Past Academy Programs

2019 Summer Academy - Featured Speakers

Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing: Professor of New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
James Martin-Schramm: Professor of Religion at Luther College
Jeff Jeremiason: Professor of Chemistry and Program Director in Environmental Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College
Rev. Abby Mohaupt: Moderator of Fossil Free PCUSA and Co-Director of the Green Seminary Initiative

Nobel Conference 55, September 24-25, 2018, Gustavus Adolphus College: "Climate Changed: Facing our Future"

2018 Academy Program

2018 Summer Academy - Featured Speakers

Ben Penner: Farmer, Food Producer, and Owner of Ben Penner Farms
Jennifer R. Ayres: Associate Professor of Religious Education; Director of the Religious Education Program at Emory University
Lea F. Schweitz: Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Religion and Science at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science
Linda Kinkel: Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota

Nobel Conference 54, October 2-3, 2017, Gustavus Adolphus College
"Living Soil: A Universe Underfoot"

2017 Summer Academy - Featured Speakers

Theologians-in-Residence

Rev. Dr. Leonard Hummel, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at Gettysburg Seminary in Gettysburg, PA
Dr. Ann Milliken Pederson, Professor of Christian Theology at Augustana University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Ethics at University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine in Sioux Falls, SD

Scientists-in-Residence

Dr. Gayle Woloschak, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Radiology at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL
Dr. Jennifer A. Gubbels, Associate Professor of Biology at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD

Nobel Conference 53, October 3-4, 2017
“Reproductive Technology: How Far Do We Go?”