The resident members of Theta of Minnesota are the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University faculty and staff who were themselves elected to Phi Beta Kappa as undergraduates. Resident members are responsible for electing student, alumni, and honorary members; organizing the annual induction ceremony; and coordinating campus visits from Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars.
Listed below are Theta of Minnesota’s current resident members and the institutions where they were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Please contact Chapter President Laura Taylor with any corrections or updates to this list.
Jon M. Armajani
Professor of Peace Studies
Oberlin College
Pamela L. Bacon
Associate Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Carleton College
Charles Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Colgate University
D. Gordon Brown
Associate Professor of Biology
Colby College
Shawn Colberg
Dean of School of Theology and Seminary
Saint Olaf College
Emily Colton
Instructor of Education
Middlebury College
Ana Conboy
Associate Professor of French in the Languages & Cultures Department (Chair)
Bowdoin College
Clark Cotton
Associate Professor of Biology
Saint Olaf College
Jeff DuBois
Associate Professor of Japanese in the Languages & Cultures Department
University of Rochester
Corrie Grosse
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
University of Idaho
Daniel Gullo
Director of the Malta Study Center, HMML
University of Wisconsin
Nicholas Hayes
University Chair in Critical Thinking
University of Minnesota
Noreen L. Herzfeld
Professor of Computer Science and Theology
Saint Olaf College
Louis D. Johnston
Professor of Economics
University of Minnesota
Kelly Rae Kraemer
Professor of Peace Studies
Washington University
David Paul Lange, OSB
Brother of Saint John’s Monastery
Saint Olaf College
Rachel Mazzara
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics in the Languages & Cultures Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Derek Moore
Instructor of Nursing
The College of William and Mary
David T. Mitchell
Professor of Biology
Beloit College
Sanford L. Moskowitz
Professor of Global Business Leadership
City College of New York
Peter Ohmann
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
Elisheva Perelman
Associate Professor of History
Mount Holyoke College
James H. Read
Professor of Political Science
University of Chicago
Susan Riley
Independent Scholar
University of Minnesota
Jennifer Schaefer
Associate Professor of Biology (Chair)
Saint Olaf College
Jason Schlude
Associate Professor of Classics in the Languages & Cultures Department
Macalester College
Vincent M. Smiles
Professor of Theology
Fordham University
Yvette South
Associate Professor of English (Chair)
University of Notre Dame
Columba Stewart, OSB
Executive Director of HMML; Professor in the School of Theology
Harvard University
Erica K. L. Stonestreet
Associate Professor of Philosophy (Chair)
Gustavus Adolphus College
Diana Symons
Associate Director for Learning and Research (Libraries)
Willamette University
Laura M. Taylor
Associate Professor of Theology (Chair) and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
Fairfield University
The following individuals are resident members who have retired from CSB and SJU. We value their legacy and, as some remain active participants in the work of the chapter, their ongoing contributions to academic life at CSB and SJU.
Richard P. Albares
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
P. Richard Bohr
Professor Emeritus of History and Asian Studies
University of California, Davis
Gary I. Brown
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
University of California, Los Angeles
Jayne Byrne
Professor Emerita of Nutrition
College of St. Catherine
Henry Jakubowski
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
SUNY, Albany
Thomas Kirkman
Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Physics
College of Wooster
Scott Richardson
Professor Emeritus of Classics in the Languages & Cultures Department
Harvard University
Daniel J. Steck
Professor Emeritus of Physics
University of Michigan
Wendy Sterba
Professor Emerita of German in the Languages & Cultures Department
Reed College
Martha Tomhave Blauvelt
Professor Emerita of Gender Studies
University of Minnesota
Richard M. Wielkiewicz
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of Hawaii
Elizabeth Wurdak
Professor Emerita of Biology
Boston University