Office: 120 Dowell Hall
Phone: 218-281-8186
E-mail: sbrorson@umn.edu
Resume: PDF

Research Interests

• technology enhanced learning
• e-commerce
• women's entrepreneurship issues
• rural economic development

Selected Publications and Projects:

• "Beyond the Numbers: Finding and Engaging Community Energy in Very Small Towns." 2004. Co-authored with Sharon Neet, D.A., and Richard Nelson, Ph.D. Grant funded by the University of Minnesota's Council on Public Engagement (COPE).
• "Emerging Women Entrepreneurs Program: Online Incubator and Portal." 2000. Grant funded by the Ford Foundation and the Red River Trade Council.
• "Using Internet Based e-Commerce as a Strategic Business Tool." 1999. Grant funded through the University of Minnesota's Technology Enhanced Learning Grant Program.
• "Emerging Women Entrepreneurs Telecommunications Technology Project." 1998. Grant funded by the Ford Foundation.

Awards and Honors:

• UMC Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003 and 1986
• Women in Technology International (WITI) recognition for contributions to the advancement of technology, 2001

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. in Educational Leadership with a minor in Research, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
• M.S. in Marketing Education, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
• B.S. in Distributive Education, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN

Joined UMC in the fall of 1977

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