College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture

Communication

Criminal Justice & Political Science

Division of Performing Arts

Emergency Management

English

History, Philosophy & Religious Studies

Modern Languages

Sociology & Anthropology

Visual Arts

Requirements for specialized degrees are listed with each major:

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Degree - available in Art, Design and Tech Theatre, Musical Theatre, or Performance

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.) Degree

Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.)

 Faculty

  • Aly Ahmed, Bakr, Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1990, Minia University, Egypt, Ph.D., 2002, Virginia Tech
  • Ambrosio, Thomas, Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 2000, University of Virginia
  • Anderson, Gerald D., Emeritus Professor of History, Ph.D., 1973, University of Iowa
  • Andrianova, Anastassiya, Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., 2011, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
  • Archbold, Carol A., Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2002, University of Nebraska-Omaha

  • Arnold, Lisa, Assistant Professor of English, Director of First-Year Writing, Ph.D., 2011,  University of Louisville

  • Baggett, Ashley, Assistant Professor of History, Ph.D., 2014, Louisiana State University
  • Barnhouse, Mark, Associate Professor of Practice of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1988, Pratt Institute
  • Barrett, Tracy C., Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., 2007, Cornell University
  • Bauroth, Nicholas G., Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 2003, Loyola University
  • Beck, Stephenson J., Associate Professor and Head of Communication, Ph.D., 2008, University of Kansas
  • Bell, Thomas, Lecturer of German, Ph.D., 2017, University of Washington, Seattle.
  • Benton, Bradley, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., 2012, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Bergeson, Brady, Senior Lecturer of English, M.F.A., 2006, Hamline University
  • Bertolini, Alison Graham, Assistant Professor of English and Women and Gender Studies, Ph.D., 2009, Louisiana State University
  • Bertolini, C. David, Dean and Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Ph.D., 2008, Temple University
  • Bishop, Carol K., Lecturer and Coordinator of Intensive English Language Program, M.A., 1988, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Blankenship, Anne, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Ph.D., 2012, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Bonfield, June P., Emerita Professor of English, Ph.D., 1969, University of Texas
  • Booker, Darryl, Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1979, University of Colorado
  • Boonstoppel, Sarah, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2014, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Bovard, Richard W., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1973, University of Denver
  • Brekke, Jeremy, Associate Professor of Music, D.A., 2004, University of Northern Colorado
  • Briggs, Steven, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2007, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Bromley, Kimble A., Professor of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 1986, Southern Illinois University
  • Brown, Muriel J., Emerita Professor of English, Ph.D., 1971, University of Nebraska
  • Brunton, Bill B., Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., 1974, Washington State University
  • Bumgarner, Jeffrey, Professor of Criminal Justice and Head of the Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science, Ph.D., 2000, University of Minnesota
  • Burnett, Ann, Professor of Communication; Director of Women and Gender Studies, Ph.D., 1986, University of Utah
  • Burt, Sean, Assistant Professor of History and English, Ph.D., 2011, Texas Christian University

  • Callens, Melissa Vosen, Assistant Professor of Practice of Communication, Ph.D., 2010, North Dakota State University

  • Cameron, Kelly, Lecturer of English, Ph.D., 2011, Texas Christian University
  • Carlson, Natalie Smith, Lecturer of English, M.A., 2010, North Dakota State University
  • Cavins, Jo Wana, Senior Lecturer of English, B.A., 1979, University of Evansville, Indiana
  • Christensen, Ryan, Lecturer of English, M.F.A., 2012, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
  • Clark, Jeffrey T., Emeritus Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., 1987, University of Illinois
  • Collins, Ross F., Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 1992, University of Cambridge, Britain
  • Cooley, Dennis R., Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D., 1995, University of Rochester
  • Corwin, Patricia A., Senior Lecturer of Sociology, M.A., 1972, North Dakota State University
  • Cosgrove, William E., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1972, University of Iowa
  • Cox, John K., Professor of History, Ph.D., 1995, Indiana University
  • Crawford, Elizabeth Crisp, Associate Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2007, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Creese, John, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., 2011, University of Toronto

  • Crutchfield, David, Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 2004, University of Texas
  • Cwiak, Carol, Associate Professor of Emergency Management, J.D., 1995, Western State University
  • Danbom, David B., Emeritus Professor of History, Ph.D., 1974, Stanford University
  • Devine, Marc, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 2013, Naropa University
  • Disrud, Stephen, Lecturer of Intensive English Language Program, M.A., 2004, North Dakota State University
  • Emanuelson, Pamela E., Associate Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., 2008, University of South Carolina
  • Engler, Mark, Associate Professor and Head of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Faulkner, Don C., Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1975, University of Utah
  • Fawcett, Erienne, Lecturer and Assistant Director of Women and Gender Studies, M.A., 2011, North Dakota State University
  • Fellows, Kristen, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ph.D., 2013, University of Pennsylvania
  • Fier, Tiffany, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 2007, Purdue University
  • Fischer, Dominic, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.L.A., 2011, The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York
  • Fischer, Heather, Lecturer of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, B.Arch., 2005, North Dakota State University
  • Flood, Anthony, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D., 2003, University of Oklahoma
  • Fricker, Linda M., Senior Lecturer of English; Director of Advising & Student Support, C.A.S., 1986, Northern Illinois University
  • Froelich, Andrew I., Emeritus Professor of Music, D.M.A., 1988, Michigan State University
  • Gleye, Paul, Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Ph.D., 1983, University of California-Los Angeles
  • Goldwyn, Adam, Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., 2010, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
  • Goreham, Gary A., Professor of Sociology; Ph.D., 1985, South Dakota State University
  • Groberg, Kristi A., Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Ph.D., 1999, University of Minnesota
  • Groves, Robert W., Professor of Music, Ph.D., 1981, University of Iowa

  • Grueb, Charlott, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M. Arch., 1992, Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf

  • Hageman, Jeanne K., Associate Professor of French, Director of International Studies; Ph.D., 1991, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Hanson-Dittmer, Louise, Lecturer of English, M.Ed., 1998, North Dakota State University
  • Harvey, Mark, Professor and Head of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies; Ph.D., 1986, University of Wyoming
  • Hassel, Holly, Professor of English, Ph.D., 2002 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Hatlen, Vincen, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M. Arch, 1963, University of Michigan
  • Hawley, D. Carlton, Associate Professor of Spanish, Ph.D., 1999, University of Iowa
  • Helgeland, John A., Emeritus Professor of History and Religion, Ph.D., 1973, University of Chicago
  • Helstern, Linda, Emerita Professor of English, Ph.D., 2001, Southern Illinois University
  • Homan, Paul W., Emeritus Professor of French, Ph.D., 1988, University of Kansas
  • Isern, Thomas D., Distinguished Professor of History, Ph.D., 1977, Oklahoma State University
  • Jenkinson, Harold L., Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1972, University of Illinois
  • Jensen, Jessica A., Associate Professor and Head of Emergency Management, Ph.D., 2010, North Dakota State University

  • Johnson, Donald F., Assistant Professor of History, Ph.D., 2015, Northwestern University

  • Johnson, Sigurd, Associate Professor of Music; Director of Sports Bands, D.M.A., 1999, University of Memphis
  • Johnston, Eunice, Senior Lecturer of English; Academic Advisor for English, M.A., 1982, North Dakota State University
  • Jones, Robert J., Professor of Music, D.M.A., 1991, University of Oklahoma
  • Jung, Jessica, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 2011, De Paul University
  • Justitz, Gerritdina, Emerita Professor of History, Ph.D., 1996, University of California, San Diego
  • Kapplinger, Kent, Professor of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 1991, University of Iowa
  • Kelley, Suzzanne, Assistant Professor of Practice, Editor in Chief, North Dakota State University Press, Ph.D., 2010, North Dakota State University

  • Keogh, Cassie, Assistant Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2015, University of Oklahoma

  • Kirkpatrick, Sarah, Assistant Professor of Emergency Management, Ph.D., 2013, North Dakota State University
  • Kirkwood, Matthew J., Landscape Architecture Program Director and Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Des, 1993, Harvard University
  • Kitch, Travis, Lecturer of Anthropology, M.A., 2003, North Dakota State University
  • Klenow, Daniel J., Professor of Emergency Management, Ph.D., 1977, University of Notre Dame
  • Kloberdanz, Timothy J., Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., 1986, Indiana University
  • Koenig, Hardy, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts,M.F.A., 1994, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Krishnan, Ramakrishnan S., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1981, University of Nebraska
  • Kost, Jason, Lecturer of Landscape Architecture, M.U.D. and M.L.U., 2008, University of Colorado Denver
  • Larew, Donald E., Emeritus Professor of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 1969, University of Iowa

  • Larson, Jamee, Lecturer of English, M.F.A., 2013, Minnesota State University Moorhead

  • Law, Bill, Assistant Director, Fine Arts; Lecturer of Music, M.A., 1994, Minnesota State University Moorhead

  • Lemieux-Wottrich, Marianne, Assistant Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2012, Stony Brook University

  • Lifton, Paul, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts, Ph.D., 1985, University of California, Berkeley
  • Lindgren, H. Elaine, Emerita Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., 1970, University of Missouri
  • Littlefield, Robert S., Emeritus Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 1983, University of Minnesota
  • Lyons, Michael J., Emeritus Professor of History, Ph.D., 1969, University of Minnesota
  • Mack, Kyle D., Associate Professor of Music, D.A., 1992, Ball State University
  • Mahalingam, Ganapathy, Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Ph.D., 1995, University of Florida
  • Majdik, Zoltan P., Associate Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2008, University of Southern California
  • Martens, Steve C., Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1988, University of Minnesota
  • Matchie, Thomas F., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1974, University of Wisconsin
  • Maylath, Bruce, Professor of English, Ph.D., 1994, University of Minnesota
  • McCall, Mary, Assistant Professor of English, 2017, Purdue University
  • McDonald, Thomas D., Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 1972, Southern Illinois University
  • McEnery, Deona, Senior Lecturer of English, M.A., 2001, North Dakota State University
  • Meister, Mark A., Professor of Communication Ph.D., 1997, University of Nebraska

  • Mejia, Robert, Assistant Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2012, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Melby, Benjamin, Lecturer in English, M.A., 2006, Indiana University
  • Miller, E. John, Professor of Music; Director, Division of Fine Arts, Ph.D., 1992, Northwestern University
  • Miller, Jo Ann, Distinguished Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities, D.M.A., 1989, Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
  • Miller, Michael M., Assistant Professor of Library Science; Germans from Russia Bibliographer, M.Ed., 1967, University of North Dakota, M.S., 1969, University of North Dakota
  • Moe, Charlette, Assistant Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2008, North Dakota State University
  • Monzingo, John E., Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 1976, Claremont Graduate School
  • Moore, Jason, Lecturer of Environmental Design, M.F.A., 2005, University of Iowa
  • Morris, Bradley, Senior Lecturer of Philosophy, M.A., 1992, University of Iowa
  • Myer, Andrew, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2010, University of Cincinnati
  • Nelson, Kjersten R., Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 2009, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
  • Nelson, Paul E., Emeritus Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 1968, University of Minnesota
  • Nichols, Cindy J., Senior Lecturer of English, M.F.A., 1981, University of Iowa
  • O'Connor, Robert, Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1979, Bowling Green State University
  • Okigbo, Charles, Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 1982, Southern Illinois University
  • Olfert, Warren D., Professor of Music; Director of Bands, Ph.D., 1992, Florida State University
  • Olson, Robert W., Emeritus Professor of Music, D.M.A., 1973, University of Illinois
  • Patnode, Matthew A., Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2000, Arizona State University
  • Pearson, Carol, Emeritus Professor of Spanish; Chair, Department of Modern Languages; Ph.D., 1998, University of New Mexico
  • Pearson, Judy C., Emerita Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 1975, Indiana University
  • Peet, Howard D., Emeritus Professor of English, M.S., 1965, Moorhead State University
  • Pemstein, Daniel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 2010, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
  • Perett, Marcela, Assistant Professor of History, Ph.D., 2009, The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame
  • Peterson, Michelene, Lecturer of Intensive English Program, M.S., 2006, Portland State University
  • Peterson, Larry R., Emeritus Professor of History, Ph.D., 1978, University of Minnesota
  • Platt, Carrie Anne, Associate Professor of Communication and Associate Dean, Ph.D., 2008, University of Southern California
  • Pull, Mary E., Senior Lecturer of English; Director of Center for Writers, M.A., 2003, North Dakota State University
  • Query, Joy M., Emerita Professor of Sociology and Psychology, Ph.D., 1960, University of Kentucky
  • Ramsay, Ronald L.M., Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1992, University of Texas, Austin
  • Rathge, Richard W., Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Agribusiness and Applied Economics; Ph.D., 1981, Michigan State University
  • Richardson, B. Lou, Emerita Professor of Mass Communication, M.S., 1966, North Dakota State University
  • Richardson, Gerald A., Emeritus Professor of Mass Communication, M.A., 1967, University of Washington
  • Riley, Thomas J., Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., 1973, University of Hawaii
  • Ryan, Anneli, Lecturer in English as a Second Language, M.S., 2012, Minnesota State University Moorhead
  • Saar, Cynthia L., Senior Lecturer of French, M.A., 1980, Middlebury College
  • Sandland, Julie A., Senior Lecturer of English, M.A., 1990, North Dakota State University
  • Sassi, Enrico, Senior Lecturer of English, M.F.A., 1997, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • Sassi, Kelly, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., 2008, University of Michigan
  • Schwaen, Regin, M.A.A., Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.Arch., 1992, Arkitektskolen i Aarhus, Denmark
  • Shaw, Richard M., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1985, Ball State University
  • Sherman, William C., Emeritus Professor of Sociology, M.A., 1965, University of North Dakota
  • Slobin, Kathleen, Emerita Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., 1991, University of California, San Francisco
  • Smith, Angela, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., 2011, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Smith, Leretta, Lecturer of Sociology, Ph.D., 2006, South Dakota State University
  • Stark, Andrew, Assistant Professor of Practice of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 2009, University of North Dakota
  • Stichman, Amy J., Associate Professor of Practice in Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2003. University of Cincinnati
  • Stickney, Gwen, Associate Professor of Spanish, Chair of Department of Modern Languages; Ph.D., 2004, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Strand, Michael J., Professor and Department Head of Visual Arts, M.F.A, 1999, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Strandness, Jean, Emerita Professor of English, Ph.D., 1974, Michigan State University
  • Sublett, Virginia, Professor of Music, D.M.A., 1997, University of California, San Diego
  • Sullivan, Dale L., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1988, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Swenson, David G., Associate Professor of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 1992, University of Minnesota
  • Taylor, Adam P., Lecturer of Philosophy, Ph.D., 2013, SUNY at Buffalo
  • Temanson, Kaye, Lecturer of English, M.A., 2001, North Dakota State University
  • Theile, Verena, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., 2006, Washington State University
  • Thompson, Kevin M., Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 1986, University of Arizona
  • Tollefson, Wayne E., Emeritus Professor of Art, M.A., 1962, Michigan State University
  • Trautwein, Charlotte G., Emerita Professor of Music, M.S., 1968, University of Illinois
  • Urness, Cindy, Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Architecture Program Director, M.Arch., 1988, Pratt Institute
  • Varland, Rooth, Professor of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 1989, Northwestern University
  • Visilia, Anna Maria, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Ph.D., 1996, University of Pennsylvania

  • Walden, Justin, Assistant Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2013, Pennsylvania State University

  • Ward, Steve A., Emeritus Professor of English, M.A., 1964, North Dakota State University
  • Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca, Professor and Chair of English, Ph.D., 2002, University of Kentucky
  • Weber, Christina, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ph.D., 2005, State University of New York-Buffalo
  • Weber, Michael J., Professor of Music, A.Mus.D., 1990, University of Arizona
  • Westerman, Catherine Kingsley, Associate Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2008, Michigan State University
  • Westerman, David, Associate Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2007, Michigan State University
  • Whitsel, Christopher, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, Ph.D., 2009, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Wicktor, Emily, Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., 2010, The University of Kansas, Lawrence

  • Wing, Heath, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Ph.D., 2015, Texas Tech University

  • Wischer, Stephen, Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, M.F.A.,M. Arch., 2004, University of Calgary
  • Wood, Robert A., Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 1983, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Wottrich, Tyler, Assistant Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2013, Stony Brook University
  • Yellow Bird, Michael, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Indigenous Tribal Studies Program, Ph.D., 1994, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Youngs, George A., Emeritus Professor of Emergency Management, Ph.D., 1981, University of Iowa
  • Zeng, Cheng, Assistant Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2018, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland