{"id":2046,"date":"2012-07-30T22:38:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T22:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=2046"},"modified":"2023-01-19T21:16:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:16:28","slug":"anderso3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/anderso3\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson, Kristin M."},"content":{"rendered":"

KRISTIN ANDERSON teaches courses on the history of art and architecture in the Department of Art. In 2005, she received the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/p>\n

Her courses include art history and architectural history surveys as well as more specialized offerings like American Art, Scandinavian Art, and Women and Art. She also teaches a popular course, The Designed Environment, about the architectural and urban history of the Twin Cities. The class meets at a different location for each session, bringing students face-to-face with the buildings and spaces they study.<\/p>\n

Kristin\u2019s current writing and research is focused on sports architecture, and she is co-authoring a book on the history of sports facilities in the Twin Cities for the University of Minnesota Press. Other research interests include Scandinavian immigrant folk art and the altar paintings tradition of the Norwegian-Americans.<\/p>\n

A popular speaker in church and community settings, Kristin also gives tours and presentations at Target Field, focusing on architecture, sustainability issues, women in baseball, and art at the ballpark.<\/p>\n

From 2013 until 2018, Kristin served as the president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH), and she was the local co-chair for the 2018 Society of Architectural Historians International Conference in St. Paul. She serves on the Minnesota State Review Board for National Register of Historic Places designations, and she was the chair of this board from 2015 until 2022<\/p>\n

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