Degrees and Education:
- Ph.D. History: University of Minnesota (1991)
- M.A. History: University of Minnesota (1983)
- B.A. History, Summa cum Laude: Gustavus Adophus College (1980)
Courses Taught:
- SCAN 337, HIST 337 Reel Norden: Scandinavian History and Film
- Scandinavia and the Baltic, a semester study abroad program in Norway
Research / Teaching Interests:
Research Interests:
1. Swedish Americans and coffee (why the connection made between Swedish Americans and coffee, origins and significance) with Swedish coffee pot water towers, "egg coffee" served by Salem [Swedish] Lutheran church at MN State Fair, Willmar Kaffe Fest, Folgers' Mrs. Olson, etc.)
2. Swedish American childhood
Also in the works:
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County is applying for a grant to fund changing a website one of my classes and I put together on a Swedish immigrant in Moorhead in the late 19th and early 20th centuries into a traveling exhibit.
Research and development of the Bergquist cabin in Moorhead as a historic site.




