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Hofrenning elected president of state political science association

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June 5, 2001

NORTHFIELD, Minn. ? St. Olaf College political science faculty member Dan Hofrenning has been elected president of the Minnesota State Political Science Association.

Hofrenning has been active in the association for many years, serving as treasurer for the last two. He replaces James Danielson of Moorhead State University as president, and will begin his two-year term in June.

The association, a state branch of the American Political Science Association, facilitates discussion of public affairs among scholars, teachers and political practitioners. It seeks to improve the study and practice of the political science discipline and to improve public life.

Association members include all who are active in the profession of political science. Membership is divided into academic and non-academic categories.

Hofrenning is one of the nation?s top experts on American politics and religion. He is author of a highly authoritative book, In Washington, But Not Of It: The Prophetic Politics of Religious Lobbyists.

He also has written numerous guest editorials and other articles, and has provided expert commentary on religion and politics for many newspapers and broadcasts such as Minnesota Public Radio?s "Mid-Morning" and "All Things Considered." In addition, he has been a Joyce Foundation Fellow, a Hubert Humphrey Institute Mondale Fellow, a Future Faculty Fellow and a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow.

Hofrenning joined the St. Olaf College faculty in 1990. After graduating from Concordia College-Moorhead and Luther Seminary, he earned master?s and Ph.D. degrees in public policy and political science from Duke University and the University of Minnesota. At St. Olaf he teaches courses in government, religion and politics, political parties and elections and environmental policy.

He lives in Northfield with his wife, Nancy Brown, and two sons, Theo and Gabriel.

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Michael Cooper at 507-786-3315 or cooperm@stolaf.edu.