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Sonja H. Bickford, DBA, MBA Curriculum Vitae

Email: bickfordsh@unk.edu

Phone: +1 308 865 1537

EDUCATION

University of Lapland – Arctic Centre, Finland (2013-2015) Post Doc

Research Project: Testing improvement processes of Finnish environmental impact assessments and the

modes for application in arctic regions of Finland and Russia.

California Intercontinental University, CA, USA (2010-2012) Degree: Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) – Global Business & Leadership

Capstone Research Project: “Establishing a successful study abroad program at a small private

institution.”

Relevant Coursework: International Business, and Strategic Management: A Global Approach,

Performing Online Applied Research through E-Learning, Financial Economics, Global Economy, Risk

Management, Managing Innovation Integrating Technology, Qualitative Research in Consumer Behavior

Arkansas State University, AR, USA (2000-2001) Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Independent Study Research Project: “Unification of Corporate Culture in a Global Business

Environment: Effects of Employee Satisfaction on Overall Organizational Commitment”

Appalachian State University; NC, USA (1997-2000) Degree: Bachelor of Science Business Administration in Management

Minor: International Business

SPECIAL SKILLS Technical Skills:

- Microsoft Office (Advanced): Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook

- Apple: iBook, iMovie

- Creative Cloud: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator

- University Databases and Programs: Banner, Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, MyBlue, FireFly

- Social Media and Online Communication Programs: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Zoom,

Webex, Pinterest, Facetime, Haiku Deck

Language Skills

- Fluent: English

- Fluent: Finnish

- Fluent: Swedish

- Working Knowledge: German

- Working Knowledge: Spanish

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

University of Nebraska Kearney, NE, USA (2015 - current) Assistant Professor, Communication (Advertising & Marketing) (2017-)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Industrial Technology (2016-2017)

Lecturer, Industrial Technology (2015-2016)

Main Tasks:

- Developed and taught courses at the undergraduate level in the communication and industrial

technology programs

- Founded the Arctic and Rural Research Center (ARRC)

- Developed and taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in the ITEC program

- Founded the Corebit Research Lab

- Participated and served in faculty and student organization meetings

- Conducted collaborative multidisciplinary research

- Engaged students in research and other academic and professional opportunities - Mentored students in

academic and career planning

- Contributed to the University community by serving on several institutional committees

University of Nebraska Medical Centre, NE, USA (2017 - current)

Affiliate Faculty, College of Public Health, Center for Global Health and Development

University of Lapland – Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland (2013- 2015) Project Manager & Researcher

Main Tasks:

- Managed project to meet organizational and funding agencies deadlines

- Managed project’s budget and procurement

- Contributed to project by managing the research project’s direction and participation

- Presented and participated in project’s steering committee and board meetings

- Disseminated and communicated about the project through appropriate channels for internal and

external audiences

- Managed the project team member’s schedules and deliverables to meet overall project goals

University of Great Falls, MT, USA (2008-2013) Assistant Professor, Business Administration (2012-2015)

Director of Continuing Education and Study Abroad (2008-2013)

Director of REACH, summer camp (2008-2013)

Director of the R.N to B.S. in Nursing Degree Completion Program (2008-2010)

Assistant Professor of Business / Main Tasks:

- Developed and taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels

- Advised undergraduate students and participated in faculty meetings

- Contributed to the University’s mission through service (i.e. organized the etiquette dinner, met with

recruits)

- Conducted research in business, cost/benefit analysis, market entry barriers, best practices,

environmental impact assessments, and sustainability and security of resources

- Engaged students in research and opportunities such as internships

Director of Continuing Education / Main Tasks:

- Wrote and established handbook and policies for new programs

- Worked with University faculty and staff

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- Administered new course and program offerings

- Administered course proposals through appropriate UGF channels

- Advertised UGF courses and programs offered through continuing education

- Managed the budget as the budget administrator for both the Continuing Education and Study Abroad

Programs

- Wrote continuing education reports to administration

- Established and integrated study abroad programs into the University programs

Director of Study Abroad / Main Tasks:

- Initiated, designed and implemented the Study Abroad Program and Office on campus

- Established external partnerships for building the program

- Established procedures for study abroad applications

- Managed students’ pursuing study abroad opportunities

- Worked with students along with faculty, registrar’s office and financial aid office staff on advising

students on study abroad and course transferability

- Marketed study abroad opportunities on campus

Director of Research Exploration & Adventure Camp in the High Plains (REACH) / Main Tasks:

- Managed program and office staff

- Recruited and advised program module instructors and camp staff (RA’s and TA’s)

- Directed module activity to be aligned with the mission of the camp

- Sought grant and external funding for program

- Planned out the logistics of the camps transportation needs

- Directed and conducted camp orientation and closing sessions for students and parents and stakeholders

- Established program partnerships with businesses

Director of the R.N to B.S.N. Degree Completion program / Main Tasks:

- Overall program management and oversight including staff, instructors, and budget

- Recruited students and oversaw the program’s external communications

- Scheduled cohorts and set the academic calendar

- Organized the student orientation sessions

- Conducted logistical tasks for cohorts: housing, schedule classrooms, event organization, and

transportation

- Wrote the student / program handbook

- Created the FERPA training and quiz for new and external university liaisons and adjunct faculty

- Wrote and created the BSN marketing publications (print and digital)

Idaho State University, Engineering Outreach, ID, USA, (2007-2008) Academic Support Services Coordinator

Main Tasks:

- Wrote the recruitment and publicity plan for the Engineering Outreach office

- Participated in the marketing team’s and the departmental manager’s meetings

- Recommended recruitment and publicity actions and purchases for the program

- Conducted extensive data entry into Banner and the internal Access database

- Conducted third party invoicing and payment processing

- Served as the student liaison between EO distance students and the on campus offices such as the

graduate school, registrars, student accounts and admissions offices.

- Compiled enrollment reports

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, (2004-2007)

AK, USA Public Information Officer (2005-2007)

Assistant Director of Alaska Summer research Academy (ASRA) (2005-2007)

Intellectual Property, Technical Program, and Public Information Officer (2004-2005)

Public Information Officer / Main Tasks:

- Wrote recruitment and public relations plan for the College of Natural Science and Math (CNSM)

- Created reports for university entities - Budget management and justification

- Recruited students for undergraduate and graduate programs. Also recruited middle and high school

students for the Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) camp

- Identified key events and planned for a College presence at those events

- Represented the College at national conferences as well as at high school post-secondary nights, career

fairs and statewide classroom visits

- Submitted, planned and received funding ($15,000) for a recruitment trip to Scandinavia. Led a team to

Scandinavia for recruitment effort in fall 2006

- Toured prospective students and donors around the College and University

- Worked closely with UAF Admissions staff in recruitment of students into the College of Natural

Science and Mathematics majors

- Wrote, edited, and designed the College newsletter that was published three times a year. The newsletter

has a distribution list of approximately 2500.

- Maintained the distribution list database

- Wrote press releases and media advisories. Sent releases to local and national media

- Pitched story ideas to print and television media

- Wrote feature stories for the College newsletter and the University of Alaska Fairbanks website

- Created and maintained the College’s website

- Consulted with other departments within the College & affiliated groups in regards to their publicity

plans (i.e. website)

- Designed PR materials (brochures, flyers, postcards, t-shirts, posters, give-a-ways, etc

- Designed business reply mail to meet USPS mailing requirements and became familiar with bulk

mailing practices

- Organized internal and external events. Event planning included conferences, meetings, seminars, award

ceremonies, and career fairs

- Served as a Notary Public

- Supervised the public relations assistant

- Served as the College photographer (events, newsletter subjects and staff photography)

Associate Director, UAF Alaska Summer Research Academy / Main Tasks:

- Wrote the recruitment and public relations plans

- Recruited and managed staff and students

- Managed the program budget and Conducted fundraising activities

- Created publications and marketing materials, attended local and national events, TV commercial

planning and campaign

- Communicated with prospective students and parents

Intellectual Property and Technical Program Officer / Main Tasks:

- Acted as the Public Information Officer (PIO) for the office (member of the University’s Public

Information Officers Consortium)

- Wrote press and media releases and acted as the Point of Contact (POC) for the Office of Electronic

Miniaturization (OEM) office and represented the OEM at national conferences and events

- Wrote articles and content for media publications in addition to creating, writing, and editing OEM’s

newsletter: Nanowire

- Edited inter-office and collaborative publications, articles, presentations and proposals

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- Attended the Grant Institute’s Workshop (October 2004)

- Designed and created OEM’s logo and theme/identity and designed and maintained the office’s website,

with a secure client site

- Designed and created organizational presentations and advertisements

- Participated as a member of the design team for the new office building

- Acted as the Document Manager and Intellectual Property Officer (DM) - Attended an Export

Compliance Training Seminar (ITAR/EARS)

Arkansas State University, Ecotoxicology Research Facility, AR, USA (2003-2004) Business Manager

Main Tasks:

- Managed business relations, recruitment and marketing for the doctoral program and the research

laboratory

- Managed public relations and media communications for the program and the laboratory

- Created a marketing presentation package for the Environmental Sciences Program (EVS) and the

Ecotoxicology Research Facility

- Developed and managed web sites and created recruitment material such as logos and t-shirt designs

- Created, established, published, and acted as the editor of the Environmental Sciences Doctoral

Program’s (EVS) newsletter

- Organized public events for the doctoral program

- Supervised several undergraduate and master’s students

- Composed and established the laboratory’s lab and field safety manuals

- Created, organized, and led the seminar series “Growing the Professional Scientist”

- Held research duties both in the laboratory as well as in the field: Particle Size Composition (PSC),

water chemistry, sediment toxicity testing, and field research technician in sample collection processes

TEACHING & MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE

Graduate Courses (University of Nebraska Kearney, NE, USA)

- Developed: Business in Scandinavia & Development in the Rural Arctic / ITEC 899

Graduate Courses (University of Great Falls, MT, USA)

- Developed and taught: Comparative Management on Global Scale / MSM 592

- Developed and taught: Marketing via Social Media / MSM 592

- Developed and taught: Human Learning and Motivation / MSM 509

Undergraduate Courses (University of Nebraska Kearney, NE, USA)

- Developed and taught: Communication Software / JMC 112

- Developed and taught: Integrated Marketing Communications/ JMC 230

- Developed and taught: Publication Design/ JMC 330

- Developed: Advertising Campaigns / JMC 420

- Developed and taught: Technology Today / ITEC 130

- Developed and taught: Career Decisions / ITEC 188

- Developed and taught: Communicating Through Technology / ITEC 290

- Developed and taught: Project Management / ITEC 388

- Developed and taught: Leadership / ITEC 408

- Developed and taught: Business in Scandinavia & Development in the Rural Arctic / ITEC 499

Undergraduate Courses (University of Great Falls, MT, USA)

- Developed and taught: Business Dining Etiquette / Sp topics seminar

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- Developed and taught: Environmental Economics / ILC 350

- Developed and taught: Feast or Famine / ILC 350

- Developed and taught: Food: What’s the Big Deal? / ILC 130Q

- Developed and taught: Human Resource Management / BUS 341

- Developed and taught: International Business / BUS 392

- Developed and taught: International Business – Trip to Scandinavia / BUS 392

- Developed and taught: Macroeconomics / ECN 201

- Developed and taught: Management & Leadership / BUS 240

- Developed and taught: Marketing / BUS 260

- Developed and taught: Marketing via Social Media / BUS 392

- Developed and taught: What the Numbers Mean / ACC110

Guest Lectures

- Invited Guest Lecture – Arctic Summer College “Arctic EIA” (2016, 2017)

- Invited Guest Lecturer – “Science Seminar” (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

- Developed lectures on professional communication, cover letters, resumes and CV’s for the University

of Great Falls, Sciences Division

- Invited Guest Lecturer – “Smart Consumerism” (2011, 2015) Center of Academic Excellent, University

of Great Falls, MT

Instructor- Electronic Miniaturization, University of Alaska Fairbanks

- Developed and taught a course on Electronic Miniaturization and the management of a clean laboratory

for the Alaska Summer Research Academy.

- Lecturer – UAF College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Alaska Summer Research Academy

(ASRA)

- Developed and taught a lecture on Falconry: history & practice

Instructor, Physical Science Department, Arkansas State University

- Physical Science Lab Courses

- Taught and prepared for 9 sections of a laboratory course in physical science for undergraduates. Set up

laboratory experiments.

Mentor, Undergraduate Research Fellows – University of Nebraska Kearney 2016-current

- Served as a mentor for undergraduate research fellows

o Emma L Lee: Marketing of aquaponics for k-12 schools

o Matthew Fischer: Curriculum development of aquaponics systems for k-12

o Courtney Leitner: Cost Benefit Analysis of Small Scale Aquaponic Systems

o Zachary Sullivan: Assessment of Alternative Energy in Construction: State of Nebraska

o Jake Waller: Assessment of Alternative Energy Costs in Construction: State of Nebraska

o Madeline Maloley: Leadership development through sports

Mentor, Undergraduate Research – University of Great Falls 2013-2015

o John Erik Krans: Arctic Indigenous Impacts of Development: Sweden 2014-2015

o Angelika Hlvanicka: EIA Market Entry Barriers into Northwestern Russia 2013-2014

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FUNDING EXPERIENCE

Fulbright Specialist Project

US State Department & Word Learning ($11,000 USD)

University of Turku, Finland

Funded

Role: PI

Fulbright Arctic Initiative 2018-2019 ($40,000 USD)

Fulbright Scholar Program – US State Department

Applied Role: PI

Belmont Forum - NSF ($600,000 USD)

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arctic

In 2nd Stage of Application Process

Role: PI

Sponsored by System Science: Formed/Forming Team Seed Grants ($149,910 USD)

Impact of habitat loss and fragmentation on human-wildlife conflict in an agriculturally dominated

system. (2017)

Funded Role: Co-Investigator: Assessment of business impacts and opportunities with wildlife-human interaction

National Science Foundation – Arctic FROST ($5000)

Research Fellow (2017-2018)

NSF PLR#1338850

Funded

Role: Research Fellow

Industry Donors – University of Nebraska Kearney ($5000)

Branding a Midwestern community: A mixed methods model

Funded

Role: Co-PI

RSC – University of Nebraska Kearney ($14,000 USD)

Designing Micro scale Aquaponics (2016)

Feasibility and Cost benefit Analysis of Micro scale Aquaponics Systems

Funded

Role: Co-PI

UN – Food For Health Planning Grant ($20,000 USD)

Community Gardens (2016)

International Comparison of Community Gardens

Funded

Role: Co-PI

University of Alaska Fairbanks Development Fund ($15,000 USD)

College of Natural Sciences and University Recruitment Plan (2008)

Directed and led the recruitment trip of University representatives to Scandinavia

Funded

Role: PI

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Charlotte Martin Foundation Grant ($10,000 USD)

University of Great Falls REACH (2011)

Directed the use of the funds for the purpose of the camp

Funded

Role: PI

Montana Federal Credit Union ($1,500 USD)

University of Great Falls REACH (2009, 2010)

Attained funding for student scholarships

Funded

Role: Director

Student Assistance Foundation ($1,000 USD)

University of Great Falls CAMP Exploration & Adventure (2012)

Funding support for the camp

Funded Role: Director

Montana Federal Teachers Credit Union ($1,000 USD)

University of Great Falls REACH (2011, 2012)

Attained funding for student scholarships

Funded Role: Director

NorthWestern Energy ($250 USD)

University of Great Falls REACH (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Student scholarships

Funded

Role: Director

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Assessment of Adult Leadership Communication & Behavior beyond the Dojo (2017-current)

Community Level Corporate Social Responsibility in Rural Areas: a multidisciplinary trans-

hemispherical study (2016-current)

International Comparison of Community Gardens: Arctic vs. non-Arctic (2016-current)

Assessment of a Community Branding Instrument (2016-current)

Feasibility, Marketing, and Economic Analysis of Micro Aquaponic Systems (2015-current)

Arctic Polar Science Curriculum for K-12 students: ‘The Village” (2015 – current)

CERTIFICATES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

US State Department’s – Fulbright Specialist Roster (2017-2020)

Rural Futures Institute (RFI) Competitive Awards Recipient- Teaching & Service Engagement

Award (Sept 2017)

Awarded Graduate Faculty Status as Assistant Professor (June 2017)

Adobe Creative Cloud Quick Start – Certificate of Completion (July 2017)

Bio Aqua Farm Aquaponics Comprehensive Course – Certificate of Completion (November

2016)

Awarded Graduate Faculty Status as Lecturer (September 2015)

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Rural Futures Institute (RFI) Competitive Awards Recipient- Teaching & Service Engagement

Award (Sept 2017)

The President’s 2011 Special Achievement Award, University of Great Falls (2011)

Staff Contribution to Academic Program, University of Great Falls (2010)

Staff Excellence Award, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Alaska

Fairbanks (2005)

Academy of International Business, Graduate Student Presenter (2000)

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Academic Conference Presentations

Unvert, K., Ringenberg, Meyer, D., Bickford, N., Hollman, A., Bickford, S., Bice, M. (2018)

Environmental Effects on Patient Satisfaction in a Rehabilitation Clinic. National Conference for

Undergraduate Research 2018. Edmond, OK (April 4 – 7, 2018)

Bice, M., Ball, J., Wiedenman, E., Bickford, N., Bickford, S., Hollman, A., & Meyer, D. (2018)

Aquaponics: An assessment of physical activity, nutrition, and health consciousness. Society of

Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America 2018 National Conference. Nashville,

Tennessee (March 20-24, 2018)

Bickford, S. (2017) Micro-finance & income generation: Aquaponics & Economic Development

Opportunities for Women in the Global South. UNMC College of Public Health. Omaha, NE.

(Nov 29, 2017)

Bice, M, Bickford, N., Meyer, D., Hollman, A., Bickford, S., & Ringenberg, J. (2017)

Aquaponics: An innovative model to teach science and technology. University of Nebraska at

Kearney – Community Early Childhood Conference. Kearney, Nebraska (September 22–23,

2017)

Bickford, S., Waples, C., Hollman, A. K., Bice, M. R., Brachle, B. J., Heikkinen-Moilanen, R.-

L., Bickford, N. A. (2017) The Multiple Faces of CSR: an international comparison of a

multidisciplinary view of CSR best practices based on stakeholder engagement and collective

values. Academy of International Business. (July 2-5, 2017)

Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Torquati, J., Ramos, A, Bice, M., and Bickford, N. (2017) Assessing

Local Food Production and Accessibility for Community Gardens in Rural Areas: Arctic and

Beyond. International Arctic Social Sciences Association (ICASS) IX 2017, Umea, Sweden

(June 8-12, 2017)

Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Waples, C., Bice, M., and Bickford, N. (2017) A Multidisciplinary

Assessment of Community Level Corporate Social Responsibility in Rural Communities: Arctic

and Non-Arctic (Rural CSR). International Arctic Social Sciences Association (ICASS) IX 2017,

Umea, Sweden (June 8-12, 2017)

Hollman, A., Bickford, S. & Hollman, T. (July 14, 2016). J@ne1234 is not a secure password:

Sachem Manufacturing, Inc. Conference Presentation (peer-reviewed). Society of Case Research.

SCR Conference and Workshop, Kearney, NE. (Presenter)

Bickford, S., Krans, J-E., Bickford, N (November 12, 2015) Impacts from large corporate

development on Indigenous communities in Arctic: specific focus on social justice and

sustainability for the Swedish Sami. International Business Information Management

Association. Conference, Madrid, Spain. (Presenter & Social Media & Marketing Session Chair)

Other Presentations

Presenter, Rural Initiatives – November 2015, Lincoln, NE

Presenter, Montana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Butte, MT, USA.

Presenter & Moderator, Arctic EIA Experts Meeting – December 2014, Rovaniemi, Finland

Session Chair and Presenter, International Business Information Management Association

(IBIMA) – May 2014, Valencia, Spain

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Presenter, International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA) Conference – April 2014,

Chile

Presenter, Rovaniemi Process Conference – December 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland

Presenter: Academy of International Business – November 2001, New Orleans, LA, USA

Invited & Competitive Presentations

(Invited Presenter) Bickford, S. & Bickford, N. (2018) Sami Blood & Indigenous Human

Diversity. UNK @ the World. Annual Film Series. March 2018. Kearney, NE, USA

(Invited Lecture) Bickford, S. (2017) Micro-finance & income generation Aquaponics &

Economic Development Opportunities for Women in the Global South. UNMC Global heath

Doctorate Course. November 29, 2017. Omaha, NE, USA.

(Invited Presenter) Bickford, S. and Bickford, N., (2017) Sustainable Futures for Rural

Communities: using stakeholder engagement and multidisciplinary assessment of CSR best

practices for modeling rural community. UNK International Week, Nov 16, 2017.

(Invited Presenter) Bickford, S. & Bickford, N. (2017) Chloe & Theo and Arctic Climate Change

Impacts: UNK @ the World. Annual Film Series. March 2017. Kearney, NE, USA

(Invited Presenter) Bickford, S. (2017) Arctic Summer College (July 19, 2017) First In – Arctic

EIA Project: testing improvement processes of Finnish environmental impact assessments and

the modes for application in arctic regions of Finland and Russia – Private Sector Practices.

Ecologic Institut gemeinnützige GmbH. Berlin, Germany.

(Invited & Competitive) Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Waples, C., Bice, M., Brachle, B., and

Bickford, N. (2017) Assessment of rural community level CSR via a Quintuple Helix Model.

University of Tampere Finland; Research Seminar on Responsible Business (March 15-16, 2017)

(Invited Presenter) Bickford, S. (2016) Arctic Summer College (July 27, 2016) First In – Arctic

EIA Project: testing improvement processes of Finnish environmental impact assessments and

the modes for application in arctic regions of Finland and Russia. Ecologic Institut

gemeinnützige GmbH. Berlin, Germany.

(Invited & Event Moderator) Bickford, S. (2014) Arctic EIA Project Overview & Results -

Arctic EIA Experts Meeting, University of Lapland Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland

(December 4, 2014)

(Invited Key Note) Bickford, S. (2011) University of Great Falls – Guild (November 2011)

Research, Exploration & Adventure Camp in the High Plains. Great Falls, MT, USA.

SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT / PUBLICATIONS

Books

Koivurova, T., with Lesser P., Bickford, S., Nenasheva, M., and Kankaanpää, P. (2016)

Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic: A Guide to Best Practice. Edward Elgar

Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom. ISBN:978 1 78471 157 3. (Contributing Author)

Bradshaw, J. (2014) The Passage Merlin. Moscow, ID. ISBN: 978-1-4675-9882-8 (Editor)

Journal Articles - Published

Bickford, N., Smith, L., Bickford, S., & Bice, M. R. (2017). Evaluating the Role of CSR and

SLO in Ecotourism: Collaboration for Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Arctic

Resources. Resources, 6(2), 21.

Bice, M. R., Hollman, A., Bickford, S., Bickford, N., Ball, J. W., Wiedenman, E. M., & Adkins,

M. (2017). Kinesiology in 360 Degrees. International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher

Education, 1(1), 9-17.

Hollman, A., Bickford, S. & Hollman, T. (2017) Cyber InSecurity: A Post-Mortem Attempt to

Assess Cyber Problems from IT and Business Management Perspectives. Journal of Cases on

Information Technology (JCIT). 19(3).

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Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Nenasheva, M., Lesser, P. and Koivurova, T., (2016) Assessment of

project website sustainability: case of the Arctic EIA project. Informing Science: The

International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline (InformingSciJ). 19 (1).

Bickford, S., Krans, J-E., Bickford, N. (2016). Social and Environmental Impacts of

Development on Rural Traditional Arctic Communities: Focus on Northern Sweden and the

Sami. Journal of EU Research in Business. Vol. 2016(2016), Article ID 854073, DOI:

10.5171/2016.854073 [Online]

http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JEURB/2016/854073/a854073.html

Nenasheva, M., Bickford, S., Lesser, P., Kankaanpaa, P., and Koivurova, T. (2015) Legal tools

of the public participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment process and their application

in the countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic region. Journal of Barents Studies. 1(3) pp. 13-35.

Bickford, S., Nenasheva, M, Kankaanpaa, P., and Koivurova, T., and Hlvanicka, A. (2014)

Online Information System – Russia aims to ease the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Market Entry Barrier into Northwestern Russia. Communications of the IBIMA. Vol. 2015

(2015), Article ID 185611, DOI: 10.5171/2015. 185611. (online)

http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/CIBIMA/2015/185611/a185611.html

Bickford, S. (2001, November) Unification of Corporate Culture in a Global Business

Environment: Effects of Employee Satisfaction on Overall Organizational Commitment.

Academy of International Business Proceedings. November 2001.

Journal Articles – Accepted / Submitted

Ringenberg, J., Bice, M., Hollman, A., Meyer, D., Ball, J. Wiedenman, E., Bickford, S., &

Bickford, N. Aquaponics: An innovative teaching model for Science Education. International

Journal of Science Education (Submitted Dec.19, 2017).

Hollman, A., Lear, J. & Bickford, S. (2018, April). Communication processes of information

technology executives in higher education. Journal of End User Computing. 30(2). Accepted for

2017 publication.

Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Waples, C., Bice, M., Bickford, N., and Brachle, B. (2017) The role

of communication in Environmental Impact Assessments and as CSR practice examples:

comparison of Finland and USA. International Communication Association. Submitted

November 2017.

Warren, M. & Bickford, S. (2017) The Persuasive Communication of Narratives in Creating

Change: Two Films focusing on Indigenous Cultures Affected by Urban Development.

Environmental Cultural Studies Through Time. Submitted October 2017.

Hollman, A., Bice, M., Ball, J., Bickford, N., Shafer, A., and Bickford, S. (2018) A comparison

of scholarly productivity among current professors who obtained terminal degrees. Research in

Higher Education. Submitted.

Journal Articles – In Progress

Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Torquati, J., Ramos, A., Bice, M., Bickford, N. (2017) Assessing

Local Food Production and Accessibility for Community Gardens in Rural Areas: Arctic and

Beyond. In Progress.

Hollman, A., Bickford, S., Hollman, T. (2017) Midwest community branding: Mixed methods

approach. In progress.

Bickford, S. and Hollman, A. (2015) Use of triple helix theory for international comparison of

internet regulation and politics and its impacts stakeholders or customers of private, public, and

research institutions. In Progress.

Hollman, A., Bice, M., Bickford, N. A., Bickford, S. (2017) Faculty research efficacy:

Implications of terminal degree type, mode and mentoring. In progress.

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MEMBERSHIPS

US State Department / Fulbright Specialist Roster – 3 year appointment (2017-2020)

NSF Arctic FROST fellow (NSF PLR#1338850) (2017-2018)

Academy of International Business (AIB) (2017-)

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (ICASS) (2017-)

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) (2017-)

SOCIETAL IMPACT / SERVICE

Reviewer – International Communication Association (ICA) - Env. Comm. (2017-)

Reviewer – International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) (2017-)

Student Organization Co-Advisor – Ad PR Club (UNK) (2017-)

Peer Reviewer - Academy of International Business (2016-)

Reviewer - Arctic Summer College, Ecologic Institute. Berlin, Germany. (2016-)

Reviewer - Chapter The will to drill: Mining and Arctic Communities. Springer, U.K. (2016)

SOCIETAL IMPACT / SOCIETAL TRUST

World Affairs Committee, University of Nebraska Kearney (UNK), NE, USA (2015-)

American Democracy Program (ADP) Committee, UNK, Kearney, NE, USA (2015-)

Mentor-Undergraduate Research Fellow (URF) Mentor, UNK, NE, USA (2015-)

Faculty Resource & Development Committee, University of Great Falls, MT, USA (2014-2015)

Student Scholarship Committee, University of Great Falls, MT, USA (2013-2015)

CCNE Accreditation Committee Member, University of Great Falls, USA (2008-2009)

Women in the Workforce Committee, Idaho State University, ID, USA (2007-2008)

Board Member- Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation (Business Incubator Committee),

University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK, USA (2003-2004)