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Faculty and Staff

The majority of the instruction, in program governance, and in student advising are conducted by the educational leadership program faculty which is drawn from the regularly ranked graduate faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead and North Dakota State University. Members of the program faculty are:

  • Boyd Bradbury, Professor, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Ph.D., Capella University.
  • Ann Clapper, Assistant Professor of Education, North Dakota State University, Ed.D., Drake University.
  • Thomas Hall, Assistant Professor of Education, North Dakota State University, Ed.D., University of South Dakota.
  • Denise Lajimodiere, Assistant Professor of Education, North Dakota State University, Ph.D., University of North Dakota.
  • Dennis W. Van Berkum, Professor of Education, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Ed.D., University of South Dakota.

Associate faculty - Additional instruction in the specialty field of educational leadership as well as instruction in many of the supporting courses in professional education are provided by associate faculty who are drawn from the graduate faculty of MSUM and NDSU as well as from the faculty of Concordia College. Members of the associate faculty are:

Specialized areas - Periodically, qualified practitioners in educational leadership are employed to teach in specialized areas within the TCU Educational Leadership program.

  • Marvin Erhardt, Consultant, North Dakota Leadership in Educational Administration Development Center, Bismarck, N.D., Ph.D., University of Wyoming.
  • Richard Warner, Assistant Professor of Education, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
  • Gary Bratvold, Adjunct, Ed.S., St. Cloud State.
  • Rhonda Ficek, Adjunct, Ph.D., North Dakota State University.
  • Tamara Uselman, Adjunct.
  • Thomas Gravel, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of North Dakota.