Nancy Brule

Job Title

Professor of Communication Studies
Communication Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

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.