Professor
Patient Care
Private practice: Hospital chaplain (on-call)
St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth
Research
Qualitative and quantitative research that investigates:
- Justice issues in the delivery of health care
- access to care for the underserved, especially pregnant, parenting and street involved youth (teenlifecenter.com)
- access to care for American Indians including ELSI, genetics, and doctor-patient communication
- medical decisions at end of life
- Spirituality in health and health care
Education
1969 – BA degree (German and International Relations)
University of Minnesota Minneapolis
1976 – MA degree (Educational Psychology)
University of Minnesota Minneapolis
1983 – PhD degree (Sociology / Medical & Family)
University of Minnesota Minneapolis
2004 – CPE
SMDC, Duluth, MN
Teaching
- Course Director for Medical Ethics
- Violence as a Health Issue
- Spirituality and Health Care