Introduction
Angela High-Pippert is Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Thomas and coordinator of the Peer Teaching Consulting Program within Faculty Development. Dr. High-Pippert serves as program director of Ready to Run Minnesota, a nonpartisan campaign training program designed to encourage women to run for political office. Ready to Run Minnesota is an initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences at St. Thomas.
Professor High-Pippert teaches courses in American politics, women and politics, and public policy, many of which are included within interdisciplinary programs such as Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Culture and Difference, and Data Analytics. Her teaching was recognized with the Distinguished Educator Award by the Undergraduate Student Government in both 2005 and 2012. She was voted Professor of the Year by her faculty colleagues in 2022.
Her research focuses on women and politics, citizen participation in politics, and community energy initiatives, and her publication record includes not only academic journals but also applied research on community solar projects and clean energy initiatives in Minnesota.
Dr. High-Pippert has served as Director of Women's Studies, Co-Chair of the ACTC Women's Studies Program, Advisory Board member of the Luann Dummer Center for Women, and as part of university-level groups such as the Civic Engagement, Voter Education and Advocacy Task Force, the University Task Force on Sexual Violence Prevention and Response, and the Enrollment and Financial Aid Committee. She is also past president of the Minnesota Political Science Association. Professor High-Pippert joined St. Thomas in 1999.