Professor of Special Education, Associate Director for Development, NDCPD. Current NDCPD projects: Director of PRISM (Peer-coaching Rural In-Service Model); Director of ND Teacher Recruitment and Retention Project; Director of ND Transition Follow-up Project ; Co-Director of Transition Externship Pilot Project; and Program Evaluator of CC-EPIC Project .

Degrees: Ph.D. from University of Idaho with specializations in special education and educational research; M.S. in Special Education from Minot State University with emphasis in Severe Multiple Handicaps; B.S.E. from Minot State University with majors in elementary education and mental retardation.