-8583
E-mail: openrvrs@umn.edu
Web Site: https://openrivers.umn.edu
ISSN: 2471-190X