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Education:

Ph.D. South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
M.S. St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
B.S. Southwest State University, Marshall, MN

Memberships:

Financial Management Association International
Academy of Management
Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants

Courses

Financial Management
Advanced Financial Management
Corporate Financial Policy

Teaching Interests:

Finance, Management, Organizational Studies

Research Interests:

Financial and Strategic Planning
Organizational Change and Leadership
Curriculum and Assessment
Student success measures and predictors

Select presentations and publications:

"Leadership for Organizational Change: Empowering Department Chairpersons" with Erickson, Dunn, and Hauser. International Conference for Post-Secondary Leaders Denver, Colorado. 2008.

"College Strategic Planning: Connecting Departments to the Master Academic Plan" with Dunn, Erickson, Griggs, Nielsen, and Rogers. Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting Presentation and Proceedings. Chicago, Illinois. 2008.

"The Importance of Supporting Curriculum and Its Development." Metamorphosis. Center for Professional Development. Bemidji State University. 2008.

Integrated Planning and Budgeting Workshop, with Bill Maki. St. Cloud, MN. 2007.

"Master Academic Plan: Driver of University-Wide Academic Planning and Change," with Erickson, Griggs, Tadlock, and Womack. Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting Presentation and Proceedings. Chicago, Illinois. 2006.

"Student Centeredness: Celebrating and Strengthening a Campus Culture," with Jon Blessing. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chief Academic and Student Affairs Officer Fall Conference. Brainerd, Minnesota. 2005.

"Guiding Institutional Change through Planning," with Hauser and Quistgaard. Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting Presentation and Proceedings. Chicago, Illinois. 2004.

"Predictors of College Freshman Attrition," with Kayongo-Male, Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meetings. Des Moines, Iowa.1997.

"Assessing the Impact of an Intro to the University Course on Freshman Persistence." Great Plains Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Brookings, SD. 1997.

"Rural Community Planning." Great Plains Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Brookings, SD. 1995.

"Quantitative Critical Thinking." College Teaching. Summer, Vol 1, Issue 3, 1993, p. 92 4p.

"SAS No. 59: A Concern for Where We're Going." Midwest Business Administration Association annual meeting. Chicago, Illinois. 1991.

Hobbies:

Dogs
Reading
Outdoor activities, including fishing, cross-country skiing, and rollerblading