NSU Catalog 2014-2015 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
NSU Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Faculty


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Abdullah Al Birzri, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems. B.S., M.B.A., Lebanese American University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. 2014.

Alyssa Anderson, Assistant Professor of Biology.* B.A., Saint Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. 2013.

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Allen Barclay, Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing.* B.S., M.E., University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Ph.D., Colorado State University. 2011.

Terry Beckler, Associate 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, Associate 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 Management and Marketing. B.S., B.S.Ed., Northern State University; M.A., 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.

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

Lori Bruns, Instructor of Heath and Physical Education. B.S., Dakota State University; M.S., North Dakota State University. 2012.

Andrzej Buks, Instructor of Business. B.A., Troy University; M.L.A., Harvard University. 2014.

Darci Bultema, Associate 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, Associate 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.

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 Illinois. 2001.

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; M.S.Ed., University of Texas at Arlington. 2010.

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.

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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.

Marla Fogderud, Lecturer of Music. B.M., Concordia College; M.M., Wichita State University; D.M.A., Michigan State University. 2013.

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.

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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.

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.

Tara Hofer, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.A., Buena Vista University. 2014.

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.

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 Technology. 2005.

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James Karan, Instructor of Accounting. B.S.,M.Acct., Florida State University. 2014.

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

Alyssa Kiesow, Associate 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.

Lynn Klundt, Reference Librarian. B.A., Northern State University. 2012.

Dianna Knox, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education.* B.A., M.A., Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2011.

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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Lindsay Laamann, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education.* B.S., Ph.D., Springfield College. 2013.

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

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

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

Anna Lohmeyer, Master Teacher of English. B.S., M.A., University of Nebraska - Kearney. 2014.

Karyl Lounsbery, Assistant Professor of Counseling. B.S., Black Hills State University; M.S., South Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas. 2014.

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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.

Mustafa Maqbool, Instructor of Finance. B.S.C., GIKI Institute, Pakistan; M.Eng., Cornell University; M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management. 2014.

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.

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

Andria Moon, Assistant Professor of Elementary and Secondary Education.* B.S., University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; M.A., Ed.D., Central Michigan University. 2013.

Todd Muehler, Assistant Professor of Banking and Financial Services.* B.B.A., University of North Dakota; J.D., University of North Dakota School of Law. 2013.

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

Hassan Niazi, Instructor of Accounting. B.S., M.S., University of Texas - Dallas. 2014.

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.

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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.

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

Thomas Orr, Assistant Professor of Sport Marketing and Administration.* B.A., University of North Dakota. M.S., Ph.D., Indiana University. 2011.

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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 Management Information Systems. B.S., M.P.A., University of South Dakota. 1987.

David Peyton, Instructor of Special Education.  2014.

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

Robert Preston, Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing.* B.A., University of Minnesota - Minneapolis; M.B.A., Carlson School of Management; J.D., William Mitchell College of Law. 2012.

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

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Peter Ramey, Assistant Professor of English.* B.A., Westmont College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia. 2012.

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

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

Andrew Russell, Assistant Professor in Biology. B.S., Hillsdale College; Ph.D., Indiana University. 2014.

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, Assistant Professor of Accounting.* B.S., M.B.A, University of Mary; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 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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Danielle Thooft, Master Teacher of Spanish.  B.A., South Dakota State University. 2014.

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

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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.

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

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Anthony Wachs, Assistant Professor of Speech.* B.S., Black Hills State University; M.A., Kansas State University, Ph.D., Duquesne University. 2011.

Courtney Waid-Lindberg, Assistant Professor of Sociology.* B.A., University of Kentucky; M.S.C.J., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Florida State University. 2013.

Hannah Walters, Instructor of Management and Marketing. B.A., Dakota Wesleyan; M.B.A., University of South Dakota. 2012.

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.

Antony White, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education.* B.A., M.R.C., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa. 2012.

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.

Cheryl Wold, Assistant Professor of Special Education.* B.S.Ed., Northern State University; M.S.Ed., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of North Dakota. 2013.

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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Shaoqiong (Annie) Zhao, Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing. B.A., Peking University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. 2014.

* 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.

Kathie Courtney, Emeritus Associate Professor of Health Education, 1995-2013.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Susan Landon-Arnold, Emeritus Professor of Biology, 1988-2014.

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.

Hillar Neumann, Jr., Emeritus Professor of Economics, 1983 -2013.

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.

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

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.

Anthony Urbaniak, Emeritus Professor of Business, 1977-2011.

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.

Mark Zaidel, Emeritus Professor of E-learning and Educational Technologies, 2001-2014.

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.