At Manchester since: 2024
Education: Indiana State University, 2014 (B.S. in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Science Education), Indiana State University, 2016 (M.S. in Earth & Quaternary Sciences), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019 (Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
Graduate research area: Diatom-inferred records of paleolimnological variability and continental hydrothermal activity in Yellowstone National Park, USA (Ph.D. Dissertation), Multi-proxy Holocene fire history reconstruction in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming (M.S. Thesis).
Courses taught: Introduction to Environmental Studies, Interpretation of Natural History, Geographic Information Systems Applications, Environmental Science, Principles of Biology I, Ecology, Limnology, Conservation Biology, Invertebrate Zoology
Current Research Interests: My research focuses on reconstructing disturbance ecology and climate using paleolimnology. While I specialize in using fossil diatom assemblages to reconstruct past lake environments, I have an interest in several paleoecological proxies. I am also interested in modern water quality monitoring efforts.
Memberships & Affiliations: Geological Society of America, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Indiana Academy of Science, Lake Erie & Aquatic Research Network, International Association of Great Lakes Research

At Manchester since: 2017
Education: Saint Mary’s College, 2012 (B.S. Biology); Indiana University School of Medicine, 2017 (Ph.D. Cellular and Integrative Physiology)
Graduate research area: Mesenchyme Homeobox 2 regulation of fetal endothelial progenitor cell function.
Courses taught: Human Biology: Stages of Life, Fundamentals of Human Physiology, Introduction to Molecular Biology.
Current research interests: Chronic morbidities resulting from exposure to a diabetic intrauterine environment, teratogenesis of oral diabetic medications, maternal-fetal translational research.
Memberships & Affiliations: American Physiological Society, Indiana Physiological Society, Women and Hi Tech, Kappa Gamma Pi National Catholic College Graduate Honor Society, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society.

B.A., Manchester University, 1991
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1992
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1994
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2000. [CV]

Professor Gray Brown began teaching at Manchester University with January Session, 2007. Gray Brown is a professor of philosophy and peace studies and directs the Peace Studies Institute and Program in Conflict Resolution. She graduated from Manchester in 1991 with an undergraduate degree in peace studies and earned a master’s in peace studies from Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Minnesota. 

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