Nancy Brule

Job Title

Highlight

Brule's research interests include family communication, adolescent/parent communication, high-risk adolescents, conflict, and abusive relationships.

Started at Bethel

2004

Education

  • Moorhead State University - B.S. in Speech Communication, 1994
  • Mankato State University - M.S. in Speech Communication, 1996
  • University of Nebraska - Ph.D. in Communication Studies, 2002

Biography

Favorite religious book (other than Bible): Fiction: This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, In His Steps

Favorite non-religious book: Shout It from the Housetops (Pat Robertson)

Favorite non-religious authors: John Grisham, Jonathan Kellerman, Susan Grafton (I love mystery and detective novels)

Children: Jessica (getting PhD at the University of Illinois -Champaign/Urbana); Aaron (getting MA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee); Jacob (getting MA at Colorado State University) - all of them in the area of communication studies!

Pets: Two German Shepherds (Mattie & Clyde). Support the upkeep of my children's dogs which include two pugs (Barabbas & Cleopatra); a daschund (Maverick); and a half-pug, half-shih tzu (Thomas). Holidays at our house are crazy when all the kids come home with their dogs!

Courses Taught

  • Perspectives on Human Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Research Methods
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Persuasion
  • Gender Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Research Methods
  • Conflict Theory
  • Senior Seminar

Awards

2011: Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, Bethel University

Hobbies and Interests

Singing, horseback riding, watching football, fishing, reading for pleasure.

Areas of expertise

Brule's research interests include family communication, adolescent/parent communication, high-risk adolescents, conflict, and abusive relationships.