Work and Employment

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Diane Crist

Director of Career Development, University of St. Thomas

Phone: 
Jim Winterer, 651-962-6404
Email: 
jcwinterer@stthomas.edu

Diane is experienced in educating students and clients regarding career choice as well as developing job and internship search strategies.

Cynthia Favre

Director of Career Management, Gustavus Adolphus College

Phone: 
Matt Thomas, 507-933-7510
Email: 
mthomas@gustavus.edu

Cynthia has served as director of career management at Gustavus since 1989. Her specialties include campus recruitment program management, employer relations, job fairs, resume referrals, job search coaching, resume development, interviewing skills and search strategies.

Jenny Keil

Professor of Management and Economics, Hamline University

Phone: 
JacQui Getty, 651-325-1175 or Gail Nosek, 651-247-1151
Email: 
jgetty01@hamline.edu

Keil’s areas of expertise are economics, women and work, women and compensation and gender pay differential.

Wendy Klepetar

Chair of the management department, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University

Phone: 
Michael Hemmesch, 320-363-2595 or Diane Hageman, 320-363-5748
Email: 
mhemmesch@csbsju.edu

Klepetar is an expert on managing generational differences in the workplace. She has studied the millennial generation of students and held workshops about them. She is an experienced facilitator who conducts traveling workshops through the Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning.

David Larson

Professor of Law, Hamline University School of Law

Phone: 
JacQui Getty, 651-325-1175 or Gail Nosek, 651-247-1151
Email: 
jgetty01@hamline.edu

Larson has expertise in labor and employment arbitration, employment discrimination, labor law, wage and hour laws and workplace disputes.

Kathleen Matuska

Professor, Director of the Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy Program, St. Catherine University

Phone: 
Julie Michener, 651-690-6521
Email: 
jcmichener@stkate.edu

Matuska is an expert on work-life balance and active in wellness and health promotion programs. She has experience in adult rehabilitation, including rehabilitation for work-related injuries, cardiac rehabilitation, work hardening and functional capacity assessments. Matuska teaches lifestyle balance and other courses.

Keith Munson

Director of Career Services, Concordia University, St. Paul

Phone: 
651-603-6241
Email: 
munson@csp.edu

Munson has more than 14 years of experience assisting job seekers with job search strategies, resume and interview preparation and networking. In addition, he has experience developing and delivering job search workshops and is trained to administer and interpret interest and personality inventories. He has served as a career counselor for small, private liberal arts colleges, state colleges/universities and the University of Minnesota.   

Mick Sheppeck

Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for the Center for Business Excellence, University of St. Thomas

Phone: 
Jim Winterer, 651-962-6404
Email: 
jcwinterer@stthomas.edu

Sheppeck's research areas include employee performance management and staffing and human resource practices and strategy.

Susan Stabile

Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law

Phone: 
Jim Winterer, 651-962-6404
Email: 
jcwinterer@stthomas.edu

Stabile is among the nation’s leading scholars on pensions and employee benefits, and on the intersection of Catholic social thought and the law. She is a research fellow of the New York University School of Law Center for Labor and Employment Law and serves on the editorial board of the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal.

Vince Thomas

Internship Director, Gustavus Adolphus College

Phone: 
Matt Thomas, 507-933-7510
Email: 
mthomas@gustavus.edu

Thomas works with students to help them find internships in their desired field of study.

Denise Ward

Associate Dean, Student Services Director, Macalester College

Phone: 
Barbara K. Laskin, 651-696-6451
Email: 
laskin@macalester.edu

Ward is an expert on trends in employment for students, helping students make career decisions, changes in the work environment and tips for students looking for jobs. Ward is a member of the Liberal Arts Career Network, a collaborative group of 28 liberal arts colleges around the country that promotes contact between students and employers through innovative technology.