UND WRITERS CONFERENCE - Key Persons
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- Strategic Communication Writer
- Strategic Communication Writer, UND Communications
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- Assistant Director of Marketing Strategy
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- Accommodation Specialist / Student Services Specialist, DSS / OSRR
- Accommodation Support and Student Services Specialist
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- Digital Marketing Specialist
- Digital Marketing Specialist, Marketing & Creative Services
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- Dean / Professor, Dean 's Office CoBPA
- Dean of the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration
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- Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
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- Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
- Dean, Dean 's Office a & S
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- Dean / Professor, School of Law
- Dean of the Law School
Brian Pappas is proud to serve as Dean and Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota School of law. He is an inclusive academic administrator, faculty member, and mediator specializing in organizational development, collaboration, conflict management, and high-impact experiential learning. Prior to making North Dakota his family's home, Pappas served from 2019 to 2022 as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Eastern Michigan University. In this role, he oversaw recruitment, retention, policy development, tenure and promotion, collective bargaining, and conflict management for 750 instructional staff.
Previously, Pappas worked for ten years at Michigan State University's College of Law as a Clinical Professor, Associate Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and Director of the Conflict Resolution Clinic. He developed innovative experiential programs, including training prison inmates to be peer mediators. Subsequently, Pappas served as faculty in Public Policy and Administration and directed Boise State University's conflict management department. There, he taught a highly rated civic engagement course titled "Navigating Difficult Conversations" for 100 freshmen. In the course, students were taught conflict management skills and engaged in policy debates. In total, his teachings include over 80 ADR, law, and public administration courses. A frequent mediator and trainer, Pappas has trained thousands of mediators in court, community, business, and government contexts.
His research examines formal and informal dispute systems and focuses on Title IX and dispute resolution. His 19 published works can be found in the Journal of Legal Education, the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Law & Society Review, and others. He is the recipient of the State Bar of Michigan ADR Section's 2013 George N. Bashara, Jr. Award for exemplary service. He currently serves on the Mindfulness in Law Society Board and is the Chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Dispute Resolution for 2022-2023.
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- Dean of the College of Engineering & Mines
- Dean, College of Engineering & Mines / Professor, Chemical Engineering
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- Payment Services Technician
Specialties: Front office customer care, Office coordinator, Processes payments & mail, Audit Travel & Expense reports for last names beginning A-K, Audit & approve Jaggaer payments A-K
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- CEO, Energy & Environmental Research Center
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- Executive Asst to President, President 's Office
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- Dean of School of Graduate Studies
- Dean, Graduate School
- Head of the School of Graduate Studies
Chris Nelson has served as the head of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) since January 2019 following the previous Dean's retirement. An Associate Professor, Dr. Nelson earned his doctorate in English from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2002 and served as Graduate Director of UND's PhD and MA programs in English for 6 years. Beginning as an SGS Faculty Fellow in 2017, Dr. Nelson has developed and implemented: annual 3MT competitions and Graduate Research Achievement Day (GRAD), an extensive graduate student professional development workshop series, entrance/exit surveys and data dashboards, and innovative degree structures leading to 25 Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's and 6 Professional Science Master's.
Under Dr. Nelson's leadership, UND's SGS has thrived, with record-setting graduate enrollment. He has worked to build a culture of support for graduate students with attention to mental health, diversity and inclusion, and mentoring best practices. Dr. Nelson has raised UND's national profile through his work with the Council of Graduate Schools and to secure UND's participation in the first wave of 10 institutions implementing the award-winning Accelerate to Industry (A2i) initiative to prepare graduate students for professional careers. He created strong relationships with city and state governments and over 20 local and national employers, placed multiple interns, and secured funding partners. Dr. Nelson has also played a significant role in advancing research by writing grants, stakeholder reports, and white papers, especially in UND's signature areas of national security and autonomous systems. Dr. Nelson is a passionate advocate for graduate students and graduate education who is committed to continuing to grow the SGS as a driver of UND's excellence and impact as a leading flagship research university.
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- Events Coordinator / Administrative Specialist
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- Dean of the College of Education & Human Development
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- Writer / Editor
- Writer / Editor, UND Communications
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- Director of Communications
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- CEO, UND Alumni Association & Foundation
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- Assistant Vice President for Equal Opportunity & Title IX
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- Associate Dean / Professor
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- Provost and VP for Academic Affairs
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- Fac Procurement Specialist
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- Director of Ceremonies and University Events
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- Interim Director, Procurement
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- Internal Communications Editor
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- Special Projects Assistant to the VPFO / COO
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- Special Projects Assistant to VPFO
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- Director of Marketing & Creative Strategy
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- Assistant Director of Creative & Brand Strategy
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- Assistant to the VP Marketing & Communications
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- Interim VP for Research & Economic Development
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- VP of Health Affairs and Dean of School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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- Vice President for Finance & Operations / COO
- VP Finance & Operations / COO
- VP for Finance & Operations
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Interim Dean of the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines
Specialties: Jaggaer Resource, Purchasing policy and procedure guidance, Contract question assistance, Executes bids and RFP's, Vendor relations
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- VP for Marketing & Communications
- VP Marketing & Communications
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- Associate Vice President for Facilities
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- Events & Projects Coordinator
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- Content Strategist / Writer
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- Events & Projects Coordinator
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- Interim Associate Vice President for Finance
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- Strategic Communications Editor
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- Associate Vice President for Human Resources & Payroll Services
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- Administrative Officer
- Executive Assistant
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- Dean of Aerospac
- Dean of the School of Aerospace Sciences
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- Associate Vice President for Public Safety / Chief of Police
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- Senior Procurement Officer
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- Director of Student Rights & Responsibilities and Disability Services for Students
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- Senior University Photographer
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- Dean of Libraries & Information Resources
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- Digital Marketing Manager
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- Director of Web & Multimedia Marketing
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- Student Services Coordinator
Tom Scrivener - Chief Procurement Officer
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- Chief Procurement Officer
Specialties: Oversees the accounts payable team that audits Travel & Expense, Pcard, invoices, & journal vouchers, Invoice management in Jaggaer, Initiates capital leases, Processes virtual card reconciliation and handles virtual card declines
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- Assistant Director of Student Rights & Responsibilities