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!

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.