Macalester College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in St. Paul, Minnesota, has awarded tenure to eight faculty members. Seven of these tenure awards went to women.
is a Russian/Soviet historian whose research interests include the global history of food security, the history of science and technology, and agricultural history. She joined the faculty at the college in 2019. She is the author of Seeds of Exchange: Soviets, Americans, and Cooperation in Agriculture, 1921-1935 (Northern Illinois University Press, 2025). A native of Moscow, Dr. Fedorova earned a master’s degree in history from Washington State University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
is a mathematician who studies fundamental inequalities in harmonic analysis. In her research, she characterizes the conditions under which functions satisfy well-known inequalities and describes the extreme situations under which these equations become equalities. Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the Macalester College faculty, Dr. Flock conducted post-doctoral studies at the University of Birmingham in England and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
teaches in the department of media and cultural studies. Her interests include art, history, place studies, Black feminisms, and power. Dr. Gardner received her bachelor’s degree in art and art history from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and holds a master of fine arts degree in interdisciplinary practices and time-based media from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned a Ph.D. in feminist studies from the University of Minnesota.
is a statistician specializing in data science, biostatistics, and statistical genetics. She joined the college’s faculty in 2020. Most recently, her work has focused on developing statistical methods for genetic studies in populations with mixed, diverse ancestry. Dr. Grinde is a graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she majored in mathematics. She earned a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of Washington…