TLPP Faculty & Staff
Department Administration
Casey (Carolyn) Ozaki
M.Ed Student Affairs; Ph.D Higher Education
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
Administrative Secretary
- helen.elden@UND.edu
- 701.777.3143
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Education Building Room 238
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Full-Time Faculty
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Teacher Preparation, Early Childhood/Elementary Education, STEM Identity Development, Virtual STEM Education, STEM Education for Underrepresented Populations
- amber.adgerson@UND.edu
- 701.777.5680
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Education Office Room 314
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
Specialties: Literacy Education, Literacy Practices, Assessment and Instruction, Student-Centered Views of Teaching, Qualitative Methods
- pamela.beck@UND.edu
- 701.777.6173
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Education Building Room 322
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Renae Bjorg
PhD
Assistant Professor
- renae.bjorg@UND.edu
- 701.777.6760
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Education Building Room 318
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Sonja Brandt
PhD in Teacher Education
Assistant Professor in Elementary Education Methods
- sonja.brandt@UND.edu
- 701.777.3145
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Education Building Room 376
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Instructor
- bridgette.campoverde@UND.edu
- 701.777.3186
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Education Building Room 386
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor, Hopper Danley Faculty Fellow
Specialties: TESOL, Bilingualism, Culturally Relevant Teaching, Social-Emotional Learning
- hyonsuk.cho@UND.edu
- 701.777.3162
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Education Building Room 252
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- christopher.h.clark@UND.edu
- 701.777.3188
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Education Building Room 262
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Assistant Professor
- renuka.desilva@UND.edu
- 701.777.5868
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Education Building Room 256
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Shannon Grave
PHD, MED, BSSW
Clinical Associate Professor
Specialties: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Childhood Mental Health, Early Childhood, MTSS/RTI, Behavior Support, Wrap-Around Services, School Based Mental Health
- shannon.grave@UND.edu
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Education Building Room 238
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Assistant Professor
- cindy.gregg@UND.edu
- 701.777.3243
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Education Building Room 392
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Clinical Associate Professor
Specialties: Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Assessment, Progress Monitoring, Special Education Law
- michelle.griffin@UND.edu
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Education Building Room 238
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Instructor
- theresa.grijalva@UND.edu
- 701.777.5749
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Education Building Room 336
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Tamara Hoffer
Masters of Science in Special Education Strategist
Instructor
Specialties: Special Education Strategist, Emotional Disabilities
- tamara.waldal@UND.edu
- 701.777.3239
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Education Building Room 314
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
ASD Program Manager
- carol.a.johnson.2@UND.edu
- 701.777.0612
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Education Building Room 258
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Grace Keengwe
Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction (EARLY CHILDHOOD)
Associate Professor
Specialties: Early Childhood Education
- grace.keengwe@UND.edu
- 701.777.3378
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Education Building Room 276
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Professor
- jared.keengwe@UND.edu
- 701.777.3189
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Education Building Room 290
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- laura.link@UND.edu
- 701.777.5825
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Education Building Room 280
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Assoc. Professor
- patricia.mahar@UND.edu
- 701.777.6054
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Education Building Room 388
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- naomi.mcgaughey@UND.edu
- 701.777.5939
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Education Building Room 222
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Assistant Professor
- christine.mcgrail@UND.edu
- 701.777.3487
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Education Room 354
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Children's and Young Adult Literature, Childhood Studies, Fantasy and Science Fiction Studies
- emily.midkiff@UND.edu
- 701.777.3574
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Education Room 394
Grand Forks ND 58202
Donna K. Pearson
Ph.D.
Professor
Specialties: Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education with Emphasis in Social Studies and History Minor
- donna.pearson@UND.edu
- 701.777.2861
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Education Building Room 306
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- anthony.m.perry@UND.edu
- 701.777.3159
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Education Room 218
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Assistant Professor
- logan.rutten@UND.edu
- 701.777.3577
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Education Room 284
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Joanna Ryan
PhD BCBA-D LBA
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Special education services for PK-12 students with extensive support needs, applied behavior analysis, single-case experimental design
- joanna.ryan@UND.edu
- 701.777.2863
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Education Building Room 384
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Clinical Asst. Professor
- joel.l.schleicher@UND.edu
- 701.777.3187
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Education Building Room 371
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Faculty Fellow of Student Success
Specialties: Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching, Leadership, and Professional Practice
- jared.schlenker@UND.edu
- 701.777.3584
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Education Building Room 102F
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
- kathy.smart@UND.edu
- 701.777.2120
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Education Building Room 320
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Elizabeth Suazo-Flores
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Math Ed.
Assistant Professor
- elizabeth.suazo@UND.edu
- 701.777.3749
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Education Room 384
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor, Rose Isabella Kelly Fischer Professor
Specialties: Science Education, Nature of Science, Affective Outcomes in Science Education, Quantitative and Mixed Methods
- ryan.summers@UND.edu
- 701.777.3144
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Education Building Room 338
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
ECE Graduate Director
Specialties: 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
- kristen.votava@UND.edu
- 701.777.5683
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Education Building Room 374
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
Specialties: Global Citizenship Education; Multicultural Education; Curriculum and Instruction
- tao.w@UND.edu
- 701.777.3371
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Education Room 304
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
JoAnne Yearwood
BS, in Education, MS in ECE
Clinical Asst. Professor
- joanne.yearwood@UND.edu
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Education Building Room 238
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Ania Young
Ph.D., Licensed Behavior Analyst
Clinical Asst. Professor
- anna.young.1@UND.edu
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Education Building Room 200
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Part-Time Faculty
Amy Jacobson
EdD
Dir Special Ed Resident Prog
Specialties: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Behavioral Disorders, and Intellectual Disabilities
- amy.jacobson@UND.edu
- 701.777.4719
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Education Building Room 385
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189