Solveig Zempel
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Home address: 808 Ivanhoe Drive Northfield, MN  55057 (507) 663-0451

Office address: St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057-1098 (507) 646-3471  zempel@stolaf.edu

 EDUCATION

• Seminar for Norwegian Teachers Abroad,  Oslo, 1987 and Lillehammer, 1981.
• University of Oslo International Summer School, 1981. Graduate seminar: "Knut Hamsun-Norsk litteratur i dag."
• PhD, University of Minnesota, 1980, Scandinavian Languages and Literature with supporting fields in English and Linguistics.  Dissertation title:  "Language Use in the Novels of Johannes B. Wist:  A Study of Bilingualism in Literature."
• MA,  University of Minnesota, 1971, Scandinavian Languages and Literature with minor in History.  Thesis title:  "Letters from America translated from the Norwegian of O.E. Rølvaag with an Introduction."
• BA,  magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1969.  Norwegian major included study at Oslo International Summer School and one semester at University of Oslo.
• Graduate, Roseau High School, Roseau, Minnesota, 1965.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

• Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary and General Studies 2002-present
• Professor, 1995-present (full time).  Department Chair 1995-2001.  Norwegian language and literature courses (including ORC and EIN courses).  Topics course: "Women in Norwegian Literature." Great Conversation, 1999-2001
• Associate Professor, 1987-1995 (full time).  Acting Department Chair, fall and interim 1993-94.  Program Leader: Oslo Year Program, University of Oslo, Fall 1987.  Supervised students and taught "The Art and Science of Translation."  Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Norwegian Language; Norwegian Literature; Senior Seminar; Topics course, "Women in Norwegian Literature," including FLAC component; Interim courses,  "Norwegian Women Writers: A Feminist Perspective" and "Norwegian Folklore and Mythology."
• Assistant Professor, Norwegian, St. Olaf College, 1981-1986. Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Norwegian language; Norwegian literature; Interim course, "The Art and Science of Translation."
• Instructor, Norwegian, St. Olaf College, 1976-81 (full time 1976-77, half time 1977-79, one-sixth time 1979-80, five-sixths time 1980-81).  Beginning and Intermediate Norwegian language.
• Teaching Associate II, Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of Minnesota, 1971-76 (half time).  Beginning and Intensive Beginning Norwegian (including 10 week summer session, 1975).  Development and evaluation of CALL program for drilling basic Norwegian grammar.
• Instructor, Wisconsin Indianhead AVTI, 1980.  Adult Community Education Evening Course in Beginning Norwegian, Hudson, Wisconsin.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Introduction and translation of Concerning Our Heritage by O.E. Rølvaag.  Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1998.
• In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants. Editor and translator.  Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press and Norwegian American Historical Association, 1991.
• When the Wind is in the South and Other Stories by O.E. Rølvaag selected and translated by Solveig Zempel.  Sioux Falls, SD: Center for Western Studies, 1984.
• Translation (with E.V. Tweet), The Third Life of Per Smevik , by O.E. Rølvaag.  Minneapolis:  Dillon Press, Minneapolis, 1971 (reissued by Harper and Row, 1987).

• "Introduksjon til O.E. Rølvaag: Liv og verk" in Å rbok for Helgeland 2000.  Helgeland Historielag: Mosjøen, 2000. 94-106. (translation of "O.E. Rølvaag: Life and Works.")
• "Ole Edvart Rølvaag: Novelist." in Called to Serve: St. Olaf and the Vocation of a Church College, ed Pamela Schwandt.  St. Olaf College Press, 1999. 88-95.
• "Introduction to Rølvaag: Life and Works," and "Rølvaag's Views on Immigration, Culture, and Heritage," in ...etter Rølvaag har problema han stridde med, vorte til verdsproblem....  Rapport fra Rølvaag-konferansen i Sandnessjøen, 7.-8. august, 1995.  Ole Karlsen and Renee Waara, eds.  Høgskolen i Nesna, 1995. 7-44.
• "Rølvaag as Translator: Translations of Rølvaag." in Norwegian-American Essays, Knut Djupedal et al, eds.  NAHA-Norway: Stavanger, 1993. 40-50
• "Noen Amerikabrev." in Vestover! Gløtt frå utvandringa frå Tysvær til Amerika.  Egil-Henrik Bjørlo, ed.  Tysvær Historielag: Tysvær, 1993. 52-60
• "O.E. Rølvaag:  Regional Writer from Vesterheim?" in Literature as Resistance and Counter-Culture, András Masát. ed.  Hungarian Association for Scandinavian Studies: Budapest, 1993. 466-472
• "Bjørg Vik" in Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Noelle Watson, ed.  St. James Press: Detroit, 1993.
• "Ole E. Rølvaag" in Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature , ed. Virpi Zuck, Greenwood Press, Westport, Ct, 1990.
• "The Bi-Cultural World of Norwegian American Children in Immigrant Literature and Letters," in Growing up in Siouxland.  Arthur R. Huseboe and Sandra Looney, eds. Nordland Heritage Foundation, 1989. 35-45
• "Bilingualism in Norwegian-American Literature: The Case of Johannes B. Wist," in Scandinavians in America: Literary Life, ed. John R. Christianson, Symra Literary Society, Decorah, Iowa, 1985. 223-234
• "The Linguistic Repertoire of a Norwegian-American Author" in The Nordic Languages and Modern Linguistics 5, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Nordic Languages and Modern Linguistics, Aarhus, Denmark, 1983, K. Ringgaard and V. Sorensen, eds.  Aarhus, 1984. 407-413
• "Norsk ved St. Olaf College" in Norsk i utlandet, Fall, 1983. 3-4
• "The Norwegians in Minnesota" (with E.V. Tweet), Earth Journal , vol. III, no. 6, 1973. 14-19
• "The History of Scandinavia" and "Scandinavian Literature" in Scandinavia: Comparative Culture and Government, National Textbook Company, Skokie, Ill, 1973. 1-14, 63-78

• "My Book, I Have Neglected You Sorely: Reading the Kravik-Lokensgaard Diaries."  Invited paper presented at Conference on Swedish-American Letters, Swenson Center, Augustana College, Rock Island.  October 2004.
  
• "Major Themes in the Kravik-Lokensgaard Diaries."  Paper presented at the NAHA-Norge Seminar, Bergen, Norway, June 2003.
• "Peeling Peer's Onion: Teaching Ibsen in the Undergraduate Classroom."  Panel presentation (with Anne Sabo and Frankie Shackelford) at the 10th International Ibsen Conference, Brooklyn, June 2003.
• "Envisioning a Working Future for a Norwegian-American Archival Collection."  Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Minneapolis, May 2003.
• "The Kravik-Lokensgaard Diaries: A Gender Perspective."  Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Salt Lake City, May 2002.
• "Introduction to Rølvaag: Life and Works."  Keynote lecture: O.E. Rølvaag International Literature Seminar, Sandnessjøen, Norway, August 7, 1995.
• "Rølvaag's Views on Immigration, Culture, and Heritage."  Invited paper, O.E. Rølvaag International Literature Seminar, Sandnessjøen, Norway, August 8, 1995.
• "Noen Amerikabrev fra Stavanger-området."  Paper presented to Amerikabrevseminaret, Utvandrerdagene, Stavanger, Norway, June 18, 1993.
• "O.E. Rølvaag:  Regional Writer from Vesterheim?"  Paper presented at International Association for Scandinavian Studies, Budapest, Hungary, August 3, 1992.
• "Rølvaag as Translator, Translations of Rølvaag."  Paper presented to the NAHA-Norge Conference, Voss, Norway, August 13, 1992.
• "O.E. Rølvaag's Views on Ethnicity in a 1990's Context." Presentation at Rølvaag Seminar, Scandinavian Heritage Week, Pacific Lutheran University, July 7, 1990.
• "O.E. Rølvaag--On Leaving Home."  Invited lecture and panel discussion at the 21st Annual North Dakota Writer's Conference.  Grand Forks, March 20, 1990.
• "Translation Problems in the Works of O.E. Rølvaag."  Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Salt Lake City, May 1989.
• "Kvinners og menns opplevelser av utvandringen." Invited lecture: University of Bergen History Department.  October, 1987.
• "The Bi-Cultural World of Norwegian-American Children in Literature and in Letters,"  Berdahl-Rølvaag lecture series entitled "Children on the Prairie Frontier," Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 22, 1986.
• "Letters from Norwegian Immigrants 1880-1920," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, University of Illinois, May 1985.
• "In their own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants," Paper presented to St. Olaf Language and Literature Division, April, 1985.
• Participating Rølvaag scholar in television program on O.E. Rølvaag's Giants in the Earth, John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks and Herbert Krause's The Thresher, South Dakota Public Television, September, 1984.  "Great Plains Literature" series.
• "Johannes B. Wist," paper presented at Conference on Norwegian-American Literature and History, Oslo, Norway, June 1984.
• "Bilingualism in Norwegian-American Literature:  The Case of Johannes B. Wist"  paper presented at SIMCON II, Conference on Scandinavian-American Literary Life, Decorah, Iowa, 1981.

• A Saloonkeeper's Daughter by Drude Krog Janson (translated by Gerald Thorson) in Journal of American Ethnic History, 22-3, Spring 2003 (115-116).
• A Folk Divided by Arnold Barton in Journal of American Ethnic History , 17-2, Winter 1998 (77-79).
• On the Way to the Melting Pot by Waldemar Ager (translated by Harry Cleven) in Journal of American Ethnic History, 17-1, Fall 1997 (111-113).
• America: Reality and Dream: The Freeman Letters From America and Sweden 1841-1862, Axel Friman, George M. Stephenson, and Arnold Barton, eds. in Scandinavian Studies 69-4, Fall 1997 (506-507).
• The Emigrants by Johan Bojer in Journal of American Ethnic History , 15-1, Fall 1995 (68-69).
• The Nordics in America: The Future of their Past, Odd Lovoll, ed. in Scandinavian Studies, 67-1, Winter 1995 (138-140).
• Fra Amerika til Norge I: Norske utvandrerbrev 1838-1857 by Orm Øverland and Steinar Kjærheim in Heimen 4:92, 260-261.
• Det nynorske skriftlivet: Nynorsk heimsstaddikting og den litterære institutsjon by Idar Stegane in Scandinavian Studies, 64-1. Winter 1992.
• Immigrant Idealist:  A Literary Biography of Waldemar Ager, Norwegian American by Einar Haugen in Scandinavian Studies, 64-2, Spring 1992 (9-11).
• The Blessings of Babel: Bilingualism and Language Planning: Problems and Pleasures by Einar Haugen in Scandinavian Studies, 61:2-3 Spring-Summer 1989.
• Morfologi/Morphology. Ernst Håkon Jahr and Ove Lorentz, eds in  Scandinavian Studies, 61:1 Winter 1989.
• Riksstyring og Språknorm by Jan Ragnar Hagland in Scandinavian Studies, 60:2 Spring 1988.
• Eg eller je? Ei sosiolingvistisk gransking av yngre mål i Stavanger by Finn Gabrielsen in Scandinavian Studies, 58:2 Spring 1986.

• Presentation on Rølvaag to Minnesota Humanities Teachers Seminar, September, 1995.
• "The Meeting of Norwegian Immigrants and Native Americans."  St. Thomas College, Fall, 1995.
• "Norwegian Immigrant Letters."  Nordland Heritage Foundation annual meeting.  Sioux Falls, SD, 1991.
• "Norskspråklige innslag i amerikansk litteratur."  Invited presentation at conference on Det norske språket i Amerika.  Oslo, November 1987.
• "O.E. Rølvaag-Views on Ethnicity," keynote speech for opening session of Mosaic program, sponsored by South Dakota Humanities Commission,  SDSU-Brookings, South Dakota, November 21, 1985.

 

• Member, Norwegian Research and Technology Forum
• Rapporteur for third annual Trans-Atlantic University Summit, Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC
  
• Rapporteur for second annual Trans-Atlantic University Summit, Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC
  
• Consultant to Vesterheim Museum on NEH grant activities, 2003-
• Revise translation of Kirken (Borders) by Nini Roll Anker. Presented by St. Olaf College theater, 1999-2000
• Organize Translation Workshop at Annual Meeting of SASS, Minneapolis, April 1992
• Consultant to Prairie Viking Films on feature film of Giants in the Earth
• Consultant to Unity Productions on documentary film on O.E. Rølvaag --Film premiered on May 17, 1989
• EIN faculty workshop summer 1997
• ORC faculty workshop summer 2000
• Fulbright National Screening Committee for Scandinavia 2003-
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee, University of Wisconsin Scandinavian Department
• Manuscript reviewer for University of Chicago Press, University of Wisconsin Press, SUNY Press, University of Minnesota Press

• Hardy Grant to fund sabbatical research 2001-2002
• Norwegian Foreign Ministry travel grant to do research at the Ibsen Centre, Oslo, Jan-Feb 2002
• Norwegian Foreign Ministry travel grant to chair session at seminar "Norwegian Americans in a Multicultural America" Trondheim, June 1997.
• Nygaard Foundation planning grant for seminar "Chronicles of the American Immigrant Experience." 1993-94.
• PEW Faculty Tutorial Grant to prepare Interdisciplinary Course on Nordic Art and Literature, Spring 1994
• Director, Mellon Faculty Seminar, January-May, 1992.
• Travel grant to seminar on Norwegian American Literature and History, Hamar, Norway.  Summer 1989.
• Bush Foundation Faculty Development Summer Grant (1985).  For cataloging immigrant letters and work on book manuscript.
• Norwegian Foreign Ministry Emigration Fund Grant (1984).  For research in collections of America-letters.
• Bush Improvement in Teaching Grant (1982-1983).  For development of Norwegian literature course.
• Educational Development Program Grant, University of Minnesota (1974-1975).  For development of computer aided language instruction.
• NDFL Fellowship (1969-1971)
• Waldemar Ager Scholarship  (1968-1969)
• St. Olaf Honor Scholarship  (1965-1969)

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Association for Computers in the Humanities
• Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
• Center for Western Studies
  
• Ibsen Society of America (Advisory Board 2000-2003)
• Immigration and Ethnic History Society
• Lakselaget
• Nordland Heritage Foundation (Board of Directors 1986-1992)
• Nordmanns-Forbundet (Officer 1995-98, Board of Directors 2000--)
• Norwegian American Historical Association life member (Board of Directors 1990--)
• Norwegian Teachers Association of North America  (Officer, 1996-99)
• Phi Beta Kappa Delta of Minnesota Chapter (Officer 1996-97)
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
• Vesterheim Museum (life member)

• Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary and General Studies (August 2002-present)
• IDOCS and GEC, ex-officio, 2002-
• Chair, Norwegian Department (fall and interim 1993-4, 1995-2001)
• Director, Nordic Studies Concentration (1995-2001)
• Curriculum and Educational Policies Committee (Chair, 1999-2000, Secretary, 2000-2001)
• Foreign Language Subcommittee of CEPC (1999-2001)
• Fulbright Faculty Advisory Group, Fulbright Program Advisor (2004-)
• Great Conversation Steering Committee (1999-2001)
• Nygaard Fund Faculty Advisory Committee, 1992-93, 2000
• The "Wee Committee" 1997-2000
• 125th Anniversary Planning Committee 1998-2000
• "Norway Initiative" assignment from President Edwards 1998-2000
• Faculty member of SALT (1997-1999)
• St. Olaf Representative on Board of Directors, Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) (1984-87, 1988-1994, Fall 1996, Fall 2002--)
• HECUA Committees, Personnel and Academic Programs (Have chaired both), Search Committee for Executive Director
• SUST visiting scholar, October 1998
• Study Abroad Advisor for all Norway Programs
• Advisor for MUST and City Arts program
• Paracollege 20/20 participant
• Academic Computer Center Faculty Advisory Committee (1988-89)
• Tenure and Promotion Committee (1989-1992)
• Curriculum Construction Committee (1990-91)
• International Studies Sub-Committee (1991-92)
• Academic Computing Policy Board (1992-1994)
• Library Committee (1992-1994, 2003-)
• Women's Studies Committee (1992-94)
• Faculty Screening Committee-- Director of International and Off-Campus Studies  (1991), Director of Institutional Research (1993), Director of Admissions (1994)
• Review and Planning Committee (1995-97)
• Long Range Planning Committee (1995-96)
• Strategic Planning Action Team for Faculty and Curriculum (1996-97)
• Assist Registrar with Norwegian Transcripts
• Department placement and proficiency exams