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Colorado State University, Iowa State
University, Kansas State University, Texas Tech University
Michigan State University, University of Missouri, Montana State University, University
of Nebraska
North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University,
South Dakota State University
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Great Plains IDEA Board of Directors
Chair, Board of Directors: Laurie Stenberg Nichols, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences. 2006-07 ACE FELLOW
Dr. Laurie Stenberg Nichols is a native of South Dakota and received her B.S. in Home Economics Education from South Dakota State University . Advanced degrees include an M.S. in Vocational and Adult Education from Colorado State University and Ph.D. in Family & Consumer Sciences Education/Family Studies from Ohio State University .
Dr. Nichols has taught at the secondary and post-secondary levels in South Dakota , Colorado , Nebraska , Ohio , Idaho and Iowa . She has received numerous teaching and research awards for her innovative teaching including her involvement in the creation of the Great Plains IDEA (interactive distance education alliance). In 1994 she became Dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at South Dakota State University . Dr. Nichols has provided campus leadership on several initiatives including campus childcare, diversity, academic advising, and strategic planning. She has secured numerous grants to collaborate with South Dakota tribal colleges in the areas of curriculum development, articulation, service learning, and collaborative research.
Dr. Nichols is Chair of the Higher Education Unit of American Association for Family & Consumer Sciences, Chair of the Great Plain’s IDEA Board of Directors and Chair of South Dakota Voices for Children Board of Directors. She is past Vice President of Programs for the Board on Human Sciences. In addition, Dr. Nichols holds appointments to several local and state Boards which focus on the well-being of women and children. She is passionate about working with young people in solidifying educational and career goals and developing leadership skills.
Dr. Nichols is an ACE FELLOW, class of 2006-2007. She is spending fall semester, 2006 on the campus of California State University at Fresno under the mentorship of President John Welty and Provost Jeri Echeverria. Beyond university leadership, she is studying the issues of system and campus accountability and alternative faculty employment patterns. (605)688-6181 laurie_nichols@sdstate.edu |
Jean Lehmann , Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research, College of Applied Human Sciences and Professor, School of Education
Dr. Lehmann holds a Bachelor's degree in Special Education from Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt, a Master's degree in Vocational Rehabilitation from the University of Wisconsin- Stout, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. Her research interests are in the areas of assessment, transition, and educational reform. She has been the principal investigator on 26 state and federally funded research, evaluation, and training projects addressing issues of self determination, transition-related educator preparation, and models for increasing the post secondary success of students with disabilities. Her current responsibilities are to support the growth and development of research and scholarly activities in the College. Jean can be contacted at (970) 491.0799 or Jean.Lehmann@colostate.edu.
Tom
Andre, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Curriculum
and Instruction, College of Human Sciences.
Education: Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University
of Illinois, 1971; M.A. Educational Psychology, University of Illinois,
1971; B.S. Psychology (Cum Laude), University of Massachusetts,
1970. Research Interests: Educational psychology, Science Teaching
and Learning, Use of Simulations and technology for Teaching Science,
Individual differences in Science Learning. (515)294-1754
tandre@iastate.edu
Virginia
Moxley, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Human Ecology.
Dr. Moxley has held the position of Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs in the College of Human Ecology, Kansas State
University since 1985. An advocate for quality distance education
programming, she is a founding member of the Great Plains Interactive
Distance Education Alliance. Moxley chairs the academic committee
of the Board on Human Sciences of the National Association of State
Universities and Land grant Colleges and represents the Human Sciences
on the Food and Agriculture Education Information System Panel of
Experts. Moxley edited a 1999 issue of the Kappa Omicron Nu Forum
entitled 'Advanced Information Infrastructures: Realizing their
Potential'. (785)532-5500 moxley@ksu.edu
Linda O. Stanford, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Academic Services .
Current responsibilities include leadership of the Enrollment Services units: Admissions, Financial Aid, and Registrar; University Curriculum and Catalog; Program Review; Summer Session Budget, and Commencement. From 2000 to 2005, Dr. Stanford served as University Registrar. Prior administrative positions include Assistant Provost for Academic Services; Assistant to the Provost for Curriculum; Chair, Department of Art and Art History; Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Arts and Letters. She is a Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History and has published in national venues and presented lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. She earned a Ph.D. in Art History at the University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , North Carolina . (517-355-5767 stanford@msu.edu.
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Marjorie
Sable, MSW, MPH, DrPH. Associate Professor and Associate Dean
for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Human Environmental
Sciences.
Dr. Sable holds degrees in Social Work (MSW, Washington
University) and Public Health (MPH, DrPH, University of North Carolina
-Chapel Hill). Her interest in public health grew out of her work
as a social worker in women's health. Prior to joining the faculty
in the School of Social Work in 1993, she was the Bureau Chief for
Perinatal and Child Health at the Missouri Department of Health.
At the School of Social Work she served as the director of doctoral
studies and was the core Social Work faculty on a HRSA/MCHB Interdisciplinary
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training
grant. She teaches policy and practice, and her research focuses
on maternal and child health issues including barriers to health
care utilization, improved pregnancy outcomes, family planning,
and domestic violence. (573) 882-0914 SableM@missouri.edu
Larry Baker, Ed.D., Interim Dean, College of Education, Health
and Human Development.
Dr. Baker has held the position of Associate Dean
or Interim Dean at Montana State University since May of 1998, in
addition to teaching in the adult and higher ed program for the
Department of Education at Montana State University each semester.
Dr. Baker's research interest lies in program evaluation and assessment
with professional memberships in Phi Delta Kappa, Psi Chapter, Montana
State University, Bozeman, Montana; Association for the Study of
Higher Education (ASHE); and, Northern Rocky Mountain Education
Research Association (NRMERA). EDUCATION: 1967 University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, B.A., Modern Language (French and Spanish);
1983 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, M.Ed., (Adult and Higher
Education); 1990 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Ed.D., (Adult
and Higher Education) (406) 994-6752 lbaker@montana.edu
Marjorie J. Kostelnik, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences.
Dr. Kostelnik began her career in childcare and Head Start before receiving her doctorate in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University. She was on the faculty at Michigan State for 22 years, serving first as Program Supervisor of the Child Development Laboratories and then as chair of the Department of Family and Child Ecology. During that time, she taught a variety of distance education classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Kostelnik's research focuses on early childhood education and community coalition building. Past vice-president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, she is currently treasurer-elect for the Board of Human Sciences. (402)472-2913 mkostelnik2@unl.edu
Greg
Sanders, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Human Development
and Education.
Dr. Sanders provides leadership in building capacities
in technology and research. He also teaches graduate and undergraduate
courses with a focus on family science and researches in the areas
of family relationships and later life families. He has published
and presented nationally on building technology and distance education
capacities. Dr. Sanders is also the editor of the North Dakota Journal
of Human Services which is published both in paper form and on the
Internet. (701)231-8272 Greg.Sanders@ndsu.nodak.edu
Shiretta
Ownbey, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Human Environmental
Sciences.
Dr. Ownbey was a County Extension Educator, Extension
4-H and Youth Specialist, and Family and Consumer Sciences teacher
in the public school system in Texas before becoming a faculty member
in the Design, Housing and Merchandising Department at Oklahoma
State University in 1991. Her research interests focus on Experiential
Learning, Consumer Behavior of Special Markets, and Retail Training
Issues. Dr. Ownbey has received teaching, advising, research, public
relations and distinguished alumna awards. (405)744-5053
sownbey@okstate.edu
David C. Ivey, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, College of Human Sciences.
| Dr. Ivey serves as a Commissioner with the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education and is Chair of the Research Committee for the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He currently co-directs the Medical Family Therapy program housed in Children’s Hospital at Covenant Health System in Lubbock, Texas. His research interests include medical family therapy with pediatric oncology cases, clinical judgment in marriage and family therapy, pre-marital education, and forensic family therapy. His research has been funded by the Texas Office of the Attorney General, the Graduate School at Texas Tech University, The Big 12 Faculty Fellowship initiative, The Covenant Foundation, and the College of Human Sciences. His work has been published in prominent scholarly outlets and presented at state, national, and international conferences. (806)742-5050 david.ivey@ttu.edu |
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