• Assistant Professor of Journalism
• Mystic Media/The Mystician Advisor
• B.A. English, University of Mary
• Telephone: 701-224-5522
• Email Address: Karen.Bauer@bismarckstate.edu

• Comm 112 Understanding Media and Social Change
• Comm 200 Introduction to Media Writing
• Comm 201 Interpretive and Opinion Writing
• Comm 244 Reporting and Feature Writing
• Comm 281 Reporting and Editing
• Comm 282 Yearbook Editing
• Engl 205 English Usage
• Engl 206 English Usage II

Adjunct Instructors

DUSTIN ANDERSON

• Production Coordinator/MystiCast Advisor
• MystiCast Advisor
• Telephone: 701-224-5674
• Email Address: Dustin.E.Anderson@bismarckstate.edu  

• Comm 270 Basic TV and Video
• Comm 272 Advanced TV and Video
• COMM 283: Video Activities/Lab: MystiCast

COLE BERNHARDT

• Media Production Associate
• Myx Advisor
• Telephone: 224-2679
• Email: cole.bernhardt@bismarckstate.edu

Teaching Assignments:

• COMM 284: Radio Activities/Lab: The MYX

KIM CROWLEY

• Associate Professor of English
• Ph.D. English, University of North Dakota
• M.A. English/Rhetoric and Composition, North Dakota State University
• B.A. English, Bemidji State University
• Telephone: 224-5574
• Email: kimberly.crowley@bismarckstate.

Teaching Assignments:

• ENGL 213: Literary Publications
• COMM 285: Communication Arts Activities/Lab: Figments

JOSHUA KERN

• Associate Professor of English
• M.A. English/Rhetoric, North Dakota State University
• B.A. English, North Dakota State University
• A.A., A.S., Bismarck State College
• Figments of Imagination Advisor
• Telephone: 224-5602
• Email: joshua.kern@bismarckstate.edu

Teaching Assignments:

• COMM 240: Intro to News Photography

JODY KERZMAN

• Communications/Broadcast Lecturer
• Telephone: 224-5522
• Email: jody.kerzman@bismarckstate.edu

Teaching Assignments:

• COMM 218: Public Relations Principles

Teaching Assignments:

• COMM 120: Intro to Broadcasting

MIKE MCCLEARY

• Communications/Photography Lecturer
• Telephone: 224-5522
• Email: michael.mccleary@bismarckstate.edu

SHERYL OMLID

• Associate Professor of Speech Communication
• M.A., North Dakota State University
• B.A., North Dakota State University
• A.A., Bismarck State College
• Fax Number: 224-5422
• Email: sheryl.omlid@bismarckstate.edu

SEAN THORENSON

• Associate Professor of Graphic Design & Communications
• B.S., Minnesota State University - Moorhead
• A.A.S., Bismarck State College
• Fax Number: 224-5564
• Email: sean.thorenson@bismarckstate.edu