For over two decades, Patrick Nunnally’s work has focused on understanding and enhancing the connections that people and communities have with places they value. Nunnally is an environmental historian by training, and is broadly experienced in gathering interdisciplinary teams to examine Mississippi River-related subjects. As a teacher, program designer, researcher, and practitioner, Nunnally has integrated knowledge drawn from social and natural sciences with artistic forms of community expression. His work at the University of Minnesota has emphasized community engagement in teaching and program development, and emerging use of social media to share knowledge across disparate academic disciplines and professional practices.