Department
Faculty Name
Graduate Faculty Status
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Accounting
Dr. Leah Carpenter
Full
Accounting
Biology
Biology
Biology
Biology
Biology
Biology
Dr. Sandra Kranz
Dr. Andrew Hafs
Dr. Brian Hiller
Dr. Debbie Guelda
Dr. Elizabeth Rave
Dr. Kerry Openshaw
Dr. William Faber
Biology
Dr. Mark Fulton
Biology
Biology
Biology
Dr. Michael Hamann
Dr. Richard Koch
Dr. Mark Wallert
Research Expertise/Interests
Accounting and Business, American Indian Studies, Political Science
and Pre Law
Tax, Accounting Information Systems
Aquatic ecology, population dynamics, lake and river ecosystems
Wildlife biology, toxicology, ecology, parasitology, ornithology
Full
Full
Full
Full
Full
Ornithology, Mammalogy, Conservation Biology
Full
Physiological endocrinology; Functional morphology
Adjunct Faculty/Community Martin migration routes, pre-migratory roosts used by martins, and the
impacts of brood size on chick survival. Moose ecology, upland game
bird management, and the expansion of invasive plants in Minnesota.
Full
Forest ecology, Community ecology, Multivariate analysis of
ecological data, Ecophysiology, Ecological modeling
Full
Biochemistry, cell biology, and immunology.
Full
Biology, Environmental Studies, Science Education
Full
The primary focus of my research is the regulation of cancer
progression and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer. Specifically,
I study the regulation of plasma membrane transport protein, the Na-H
Exchanger Isoform 1 (NHE1) and the multiple roles it plays in
supporting cancer development and progression. NHE1 is a key
effector protein involved in the coordination of intracellular events and
extracellular microenvironment supporting neoplastic transformation.
Activation of NHE1 is one of the initial steps in the development of
the transformed phenotype of cancer cells. This activation leads to an
alkalization of intracellular pH (pHi), which is a permissive
requirement for cell growth. During tumor cell migration, NHE1
localizes to the leading edge of cells where a combination of an
elevated pHi and the binding of a range of proteins to NHE1 stimulates
the formation of actin filaments that drive the forward movement of
these migrating cells. To facilitate migration and invasion, NHE1
activity acidifies the extracellular pH (pHe) at the leading edge of
migrating cell stimulates the activation of a range of extracellular
proteases that digest the extracellular matrix (ECM). Using both lung
cancer cell and mouse models, we have shown that inhibition of NHE1
significantly reduces cancer related behavior including tumor invasion
and metastasis and morbidity. The goal of my research is to identify
Biology
Steven Windels
Adjunct/Community
Business
Administration
Business
Administration
Business
Administration
Business
Administration
Business
Administration
Carol Nielsen
Full
Douglas Leif
Associate
Dr. Dean Frost
Associate
specific approaches for using NHE1 as a therapeutic target in the
treatment of cancer.
Wildlife management, camera traps to monitor carnivore movements
in Voyageurs National Park, moose ecology, the effects of
contaminants on passerine bird management, and the prevalence of
several parasites in Minnesota mammals.
Information systems, business administration, systems analysis &
design, supply chain management
Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Probability and Statistics.
Dr. Joann Fredrickson Full
Organizations, Student Engagement, Behavioral Decision Making.
Dr. Sanjeev Phukan
Full-Retiring August 2015
Business
Administration
Business
Administration
Business
Administration
Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Dr. Valerie
Wallingford
Dr. Young Seob Son
Associate
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics, Information Technology
Proliferation and Globalization, Development of Corporate Codes of
Conduct
Management, Human Resources Management, Strategic Management
Full
General Finance, General Economics, Financial Literacy.
Dr. Kari Wood
Full
CIS, Management, Business Administration
Dr. Julie Larson
Dr. Keith Marek
Dr. Kenneth Traxler
Dr. Katie Peterson
Full
Full
Full
Associate
Chemistry
Criminal Justice
Full
Criminal Justice
Dr. Elizabeth
Hagensen
Dr. Michael Herbert
Criminal Justice
D2L
Dr. Troy Gilbertson
Dr. Julie Adams
Full
Full
Economics
Dr. Patrick Welle
Retired/Emeriti
Full
Science
Medical chemistry, Development of seniors for biological analysesspecifically luminescence detection of hydrogen sulfide, Isolation and
antibacterial properties of essential oils.
Criminal Justice- systems, corrections, victims, problem-solving,
courts, crime data analysis, mapping place and crime, jails and prisons.
Criminal Justice, Psychology, Education, History, Topics dealing with
Health Issues
Distance education, online teaching and learning, hybrid (blended) and
flipped classes, active (applied) learning, Quality Matters, learning
objectives and their importance in teaching and learning.
Economics
Dr. Paul Kivi
Full
Education
Dr. Barbara Bridges
Full/Phased Retirement
Education
Dr. Dave Benson
Full
Education
Education
Dr. James Mastro
Dr. Janine Wahl
Full/Phased Retirement
Full
Education
Dr. Janne Lillestol
Full
Education
Dr. Judy Olson
Full
Education
Dr. Mary Overlie
Temporary
Education
Education
Dr. Michael Urban
Dr. Rachele Schafer
Full
Full
Education
Dr. Roxanne Pickle
Full
Education
Education
Kristi Nei
Lisa Schmitz
Associate
Associate
Microeconomics, macroeconomics, game theory, environmental
economics, environmental law, economic and environmental justice,
food safety, student retention, econometrics.
Human Relations as it relates to deconstruction of the
disempowerment of the marginalized.
Professional literature and research related to group dynamics in
primarily outdoor settings, especially with the use of camp fires.
Leadership in democratic systems explored using the Deweyian
conceptions of the implications of democracy in education as a starting
point. Pedagogy as a tool for social evolution. Time, space, and the
function of the human brain.
Comment: Phased Retirement 2014-2016
Inclusive practices for students with special needs; accommodations
and modifications for students with special needs, classroom
management in the general education classroom, response to
intervention
Special Education, high school education, middle school education,
literacy
Graduate research, special education issues, higher education, and
courses in online instruction
Resiliency and Growth Mindset with young adolescents; using
academic language strategies to address the needs of the educationally
underprepared students; authentic classroom learning tasks and
pathways.
Educational technology, science education, curriculum design
Autism Spectrum Disorders, social skills/interpersonal
communication, transition, self-advocacy for individuals with
disabilities, Special Education law
Special Education including Gifted Studies, Technology as related to
education and society at large, Literacy and Mathematics as related to
instructional strategies at the K-12 level
Utilizing technology at the point of instruction for both teaching and
learning, Multiple Intelligence Theory, aligning instruction to
standards, brain-based instruction, integrating instructional practices in
standards-based classrooms, literacy in the elementary classroom,
math in the elementary classroom, social studies in the elementary
classroom
Education
Miriam White
Associate
Education
Dr. Porter Coggins
Full
Education
Education
Sonia O'Bryan
Associate
Dr. Timothy Goodwin Associate
Education
Dr. Linda Colburn
Full
Education
Dr. Jessamay Pesek
Full
English
Dr. Brian Donovan
Full
English
Dr. CarolAnn Russell
Full
English
English
English
Dr. Jessica Durgan
Dr. Larry Swain
Dr. Lauren Cobb
Full
Associate
Full
English
Dr. Mark Christensen
Full
English
Dr. Michael Morgan
Full
English
English
Dr. Rosalie Weaver
Jeanette Lukowski
(MFA)
Maureen Gibbon
(MFA)
Dr. Drago Bilanovic
Full/Retired
Full
Dr. Michael Murray
Full
English
Environmental
Studies
Environmental
Full
Special education, language arts, math, differentiation, RTI, anything
to do with student growth.
Cognitive Science (including Artificial Intelligence), Computational
Linguistics, Cryptography.
ESL, Literacy, Early Childhood.
Pedagogy- Inquiry-based instruction; Constructivism; Science
Education; Curriculum development. Content Area- Environmental
Education; Environmental Philosophy; Biology.
Literacy related topics, early reading, reading in the content area,
children's literature, supporting the struggling reader, cognitive studies
and issues related to memory and learning, instructional technology,
and literacy and technology integration.
Social studies education, curriculum and instruction, citizenship,
democracy, civic discussion in the classroom, political socialization,
program evaluation, comparative and international education.
British Literature (Middle English period through early twentieth
century), Rhetoric, and most things Ancient Greek,
Poetry writing: manuscript preparation; Form & theory of creative
writing; Contemporary writers: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction;
Archetype & story: international authors; Multicultural &
marginalized voices: all genres
British Literature and Culture, Film Studies, Digital Humanities
Medieval Studies
Creative writing, early American literature and contemporary
American lit; short story cycle, ethnic American lit; writing fiction.
American literature, composition/rhetoric, English education, creative
nonfiction writing, poetry writing
Composition rhetoric, digital rhetoric, digital composition, semiotics,
digital humanities, multimodal texts, multimodal writing, social media,
new media
Literature, Women's studies, Humanities
Creative writing (non-fiction focus); English lit.
Creative writing (fiction & nonfiction); contemporary writers;
Hemingway; Cather
Full
Economics (Microeconomics or Macroeconomics), Economic-
Studies
Environmental
Studies
Dr. Miriam RiosSanchez
Full
Sociology, Ecological Economics
Hydrology and hydrogeology (regional hydrogeology,
hydrochemistry), Remote sensing, digital evaluation models
processing, GIS, isotopes.
Paleontology; Hydrology; Hydrogeology
Environmental
Studies
Environmental
Studies
Dr. Timothy Kroeger Full
(Sabbatical 2015-16)
Dr. Wendy Greenberg Full
Environmental
Studies
Dr. Carl Isaacson
Full
Environmental
Studies
Dr. Paul Kivi
Full
Geography &
Political Science
Geography &
Political Science
Geography &
Political Science
Geography &
Political Science
Geography &
Political Science
History
Dr. Jill Stackhouse
Full
Dr. Patrick Donnay
Full
Dr. Thomas Beech
Full
Dr. Mark Lawrence
Full
Dr. Jeffrey Ueland
Full
Dr. John Ellis
Full
History
Dr. M.J. Hrenchir
Associate
History
Dr. Brendan
McManus
Dr. B. Christina
Kippenhan
Associate
Geography, GIS, Statistics, Data Bases, Marketing, Environmental
Issues.
Early America, Antebellum Era, Native American history, American
religious history, early republic, history of youth and childhood,
Revolutionary era.
International studies, women's studies, Middle East, Asia, Colonialism
and modernization, religious studies, Islamic World, U.S. foreign
policy, Military history.
European history, world history, political theory and philosophy.
Full
Exercise science
Dr. Donna Palivec
Full
Physical education
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Soils science, soil formation and landscape interactions, reductionoxidation processes in soils, hydric soils, mine land reclamation,
regional land management, soil-forest dynamics.
Environmental quality, Water quality, Developing an environmental
sensor network to determine sources of nutrient loads to river and lake
systems, Determining the exposure to arsenic of resident of rural MN
who consumes water from private wells.
Microeconomics, macroeconomics, game theory, environmental
economics, environmental law, economic and environmental justice,
food safety, student retention, econometrics.
urban development/geographic analysis; Latin
America/political/urban; globalization; micropolitan landscapes
American Politics, Minnesota Politics, Environmental Politics
International relations; comparative politics, and Asian Political
Development.
Environmental education; Geography
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Human
Performance, Sport
and Health
Mass
Communications
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Dr. Eric Forsyth
Full
Sport Business, Sport Finance, Sport Marketing
Dr. James White
Full
Exercise Physiology, Health Promotion, Evn. Health, Disease
Prevention, Healthcare, Nutrition
Lisa (Gasior) Kappes
Associate
Autism research, exercise/fitness trends, diabetes/health, weight
management, cardio/pulmonary rehab, organ transplant
Renae DeVolder
Adjunct Faculty
Public health, physical activity, early childhood development,
underserved populations.
Rich Jahner
Associate
All sport related topics; Athletic performance/physical fitness;
Wellness/nutrition
William Crews
Associate
Athletics, Health, Exercise Sciences, Education.
Dr. Shannon Norman
Full
Dr. Virgil Bakken
Full
Mental skills training and strategies for athletes and physical education
students. Balance and stability development in children, Best
pedagogical practices in K-12 physical education and health education
Literature, film, psychology, social and human services, environmental
Dr. Colleen
Livingston
Dr. Derek Webb
Full
Dr. Glen Richgels
Full
Dr. Heidi Hansen
Full
Dr. Marty Wolf
Associate
Dr. Randy Westhoff
Associate
Associate
Mathematics, mathematical work in any area of science,
environmental studies, engineering, geography.
Quantitative research in all areas of science
Mathematics Education, integration of technology into the math
curriculum; the role of technology in student problem solving and
student learning
Mathematics Curricula, Teacher Beliefs/Attitudes, Mathematics
Anxiety
Computer science; Philosophy; Mathematics; Sociology; Psychology;
Linguistics; in general, lots of stuff
Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Statistics
Mathematics &
Computer Science
Languages and
Indigenous Studies
Music
Nursing
Dr. Todd Frauenholtz
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Associate
Full
Associate
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Dr. Sarah Tarutis
Dr. Sheila Paul
Dr. Tiffany Hommes
(Sabbatical 2015-16)
Dr. Misty Lynn
Condiff
Dr. Nancy A. Hall
Tracey Gaslin
Linda Erceg
Dr. Mary Fairbanks
Physics
Physics
Psychology
Dr. David Bahr
Dr. John Truedson
Dr. Angela Fournier
Full
Full
Full
Psychology
Psychology
Dr. Dwight Fultz
Dr. John Gonzalez
Full
Full
Psychology
Dr. Keith Gora
Full
Psychology
Dr. Laurie Desiderato
Full
Psychology
Dr. Marsha Driscoll
Associate
Nursing
Full
Dr. Anton Treuer
Associate
(Sabbatical Fall 2015)
Dr. Janice Haworth
Full
Dr. Carolyn
Full
Townsend (Sabbatical
2015-16)
Mathematics Education, Mathematics, Industrial Technology
History, Ojibwe language, culture, ethnomusicology, politics
Music, Education, Kids
Geriatrics - especially keeping elders in their homes with community
support, Health-Prevention of Illness-Immunizations, Health
Promotion, Global health, Ethical issues in Health Care, Student
Retention
Psychology, mental health, geriatrics
Healthcare, healthcare policies, holistic & integrative health, wellness
Health and Wellness, Medical/Nursing topics, Community Health.
Full
American Indian culture, Transcultural nursing, Organ donation and
transplantation, American Indian Education.
Associate
Associate
Associate
Associate
Social sciences, biological sciences, education.
Teaching in the Certificate in Camp Nursing Program
Nursing, health promotion, association management.
Stress in American Indians, American Indian High School Graduation
Rates, Online Teaching Technology, Integration of American Indian
Culture into Primary Education.
Science, Environmental Studies, Physics
Science Education
Student substance abuse and substance-related disorders, Humananimal interaction and animal -assisted therapies, Treatment and
rehabilitation in the criminal justice system, Large-scale behavioral
interventions to promote community-level change
Multiculturalism, Native American issues, Identity issues - particularly
with ethnic minority individuals, Community Based Participatory
Research, Community Prevention efforts - substance abuse, suicide,
behavioral health issues, Prejudice, Stereotypes, Racism
physiological psychology, lifespan development, cognitive
psychology, sensation and perception
Clinical problems in adults, Community based behavior change in
health and Environmental Sustainability, Health Behavior change
Assessment of educational programs for special students, both students
w/ disabilities and honors students; multiple influences on the
Psychology
Psychology
Dr. Richard Hook
Dr. Travis Ricks
Full
Full
Residential Life
Dr. Randall Ludeman
Full
Social Work
Dr. Carla NorrisRaynbird
Full
Social Work
Social Work
Dr. Cheryl Byers
Dr. Jan
Guggenheimer
Dr. Sue Rickers
Full
Full
Dr. Debra Peterson
Andrew Graham
Full
Associate
development of empathic responding in college students; role
simulation, reenactment, and reacting as pedagogical tools in
interdisciplinary lib educ courses
Clinical, research, K-12 Teaching
Memory, Problem Solving, Expertise, Physiology of Behavior,
Statistics.
Student services in higher education, Men's issues, Emotional and
behavioral issues of youth and college aged students, Counseling and
crisis intervention, Education
Environmental studies- Environmental Sociology, Organizational
behavior (capacity, systems, social psychology, conflict resolution),
Disaster Management - Mitigation studies, Gender issues, Cultural
Studies - Community.
Grant writing; Mental Health Social Work
Human development, Mental health holistic), Physical, Emotional &
Sexual Abuse
My interests are in the area of social work and the helping professions
and issues of stress, stress management, self-care, and selfcompassion. In addition, I have a background and interest in K-12
education, particularly working with at-risk students and program
evaluation. I have background in both quantitative and qualitative
research methods, though my strength is with qualitative research
methods
I am open to participate on any committee.
Technology and Design; Education
Dr. Bonnie Higgins
Full
Design, Education
Dr. Timothy
Brockman
Full
Industrial and construction safety; construction related topics;
sustainable/green design, building, or manufacturing concepts;
renewable and emerging technologies; teaching and learning;
personality factors relating to vocation and educational choices; and
Social Work
Sociology
Technology, Art
and Design
(Formerly
Technological
Studies)
Technology, Art
and Design
(Formerly
Technological
Studies)
Technology, Art
and Design
(Formerly
Technological
Full
Studies)
Technology, Art,
and Design
(Formerly Visual
Arts)
Technology, Art,
and Design
(Formerly Visual
Arts)
Technology, Art,
and Design
(Formerly Visual
Arts)
recruiting and retention of students.
Quality Control, Value Stream Mapping and Lean Manufacturing,
Products Development and Innovations, Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID)
Dr. Mahmond Alodeh
Full
Sachel Josefson
Associate
Teaching and learning, Qualitative research, art and design,
sustainability.
Dr. Michael Lund
Full
Nanotechnology, Materials Research, Automated Systems.