Sarah Prior
I received a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Gonzaga University. I then received a MA in Applied Sociology and a Master’s certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Northern Arizona University.
Saul Beceiro-Novo
I was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in the Spring of 2017. I had previously served as an instructor in the P-A Department (2015-2017) and a research associate in MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (2012-2015).
Scott Farver
Scott Farver, is an Assistant Professor (fixed-term) in the Department of Teacher Education. He is originally from Michigan, and has deep ties to Michigan State–he completed his PhD here nearly 75 years after his grandfather first attended MSU in the 1940s to study agriculture.
Season of Challenge, Support, Reflection and Integration
It’s a time when we often reflect on what has been happening in our lives personally and professionally, as we recognize the seasons also changing around us. This combination of reflection and change is often what we think about when characterizing what it means to be an educational institution where learning is at the center – learning that requires considering new ideas,
Senta Goertler
Senta Goertler, Ph.D. (University of Arizona) is an Associate Professor of Second Language Studies and German. She currently serves as the Director of Basic Languages in the German Program, where she oversees first- and second-year language instruction and the Graduate Teaching Assistants.
Senta Goertler
Senta Goertler is Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures and also serves as the Director of Basic Languages in the German program.
Settling In and Getting Connected
On behalf of all of us with the Academic Advancement Network, we want to thank the many attendees who participated in New Administrator and New Faculty and Academic Staff Orientation in early August.
Seven Mattes
Seven Mattes, received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2018, specializing in human-animal relationships and Japan Studies. Her applied research is aimed at improving disaster preparedness and resiliency for animals by incorporating a multispecies perspective.
Sieglinde Snapp
Sieglinde Snapp is a Professor of Soils and Cropping Systems Ecology in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and Associate Director of the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations at Michigan State University.