Faculty & Staff
Department Administration

Casey (Carolyn) Ozaki
M.Ed Student Affairs; Ph.D Higher Education
Department Chair, Professor
Specialties: Higher Education, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Community Colleges, College Student Persistence
- carolyn.ozaki@UND.edu
- 701.777.4256
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Education Building Room 270
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Department Assistant
- hannah.diers.2@UND.edu
- 701.777.0826
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Education Room 274
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Counseling Psychology & Community Services

Tamba-Kuii Bailey
Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the President for Diversity & Inclusion
- tambakuii.bailey@UND.edu
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Memorial Union
Grand Forks ND 58202-8274

Cerynn Desjarlais
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
Director of Online Counseling Programs
- cerynn.desjarlais@UND.edu
- 701.777.2346
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Education Building Room 200
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Rachel L. Navarro
Ph.D.
Training Director and Professor of Counseling Psychology
Specialties: STEM Academic and Career Interests and Persistence, Psychological Well-Being, Counseling Psychology, Multicultural Vocational Psychology, Latina/o Psychology, Rural Psychology and Integrated Care, Quantitative Methods
- rachel.navarro@UND.edu
- 701.777.2635
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Education Building Room 304
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Katherine L. Nelson
Ph.D., LP, LPC
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator: Counseling (K - 12 School Counseling Emphasis)
Specialties: My research team studies school-based mental health outcomes in schools disproportionately negatively impacted by institutional inequities (racism, white supremacy, classism, heterosexism, sexism etc.); training and supervision outcomes, and quasi-experimental single subject time-series designs.
- k.nelson.1@UND.edu
- 701.777.2394
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Education Building Room 380
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Melissa Quincer
Ph.D., L.P.
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Specialties: Co-Director, Northern Prairie Community Clinic
- melissa.quincer@UND.edu
- 701.777.3745
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Education Building Room 220
Grand Forks ND 58203-7189

Placement & Licensure Coord
- benjamin.s.shapiro@UND.edu
- 701.777.4250
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Education Building Room 217
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Kara Wettersten
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
Assoc. Professor
- kara.wettersten@UND.edu
- 701.777.3743
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Education Building Room 362
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Educational Foundations and Research

- virginia.clinton@UND.edu
- 701.777.5793
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Education Building Room 260
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz
Ph.D., New York University, 2010
Associate Professor
- diana.pawlewicz@UND.edu
- 701.777.4163
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Education Building Room 200
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Cheryl Hunter
Ph.D. in History, Philosophy and Policy Studies
Associate Professor
Specialties: Qualitative methods; Field-based research design; Critical ethnography; Curriculum & instruction; Non-formal education; Experiential education; Gender equity; Community-based, participatory research methods
- cheryl.hunter@UND.edu
- 701.777.3431
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Education Building Room 240
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Joshua Hunter
PhD
Associate Professor
Specialties: Ethnography, Outdoor and Environmental Education, Outdoor Leadership, Place-based Education
- joshua.hunter@UND.edu
- 701.777.3582
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Education Building Room 372
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Assoc. Professor
- steven.lemire@UND.edu
- 701.777.3158
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Education Building Room 356
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development
Specialties: Faculty Development, Educational Psychology, Motivation, Emotions, Structural Equation Modeling, Learning Analytics
- robert.stupnisky@UND.edu
- 701.777.0744
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Education Building Room 340
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Higher Education

Zarrina Azizova
Ph.D., Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Assistant Professor
Specialties: sociology of higher education, postsecondary access and success, student agency and diverse social and racial narratives
- zarrina.azizova@UND.edu
- 701.777.3737
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Education Building Room 316
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Jocelyn Gutierrez
Ed.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Ed.D., Higher Education Specialization
Specialties: Problematizing HSIs, Equity-Based Research, Critical and Educational Frameworks, Qualitative Research
- jocelyn.gutierrez.1@UND.edu
- 701.777.5943
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Education Building Room 354
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Radomir Ray Mitic
Ph.D., Higher & Postsecondary Education
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Equity in graduate education, student outcomes, first-generation college students, international/comparative higher education, quantitative research methods
- radomir.mitic@UND.edu
- 701.777.3452
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Education Building Room 390
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Casey (Carolyn) Ozaki
M.Ed Student Affairs; Ph.D Higher Education
Department Chair, Professor
Specialties: Higher Education, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Community Colleges, College Student Persistence
- carolyn.ozaki@UND.edu
- 701.777.4256
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Education Building Room 270
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Professor
- deborah.worley@UND.edu
- 701.777.3140
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Education Building Room 352
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Instructional Design & Technology

Woei Hung
Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia
Professor
Specialties: Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Problem-based Learning, Problem solving, Active Learning Pedagogies, Systems Thinking and Modeling,
- woei.hung@UND.edu
- 701.777.3486
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Education Building Room 278
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Kinesiology & Public Health Education

John Fitzgerald
PhD
Associate Professor
- john.s.fitzgerald@UND.edu
- 701.777.2988
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Hyslop Sports Center Room 202C
Grand Forks ND 58202-8235

Sandra E. Moritz
PhD, Michigan State University
Professor
Specialties: Sport Psychology, Sport Sociology, Esports
- sandra.moritz@UND.edu
- 701.777.4325
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Education Building
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Dr. Jesse Rhoades
Ph.D
Associate Professor
- jesse.rhoades@UND.edu
- 701.777.3113
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Hyslop Sports Center Room 202D
Grand Forks ND 58202-8235

Associate Professor
Specialties: HIV/AIDS prevention education, Asian and Pacific Islander wellness, LGBT health
- todd.sabato@UND.edu
- 701.777.5936
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Hyslop Sports Center Room 227
Grand Forks ND 58202-8235

Dr. Martin Short
H.B.P.E., M.S., Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor
Specialties: Motor Behavior, Youth Sport, Coaching, Biomechanics, Personal Training
- martin.short@UND.edu
- 701.777.2992
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Hyslop Sports Center Room 226
Grand Forks ND 58202-8235

Associate Professor
- tanis.walch@UND.edu
- 701.777.2994
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Education Building
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

Kasey Young
M.S. Kinesiology,
Sport and Exercise Credit Classes Coordinator and Academic Advisor
Specialties: Injury Prevention in Aquatics
- kasey.young@UND.edu
- 701.317.4795
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Hyslop Sports Center Room 210
Grand Forks ND 58202-8235

Receptionist
- heather.lotysz@UND.edu
- 701.777.4324
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Education Building
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189