Professor Pop-Up
Want the inside scoop on Winona State’s academic programs?
Scroll through the Professor Pop-Up blogs below to learn what our academic programs have to offer inside and outside the classroom and get to know some of our incredibly talented professors. Who knows, maybe you’ll have a class with them one day!
Charting New Waters: Dr. Kairies-Beatty’s Impact on Ocean Policy
Meet Dr. Candace Kairies-Beatty, a professor in the Geoscience Department at Winona State University. Dr. Kairies-Beatty was selected for a prestigious fellowship, giving her the opportunity to work on an environmental justice policy through the Biden-Harris...
Talan Memmott: Pioneering Mass Communication with AI
Meet Dr. Memmott, founder of WSU’s Creative Digital Media program and a featured artist in a University of California Berkeley exhibition.
Professor Barnard: Trailblazing Adventure Education
Meet Eric Barnard, an Assistant Professor in the Physical Education & Sport Science (PESS) Department at Winona State University. He not only helped develop a resource center for local outdoor enthusiasts, but also continues to adapt Winona State’s program based...
Professor Pop-Up: History & Legal Studies
Dr. Juandrea Bates from History & Legal Studies created a class about how age has shaped children’s perspectives throughout history. That class also inspired her to pursue and publish award-winning research about Argentine youth.
Professor Pop-Up: Leadership Education
Dr. Steven Baule from Leadership Education helped identify a growing need for special education directors in K-12 schools around the nation—and created a new program at WSU to meet this demand head-on.
Professor Pop-Up: Composite Materials Engineering
If you want to make things, break things, and figure out how to improve them, you could turn that drive into a career as a composites engineer. I became a professor of Composite Materials Engineering because it’s still a relatively new field and there are so many...
Professor Pop-Up: Criminal Justice
If you like understanding how the law intersects with real life, you could foster that interest into a career as a law enforcement or corrections officer or any of the many personnel in the Criminal Justice system. After being a prosecuting attorney for 11 years, I...
Professor Pop-Up: Biochemistry
If you enjoy studying how everything around us is connected and how living things run, you could harness those passions into a career as a chemist. I think the most meaningful connections a student can make during their college career come from watching their...
Professor Pop-Up: Sociology
If you like to people-watch and understand individuals’ stories and roles in society, you could foster those interests into a career as a sociologist. I went to college thinking I’d become a high school math teacher, but an introductory sociology course instantly...
Professor Pop-Up: Athletic Training
Tunnel your passion for sports by studying Athletic Training at WSU. Hear from Dr. Brian Zeller as he gives you a glimpse into our technology, experiential learning, and 3+2 master’s program opportunities—and learn why he went into the field himself.
