<strong>University</strong> of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, M.S.,1998; Ph.D., 2004. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2004.Gertrude M. Keiper (Professor, Education)Blinn College, Brenham, TX, A.A., 1950. <strong>University</strong> ofColorado, Boulder, CO, B.A., 1973. <strong>University</strong> ofNorthern Colorado, Greeley, CO, M.A., 1979. NovaSoutheastern <strong>University</strong>, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Ed.D., 1990.At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1993.David L. Kluth (Associate Professor, Communication)<strong>Concordia</strong> Senior College, Fort Wayne, IN, B.A., 1973.<strong>Concordia</strong> Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div., 1977.<strong>University</strong> of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, M.S., 1993.Nova Southeastern <strong>University</strong>, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Ed.D.,2001. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1990.Joyce Kostelnik (Associate Professor, Education)<strong>University</strong> of North Texas, Denton, TX, B.S., 1970, M.Ed. 1988, Ph.D. 1993. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2007.David P. Kroft (Professor, Fine Arts)<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, B.S., 1970.<strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, M.F.A., 1985. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since 1985.James H. McConnell (Assistant Professor, Education)Southwest Texas State <strong>University</strong>, San Marcos, TX, B.A.,1971. <strong>Concordia</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Irvine, CA, M.A., 1995.<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, DCECertification, 1977; Capella <strong>University</strong>, Minneapolis,MN, Ph.D., 2004. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2000.Laurence L. Meissner (Professor, Biology)<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, B.S., 1968.Eastern Michigan <strong>University</strong>, Ypsilanti, MI, M.S., 1973.<strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, Ph.D. 1987. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since 1973.Michael A. Moyer (Associate Professor, Biology)Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, B.A., 1981. <strong>University</strong>of South Florida, Tampa, FL, Ph.D., 1997. At <strong>Concordia</strong>since 1998.Paul E. Muench (Professor, Communication)<strong>Concordia</strong> Senior College, Fort Wayne, IN, B.A., 1968.<strong>Concordia</strong> Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div., 1972.School of World Mission - Fuller Theological Seminary,Th.M., 1981; Ph.D., 1984. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1999.David Ortiz (Assistant Professor, Education)Texas A&M <strong>University</strong>, College Station, TX, B.S., 1992,M.S. 1994; Indiana <strong>University</strong>, Bloomington, Ph.D. 2006.At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2007.Thomas H. Orton (Associate Professor, History,Geography & Environmental Science)Valparaiso <strong>University</strong>, Valparaiso, IN, B.S., 1960. WayneState <strong>University</strong>, Detroit, MI, M.A., 1969. At <strong>Concordia</strong>since 1979.Robert G. Otey (Associate Professor, Education)Oklahoma State <strong>University</strong>, Stillwater, OK, B.S., 1965.Southwest Texas State <strong>University</strong>, San Marcos, TX,M.Ed., 1992. Texas A&M <strong>University</strong>, College Station,TX, Ph.D., 1999. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2002.Thomas R. Pate (Professor, Physical Education)Southwestern <strong>University</strong>, Georgetown, TX, B.S., 1972.Texas Southern <strong>University</strong>, Houston, TX, M.S., 1978.<strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, Ph.D., 1995. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since 1997.Bruce A. Peffer (Assistant Professor, Religion)<strong>Concordia</strong> College, Seward, NE, B.A., 1982. <strong>Concordia</strong>Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div. 1986. AustinPresbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, TX, D.Min.,2001. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2003.Joy H. Penticuff (Professor, Nursing)Case Western Reserve <strong>University</strong>, Cleveland, OH,B.S.N., 1968; M.S.N., M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1976. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since <strong>2008</strong>.Paul J. Puffe (Associate Professor, Religion and Hebrew)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA,B.S., 1975. <strong>Concordia</strong> Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div.,1979. <strong>University</strong> of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, M.A.,1983. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1984.Amy L. Root (Assistant Professor, English)<strong>University</strong> of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, B.A. NewSchool <strong>University</strong>, New York, NY, M.F.A. At <strong>Concordia</strong>since 2002.Michal L. Rosenberger (Associate Professor, Education)<strong>University</strong> of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, B.S.Ed., 1959.<strong>University</strong> of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX, M.S.,1978. <strong>University</strong> of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Ph.D.,1993. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2000.Alan P. Runge (Associate Professor, Provost)<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, B.A., 1987.Kansas State <strong>University</strong>, Manhattan, KS, B.S., 1989.Miami <strong>University</strong>, Oxford, OH, M.S., 1991. DeVry<strong>University</strong>, Kansas City, MS, M.B.A, 2003. <strong>University</strong> ofNebraska, Lincoln, NE, M.S., 1994; Ph.D., 1997. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since 2007.Marchele A. Scarnier (Assistant Professor, Psychology)<strong>University</strong> of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, B.A., 1999.<strong>2008</strong>-<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Catalog</strong> Page 136
<strong>University</strong> of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, M.A., 2003. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since 2007.Kenneth Schmidt (Professor, Fine Arts)<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, B.S. Ed. 1967;Eastern Michigan <strong>University</strong>, Ypsilante, MI, M.A., 1971;Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI,M.F.A. 1977; The Pennsylvania Sate <strong>University</strong> StateCollege, PA, Ph.D., 1991. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2006.Ann Schwartz (Associate Professor, Sociology)Trinity <strong>University</strong>, San Antonio, TX, B.A., 1992.<strong>University</strong> of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, M.A., 1996.<strong>University</strong> of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX., Ph.D., 2005.At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1996.Mary L. Smith (Instructor, Computer Science)Old Dominion <strong>University</strong>, Norfolk, VA, B.S., 1987.Hawaii Pacific <strong>University</strong>, Honolulu, HI, M.S., 1994.Rossier School of Education, <strong>University</strong> of SouthernCalifornia, Los Angeles, CA, Ed.D., 2003. At <strong>Concordia</strong>since 2007Woodard R. Springstube (Associate Professor,Business)Oklahoma State <strong>University</strong>, Stillwater, OK, B.S., 1972.<strong>University</strong> of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, M.B.A.,1985. <strong>University</strong> of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, M.A., 1990.<strong>University</strong> of North Texas, Denton, TX, Ph.D., 1998. At<strong>Concordia</strong> since 1996.John M. Stanford (Professor, Physical Science)Rice <strong>University</strong>, Houston, TX, B.A., 1982. <strong>University</strong> ofGeorgia, Athens, GA, Ph.D., 1991. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since2007.Susan Stayton (Professor, English)Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, B.A., 1964.<strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, M.A., 1969; Ph.D.,1991. At <strong>Concordia</strong> from 1964 to 1967 and since 1972.James N. Stevenson (Associate Professor, Chemistry)<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, B.S., 1964.<strong>University</strong> of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, M.S., 1967;Ph.D., 1973. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1992.Barbalee Symm (Assistant Professor, HealthcareAdministration)Southwest Texas State <strong>University</strong>, San Marcos, TX, B.S.,1978. Southwest Texas State <strong>University</strong>, San Marcos,TX, M.S., 1987. Texas Woman‘s <strong>University</strong>, Denton, TX,Ph.D., 2004. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2006.Claudia A. Teinert (Associate Professor, English)<strong>University</strong> of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, B.S., 1976;Ph.D., 1992. Creighton <strong>University</strong>, Omaha, NE, M.A.,1979. At <strong>Concordia</strong> from 1989 to 1996 and since 2002.Brian L. Trittin (Associate Professor, Music)Mooehead State <strong>University</strong>, Moorhead, MN, B.S., 1986;M.S., 1990. <strong>University</strong> of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, D.M.A.,1993. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1997.Carl Curtis Trovall (Assistant Professor, Religion)<strong>Concordia</strong> College, St. Paul, MN, B.A., 1983. <strong>Concordia</strong>Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div., 1987. At <strong>Concordia</strong>from 1997-2002 and since 2006.Mary L. Voelker (Assistant Professor, Education )<strong>Concordia</strong> Teachers College, Seward, NE, B.S., 1970.Indiana <strong>University</strong>, New Albany, IN, M.S., 1989; M.S.,1996. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2002.Michael G. Wallace (Assistant Professor, Education)Baylor <strong>University</strong>, Waco, TX, Ed.D. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since2007.Kenneth M. Zawilinski (Associate Professor, Business)<strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, B.A. 1978; M.A., 1982;Ph.D., 1991. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 2004.Donald Zielke (Professor, Mathematics)Valparaiso <strong>University</strong>, Valparaiso, IN, B.A., 1960.<strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, M.A., 1966; Ph.D.,1982. At <strong>Concordia</strong> since 1967.Return to Table of ContentsA New Creation<strong>2008</strong>-<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Catalog</strong> Page 137
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