2023-2024 Academic Catalog

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Carroll College Faculty

JUSTINE ALBERTS (2023)
Instructor of Education
B.S., 2009, Carroll College
M.S., 2013, Western Governors University

TRAVIS ALMQUIST (2016)
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., 2006, Concordia College
M.S., 2008, North Dakota State University
Ph.D., 2013, Washington State University

ASHLEY E. BECK (2020)
Assistant Professor of Genetics
B.A., 2011, Central College
Ph.D., 2018, Montana State University

DEBRA BERNARDI (1997)
Professor of English
A.B., Franklin & Marshall College
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

RECEP BIRGUL (2022)

Professor of Civil Engineering
B.S., 1988, Gazi University, College of Technical Education, Ankara, Turkey
M.S., 1996, Wayne State University
Ph.D., 2001. Wayne State University

SHAYE P. BODINE (2022)

Assistant Professor of Engineering
B.S., 2015, University of Colorado Boulder
M.S., 2017, University of Colorado Boulder
Ph.D., 2020, University of Colorado Boulder

APRIL BOITANO (2022)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., 1999, California State University Sacramento
M.S., 2011, University of Cincinnati
Ph.D., 2020, Frontier Nursing University

RON BREITMEYER (2023)
Associate Professor of Engineering
B.S., 2004, University of Nevada
M.S., 2006, University of Nevada
Ph.D., 2011, University of Wisconsin, Madison

MARIA BROSNAN (2006)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., 1990, Loyola University of Chicago
M.S., 1999, Rush University of Chicago

MADELYN BRUSTKERN (2023)
Instructor of Anthrozoology
B.A., 2019, Carroll College
M.S., 2021, Texas Tech University

ERIN BUTTS (2021)
Assistant Professor of Masters of Social Work
B.A., 2003, Carroll College
M.S.W., 2010, University of Montana
 
CPT CLAYTON CANTRELL (2022)
Assistant Professor of Military Science
B.S., 2012, University of Montana Western

CHRISSIE CARPENTER (2020)
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
B.A., 2002, Carroll College
Ph.D., 2008, University of Montana

DANE J. CASH (2013)

Associate Professor of History
B.A., 1997, Ithaca College
M.A., 2003, Boston University
Ph.D., 2012, Boston University

KELLY CLINE (2003)

Professor of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
B.S., 1998, Eastern Oregon University
M.S., 2000, University of Colorado
Ph.D., 2003, University of Colorado at Boulder

REBECCA COATES (2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., 2008, Carroll College
Ph.D., 2017, University of Salt Lake

MAGDELENE COLLINS (2023)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.A., 1995, Carroll College
D.N.P., 2019, Gonzaga University

JULIE CROHAS (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
M.A., 2008, Université Blaise Pascal, France
Ph.D., 2017, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
                      Université Clermont-Auvergne, France

MARGO DEMELLO (2020)
Assistant Professor of Anthrozoology
B.A., 1988, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., 1991, University of California, Davis
Ph.D., 1995, University of California, Davis

DIANA DEVINE (2023)
Visiting Instructor of Psychology
B.S., 2016, College of Charleston
M.S., 2018, Virginia Tech

ADEL DIMIAN (2018)
Associate Professor of Business
B.S., 1983, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1988, North Dakota State University
M.B.A., 1996, University of Minnesota

JAMIE M. DOLAN (2008, 2009)

Professor of Sociology
B.A., 2002, Carroll College
M.A., 2004, University of Arizona
Ph.D., 2009, University of Arizona

JODI FASTEEN (2015)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., 2003, North Dakota State University
M.S., 2005, University of Oregon
Ph.D., 2015, Portland State University

JEANETTE FREGULIA (2007)

Associate Professor of History
B.A., 1982, University of the Pacific
M.A., 1987, University of London
Ph.D., 2007, University of Nevada-Reno

KATHLEEN M. GILBOY (2013)

Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., 1987, Carroll College
M.A., 2002, Montana State University-Northern
Ed.D, 2019, Concordia University-Portland

CALVIN GOEMANN (2023)
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., 2017, University of Minnesota-Morris
Ph.D., 2023, Montana State University

EDWARD W. GLOWIENKA (2013)

Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., 2004, University of Scranton
M.A., 2011, Emory University
Ph.D., 2013, Emory University

JENNIFER GLOWIENKA (2003)

Professor of Biology
B.S., 1997, Boise State University
Ph.D., 2003, University of Colorado

LOREN GRAHAM (2001)

Professor of English and Creative Writing
B.M., 1980, Oklahoma Baptist
B.A., 1981, Oklahoma Baptist
M.A., 1986, Baylor University
M.F.A., 1988, University of Virginia

KATHERINE GREINER (2015)

Associate Professor of Theology
B.A., 2005, Carroll College
M.T.S., 2007, Weston Jesuit School of Theology
Ph.D., 2017, Boston College

SOUMITREE GUPTA (2014)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., 2001, Jadavpur University
M.A., 2003, Jadavpur University
Ph.D., 2013, Syracuse University

ALYSSA HAHN (2018)

Professor of Biomechanics
B.A., 2014, Carroll College
Ph.D., 2018, Montana State University

ERIC E. HALL (2013)

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology
B.A., 2002, Northwest University
M.A., 2005, Loyola Marymount University
Ph.D., 2011, Claremont Graduate University

RYAN HALLOWS (2014)

Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., 2004, Central Washington University
M.A., 2006, Indiana University
Ph.D., 2013, Indiana University

ALAN D. HANSEN II (2008)

Professor of Communication Studies
B.A., 1996, Boise State University
Ph.D., 2002, University at Albany

PATRICIA HEISER (2012)

Associate Professor of Earth Science
B.S., 1990, University of Vermont
Ph.D., 1997, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Natural Sciences

JOE HELBLING (2012)

Associate Professor of Education
B.A., 1998, Whitworth College
M.S., 2005, Western Oregon University
Ph.D., 2012, University of Connecticut

HANNAH HEMPHILL (2020)
Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies
B.A., 2001, Taylor University
M.Litt., 2003, University of St. Andrews
M.T.S., 2005 University of Notre Dame
M.St., 2008, University of Oxford
Ph.D., 2019, University of Notre Dame

DAVID HITT (2012)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., 2005, North Carolina State University
Ph.D., 2011, University of California

MEAGAN HOGUE (2022)
Instructor of Nursing
B.S., 2020, Montana State University

D. GRANT HOKIT (1996)

Senior Research Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., 1986, Colorado State University
Ph.D., 1994, Oregon State University

NIKKI HONZEL (2015)

Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., 2004, Colgate University
M.A., 2005, University of Louisville
Ph.D., 2008, University of Louisville 

JANET JOHNSON (2016)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.A., 1998, Carroll College

JEREMY JOHNSON (2011)

Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., 1997, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., 2000, Villanova University
M.P.A., 2005, Villanova University
A.M., 2007, Brown University
Ph.D., 2010, Brown University

CHARLOTTE M. JONES (1993)

Professor of Communication Studies
B.A., University of Montana
M.A., San Diego State University
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin

MARY E. KEEFFE (1997)

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Engineering & Physics
B.S., 1984, University of Notre Dame
M.S., 1987, Cornell University
Ph. D., 1994, Cornell University

MEREDITH KRUTAR (2010)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., 1999, University of Virginia-Charlottesville
M.S., 2005, Johns Hopkins University
DNP, 2022,
APRN-BC, FNP, RN

DOREEN KUTUFAM (2006)

Professor of Communication Studies
H.N.D., 1995, National Film and Television Institute, Accra, Ghana
M.S., 1999, Syracuse University
Ph.D., 2007, Syracuse University

MELISSA LEWIS (2021)
Assistant Professor of Accelerated Nursing
B.A., 2007, Arizona State University
M.S., 2016, University of Phoenix

BELLE MARIE (1992)

Professor of Business
B.S., 1982, University of Montana
M.B.A., 1988, University of Montana
D.B.A., 2014, George Fox University
C.P.A., C.M.A., C.I.A., C.G.M.A, C.F.E.

ISABELLE MCGREEVY (2023)
Instructor of Nursing
B.S.,2021, Carroll College

ERIC MEYER (2017)
Associate Professor of Theology
B.A., 2003, Westmont College
M.A., 2008, Regent College
Ph.D., 2014, Fordham University

MOLLY MOLLOY (2021)

Associate Professor of Masters Social Work
B.A., 1998, University of Montana
M.A., 2008, University of Montana

JEFFREY B. MORRIS (1994)

Professor of English
B.A., 1985, Boise State University
M.A., 1988, Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., 1993, Pennsylvania State University

JULIA L. MULL (2011)

Associate Professor of Business
B.A, 1984, University of Louisville
M.A., 1990, University of Denver
M.B.A., 2006, Indiana University-Fort Wayne
M.S., 2013, Montana State University
ABD, 2018, Kansas State University
CFP(R)

JULIAN NOLEN (2018)
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., 2008, Willamette University
M.S., 2011, Our Lady of the Lake University
M.S., 2013, Colorado State University
Ph.D., 2015, Colorado State University

BRENT NORTHUP (1989)

Professor of Communication Studies\Director of Forensics
B.A., 1968, Whitman College
M.A., 1976, University of Missouri-Columbia

JEAN OLLIS (2022)
Associate Professor of Social Work
B.S., 1992, Ohio State University
M.S., 2009, Ohio State University
DMIN., 2020, George Fox University

STEFANIE OTTO-HITT (2011)
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., 2001, SUNY at StonyBrook
Ph.D., 2007, SUNY at StonyBrook

KELLY PARSLEY (2012)

Associate Professor of Health Sciences
B.A., 1998, Pennsylvania State University
M.A., 1990, Pennsylvania State University
M.P.H., 2016, University of Montana

DEAN PAVLAKIS (2014)

Associate Professor of History
B.A., 1980, Harvard College
M.A., 1984, Yale University School of Management
M.A., 2000, University of Buffalo
Ph.D., 2012, University of Buffalo

JAMES PETROVICH (2021)

Professor of Masters of Social Work
B.S., 2000, Mississippi College
M.S.W., 2003, New York University
Ph.D., 2009, University of Texas at Arlington

CAROLINE PHARR (2011)

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., 2003, Carroll College
Ph.D., 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison

KATHERINE PIEPER (2021)
Instructor of Nursing
B.S., 2019, Washington State University

SERGIO RESTREPO-MESA (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., 1997, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Ph.D., 2022, The Catholic University of America

JOHN RIES (2004)

Professor of Theology
B.A., 1982, Cardinal Glennon College-St. Louis
S.T.B. I & II, 1984 Universita Gregoriana-Rome, Italy
M.A., 1988, St. Louis University-St. Louis, MO
Licentitate, 1989, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Leuven, Belgium
S.T.L./M.A., 1993, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Leuven, Belgium
S.T.D/Ph.D., 2000, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Leuven, Belgium

ELVIRA RONCALLI (2005)

Professor of Philosophy
Laurea, 1990, Universita’ degli Studi Milano, Italy
Licenciate, 1992, Universite Catholique Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
Ph.D., 1998, Universite Catholique Louvain-La-Neuve-Belgium

JOHN ROWLEY (2013)

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., 2005, University of Alaska Fairbanks
M.A., 2008, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., 2011, Johns Hopkins University

ANNETTE RYERSON (2011)

Associate Professor of Business
B.A., 1986, Rutgers, The State University
M.B.A., 1988, College of William and Mary
D.B.A., 2003, Nova Southeastern University
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
B.A., 1995, Walla Walla University
B.S., 1995, Walla Walla University
M.S., 2001, Walla Walla University
Ph.D., 2013, University of Pittsburgh

SHAUN SCOTT (2016)

Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., 1990, University of Montana Western
M.Ed., 2004, University of Montana
Ed.D., 2008, University of Montana

BRANDON SHEAFOR (2010)

Professor of Biology
B.A., 1988, Colorado College
Ph.D., 1997, University of Colorado-Boulder

ELIZABETH SHEAFOR (2014)

Instructor of Biology
B.A., 1993, University of California-Santa Cruz
M.A., 1997, University of Colorado-Boulder

KIMBERLY SHIRE (2016)

Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., 1995, Seattle Pacific University
M.F.A., 2015, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

WILLIAM MARK SMILLIE (1995)

Professor of Philosophy
B.A., 1983, Thomas Aquinas College
Ph.D., 1992, University of Notre Dame

SFC MATTHEW SONSTENG (2020)
Assistant Professor of Military Science
B.A. 2009, Montana State University

KEVIN C. STEWART (2010)

Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing
B.S., 1987, Bluefield State College
B.A., 1991, Concord University
M.A., 1993, Radford University
M.F.A., 1996, University of Arkansas

ALEX STREET (2014)

Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., 2003, University of Oxford
M.A., 2006, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., 2011, University of California, Berkeley

KYLE S. STRODE (2000)

Professor of Chemistry
B.A., 1986, Manchester College
Ph.D., 1993, Montana State University

MARIE SUTHERS (2012)

Professor of Psychology and Anthrozoology
B.S., 1978, The Ohio State University
D.V.M., 1982, The Ohio State University

LAUREN SWANT (2021)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., 2008, University of Pittsburgh
M.S., 2013, Indiana State University

ANTHONY M. SZPILKA (1993)

Professor of Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics
B.S., 1979, Princeton University
M.S., 1983, Cornell University
Ph.D., 1985, Cornell University

ANDREW THOMAS (2018)

Instructor of Masters of Accountancy Program
B.A., 2002, University of Maine
M.A., 2004, Northern Illinois University
Ph.D., 2010, Washington State University
J.D., 2014, Gonzaga University
M.A., 2016, Gonzaga University
DBA, 2023, University of Missouri-St. Louis

KAYTE THOMAS (2021)
Assistant Professor of Masters of Social Work
B.S.W., 2012, Meredith College
M.S.W., 2013, North Caroline State University
Ph.D., 2021, Baylor University

DEANNA THOMPSON (2022)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., 2004, Montana State University
M.B.A., 2008, Grand Canyon University
M.S.N., 2018, Montana State University

MIKE TRUDNOWSKI (2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., 1979, Carroll College
M.Ed., 1989, University of Montana

ALEXANDRIA WEISBERG (2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., 2007, University of Colorado
Psy.D., 2019, University of Colorado

THEODORE J. WENDT (2013)

Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science
B.A., 2002, Carroll College
M.S., 2006, The University of Iowa
M.C.S., 2008, The University of Iowa
Ph.D., 2008, The University of Iowa

NATHAN WILLIAMS (2021)
Assistant Professor in Computer Science
B.S., 1994, Montana State University