Image Faculty Title Adjunct Faculty Education Ph.D., University of Minnesota Alicia Gibson holds a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Minnesota. Her earliest academic training was at American University where she received a BA in international studies. She now works to connect these various threads of her training – peace studies, environmental and Federal Indian law, and genocide / war / literary studies – at the local level. With training in restorative justice beginning in South Africa in the late ‘90s and more recently in the Twin Cities area, Alicia is involved in a number of civic and philanthropic projects from political advocacy to supporting local arts. Alicia serves as secretary of the board for the non-profit Soo Visual Arts Center in addition to serving in various leadership roles in her local community. She finds joy and inspiration teaching at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.