NSU Catalog 2011-2012 
    
    Mar 19, 2024  
NSU Catalog 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Faculty


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Tariq Alraqad, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S., M.S., University of Jordan; Ph.D., Central Michigan University. 2008.

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Allen Barclay, Instructor of Management and Marketing. B.S., M.E., University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. 2011.

Jodi Barker Cole, Instructor of Library Science. B.A., Smith College; M.L.S., Indiana University - Bloomington. 2009.

Mark Bartusis, Professor of History.* B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. 1985.

William Bass, Associate Professor of Management. B.S., Marshall University; M.S.B.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., Florida State University. 2001.

Terry Beckler, Assistant Professor of Music. B.M.E., South Dakota State University; M.M., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. 2007.

Lysbeth Benkert-Rasmussen, Professor of English.* B.A., Chatham College; M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University. 1995.

John Casey Black, Professor of French.* B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. 1986.

Greg Blair, Assistant Professor of Art. B.F.A, University of Lethbridge; M.F.A., University of North Dakota. 2009.

Kenneth Blanchard, Professor of Political Science.* B.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School. 1989.

Kristi Bockorny, Instructor of Business. B.S., B.S.Ed., Northern State University; M.M., Bellevue University. 2010.

Gayle Bortnem, Associate Professor of Education.* B.S., B.S.Ed, M.S., Northern State University; Ed.D University of South Dakota. 2000.

Bonni Boschee, Associate Professor of Education. B.S., Dickinson State College; M.S., Chadron State University; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2009.

Willard Broucek, Associate Professor of Management.* B.S., University of Illinois; M.B.A., York University; Ph.D., University of Bradford. 2000.

Darci Bultema, Assistant Professor of Music. B.S. North Dakota State University; M.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music; D.M.A., North Dakota State University. 2007.

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Sara Christensen Blair, Assistant Professor of Art.* B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; B.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.F.A., University of North Dakota. 2006.

Kathie Courtney, Associate Professor of Health Education.* B.S., South Dakota State University; M.S., Indiana State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 1995.

Mary Cundy, Master Teacher of Mathematics. B.S., Huron University; M.Ed., South Dakota State University; Ed. Spec,. University of Sioux Falls. 2001.

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Jessica Daw, Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education. * B.S., University of Illinois; M.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., University of Illinios. 2001.

Dwight Denman, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Law. B.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.P.A., University of Texas-San Antonio; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center; J.D., University of Houston Law Center. 2007.

Ric Dias, Professor of History.* B.A., Sonoma State University; M.A., Humboldt State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California - Riverside. 1995.

Lynn DiLivio, Assistant Professor of Education. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Buffalo. 2010

Guangwei Ding, Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Shanxi Agricultural University; M.S., Beijing Agricultural University; M.S., University of London; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2005.

Duane Dolejsi, Professor of Physics.* B.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Iowa State University. 1979.

Jennifer Dolejsi, Instructor of Mathematics. B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2010.

Brenda Donelan, Associate Professor of Sociology*. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., South Dakota State University. 2002.

Andrzej Duszenko, Professor of English.* M.A., Wroclaw University, Poland; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale. 1989.

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Kristin Echtenkamp, Instructor of Library Science. B.A., Wayne State College; M.A., University of Missouri - Columbia. 2011.

A. S. Elkhader, Professor of Mathematics.* B.S. University of Jordan; M.S., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Arizona State University. 1990.

Jennifer Ell, Instructor of Speech*. B.A., M.A., South Dakota State University; M.F.A., University of Las Vegas. 2003.

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Marcela Faflak, Professor of Music.* Maturita and Absolutorium of Conservatory, Conservatory in Prague. 1996.

Kami Fischbach, Master Teach of Mathematics. B.S.Ed., Northern State University; M.S.Ed., Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2009.

Erin Fouberg, Professor of Geography. * B.S. University School of Foreign Service.; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 2007.

Joshua Frachiseur, Assistant Professor of Theatre. B.A., Northern State University; M.F.A, West Virginia University. 2011.

Gregory Francom, Assistant Professor of E-learning. B.A., Brigham Young University; M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia. 2011.

Curt Fredrickson, Instructor of Health and Physical Education. B.S., M.S., Northern State University. 1985.

James Fuller, Instructor of Health and Physical Education. B.A., Doane College; M.Ed., University of Nebraska. 1988.

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Constance Geier, Professor of Education.* B.S., M.S., Northern State University; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 1997.

Joanna Goetz, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.S., M.S., Northern State University. 2001.

Juan Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A., M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison. 2009.

Steve Gough, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern Sate University. 2006

David Grettler, Professor of History.* B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware. 1993.

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Elizabeth Haller, Assistant Professor of English. B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.A., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., Kent State University. 2009.

Peggy Hallstrom, Registrar. B.S., University of Minnesota; M.A., Hamline University. 2000.

Andrea Hathcote, Assistant Professor of Special Education. B.A., University of Texas at Tyler; M.Ed., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ph.D., University of North Texas. 2010.

W. Thomas Hawley, Professor of Education.* B.A., South Dakota State University; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin. 2007.

Frederic Hemke, Assistant Professor of Music. B.M., M.M., Northwestern University. 2003.

Candice Hollingsead, Associate Professor of Special Education. M.S.Ed., Ph.D., University of Kansas. 2009.

Anne Holmquest, Associate Professor of Speech*. B.F.A., Drake University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa. 2002.

Timothy Houge, Associate Professor of Education.* B.S., Valley City State University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Nevada - Las Vegas. 2000.

Jeffrey Howard, Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.S., Kansas State University; B.A., Washburn University; M.S., Fort Hays State University; M.A., Ph.D., Wichita State University. 2009.

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Allan Jacobson, Professor of Music.* B.S., Northern State University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1976.

Carleen Jaspers, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.A., M.A., Northern Arizona University; M.F.A., University of Nevada - Las Vegas. 2008.

Jeffrey Jay, Professor of Education.* B.S., M.A., Truman State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri. 1994.

Keum-Taek Jung, Associate Professor of Art. B.F.A., Iowa State University; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technlogy. 2005.

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James Kennedy, Associate Professor of Accounting* B.S., Eastern Illinois University; M.Acc., M.B.A., D.B.A., Southern Ilinios University at Carbondale. 1999.

Alyssa Kiesow, Assistant Professor of Biology. A.A., Winona State University; B.S., M.S., South Dakota State University; Ph.D. University of South Dakota. 2007.

Peter Kilian, Professor of Art.* B.A., Augustana College; M.F.A., University of California - Santa Barbara. 1995.

Craig Kono, Associate Professor of Education.* B.S., M.S., Northern State University; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2001.

Daryl Kosiak, Instructor of Sociology. B.A., Concordia College; J.D., University of North Dakota. 2012.

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Alan LaFave, Professor of Music.* B.M.E., Northern State University; M.M., D.M.A., Arizona State University. 1991.

Susan Landon-Arnold, Professor of Biology.* B.A., Edinboro State University; M.S., Duquesne University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. 1988.

Keun Lee, Associate Professor of Economics. B.B., University of California, Berkeley; M.P., Ph.D., Columbia University. 2001.

Lanniko Lee, Instructor of English. B.A., Arcadia University; M.A., Middlebury College. 2011.

Virginia Lewis, Associate Professor of German. * B.A., Auburn University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. 2005.

Ding Li, Associate Professor of Finance. B.E., Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; M.B.A., Ph.D., Rensselar Polytechnic Institute. 2003.

Eric Liknes, Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Northern State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Dakota. 2003-2004, 2006.

Tobin Lindblom, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems. B.B.A., University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; M.B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison; Ph.D. University of Mississippi. 2008.

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Grant Manhart, Professor of Music.* B.M., University of Wisconsin - Madison; M.M., University of Cincinnati; D.M.A., Indiana University. 1998.

Arthur Marmorstein, Professor of History.* B.A., Stanford University; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., University of California - Davis. 1988.

Gayla Martens, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.A., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2004.

Deanna Mauck, Master Teacher of English. B.S., M.A., Northern State University. 2001.

Don Meyer, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education.* B.A., M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Utah. 1999.

Jon Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Biology. B. S., University of Illinois - Champaign; Ph.D., Purdue University. 2010.

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Evadne Ngazimbi, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education. B.A., University of South Africa; M.Coun., Idaho State University; Ph.D., University of Central Florida. 2009.

Hillar Neumann, Jr., Professor of Economics.* B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; M.A., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., Rutgers University. 1983.

Alan Neville, Associate Professor of Education.* B.M., University of South Dakota; M.Ed., South Dakota State University; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2002.

George Nora, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. A.S., Illinois Valley Community College; B.S., University of Illinois - Urbana; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. 2010.

Ross Norman, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems. B.S., M.B.A., University of South Dakota; M.S., Northwest Missouri State University. 1984.

O

Douglas Ohmer, Associate Professor of Management.* B.A., Thomas More College; M.B.A., Northern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky. 1994-2001, 2003.

Robert Olson, Instructor of Health and Physical Education. B.S., M.S., Northern State University. 1983.

Jacqueline Omland, Master Teacher of Physics. B.S., University of North Dakota. M.S., Northern State University. 2002.

Thomas Orr, Instructor of Sport Marketing and Administration. B.A., University of North Dakota. M.S., Indiana University. 2011.

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Mina Park, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems. B.B.A., DongGuk University; M.S., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi. 2009.

Pen Pearson, Professor of English*. B.A., Briar Cliff College; M.A., South Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of South Dakota. 2002.

Boyd Perkins, Associate Professor of Music.* B.M.E., South Dakota State University; M.A., D.M.A., University of Iowa. 2003.

John Peterson, Associate Professor of Finance. B.S., South Dakota State University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Kansas. 1992.

Scott Peterson, Instructor of Accounting. B.S., M.P.A., University of South Dakota. 1987.

David Pierson, Master Teacher of Chemistry and Physics. B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2005.

Nadya Preszler, Instructor of Art. B.S.Ed., Northern State University; M.Ed., Lesley University. 2009.

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Jodie Ramsay, Professor of Biology*. B.S., M.S., North Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of South Dakota. 2001.

Mary Lu Rich, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.A., M.A., Ball State University. 2011.

Ricardo Rojas, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign. 2008.

Karen Rosby, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.A., North Dakota State University. 2004.

Robin Rosenthal, Associate Professor of Psychology.* B.A., Barnard College; M.B.A., Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration; M.S., Georgia State University - Atlanta; Ph.D., University of Georgia - Athens. 2007.

Robert Russell, Assistant Professor of Library Science. B.S., M.A., Minnesota State University - Mankato; M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. 2004.

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Jon Schaff, Professor of Political Science. B.A., St. John’s University; M.A., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Loyola University - Chicago. 2001.

Sara Schmidt, Instructor of Accounting. B.S., M.B.A, University of Mary. 2008.

James Seeber, Associate Professor of Sociology*. B.A., Simpson College; M.A., Ph.D., Kansas State University. 2002.

Michael Skyles, Instructor of Music. B.S., University of Illinois; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music. 2009.

Nina Slota, Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.S.Ed. University of Delaware; M.A., Ph.D., City University of New York - Hunter. 2008.

Teresa Stallings, Associate Professor of Sociology.* B.A., M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., Texas A & M. 1995.

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Patrick Timm, Instructor of Health and Physical Education. B.S., M.S., South Dakota State University. 2000.

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Jonna Underwood, Instructor of Library Science. B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Montana State University; M.L.I.S., San Jose State University. 2009.

Anthony Urbaniak, Professor of Business.* B.A., St. Cloud State University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Minnesota. 1977.

Steven Usitalo, Associate Professor of History. B.A., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; M.A., Carleton University; Ph.D., McGill University. 2005.

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Wendy van Gent, Assistant Professor of Music. B.A., Western Michigan University; M.M.Ed., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Oakland University. 2011.

Stan Vinson, Assistant Professor of Banking and Financial Services. B.S., Oregon State University; M.B.A., Willamette University. 2006.

Robert Vodnoy, Associate Professor of Music.* B.M., M.M., University of Hartford; D.M., Indiana University. 2005.

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Anthony Wachs, Instructor of Speech. B.S., Black Hills State University; M.A., Kansas State University. 2011.

Mary Warner, Associate Professor of Sociology.* B.A., Southwest State University; M.A., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University. 1993.

Paula Wetenkamp, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2007.

Suzanne Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counselor Education. B.A., Wells College; M.S., Oswego University; Ed.D., George Washington University. 2009.

Patrick Whiteley, Professor of English.* B.A., M.A., California State University - Long Beach; Ph.D., University of California - Riverside. 1989.

William Wieland, Professor of Music.* B.A., Valley City State University; M.A., University of Minnesota; D.M., Northwestern University. 1994.

Daniel Williams, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education. B.S.Ed., University of Dayton; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona. 2011.

Timothy Woods, Associate Professor of Music.* A.B., Harvard University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Arizona. 1999.

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Daniel Yurgaitis, Professor of Theatre.* B.A., DePaul University; M.F.A., U.S. International University. 2000.

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Mark Zaidel, Professor of E-learning and Educational Technologies.* B.S., M.S., Silesian University; Ph.D., Economic University. 2001.

Lu Zhang, Professor of Management Information Systems.* B.S., Northern Jiaton University, China; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburg. 1989.

* Member of Graduate Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Syed Ahsan, Emeritus Professor of English, 1969-1995.

Clyde Arnold, Jr., Emeritus Professor of Economics and Emeritus Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1988-2009.

Bartlett Berndt, Emeritus Professor of Health and Physical Education, 1963-1996.

Arthur Buntin, Emeritus Professor of History, 1962- 1993.

Lynn Carlsgaard, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Art. 1970-2006.

Hugo Carlson, Emeritus Associate Professor of Business, 1966-1995.

Richard Chuang, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, 1968-2001.

Lester Clarke, Emeritus Professor of Education and Emeritus Vice President and Dean of the College, 1959- 1984.

Dayton Cook, Emeritus Professor of German, 1972-2003.

Gordon Diedtrich, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1961-1967 and 1972-1989.

Gerald Ehli, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1977-2007.

Marvin Ehley, Emeritus Professor of Business, 1961- 1993.

Paul Everson, Emeritus Associate Professor of Accounting, 1977-2007.

Frances Falen, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, 1981-1993.

Elton Fors, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. 1960- 1997.

Patricia Fors, Emeritus Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education, 1957-1996.

Helen Grabowska, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, 1972-1987.

William Haigh, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, 1963-2003.

A. Thomas Hansen, Emeritus Associate Professor of English, 1967-2002.

Illona Hansen, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Speech, 1970-2002

Vesta Hanson, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Education, 1952-1979.

Courtney Haussman, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1965-1994.

William Hoar, Emeritus Professor of Art, 1977-2009.

Harry Jasinski, Emeritus Professor of Business and Emeritus Dean - School of Business and Technology, 1958-1964 and 1966-1992.

Janice Jirouch, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, 1971-2003.

Ron Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Business Education, 1965-2000.

Walter King, Emeritus Professor of History, 1980-2005.

Wilmer Kirschenmann, Emeritus Professor of Music, 1964-1991.

Richard Kline, Emeritus Assistant Professor of English and Emeritus Registrar, 1964-1994.

James Kretchman, Emeritus Professor of Health and Physical Education and Emeritus Director of Athletics, 1967-1999.

R. James Krueger, Emeritus Professor of Business Law, 1986-2005.

Henry Linares, Emeritus Professor of Spanish, 1972-2004.

John Lockwood, Emeritus Associate Professor Music, 1994-2011.

Raj Markanda, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, 1986-2008.

James McAreavey, Emeritus Associate Professor of Special Education. 1970-2010.

Mark McGinnis, Emeritus Professor of Art , 1976-2006.

John Meyer, Emeritus Professor of Business Law. 1986-2010.

J. Philip Mulvaney, Emeritus Associate Professor of Library Science, 1993-2009.

John Naughten, Emeritus Professor of Biology, 1981- 2006.

David Newquist, Emeritus Associate Professor of English, 1979-1999.

Sharon Paranto, Emeritus Professor Management Information Systems, 1989-2011.

Janis Pearson, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Music, 1964-2000.

Dwayne Rehfeld, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, 1977-2000.

Stacy Richards, Emeritus Associate Professor of Psychology, 1985-2000.

Terry Richardson, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Technologies, 1966-2001.

Jerome Rosonke, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, 1974-2002.

Lowell Rost, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, 1966-1996.

Dennis Scott, Emeritus Assistant Professor of English, 1966-2004.

Mark Shekore, Emeritus Professor of Art, 1968-2005.

Miles Smart, Emeritus Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1973-1985.

Lois Sollie, Emeritus Associate Professor of Special Education, 1961-1995.

Robert Sorge, Emeritus Professor of Health and Physical Education and Emeritus Dean - School of Education, 1964-1994.

Lonn Sweet, Emeritus Associate Professor of Music and Emeritus Dean - School of Fine Arts, 1974-2000.

Dan Tallman, Emeritus Professor Biology 1979-2006.

Erika Tallman, Emeritus Professor Biology 1980-2007.

Sharon Tebben, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education and Emeritus Dean - School of Education, 1993-2006.

Richard Van Beek, Emeritus Professor of Business, 1961-1992.

Robert Webb, Emeritus Professor of History, 1968-1994.

Larry Wild, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Theatre, 1979-2011.

James Zeman, Emeritus Professor of Speech, 1968-2002.

Adjunct Faculty

Marilyn Barnett, M.S., M.T. (ASCP), Medical Technology Program Director, Sanford Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD.

David W. Ohrt, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, Sanford Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD.