XI. Montana State University Billings Graduate Faculty

The graduate faculty at Montana State University Billings are committed to providing students with the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to become outstanding contributors in their chosen field.  The graduate faculty are representatives of the high academic standards of the various graduate degree programs.  Over 90% of the full-time faculty have the highest degree possible for their field.  In addition to providing quality instruction, many of the faculty are writing books and articles, presenting papers, and conducting research.  Since 1980, nine members of the faculty have received Fulbright Scholar Program research grants to foreign countries.

ACTON, Gary A., Professor, Department of English and Philosophy
B.A., Morningside College, 1964; M.A., University of Iowa, 1966; Ed.D., Montana State University, 1980 (1966)

BALTER-REITZ, Susan J., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Theatre
B.S., Eastern New Mexico University, 1985; M.A., University of Wyoming, 1991; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1997 (2004)

BARFIELD, Susan C., Associate Professor, Departments of Music and Educational Theory and Practice
B.M., Colorado State University, 1973; M.A., University of Colorado, 1978; Ph.D., George Mason University, 1997 (1997)

BEHM, Gary, Professor, Department of Music
B.M., University of Iowa, 1958; M.A., University of Iowa, 1965; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 1992 (1979)

BROWN, Douglas, Professor of Accounting, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.S., B.A., University of Denver, 1973; M.B.A., University of Colorado, 1979; C.P.A. (1988)

BULGATZ, M. Gershon, Professor, Department of Psychology
A.B., University of California, Los Angeles, 1961; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1964; Ph.D., University of Montana, 1968 (1968)

CAMPBELL, Michael C., Professor of Accounting, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.S., Colorado State University, 1971; M.S. Colorado State University, 1975; C.P.A. (1978)

CHRISTENSEN, Linda, Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.A., Macalester College, 1970; M.Ed., University of Arizona, 1971; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1982 (1982)

COFFMAN, Stephen L., Professor, Department of Communication and Theatre
B.A., University of Rochester, 1970; M.A, University of Kansas, 1973; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1975 (1977)

COLLING, Kyle K., Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Services
B.S., Eastern Montana College, 1974; M.S., Eastern Montana College, 1976; Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado, 2001 (2004)

DAVISON, David, Professor, Departments of Educational Theory and Practice and Mathematics
B.A., University of Melbourne, 1958; B.Ed., University of Melbourne, 1961; Ed. M., University of Illinois, 1972; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1974 (1977)

DELL, Cindy Ann, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
B.S., Eastern Montana College (Montana State University-Billings), 1989; M.S.S.E., Eastern Montana College (Montana State University-Billings), 1990; Ed.D., Montana State University-Bozeman, 2000 (2004)

DIEDE, Michael, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1994; M.S., Indiana State University, 1995; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2005 (2004)

DILLON, Brian

EDGERTON, Keith, Professor, Department of History
B.A., University of Montana, 1983; M.A., University of Montana, 1985; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1994 (1994)

FARSIO, Farzad, Professor of Finance/Economics, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.A., Tehran University, 1976; M.B.A., Northrop University, 1978; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 1989 (1987)

FISHBAUGH, Mary Susan, Acting Dean, College of Education and Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.S., Indiana University, 1970; M.S., Indiana University, 1972; Ed. S., Indiana, University, 1980; Ed. D, University of Houston, 1983 (1990)

FLOYD, Joe W., Professor, Department of Native American Studies, Political Science, and Sociology
B.A., University of California, Riverside, 1967; M.A., University of California, Riverside, 1972; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1977 (1978)

GRAY, Gary, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
B.P.E., University of New Brunswick, 1974; M.S., University of Kentucky, 1975; Ed.D., University of Oregon, 1983 (1994)

GREGORY, Susan, Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.Ed., Birmingham University, 1978; M.A., University of Connecticut; 1983; Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1989 (1989)

GROSS, Daniel C., Professor, Department of Communication and Theatre
B.A., Bethel College, 1968; M.Div., Denver Theological Seminary, 1972; M.A., University of Colorado at Denver, 1983; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1989 (1991)

HARRIS, R. Scott, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.A., University of California-Davis, 1971; M.A., UCLA, 1975; Ph.D., UCLA, 1985 (1988)

HARROLD, Barbara J., Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services
B.S., Old Dominion University, 1973; M.S., MSU-Bozeman, 1994; Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2001 (2004)

HART, Suzanne, Professor, Department of English and Philosophy
B.A., College of White Plains of Pace University, 1958; M.A., University of Montana, 1963 (1961-63, 1967)

HATCH, Doxey R., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1984; M.A., Columbia University Teachers College, 1985; Ph.D., Temple University, 1989 (1995)

HAVENS, Michael D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
B.S., University of Wyoming, 1979; M.S., University of Wyoming, 1983; Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1985 (1996)

HECIMOVIC, Anton, Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
B.A., University of Illinois, 1973; M.A., University of Illinois, 1976; Ph.D., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1983 (1990)

HEIAT, Abbas, Professor of Information Systems, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.A., Tehran Business College, 1971; M.B.A., Oklahoma City University, 1975; Ph.D., Portland State University, 1987 (1987)

HEIAT, Nafisseh, Professor of Information Systems, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.A., Tehran Business College, 1971; M.B.A., Oklahoma City University, 1975; Ph.D., Portland State University, 1988 (1988)

HINTHORNE, Thomas, Professor of Management, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.S., Oregon State University, 1964; M.B.A., University of Oregon, 1966; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1972 (1993)

HOBBS, Sharon F., Associate Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
BA., Wichita State University, 1970; M.Ed., University of Utah, 1992, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2001 (1996)

HOOD, David L., Associate Professor, Department of Native American Studies, Political Science, and Sociology
B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1977; M.A., Northern Arizona University, 1979; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1984 (1990)

JUSSILA, Neil R., Professor, Department of Art
B.S., Montana State University, 1966; M.A.A., Montana State University, 1969 (1969)

KAMOWSKI, William, Professor, Department of English and Philosophy
B.A., Seton Hall University, 1971; M.A., Seton Hall University, 1974; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1984 (1985)

KARNOS, David D., Professor, Department of English and Philosophy
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1970; M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1973; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State university, 1976 (1977)

KHALEEL, Tasneem, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor, Department of Biological and Physical Sciences
B.S., Mysore University, India, 1961; M.Sc., Mysore University, India, 1963; Ph.D., Bangalore University, India, 1970 (1976)

KELKER, Katharin

KELLER, Sarah

LANDIS, Connie M., Professor, Department of Art
B.A., Lawrence University, 1962; M.S., Eastern Montana College, 1977; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1987 (1978)

LORD, Russell, Professor, Departments of Educational Theory and Practice and Health and Human Performance
B.S., William Penn College, 1972; M.S., Central Missouri State University, 1975; Ed.D., Texas Tech University, 1979 (1985)

McENANY, Judith, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
B.A., University of the Southwest, 1969; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1971; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1980 (1984)

McMULLEN, Matthew N., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
B.A., Bowling Green State, 1988; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995 (1996)

McNALLY, Mary, Acting Dean, College of Business and Professor of Management, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.S., Worcester State College, 1978; M.B.A., Indiana University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991 (1987)

METHENY, Dixie L., Professor, Departments of Mathematics and Educational Theory and Practice
B.S., Colorado State University, 1968; M.S., Colorado State University, 1970; D.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1973 (1990)

MILLER, Ken, Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
B.A. South Dakota State University, 1975; M.S., University of Wyoming, 1987; Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1993 (1992)

MITCHELL, Johanna E., Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
B.A., University of Guam, 1975; M.S., University of Utah, 1995; Ph.D., University of Utah, 2003 (2004)

NOWLIN, James, Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.S. University of Alabama, 1968; M.A., University of Alabama, 1973; Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1984 (1986)

RANDOLFI, Ernesto A.  Professor, Chairperson, Health and Human Performance
B.S., Springfield College, 1978; M.Ed., Boston University, 1982; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1986 (1996)

REDINGER, Matthew, Associate Professor, Department of History
B.A., University of Montana, 1986; M.A., University of Montana, 1988; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1993 (1996)

RIETZ, Sandra, Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1965; Ed.D., University of Colorado, 1976 (1974)

ROBERTSON, James D., Professor, Department of Music
B.M., University of Montana, 1966; M.M, University of Montana, 1968; D.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1983 (1984)

SCHAFFER, Deborah, Professor, Department of English and Philosophy
B.A., University of Rochester, 1976; M.A., Ohio State University, 1978; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1982 (1983)

SCHAFFER, Rachel, Professor, Department of English and Philosophy
B.A., University of Rochester, 1976; M.A., Ohio State University, 1978; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1982 (1985)

SEXTON, Ronald P., Chancellor and Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.S., Eastern Montana College, 1959; M.S., Eastern Montana College, 1964; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1971 (1966-71, 1975)

STEEREY, Lorrie, Professor, Department of Business Academic Programs
B.S., State University of New York, 1971; M.S., Montana State University, 1976; Ed.D., Montana State University, 1984 (1982)

STREETER, Sandra Kay, Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood
B.S., South Dakota State University, 1962; M.S., University of Nebraska, 1966; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1984 (1984)

VETTEL-BECKER, Patricia, Associate Professor, Department of Art
B.A., University of Missouri, 1991; M.A., Washington University, 1993; Ph.D., Washington University, 1998 (1998)

WARREN, Peter, Professor, Department of Art
B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1963; M.A., University of Iowa, 1967; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1967 (1967)

YAZAK, Daniel, Professor, Departments of Special Education, Counseling, Reading, and Early Childhood and Rehabilitation and Human Services
B.S., Baylor University, 1969; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1976; DED, Texas A&M University, 1980 (1990)

ZWICK, Thomas T., Professor, Department of Biological and Physical Sciences
B.S., Wisconsin State University, 1962; M.A., Colorado College, 1968; Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado, 1978 (1971)

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