James Postema

Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Resources
Associate Professor of English

Academic Affairs Office, Lorentzsen Hall
Concordia College
Moorhead, Minnesota 56562

Phone:   (218) 299-4211
E-mail: postema@gloria.cord.edu
Fax: (218) 299-4357

Faculty Development and Resources

Click here to see information on Concordia's programs for helping faculty grow in their teaching, scholarship, service, life, and all sorts of areas. Help on searching for and securing grants is also available--for now, contact me directly to ask about advice.

My education


Research and Areas of Interest:

American Literature:  
With all the complications in life caused by a new child and my move to the Dean's Office, I've been thinking lately about how Henry David Thoreau sought to define and balance his life and work.  While Thoreau's views were ultimately simplistic, his writing serves as a useful prompt for thinking about my/our own lives.  
 
 
 
The Reverend Oscar Elmer: 
first minister in the Fargo-Moorhead area 

Oscar Elmer preached the first sermons ever heard in Moorhead, Fargo, Grand Forks, and several other towns in this area.  He founded the First Presbyterian Church of Moorhead and was instrumental in starting the Moorhead Public Schools.  Elmer also helped found the Prairie Home Cemetery, thereby influencing the world indirectly through Garrison Keillor; Keillor broadcast in his early days from Concordia College, and the Cemetery just across the street provided him with the name of his famous show.

I am working on publishing Elmer's diary and am close to finishing an article on his years (1869-1871) in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
 
Family History:
 
Postema, Eising, Kaashoek, Ribbens, and many other Dutch surnames
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Date of last update: 12/23/99.
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