Faculty and Staff… Women and STEM at Bethel 22 Sep 2025 We're now in the final stage of this project. I've concluded archival research, I'm getting final feedback on my main essays and writing a short conclusion, and I'm making plans…
Announcements Nearing the Finish Line… 26 Aug 2025 While I only posted occasionally at this research blog, it was a productive summer for the larger Women of Bethel project. In addition to ongoing research in the Bethel archives…
Faculty and Staff Turning Points in the Women’s History of Bethel 29 Jul 2025 In addition to teaching undergraduates at Bethel, I also enjoy frequent chances to teach adult students at churches, senior living communities, libraries, museums, and other sites. Since they tend to…
Faculty and Staff… Images of Women’s Sports, Decade by Decade 23 Jul 20251 Aug 2025 Early on this project, I reflected on the value of photographs as historical evidence, which "can be especially significant in answering historical questions on which other evidence is silent." But…
Uncategorized… Becoming the Pastor’s Wife 20 Jun 2025 This summer I don't expect to blog here very much, as I start to write the final set of essays that will conclude this digital project. But it occurred to…
Announcements… RIP Dottie Haugen 27 May 2025 Peace be to the memory of Dorothy "Dottie" Haugen, who died last week at the age of 87. After graduating from Wheaton College and teaching at Twin Cities high schools,…
Quantitative… The Quantitative History of Women’s Enrollment at Bethel 13 May 2025 It was one of my first questions when I conceived the idea of writing a women's history of Bethel, yet I haven't fully addressed it yet: How has women's enrollment…
Faculty and Staff The Sacrificial Service of Esther Sabel 3 Apr 2025 As World War II ended in Europe, Bethel Institute completed its financial report to its denomination, the (no longer Swedish) Baptist General Conference. For the first time, Bethel's balance sheet…
Announcements… Wrapping Up Our Oral History Project 28 Mar 2025 You may have noticed that not much has happened at this blog in recent weeks. While I expect that to change in April-May, as more time opens up in my…
Faculty and Staff… Before They Were Famous 26 Feb 2025 At some point last fall, it struck me that the Bethel College of the late Seventies and early Eighties was home to a remarkable list of women who studied and/or…
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