My next book…

It’s mid-April and things are coming along with sabbatical projects. With four print book projects and two online projects, my sabbatical plan was admittedly a bit over the top. This week I sent one book draft off to a religious scholar for feedback (No...

I’m a Mocko Mama!

A Mocko jumbie (also spelled Moko jumbi) is a stilt walker or dancer. Like many traditions in the Caribbean, its origin stems from West Africa and developed differently throughout the region. In the Virgin Islands, Mocko jumbies are a vibrant piece of local culture,...

Getting settled

We have now been in living on the island of St. Thomas, in the US Virgin Islands for just over two months, and will be here for at least another nine months for my research sabbatical. During our time so far, we’ve explored the island as a family. But most of...

Godt i gang Summer 2020

This summer, a group of four St. Olaf students were given the opportunity to work with Kari Lie Dorer, Nancy Aarsvold, and Jenna Coughlin as Curriculum Digitalization Assistants to help with their development of online Norwegian resources for students and teachers....

Oslo Interim Internship Program 2020

Today is the last day of the 2020 Oslo Interim Internship Reflection Seminar. I’ve had a great group of students who have been eager to dive into life in Oslo and in their internship experience.  Here they each are to tell about their unique experiences! Carl...

Diversifying Intermediate Norwegian Language Curriculum

Summary: This summer our department proposed and carried out a project entitled “Diversifying Intermediate Norwegian Language Curriculum Workshop”. We gathered eleven instructors of Norwegian in the US, Canada and Norway for two weeks of curriculum development and...