Meet the Graduate Faculty & Staff

You’ll learn from graduate faculty who bring a wealth of real-world experience and scholarly expertise to the classroom. They are committed to being flexible in accommodating your work, life and school responsibilities.

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Ashok Aryal, GC, PhD, MS, MS, BA
Associate Professor
Mathematics Department
Send Email | Office: 218-477-4014218-477-4014
MA 375B

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Rochelle Bergstrom, PhD, MS, BS
Professor
Psychology Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4084218.477.4084
BR 360E
I began teaching at MSUM in 2005, after earning a Ph.D. in Social/Health Psychology from North Dakota State University. My primary areas of teaching a...

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Nandita Bezbaruah, PhD, MSW, MPA, BA
Professor
School of Social Work
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2190218.477.2190
LO 114C

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Yurii Boreisha, PhD, MA, BS
Adjunct
Computer Science & Information Systems Department
Send Email | Office : 218.477.4315218.477.4315
BR 160G

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Deanne Borgeson, PhD, MS, BS
Adjunct Faculty
Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning

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Boyd Bradbury, PhD, EDS, MA, BA
Professor and Chair
Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning | Department of Leadership & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2471218.477.2471
LO 214N
Dr. Boyd Bradbury is a professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM), where he serves...

Ellen Brisch, PhD, BA
Professor
Biosciences Department
HA 407T
Research interests: in cell division, endocrine disruptors of development, and STEM education. Teaching assignments: Cell Biology, Developmental Bi...

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Jeremy Carney, PhD, MSW, BSW (He/Him/His)
Professor | MSW Program Director | Interim Chair
School of Social Work
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2615218.477.2615
LO 114B

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Michael Coquyt, EdD, MA, BA
Professor
Department of Leadership & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2019218.477.2019
LO 216C
Dr. Coquyt is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Curriculum & Instruction at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM). He is part ...

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Keri DeSutter, PhD, MS, BA
Professor
Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.5942218.477.5942
LO 211H

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Travis Dolence, MFA, MS, MS, BA
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Library
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2358218.477.2358
LI 222

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Mary Dosch, PhD; NCSP
Professor
Psychology Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2977218.477.2977
BR 360O
I received my undergraduate degree in psychology at MSUM, returned for my master’s and specialist degrees in school psychology, and completed my docto...

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Mary Drake, SPEC, MA, BS
Professor
Speech Language Hearing Sciences
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.5953218.477.5953
MU 223H

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Mohamed Elbannan, PhD, MS, BSB
Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2594218.477.2594
CB 207K
Mohamed Elbannan is a tenured professor of accounting at the Paseka School of Business at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He previously held acco...

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Laura Fasick, PhD, MA, BA
Professor
English Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4679218.477.4679
MA 374L

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Peter Geib, PhD, MA, BA
Adjunct
Paseka School of Business
Dr. Peter Geib, Professor of international business and management, has earned a post-doctoral fellowship from Yale University in management policy. H...

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Erin Gillett, PhD, MS, BA
Professor
Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4330218.477.4330
LO 216D

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Marci Glessner, PhD, MA, BSED
Associate Professor
Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2727218.477.2727

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Dawn Hammerschmidt, PhD, MEd, BS
Program Director- Master's in Athletic Training | Professor
Health & Human Performance Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2318218.477.2318
NZ 103A

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Tonya (T. J.) Hansen, PhD, MS, BS
Professor
Department of Economics, Law & Politics
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4030218.477.4030
MA 380H

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Timothy Harms, PhD, MA, BS
Professor
Mathematics Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4016218.477.4016
MA 375F
Tim Harms, Professor, Mathematics Education; Ph.D. Educational Research with a Minor Field of Study: Mathematics Education, University of North Dakota...

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Jill Holmstrom, EdD, MSN, BS
Co-Chair | Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Send Email | Phone: 701.799.9977701.799.9977
HA 213F

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Justin James, PhD, MS, BA
Professor
Mathematics Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4011218.477.4011
MA 380F

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James (Jim) Johnson, EdD, MS, BS (He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Department of Leadership & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 612.437.6317612.437.6317
LO 214F
I spent over 30 years in P-12 education as a middle school teacher (9 years), assistant principal (2 years), middle school principal (6 years), assist...

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Shirley Johnson, PhD, MS, LIC, BS
Assistant Professor
Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2008218.477.2008
LO 216E
Shirley Johnson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Special Education and The Undergraduate Coordinator of the Academic Behavior Strategist (ABS) pr...

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Wooyang Kim, PhD, MBA, MSc, BBA
Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2268218.477.2268
CB 207C
EDUCATION: Ph.D., Business Administration: Marketing, Temple University, USA MBA, Marketing Emphasis, Pepperdine University, USA MSc, Marketing, St...

Elizabeth Kirchoff, PhD, AD, MA, BS
Professor
English Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4684218.477.4684
MA 374K

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Julie Knutson, PhD, MS, MS, BA, AA
Professor
Health & Human Performance Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2051218.477.2051
NZ 103E

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Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, EdD, MFA, AS, BS (She/Her/Hers)
Dean
College of Arts & Humanities | Honors College
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2815218.477.2815
BR 250
Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson is a filmmaker and media arts education researcher. K-Nelson’s films have screened at festivals in Asia, Europe, North Americ...

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Vinod Lall, PhD, MS, BS
Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4648218.477.4648
CB 207B
Vinod Lall, Ph.D., CSCP is the co-chair and professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the AACSB accredited Paseka School of Business (PSB...

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Christine Malone, PhD, MA, BA
Professor
Psychology Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2804218.477.2804
BR 360G
I am currently Professor of Psychology. I have been at MSUM for about 18 years. I am an experimental/cognitive psychologist and primarily teach course...

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Ralf Mehnert-Meland, JD, BA (He/Him/His)
Associate Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 701.361.0657701.361.0657
CB 207M
Ralf holds a Juris Doctor from George Washington University, a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and International Business from Carthage College and a de...

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Joni Mehrhoff, PhD, MS, BS
Associate Professor
Speech Language Hearing Sciences
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2725218.477.2725
MU 223G

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Kim Mollberg, MS, BS
Adjunct Instructor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4647218.477.4647
CB 207E
Kim is a full-time, tenured, Associate Professor of Accounting in the AACSB-accredited Paseka School of Business at MSUM. Since joining MSUM in the fa...

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Annette Morrow, PhD, MA, BA
Professor
History, Languages & Humanities Department
Send Email | Phone: 701.541.5178701.541.5178
MA 374B
Annette Kleinkauf Morrow, Ph.D. specializes in Ancient and Medieval European History. Her research interests include Ancient Rome, the Medieval World,...

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Elizabeth Nawrot, PhD, MA, BS
Dean
College of Science, Health & the Environment
Send Email | 218.477.5892218.477.5892
HA 107
I have a Ph.D in Psychology from the University of California Berkeley and specialize in infant and child development, perception, and cognition. I te...

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Carol Okigbo, PhD, MEd, MA, BS
Professor
Mathematics Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2188218.477.2188
MA 375Q

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Atif Osmani, PhD, MS, BSE
Associate Professor
Paseka School of Business | Professional Management Department
Send Email | 218.477.2489218.477.2489
CB 204C
Atif is a PhD in Industrial Engineering from North Dakota State University. His research interests are in sustainable optimization of renewable energy...

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Eduardo Pablo, PhD, MA
Associate Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4655218.477.4655
CB 207P
Education: Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ph.D. in Finance 2001 Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, M.A. in Eco...

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Nancy Paul, PhD, MS, CCC-SLP
Professor | Graduate Coordinator
Speech Language Hearing Sciences
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4642218.477.4642
MU 223F

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Elaine Pyle, PhD, MS, MS, BA (She/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor | Department Chair
Speech Language Hearing Sciences
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2393218.477.2393

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Gokce (Greg) Serdar, PhD, MBA, BS (He/Him/His)
Associate Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Office: 218.477.4650218.477.4650
Ph.D. in Strategic Management, Syracuse University. MBA, Emphasis in Management, University of West Georgia. B.Sc. in Chemistry, Bogazici University...

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Wendy Short, PhD, MS, BS (She/Her/Hers)
Professor
Health & Human Performance Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2314218.477.2314
NZ 103B
Wendy has been teaching at MSUM in the Health and Human Performance Department (formerly Health and Physical Education) since 1990, in the roles of ad...

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Brandi Sillerud, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC (She/Her/Hers)
Program Director | Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Send Email | Phone: 218.332.0241218.332.0241
HA 213M
Program Director, Master of Healthcare Administration | Professor | DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC | Online Tenured professor with over 25 years of nursing and...

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Jitendra Singh, DHSC, MHA, BDS, Lean certified, Online Teaching certified, Bioinformatics certified
Co-Chair | Interim Director of Center for Health Professions | Program Coordinator | Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4698218.477.4698
HA 213E
Co-Chair, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership | Program Coordinator, Health Services Administration & Leadership & Innovation in Aging Studies |...

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Lisa Stewart, PhD, BA
Professor
Psychology Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4081218.477.4081
BR 359E
I teach in the graduate School Psychology Program and also teach undergraduate Psychology courses such as General Psychology and Developmental Psychol...

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Nancy Stock, DNP, MS, BSN
Associate Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Send Email | Phone: 218.556.3022218.556.3022
HA 213M

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Mary Stone, PhD, MS, BS
Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4660218.477.4660
CB 204I
Education: PhD in Accounting, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University MS in Accounting, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univers...

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Ximena (Hee-may-nah) Suarez-Sousa, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Leadership & Learning
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2007218.477.2007
Dr. Ximena Suarez-Sousa’s professional background is in educational psychology. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of...

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Julie Swaggert, EdD, MS, BA
Recruitment Specialist
Department of Leadership & Learning

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Alicia Swanson, EdD, MSN, RN, PHN, HNB-BC
Professor of Nursing | Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator | Chief Academic Nursing Administrator
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2418218.477.2418
HA 213G

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Sean Taylor, PhD, MA, BA
Professor
History, Languages & Humanities Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2814218.477.2814
MA 374F
I have always loved history. I grew up in New England surrounded by Colonial and Early American history—several of the houses on my street were built ...

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Lee Vigilant, PhD, MA, BA
Professor | Interim Dean of Education & Human Services
Sociology & Criminal Justice Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2034218.477.2034
LO 207
Lee Garth Vigilant (Ph.D. Boston College 2001) is professor of sociology at Minnesota State University Moorhead. His principal areas of teaching are c...

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Stacy Voeller, MS, MSLS, BA
Professor
Library | University Writing Support Center
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2348218.477.2348
LI 107

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Deborah White, PhD, BA, AAS
Professor
Sociology & Criminal Justice Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.2041218.477.2041
LO 212C

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Brian Wisenden, PhD, MSc, BSc
Professor
Biosciences Department
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.5001218.477.5001
HA 407O
Education history: B.Sc. University of Guelph, M.Sc. Lakehead University, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario Research Interests: Behavioral ecolog...

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Tracy Wright, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, NI-BC, CNE
Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Send Email | Phone: 218.766.2336218.766.2336
HA 213M

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Siwei Zhu, PhD, MSc, BS
Associate Professor
Paseka School of Business
Send Email | Phone: 218.477.4512218.477.4512 | Mobile: 551.580.6257551.580.6257
CB 207Q
Siwei holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship from Stevens Institute of Technology, an MS in Management Information System from New...

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