Najla Ghazi Amundson, M.S.J., Northwestern University, 1990

Najla's areas of expertise include organizational communication, and critical and feminist theory. Her research focuses on the rhetoric of Mary Kay Inc. Najla's teaching interests include media writing, broadcast reporting, and public speaking.

Robert R. Becker, M.A., Colorado State University, 1995

Bob's areas of expertise include rhetoric, forensics, and political communication. His research focuses on the political rhetoric of conservative Christians, the academic benefits of forensics and the construction of identity. Mr. Becker teaching experience includes the areas of public communication, interpersonal communication, and forensics.

Michael E. Burns, M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos, 2007

Michael's areas of interest include persuasion, health communication, leadership, instructional communication, and training and development. His teaching interests include human communication, introduction to communication studies, and public speaking.

Anna F. Carmon, M.A., Illinois State University, 2005

Anna is a doctoral student and the Basic Course Director in the Department of Communication. Her research focuses on organizational communication and family communication, particularly family businesses. Anna's teaching interests include communication theory, business and professional communication, and organizational communication.

Kimberly J. Cowden, M.A., North Dakota State University, 2000

Kimberly is a doctoral student, a research fellow with the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, and the president of Cowden Communications. Her areas of interest include risk/crisis communication, organizational communication, and P.R. Cowden's teaching experience includes public speaking, organizational communication, risk communication, advertising, and broadcasting.

Becky L. DeGreeff, M.S., South Dakota State University, 2006

Becky's areas of expertise are family communication and organizational communication. Her research focuses on diversity of family relationships, specifically stepfamily communication relationships and work/career/family issues faced by employed mothers. Her teaching interests include interpersonal, family, small group, and organizational communication.

Julie Fudge, M.B.A., University of Mary

Julie's research interests include intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, communication technology, and crisis communication. Her work experience has been primarily in the nonprofit sector, dealing with marketing, communication technology, public relations, and event planning. She is currently teaching Fundamentals of Public Speaking (COMM 110).

Denise Gorsline, M.A., Central Michigan University

Denise is a doctoral student at NDSU, as well as an assistant professor and chair of the Communication Studies Department at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Her research interests include communication and career choices and the effect of technology on communication. Her teaching interests include leadership, communication and technology, and organizational communication.

Katherine Gronewold, M.S., South Dakota State University, 2007

Kate's areas of interest include organizational communication, sport communication, and rhetoric. Her research focuses on work/family issues, sports rhetoric, and the organization of sport, particularly concerning matters of youth sport.

Amorette Hinderaker, B.A., South Dakota State University

Amorette is a doctoral student and the Director of Forensics at NDSU. Her areas of interest include organizational communication and rhetoric. Her research focuses on religious organizations and the intersection between religious and political rhetoric. She coaches the competitive forensics team and teaches courses in public speaking, public relations, and argumentation.

Dan McRoberts, M.A., North Dakota State University

Dan's areas of interest include the uses of technology in teaching and learning, visual rhetoric, and forensics. His teaching experience includes numerous courses online, in a hybrid format, and face to face.

Amy Miller, B.A., Jamestown College, 2007

Amy's research focuses on family and interpersonal communication, specifically the family in crisis and the impact of organizations on the family. Her teaching interests include family, small group, interpersonal, and organizational communication. Amy also has mass media teaching experience.

Jean Ostrom-Blonigen, B.S., MSU-Moorhead, 1983, & B.S., North Dakota State University, 1998

Jean is a doctoral student and long-time employee at North Dakota State University, where she is the Chief Information Technology Planning Office for the NDSU Division of Information Technology. Her research focuses on organizational communication surrounding the public relations of technology implementations and funding. Her work includes research in the use of public relations in enterprise resource planning system implementations and funding the technology of research universities.

Aaron Quanbeck, M.A., University of North Dakota, 2005

Aaron is a doctoral student at North Dakota State University and an assistant professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead. His research interests include political communication, rhetoric, and media coverage of disasters. Aaron has taught courses in mass communications, with an emphasis on broadcast journalism.

Jennifer L. Reierson, M.A., North Dakota State University, 2006

Jennifer is a doctoral student at North Dakota State University and an instructor in the Communication Department at the University of Minnesota at Duluth. She also holds a research assistantship with the Risk and Crisis Project at North Dakota State University. Her areas of interest include risk and crisis communication, organizational communication, and public relations. Her research focuses on crisis renewal, work-family issues, and critical and cultural issues.

Kristofer C. Schlieper, M.A., Regent University, 2004

Kristofer's area of expertise is communication technologies. His research focuses on the use of new technologies, specifically the internal communication companies have with their employees, and the external communication companies have with their clients and the public.

Shelly Stowman, M.B.A., Baker University

Shelly has worked in both corporate and nonprofit environments and has extensive experience in strategic planning, fundraising, product development, marketing, public relations, and organizational development. Her research interests include intercultural communication, social change, public relations and crisis communication. She has taught courses in public speaking, public relations, and mass communications.

Cloy Tobola, M.S., North Dakota State University, 1993

Cloy is a doctoral student and communication coordinator for NDSU's Information Technology Services department. His areas of research include new media, internet technology, cognition and social engagement. Cloy has 20 years of professional experience in organizational communication, primarily in the non-profit sector, as well as 15 years experience teaching journalism and media courses.

Nadene N. Vevea, M.A., Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2007

Nadene's areas of interest include instructional communication, interpersonal communication, crisis/conflict and intercultural communication. Her research focuses on identity formation, campus climate, and the basic communication course, focusing specifically on minority and underrepresented student population

Kai Janovsky Western, M.A., Missouri State University, 2004

Kai's areas of research interests include family, intercultural, and organizational communication, particularly focusing on the social construction of identity and culture. Her teaching interests include intercultural, interpersonal, and family communication.