College of Education & Human Development

TLPP Faculty & Staff

Department Administration

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Casey (Carolyn) Ozaki
M.Ed Student Affairs; Ph.D Higher Education
Professor, Department Chair
Specialty: Higher Education, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Community Colleges, College Student Persistence
  • 701.777.4256
  • Education Building Room 270
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Helen Elden
Administrative Secretary
  • 701.777.3143
  • Education Building Room 238
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189

Full-Time Faculty

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Amber Adgerson
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Teacher Preparation, Early Childhood/Elementary Education, STEM Identity Development, Virtual STEM Education, STEM Education for Underrepresented Populations
  • 701.777.5680
  • Education Office Room 314
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Pamela Beck
Associate Professor
Specialty: Literacy Education, Literacy Practices, Assessment and Instruction, Student-Centered Views of Teaching, Qualitative Methods
  • 701.777.6173
  • Education Building Room 322
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Renae Bjorg
PhD
Assistant Professor
  • 701.777.6760
  • Education Building Room 318
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Sonja Brandt
PhD in Teacher Education
Clinical Associate Professor in Elementary Education Methods
  • 701.777.3145
  • Education Building Room 376
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Bridgette Campoverde
Instructor
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Hyonsuk Cho
Associate Professor
Specialty: TESOL, Bilingualism, Culturally Relevant Teaching, Social-Emotional Learning
  • 701.777.3162
  • Education Building Room 252
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Christopher Clark
Associate Professor
Specialty: Social Studies Education
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Renuka de Silva
Assistant Professor
  • 701.777.5868
  • Education Building Room 256
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Ian Grande
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • 701.777.0826
  • Education Building
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Bsa/Ndsu
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Shannon Grave
PHD, MED, BSSW
Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Childhood Mental Health, Early Childhood, MTSS/RTI, Behavior Support, Wrap-Around Services, School Based Mental Health
  • Education Building Room 238
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Cindy M. Gregg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
  • 701.777.3243
  • Education Building Room 392
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Michelle D. Griffin, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty: Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Assessment, Progress Monitoring, Special Education Law
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Theresa Grijalva
Instructor
  • 701.777.5749
  • Education Building Room 336
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Tamara Hoffer
Masters of Science in Special Education Strategist
Instructor
Specialty: Special Education Strategist, Emotional Disabilities
  • 701.777.3239
  • Education Building Room 314
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Carol Johnson
ASD Program Manager
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Grace Keengwe
Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction (EARLY CHILDHOOD)
Associate Professor
Specialty: Early Childhood Education
  • 701.777.3378
  • Education Building Room 276
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Sagini Keengwe
Professor
  • 701.777.3189
  • Education Building Room 290
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Laura Link
Associate Professor
Specialty: K-12 Leadership | Classroom Assessment & Grading
  • 701.777.5825
  • Education Building Room 280
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Naomi McGaughey
Middle Level Program Area Coordinator
Specialty: Middle Level Education
  • 701.777.5939
  • Education Building Room 238
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Christine McGrail
Assistant Professor
Specialty: STEM Education
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Emily Midkiff
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Children's and Young Adult Literature, Childhood Studies, Fantasy and Science Fiction Studies, Climate Literacy
  • 701.777.3574
  • Education Room 394
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202
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Donna K. Pearson
Ph.D.
Professor
Specialty: Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education with Emphasis in Social Studies and History Minor
  • 701.777.2861
  • Education Building Room 306
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Anthony Perry
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Student Engagement, STEM, CTE
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Logan Rutten
Assistant Professor
  • 701.777.3577
  • Education Room 284
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Joanna Ryan
PhD BCBA-D LBA
Assistant Professor of Special Education, Hopper Danley Endowed Faculty Fellow
Specialty: Special education services for PK-12 students with extensive support needs in rural communities, applied behavior analysis, single-case experimental design
  • 701.777.2863
  • Education Building Room 384
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Joel Schleicher
Clinical Asst. Professor
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Jared Schlenker
Faculty Fellow of Student Success
Specialty: Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching, Leadership, and Professional Practice
  • 701.777.3584
  • Education Building Room 102F
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Kathy Smart
Associate Professor
  • 701.777.2120
  • Education Building Room 320
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Elizabeth Suazo-Flores
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Math Ed.
Assistant Professor
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Ryan Summers
Associate Professor, Rose Isabella Kelly Fischer Professor
Specialty: Science Education, Nature of Science, Affective Outcomes in Science Education, Quantitative and Mixed Methods
  • 701.777.3144
  • Education Building Room 338
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Kristen Votava
ECE Graduate Director
Specialty: Birth to three, Early Intervention, Speech-Language Pathology, Child development, Policy, State systems, Family collaboration and teaming, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) master trainer, and resiliency in early childhood
  • 701.777.5683
  • Education Building Room 374
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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Tao Wang
Associate Professor
Specialty: Global Citizenship Education; Multicultural Education; Curriculum and Instruction
  • 701.777.3371
  • Education Room 304
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
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JoAnne Yearwood
BS, in Education, MS in ECE
Clinical Asst. Professor
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Ania Young
Ph.D., Licensed Behavior Analyst
Clinical Asst. Professor
  • Education Building Room 200
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189

Part-Time Faculty

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Amy Jacobson
EdD
Dir Special Ed Resident Prog
Specialty: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Behavioral Disorders, and Intellectual Disabilities
  • 701.777.4719
  • Education Building Room 385
    231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189

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