Minnesota State Mankato's Fall 2026 Geography and Anthropology Colloquia Features 9 Events
Geography & Anthropology Colloquia - Fall 2026
Fridays, 3 - 4 p.m., Armstrong Hall 15
All are welcome.
Questions: Dr. Donald Friend, 507-389-2618, friend@mnsu.edu
Sept. 25 – The Water Supply, and thus, Water Security Crisis in Asia
Dr. Donald A. Friend – Distinguished professor of geography, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Oct. 2 – Glaciers, Prairies and Plows: Soils as Environmental Barometers of Southern Minnesota
Dr. Mark Bowen – Professor of geography, co-director of the EARTH Systems Lab, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Oct. 9 – Anthropology, Climate Change, Hope and Possibility
Dr. Thomas A. Williamson – Kenneth Bjork Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Olaf College
Oct. 16 – Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation
Dr. William G. Moseley – DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
Oct. 23 – Minnesota GIS/LIS Student Competition Presentation
Mr. Timothy Reiter – MSU geography graduate student, Tree Canopy Extraction and Deep Learning Identification of Green Ash Trees in Rochester, Minnesota
Nov. 7 – Disaster Nationalism in Sri Lanka and Beyond
Dr. Vivian Choi – associate professor and chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Olaf College
Nov. 13 – Ghosts in the Room: Local Government’s Uneasy Discussions and Decisions About Dark Tourism
Dr. Beth A. Wielde Heidelberg – professor of urban studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Nov. 20 – Community Projects at the MSU Water Resources Center
Ms. Kim Musser – director, Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dec. 4 – Leave the Farm but Keep the Land: Absentee Minnesota Farmland Owners
Dr. Anna Versluis – professor of geography, Gustavus Adolphus College
The Geography & Anthropology Colloquium is the longest running speaker series at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
