College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Design, Architecture, and Art

Architecture

Communication

Criminal Justice

Division of Performing Arts

• Challey School of Music

• Theatre Arts

Emergency Management

English

History, Philosophy & Religious Studies

Landscape Architecture

Modern Languages

Political Science & Public Policy

Sociology & Anthropology

Visual Arts

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences College Requirements

An additional 9 credits are required by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for a student whose primary degree is a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in a major from the College of AHSS. These additional 9 credits are not required for the Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree, Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Environmental Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Bachelor of Music degree, for any student whose primary major or degree is not in the College of AHSS, or the student is earning two majors or two different degrees.

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Degree Requirements                                                                            

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree – The completion of a minor program of study.                                                                            

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree – Second year language proficiency at college level required.

Requirements for specialized degrees are listed with each major:

Bachelor of Architecture (B.S.Arch)

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

Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.)

Faculty

• Aly Ahmed, Bakr, Associate Professor of 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, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., 2011, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
• Archbold, Carol A., Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2002, University of Nebraska-Omaha

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

• Baggett, Ashley, Associate Professor of History and Director of Women and Gender Studies, Ph.D., 2014, Louisiana State University
• Barnhouse, Mark, Associate Professor of Practice of 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., Professor and Head of Communication, Ph.D., 2008, University of Kansas
• 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, Associate 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
• Blankenship, Anne, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Ph.D., 2012, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Boldt, Ethan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ph.D, 2019, University of Georgia
• Bonfield, June P., Emerita Professor of English, Ph.D., 1969, University of Texas
• Boonstoppel, Sarah, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 2014, University of Maryland, College Park
• Bovard, Richard W., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1973, University of Denver
• Brandel, Jennifer, Assistant Professor of Architecture, M.F.A., 2018, California College of the Arts
• Brekke, Jeremy, Associate Professor of Music, D.A., 2004, University of Northern Colorado
• Briggs, Steven, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., 2007, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Bromley, Kimble A., Professor of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 1986, Southern Illinois University
• Brunton, Bill B., Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., 1974, Washington State University
• Bumgarner, Jeffrey, Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., 2000, University of Minnesota
• Burnett, Ann, Emerita Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 1986, University of Utah
• Burns, Kelly, Assistant Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2018, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Burt, Sean, Assistant Professor of History and English, Ph.D., 2011, Texas Christian University

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

• Cameron, Kelly, Senior Lecturer of English, Ph.D., 2011, Texas Christian University
• Carlson, Natalie Smith, Senior Lecturer of English, M.A., 2010, North Dakota State University
• Cavins, Jo Wana, Senior Lecturer of English, B.A., 1979, University of Evansville, Indiana
• Challey, Connor, Lecturer of Music, M.M., 2018, Colorado State University
• 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
• 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, 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
• Duda, Meghan, Assistant Professor of Art, M.F.A., 2012, University of North Dakota
• 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., Emeritus 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, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, M.F.A., 2007, Purdue University
• Fischer, Dominic, Assistant Professor of 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, M.D.S., 2014, Boston Architectural College
• 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, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., 2010, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
• Gore, Amy, Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., 2019, University of New Mexico
• Goreham, Gary A., Emeritus Professor of Sociology; Ph.D., 1985, South Dakota State University
• Groves, Robert W., Emeritus Professor of Music, Ph.D., 1981, University of Iowa

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

• Hackerott, Caroline, Assistant Professor of Emergency Management, Ph.D., 2016, Oklahoma State University 

• 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, Vincent, 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
• Holthaus, Mitchell, Lecturer of German, M.A., 2014, California State 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 Athletic 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., Emeritus 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, Emeritus 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

• Knight, Jeff, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 2009, Savannah College of Art and Design

• 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 Landscape Architecture, M.Des, 1993, Harvard 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
• Krishnan, Ramakrishnan S., Emeritus Professor of English, Ph.D., 1981, University of Nebraska
• Kost, Jason, Professor of Practice 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, Senior 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
• Lu, Shuning, Assistant Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2019, University of Texas at Austin
• 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, 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
• Mataic, Dane, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., 2018, Pennsylvania State University
• 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

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

• Melby, Benjamin, Senior 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, Associate 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, Emeritus 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, 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; Associate 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, 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
• Rubenstein, Ellen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., 2012, Yale University
• Ryan, Anneli, Lecturer and Coordinator of Intensive English Language Program, 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, Director the Center for Writers,  M.F.A., 1997, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
• Sassi, Kelly, Professor of English, Ph.D., 2008, University of Michigan
• Schwaen, Regin, M.A.A., Associate Professor of 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 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, Department Head of Visual Arts, Director of the School of Design, Architecture, and Art, M.F.A, 1999, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Strandness, Jean, Emerita Professor of English, Ph.D., 1974, Michigan State University
• Sublett, Virginia, Emerita 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
• Syvertson, Eric, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, M.F.A., 2014, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
• Taylor, Adam P., Lecturer of Philosophy, Ph.D., 2013, SUNY at Buffalo
• Temanson, Kaye, Senior 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 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, Associate Professor of Communication, Ph.D., 2013, Pennsylvania State University

• Ward, Steve A., Emeritus Professor of English, M.A., 1964, North Dakota State University
• Weber, Christina, Professor of Sociology, 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, M.F.A.,M. Arch., 2004, University of Calgary
• Wottrich, Tyler, Associate Professor of Music, D.M.A., 2013, Stony Brook University
• 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