Contact

ADDRESS: 283 EML Hall, NDSU Fargo ND 58105

TELEPHONE: (701) 231-8268 Dr.Jim Deal, Head

Kristen Benson
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-5879
Email:kristen.benson@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Couple and Family Therapy

Research Interests: gender identity and family/partner relationships, diversity issues in family therapy, collaborative approaches to family therapy education and training, and qualitative methodology.

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Marlys Bratteli (Ph.D., University of North Dakota)
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-8270
Email: Marlys.Bratteli@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Gerontology

Research Interests: General Aging and Gerontology; Transfer trauma; Demographic trends; Family caregiving; Elder protection; Geriatric leadership/community development

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James E. Deal (Ph.D., University of Georgia)
Associate Professor and Chair
Office Phone: - 701-231-7568
Email: jim.deal@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Child Development

Research Interests: Personality development in children; Relationship between individual development and family relationships

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Margaret Fitzgerald (Ph.D., Iowa State University)
Associate Professor
Office Phone - 701-231-8280
Email:margaret.fitzgerald@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Family Economics and Policy

Research Interests: Financial counseling and planning; Husbands and wives who own and operate family businesses together; Family business and economically vulnerable/viable communities; Gender and management issues in family business

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Wendy Troop-Gordon (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-8738
Email: Wendy.Troop@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Child, Adolescent Development; Research Methods and
Statistics

Research Interests: Peer victimization; social cognition; contextual factors that influence social interactions among children; forms of aggression and their relation to psychological and school adjustment; the impact of self- and peer-perceptions on well-being

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Joel Hektner (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Associate Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-8269
Email: joel.hektner@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Child, Adolescent Development

Research Interests: Aggressive children; Research methods; Prevention programs for high-risk aggressive children; Peer affiliation patterns and peer influences on children's behaviors; Family and school conditions that facilitate optimal experiences (flow) and optimal development; The Experience Sampling Method

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Nancy Kaler (M.S., University of North Dakota)
Senior Lecturer
Office Phone: 701-231-7843
Email: Nancy.Kaler@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Consumer education, internships in CDFS

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Harriett Light (Ph.D., Michigan State University)
Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-7099
Email: Harriett.Light@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Child, Adolescent Development

Research Interests: Middle school student's risk behaviors and problem solving skills; Behavioral-related health issues, Online learning

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Christi McGeorge (Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-7335
Email: Christine.McGeorge@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Couple and Family Therapy and Family Science

Research Interests: Gender socialization;Single Parenting; Heterosexism and Therapy; Women's History

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Brandy A. Randall (Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 701-231-8742
Email: Brandy.Randall@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Child, Adolescent Development

Research Interests: Prosocial and moral development; Positive and problem behaviors; Well-being and Competence; Relationship quality; Measurement - scale development; equivalence across ethnic/cultural groups (culturally appropriate measurement)

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Greg Sanders (Ph.D., University of Georgia)
Associate Professor
Office Phone - 701-231-8272
Email: Greg.Sanders@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Gerontology, Family Science

Research Interests: Centenarians; Stepgrandparents and Grandparents; Caregiving; Literature in social gerontology; Later Life Families; Family strengths.

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Tom Stone Carlson (Ph.D., Iowa State University)
Assistant Professor, CFT Program Coordinator
Office Phone: 701-2331-8279
Email: tom.carlson@ndsu.edu

Core Area: Couple and Family Therapy and Family Science

Research Interests: Narrative therapy and community work; Feminist theories and methodologies; Men and gender accountability; Anti-racism and social justice issues; Spirituality

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CDFS Office Staff

CDFS Extension Faculty
Sean Brotherson (Ph.D., Oregon State University)
Extension Family Science Specialist
Office Phone: 701-231-6143
Email: sbrother@ndsuext.nodak.edu

Core Area: Family Science

Research Interests: Parenting and fatherhood; Health marriages; Family stress; Rural families; Grief and bereavement; Family life education; Family policy

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Debra Pankow (Ph.D., South Dakota State University)
Extension Family Economics Specialist
Office Phone: 701-231-8593
Email: dpankow@ndsuext.nodak.edu

Core Area: Family Economics

Research Interests: Family economics; Rural and women's economic issues; Retirement preparation; Youth spending; Locus of control; Quality of life

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Renee Galster - Administrative Secretary email: Renee.Galster@ndsu.edu

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Debra Habedank, M.S.: Director - Debra.Habedank@ndsu.edu

Ann Werlinger, B.S.: Head Teacher - Ann.Werlinger@ndsu.edu

Mary Duggan, B.S.: Head Teacher - Mary.Duggan@ndsu.edu

Stacy Birrenkott, B.S.: Teacher Technician - Stacey.Birrenkott@ndsu.edu

Michele Zwack, B.S.: Teacher Aide- Michele.Zwack@ndsu.edu

Monica.Nicklay, Teacher Technician - Monica.Nicklay@ndsu.edu '

Mary Beth Mastel - Mary.Mastel@ndsu.edu

Heather Oye - Heather.Wilder@ndsu.edu

Ashly Murphy - Ashley.Murphy@ndsu.edu

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Family Therapy Center

Kelly English, Family Therapy Coordiantor
Email:Mary.English@ndsu.edu

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