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Dr. Tiffany Grobelski is a human geographer who works at the intersection of energy geography and peace studies. Her research (and much of her teaching) is focused on energy conflicts, social movement-led energy transition, and how grassroots movements build positive peace. Tiffany earned her PhD in Geography and a graduate certificate in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Washington, Seattle. Her doctoral research examined how Polish environmental advocates mobilize administrative law. Immediately after graduate school, Dr. Grobelski served as an asylum officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In that role, she adjudicated hundreds of humanitarian protection claims and gained extensive experience in non-adversarial, trauma-informed interviewing. 

She has since received training in Conflict Management and Mediation from the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Grobelski's recent projects focus on energy conflicts in Minnesota. She is actively involved in the Peace & Justice Studies Association, as well as the Energy & Environment Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers.

Dr. Grobelski is passionate about creative, effective teaching and sharing best practices with colleagues. She and geographer colleagues have received national attention for their approach to designing world geography classes. Dr. Grobelski has also convened a Working Group on Teaching Energy Geographies, which has international membership; the group aims to create a durable space for energy geography educators to build community and collective expertise.

Selected Publications:

• "Pipelines and Peacebuilding: Conflicting Sovereignties and Environmental Knowledge Creation along Line 3." In Handbook of Environmental Conflicts. Edward Elgar Publishing. (2026)
• “Changing the Coal Status Quo through Scalar Practices: The Anti-Smog Movement’s Contributions to Polish Energy Transition.” Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 43 (7): 1369–90. (2025)
• (with Anna Versluis, and Jesse McClelland) “Discovering Geography through Doing Geography: Project-Based Learning in an Introductory Undergraduate World Geography Course.” Journal of Geography 122 (2): 31–42. (2023)

Toshiyuki Sakuragi is a professor of Japanese language and culture whose expertise draws from intercultural communication and cognitive linguistics. His research examines cultural influences on communication and language learning, addressing topics such as the relationship between attitudes toward language study and cross-cultural attitudes, the cognitive processes underlying classifier choice, and cultural influences on shyness. His research articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research and the International Journal of Intercultural Relations.

Among his Japanese-language publications are two books. His single-authored book, 映画で異文化体験 (Experiencing Cultures Through Film), explores the use of film to promote intercultural learning. His co-authored college textbook, はじめて学ぶ異文化コミュニケーション (Introduction to Intercultural Communication), has been widely adopted in Japan and has gone through multiple printings.

Professor Sakuragi teaches Japanese language as well as courses on Japanese cinema and intercultural film. He has also led numerous travel courses to Japan and has taught in the Summer and Winter Japanese Language and Culture Program at Hosei University in Tokyo.

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