Carleen A. Maynard, Ph.D., R.N.

Chair, Department of Graduate Nursing

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Email: cmaynard@css.edu

Homepage: None

Office: Science 3110B

Phone: (218) 723-6452

Clinical Focus: Clinical Nurse Specialist Track, Adult Nursing and CNS practicum courses.

Professional Interests: Health Care Policy

Personal Interests: Reading

Laurel Ash, , DNP, RN, C-NP

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Rush University, Illinois

Email: lash@css.edu

Homepage: None

Office: Science 3206B

Phone: 218-723-2279

Teaching Focus: Family Nurse Practitioner Track

Professional Interests: College Health

Personal Interests: Inline skating, cross country skiing, reading novels and canoeing/kayaking

Pamela K. Bjorklund, PhD, RN, CS, C-NP

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Certified Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

Certified Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

University of Colorado

Email: pbjorklu@css.edu

Homepage: None

Office: Science 3208B

Phone: (218) 723-6624

Teaching Focus: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Pracitioner Track

Professional Interests: Nursing Ethics, Nursing Philosophy, Bioethics

Personal Interests:

Sally Fauchald, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Barry University School of Nursing, Miami Shores, FL

Email: sfauchal@css.edu

Homepage: http://faculty.css.edu/sfauchal/

Office: Science 3206C

Phone: (218) 723-6590

Teaching Focus: Clinical Nurse Specialty track and Health Care Policy

Professional Interests: Rural Health, Health Care Policy, CNS practice, technology and nursing education

Personal Interests: Reading, movies, landscape quilting, biking, relaxing in the sauna

Kathleen J. Niska, CSJ, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

University Of Minnesota -

Email: kniska@css.edu

Homepage: None

Office: Science 3208C

Phone: (218) 723-5943

Teaching Focus: Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing, Nursing Theory and Advanced Nursing Research, Family Theory, Epidemiology and Rural Health

Professional Interests: Family nursing interventions, family transitions

Personal Interests: Hiking, birding, biking and canoeing

Pam Olson, A.S.

Coordinator, Graduate & Non-Traditional Undergrad Nursing, School of Nursing

The College of St. Scholastica

Email: polson@css.edu

Homepage: None

Office: Science 3110

Phone: (218) 723-5975

Department Coordination: Advising, Program Degree Information, Clinical Placement, Scheduling, Grant Support

Personal Interests: Scrapbooking, watching volleyball, basketball and football, spending time with my family and traveling.

Martha T. Witrak, PhD, RN, CNS

Dean, School of Nursing

Syracuse University

Email: mwitrak@css.edu

Homepage: None

Office: Science 3110D

Phone: (218) 723-6021

Teaching Focus: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Professional Interests:

Personal Interests: Reading