Pamela Friesen

Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director
p-friesen@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1985

Education: M.S. in Nursing from University of Texas-Austin; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Experience/Expertise: Specialty area of Women's Health; teaching in courses related to cultural diversity/cultural competence; ongoing research in promotion of undergraduate student success; contributing author for the Student TXT column in the Journal of Christian Nursing

Tim Bredow

Professor
bretim@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1998

Education: Post masters certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Educational Administration, University of Iowa; M.A., Public Health Nursing, University of Iowa; B.S., Nursing, University of Iowa; B.S., Biology, University of Iowa

Experience/Expertise: Family nurse practitioner at North Metro Pediatrics and co-editor of Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research

Connie Clark

Professor
c-clark@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2009

Education: B.A., Nursing, College of St. Catherine; M.S., Nursing Education, Drake University; Ph.D., Major in Higher Education, Iowa State University

Experience/Expertise: Published research and presentations on professional socialization of nursing students and theory of socialization of clinical nursing faculty; co-authored article on online orientation; focus on leadership, research, and online learning; certified nurse educator

Karen Drake

Professor
k-drake@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1992

Education: B.S. in Nursing, University of Illinois; M.S. in Nursing, University of Michigan; Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota (focus on Comparative and International Development Education); certified in Nursing Informatics

Experience/Expertise: Simulation, development of cultural competence through study abroad

Carol Hargate

Associate Professor
cah94677@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2009

Education: B.S., University of Minnesota; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, University of Minnesota; Masters in Public Health, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Capella University

Experience/Expertise: International presentations on nursing faculty shortage and academic and community collaboration as an innovative approach to nursing leadership development; National presentations on advance practice nursing education and meeting future health care needs with academic and community collaboration

Barb Hoglund

Associate Professor
b-hoglund@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2007 

Education: Ed.D., M.S.N., RN, FNP-BC

Experience/Expertise: Served as program director of the nurse practitioner program at Metropolitan State University; Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) since 1996; maintains current FNP practice at North Metro Pediatrics, which provides health care services to under- and uninsured children; Interest in online teaching/learning, ADHD diagnosis and management, and advanced practice issues

Kim Meyer

Associate Professor
k-meyer@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1988 

Education: B.S. in Nursing, College of St. Catherine; M.S. in Nursing Specialization in Psych-Mental Health Nursing, University of Minnesota; Ed.D. in Educational Leadership; University of St. Thomas  

Experience/Expertise: Inpatient psychiatry at Abbott Northwestern Hospital; community counseling and psychotherapy; publication of articles in the Journal of Christian Nursing regarding online education, and ethical issues related to enhancement technologies; Speaking engagements on relationships, boundaries, leadership, and pre-marriage classes

Bernita Missal

Associate Professor
b-missal@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2002

Education: RN, B.S. in Nursing, M.A. in Nursing, Masters in Public Health, Ph.D.

Experience/Expertise: Interest in multicultural child-bearing and child-rearing families, with completed ethnographic interviews in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman; student processing of short-term study abroad

Dave Muhovich

Assistant Professor
d-muhovich@bethel.edu 
Started at Bethel in 1995  

Education: B.A., Macalester; A.A., St. Catherine’s University; Masters in Public Health and M.S., University of Minnesota; coursework completed for Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Experience/Expertise: Dissertation research on models in advocacy nursing, to give voice to African nurses in the Twin Cities, Uganda, and Nigeria; exploring personal and system barriers to the advancement of nursing

Beth Peterson

Professor
Nursing Department Chair
e-peterson@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1982

Education: B.S., University of Illinois; M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of St. Thomas; M.A. in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, University of Minnesota; M.Div. and M.A. (Christian Thought), Bethel Seminary; D.Min. in Congregational and Family Care with an emphasis on spiritual formation, Bethel Seminary

Experience/Expertise: Mental health nursing consultant for Fairview Lakes HomeCaring and Hospice; presentations and written articles on faith and health integration

Sandra Peterson

Professor
sj-peterson@bethel.edu

Education: B.S. in Nursing, Cornell University; M.S. in Nursing, University of Minnesota with a focus on psychiatric-mental health nursing; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Areas of expertise: Middle-range nursing theory development, nursing education, and leadership; co-editor of Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research 

Kristin Sandau

Associate Professor  
k-sandau@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2006

Education: B.S., Bethel University; M.S., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Experience/Expertise: Health-related quality of life in cardiovascular patients (works as a cardiovascular staff RN at United Hospital and teaches ECG to Allina nurses); precepting, staff nurse development, and implementation of practice guidelines; and education on cardiac monitoring for nurses

Marjorie Schaffer

University Professor
m-schaffer@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1984

Education: B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.S. in Community Health Nursing, Boston College; Ph.D. in Family Social Science, University of Minnesota

Experience/Expertise: Receiver of the Fulbright Award and Fulbright Specialist Award to Norway; Author of book on end-of-life nursing; president of the Chi-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau; public health nursing; mental health nursing