Clyde Arnold, Provost/ Vice President of Academic Affairs;Professor of Economics.* A.A., San Jacinto Community College; B.S., M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. 1988.

Margarita Aroutiunian, Instructor of Russian. Specialist Diploma, Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages, Armenia. 2005.

Nancy Barondeau, Director of Field Experiences.  B.A. Huron University ; M.S. Ed, Northern State University. 2002

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

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

Lysbeth Benkert-Rasmussen, Associate 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.

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

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

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

Amber Rae Bryant, Instructor of Health and Physical Education, B.S. South Dakota State University. M.S.Ed. Northern State University. 2002.

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

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. 2004

Kathie Courtney, Associate Professor of Health Education.* B.S., South Dakota State University; M.S., Indiana State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 1994.

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

Jessica Daw, Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education.* B.S., University of Illinois; M.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., University of Illinois. 1999.

Dwight Denman, Assistant Professor of Accounting & Business Law; LL. M. – Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center; Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of Houston Law Center; Master of Prof. Accounting, U of TX at San Antonio; Bachelor of Arts Stephen F. Austin State Univ. 2007.

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

Guangwei Ding, Assistant 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. 2002

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

Brenda Donelan, Associate Professor of Sociology. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., South Dakota State University. 2000.

Madia Droppers, University College. Academic Advisor for PASS and Conditionally admitted students.

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

A. S. Elkhader, Professor of Mathematics.* 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.

Marcela Faflak, Associate Professor of Music. * Maturita, Conservatory, Prague, Czech Republic; Absolutorium, Academy of Musical Arts (terminal degree), Prague, Czech Republic. 1996.

Denise Finstad, Academic Advisor. B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2003.

Kami Fischbach, Teacher of Mathematics, B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2006

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.

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

Karen Gerety, Student Services, Director of Disabilities Services.

Steve Gough, Master Teacher of Spanish. B.S. Northern State University, 2006.

David Grettler, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History; * B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware. 1993.

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

A. Waller Hastings, Professor of English.* A.B., Brown University; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1988.

William Haywood, Assistant Upward Bound Coordinator. B.S., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2003.

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

Nancy Higginson, Assistant Professor of Management/Marketing. B.A., Western Washington University; B. Sc., M.Sc., University of Alberta; Ph.D., University of Calgary. 2003

William Hoar, Professor of Art.* B.A., Carthage College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa. 1977.

Dominique Hoche, Assistant Professor of English. B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Ph.D., Michigan State University. 2003.

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

Nasim Hosein, Assistant Professor of Marketing. B.C.S., University of Manitoba; M.B.A., Athabasca University; Ph.D., Ramkhamhaeng University. 2006

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

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.

Mathew Kargol, Assistant Professor Art.* B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.F.A., Clemson University. 2005.

Keum-Taek Jung, Assistant Professor. B.F.A., Iowa State University; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology. 2005.

James Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Accounting. B.S., M.Acc., M.B.A., D.B.A, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 1999.

Peter Kilian, Professor of Art.* M.F.A., University of California-Santa Barbara 1990, B.A., Augustana College.

Eunhee Kim, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems. B.A., Ewha Women's University; M.A., Hankuk University; Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2006.

Craig Kono, Assistant Professor of Education. B.S., M.S., Northern State University. 2001.

Alan LaFave, Dean, School of Fine Arts.* 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.

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

Ding Li, Assistant Professor of Finance. B.Eng., Beijing University; Ph.D., M.B.A., 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.

John Lockwood, Associate Professor of Music.* B.M.E., Eastern Kentucky University; M.M.E., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Colorado. 1994

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

Raj Markanda, Professor of Mathematics.* B.A., M.A., Punjab University; Ph.D., University of Colorado. 1986.

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, NSU Center for Statewide E-learning. B.A. Northern State University; M.A., Northern State University. 2004

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

James McAreavey, Associate Professor of Special Education.* B.S., Dakota State College; M.S., Northern State University; Ed.D., University of Colorado. 1970.

Mike Melko, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A. State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz. 1989.

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

John Meyer, Professor of Business Law.* B.A., University of the Pacific; M.B.A., J.D., University of South Dakota. 1986.

John Morrow, Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto. 2004.

J. Philip Mulvaney, Associate Professor of Library Science.* B.A., St. John's University; M.A., University of Toronto; M.L.S., Rutgers University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. 1993.

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

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

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

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.

Sharon Paranto, Professor of Management Information Systems.* B.S., Northern State University; M.S., Colorado State University; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 1989.

Luc Patry, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S., M.S., University of Quebec-Montreal; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University. 2003.

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

Boyd Perkins, Assistant Professor of Music. B.M.E., South Dakota State University, 1992; M.A., University of Iowa, 2000; D.M.A. The University of Iowa. 2004.

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

Richard Peterson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.A., Augustana College; Ph.D., South Dakota State University. 2001.

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

Bruce Petrie, Associate Professor of Psychology.* B.A., Brock University; M.A., University of Guelph; Ph.D., Simon Fraser University. 2000.

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

Seth Pittman, Master Teacher of French. B.S., Baylor University; M.S., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. 2005.

Jodie Ramsay, Associate Professor of Biology. B.S., M.S., North Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of South Dakota. 2002.

David Rogers, Assistant Professor of Banking and Financial Services. B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Columbia University. 2006.

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

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

Kevin Sackreiter, Instructor of Speech. B.A., M.S., South Dakota State University. 2002.

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

Jill Schoen, Associate Professor of Counselor Education. B.S.Ed., M.S., Northern State University; Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2000-2003, 2005.

Adele Schoenfeld, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counselor Education. B.S., Louisiana State University; M.S., Loyola University; Ph.D., University of New Orleans. 2006.

Lisa Schriver, Instructor of Health and Physical Education. B.S., Black Hills State University; M.S., Northern State University. 1995.

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

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

Leslie Tebben, Master Teacher of French, B.A., Northern State University. 2005.

Camille Thomas, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education. B.S., Brigham Young University; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Brigham Young University. 2006

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

Heidi Tomek Sackreiter, Instructor of Education.* B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Northern State University. 2001.

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

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

Ann Vidoloff, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice. B.A., Northern State University; M.A., J.D., University of South Dakota. 2005.

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

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

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

Johnath Weber, Assistant Professor of Education.* B.S., Black Hills State University; M.S., Northern State University; Ed.S., Ed.D., University of South Dakota. 2002.

Shawn Wheelock, Instructor of Health and Physical Education.* B.A., Doane College ; M.A.T.-HPER., Northern State University, 1994.

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

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

Larry Wild, Assistant Professor of Theatre.* B.S., M.S., M.F.A., Southern Illinois University. 1979.

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

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

Raouf Zaidan, Assistant Professor of Music. B.A., The American University in Cairo; M.M., University of North Texas; DMA, University of Colorado at Boulder. FTLC and ARCM. London. 2005

Mark Zaidel, Associate 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 Pittsburgh. 1989.

EMERITUS FACULTY

Syed Ahsan, Emeritus Professor of English, 1969-95.

Alyce Berggren, Emeritus Professor of Music, 1947-91.

Bartlett Berndt, Emeritus Professor of Health and Physical Education, 1963-96.

Arthur Buntin, Emeritus Professor of History, 1962-93.

Lynn Carlsgaard,Emirtus Professor of Art, 2006

Hugo Carlson, Emeritus Associate Professor of Business, 1966-95.

Richard Chuang, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, 1968-01.

Lester Clarke, Emeritus Professor of Education and Emeritus Vice President and Dean of the College, 1959-84.

Dayton Cook, Emeritus Professor of German, 1972-03.

Gordon Diedtrich, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1961-67 and 1972-89.

Marvin Ehley, Emeritus Professor of Business, 1961-93.

Gerald Ehli, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1961-2007.

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

Frances Falen, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, 1981-93.

Elton Fors, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. 1960-97.

Patricia Fors, Emeritus Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education, 1957-96.

Helen Grabowska, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, 1972-87.

William Haigh, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, 1963-03.

Mavis Hamre, Emeritus Associate Professor of Music, 1969-85.

A. Thomas Hansen, Emeritus Associate Professor of English, 1967-02.

Ilona Hansen, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Speech, 1970-02.

Vesta Hanson, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Education, 1952-79.

Courtney Haussman, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1965-94.

Bettie Hutchinson, Emeritus Assistant Professor of English, 1969-93.

Harry Jasinski, Emeritus Professor of Business and Emeritus Dean--School of Business and Technology, 1958-64 and 1966-92.

Janice Jirouch, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, 1971-03.

Ron Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Business Education, 1965-00.

Donald King, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1962-89.

Walter King, Emeritus Professor of History, 1980-05.

Wilmer Kirschenmann, Emeritus Professor of Music, 1964-91.

Richard Kline, Emeritus Assistant Professor of English and Emeritus Registrar, 1964-94.

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

R. James Krueger, Emeritus Professor of Business Law, 1986-05.

Henry Linares, Emeritus Professor of Spanish.

Mark McGinnis, Emeritus Professor of Art, 1976-06.

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

David Newquist, Emeritus Associate Professor of English, 1979-99.

Janis Pearson, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Music, 1964-00.

Dwayne Rehfeld, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, 1977-00. 

Stacy Richards, Emeritus Associate Professor of Psychology, 1985-00.

Terry Richardson, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Technologies, 1967-01.

Evelyn Roberts, Emeritus Associate Professor of Biology, 1965-84.

Jerome Rosonke, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, 1974-02.

Lowell Rost, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, 1966-96.

Dennis Scott, Emeritus Professor of English, 1966-05.

Mark Shekore, Emeritus Professor of Art, 1968-05.

Miles Smart, Emeritus Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1973-85.

Lois Sollie, Emeritus Associate Professor of Special Education, 1961-95.

Robert Sorge, Emeritus Professor of Health and Physical Education and Emeritus Dean--School of Education, 1964-94.

Lonn Sweet, Emeritus Associate Professor Of Music and Emeritus Dean-School of Fine Arts, 1974-00.

Dan Tallman, Emeritus Professor of Biology, 1979-06.

Erika Tallman, Emeritus Professor of Biology, 1980-2007.

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

Richard Van Beek, Emeritus Professor of Business, 1961-92.

Michael B. Walsh, Emeritus Accounting Faculty, 1976-05.

Robert Webb, Emeritus Professor of History, 1968-94.

James Zeman, Emeritus Professor of Speech, 1968-02.

ADJUNCT FACULTY

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

Susan Eliason, M.D., Medical Director, Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD. 

Pam I. Kieffer, M.S., M.T. (ASCP), C.L.S. (NCA), Education Coordinator, Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD.

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