Leadership – Institute for Freedom and Community

Institute Director

The Morrison Family Director of The Institute is appointed by the St.Olaf College President, is responsible for overall Institute programming, and acts in consultation with the Director’s Council.

Christopher B Chapp: Morrison Family Director of The Institute, Associate Professor of Political Science

Staff

Jessica Madoll: Coordinator

Student Support Staff

Kate Linggi ’25
Major: English

Emma Rezac ’25
Majors: Sociology/Anthropology, Spanish, and Gender/ Sexuality Studies

Director’s council

The members of the Director’s Council are also appointed by the St. Olaf College President. The Council provides advice and guidance to the Institute’s Director, helps the Director integrate the Institute’s mission and goals throughout the college, and reports to the college President the extent to which The Institute is accomplishing its mission.

Faculty Members

Kathryn E Ananda-Owens, Professor of Music – Piano; Department Chair of Music

Brian Borovsky — Brian P Borovsky, Professor of Physics

Jenna M Coughlin,
Assistant Professor of Norwegian; Norwegian Section Head; Director of Nordic Studies

Olaf Hall-Holt, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Colin Harris, Tomson Family Assistant Professor of Law and Economics

Ashley Hodgson, Frank Gery Associate Professor of Economics; Department Chair of Economics

Susan L Huehn, Associate Professor of Practice in Nursing; Department Chair of Nursing

Justin Merritt, Professor of Music – Composition and Theory

Emily Mohl, Associate Professor of Biology and Education

León Narváez, Professor of Romance Languages (Spanish) and Latin American Studies; RACE program advisor

Jeff Schwinefus, Professor of Chemistry; Edolph A. Larson and Truman E. Anderson, Sr. Chair of Chemistry

Maria Vendetti,
Associate Professor of Romance Languages – French; French Section Head; Director of Foreign Language Across the Curriculum

Brendon Westler, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and IFC Post Doc

Institute Advisory Board

The Institute Advisory Board, appointed by the Chair of the College’s Board of Regents, advises the Director of The Institute with a particular eye to ensuring that The Institute fulfills its mission and thus honors the agreements made with the donors who support its work.