College of Education and Human Development

Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Tommy Van Norman

  • Pronouns: he, him, his

  • Doctoral Student, CIDE

Tommy Van Norman

Areas of interest

  • Internalization of higher education
  • Place-based education
  • Indigenous knowledge systems
Degrees

MS, Educational Leadership, University of North Dakota, 2014
BS, Criminal Justice and Sociology, University of North Dakota, 2012

Biography

I am interested in exploring how formal higher education experiences (i.e., study abroad and experiential/immersive learning) imbed land-based, placed-based, or Indigenous education into their curriculum and programming, and how those experiences impact a student's learning, intercultural development, and environmental stewardship. Through my research, I hope to explore how students who study abroad or take part in immersion experiences use those experiences to tell a story about place and culture.

In my full-time professional role at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, I currently coordinate a student access and success program in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS). I am also an instructor for a year-long leadership and culture seminar (CFAN 1101), as well as for a short-term study abroad program to Greece.