Education

2006 PhD Educational Leadership University of North Dakota
1984 MA Communication Disorders University of Minnesota-Duluth
1983 BAS Communication Disorders University of Minnesota-Duluth

Professional Licenses & Certifications

Speech Language Pathologist License Montana Board of Speech Pathologists & Audiologists
North Dakota State Board of Examiners in Audiology &
Speech-Language Pathology

Certificate of Clinical Competence American Speech Language Hearing Association

CHAMPS Trainer of Trainers Safe and Civil Schools

Traditional Games Instructor International Society for Traditional Games

Professional Experience

Assistant/Associate Professor & Chairperson Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders 2011 - Present Minot State University, Minot, ND

Guldborg Consulting Private Practice (Montana, California, North Dakota)
1988 - Present Easter Seals, Head Start, Early Intervention, Cranio-Facial Teams, DD Services, Vocational Rehab, Area Schools, CSPD, Indian Health Service, Indian Education, Special Education Cooperatives, Project Evaluator-Indian Education Grants, Group Home & Activity Centers, Home Health Care, Job Corps, Youth Correctional Facilities,

Principal Northside Elementary School, Wolf Point, MT
2006 - 2011

Faculty Fort Peck Community College, Wolf Point, MT
2006 - 2011

Dean of Students Wolf Point Junior/Senior High Schools, Wolf Point, MT
2003-2006

Director of Special Academic Projects Vermilion Community College, Ely, MN
2002-2003
Special Education Director Districts 45 & 45A, Wolf Point, MT
1997 - 2002

Speech/Language Pathologist & Supervisor Districts 45 & 45A, Wolf Point, MT
1987-2011

Communicative Disorders Specialist Kellogg Public Schools, Kellogg, ID
1986-1987

Speech/Language Pathologist & Supervisor Prairie View Special Services, Glendive, MT
1984 - 2002

 

Courses Taught

 

• CD 301 Intro to Communication Disorders Minot State University
• CD 320 Introduction to Phonetics Minot State University
• CD 331 Language Disabilities in Children Minot State University
• CD 411 Clinical Practicum Minot State University
• CD 511 Clinical Practicum Minot State University
• CD 513 Assessment Practicum Minot State University
• CD 501 Introduction to Graduate Studies (Research) Minot State University
• CD 520 Fluency Disorders Minot State University
• CD 534 Adolescent Language Minot State University
• CD 538 Language and Literacy Minot State University
• CD 536 AAC: Multiple Disabilities Minot State University
• CD 540 Supervision and Professional Issues Minot State University
• CD 545 Public School Methods Minot State University
• CD 595 Independent Study Minot State University
• CD 599/SPED 599 Thesis Minot State University
• T&L 313 Young Children's Language and Thought University of North Dakota
• T&L 529 Language Development in Children University of North Dakota
• SP 100 Interpersonal Communication Ft. Peck Community College
• SP 101 Public Speaking Ft. Peck Community College
• HLTH 130 Personal Health and Wellness Ft. Peck Community College

 

 

Scholarly Work

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2006, December). Teacher preparation reform efforts: Perceptions of Teacher Educators and School Administrators. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of North Dakota: Grand Forks

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2012, November). Perceptions of stuttering and cluttering in undergraduate speech language pathology students from the United States and Canada. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.

Beste-Guldborg, A., St. Louis, K.O., & Campanale. (2012, November). Northern Plains Indian
attitudes toward Stuttering. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American
Speech Language Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.

Campanale, N., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2012, November). Eastern American Indian attitudes
toward stuttering. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.

Hagemeister, J. J., Magnus, L., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2012, November). Assessment
of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A survey of current practices. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing
Association, Atlanta, GA.

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2013, July). Knowledge, perceptions, & beliefs of school professionals toward
stuttering. Poster presented at the ASHA Schools Convention, Long Beach, CA

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2013, July). A tool to help students understand the language of math. Poster
presented at the ASHA Schools Convention, Long Beach, CA.

Thunberg, K., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2013, July). Shared book reading: Helping parents promote
children's language & literacy development. Poster presented at the ASHA Schools Conference, Long Beach, California.

Beste-Guldborg, A., St. Louis, K.O., & Campanale, N. (2013, September). Attitudes of
American Indians toward stuttering: A first look. Invited presentation and poster presented at the
Stuttering Attitudes Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV

Beste-Guldborg, A., Campanale, N. (2013, September). Attitudes toward stuttering in selected
helping professions. Invited presentation and poster presented at the Stuttering Attitudes Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2013, November). The grammatical skills of communication disorders students.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2013, November). What is a language disorder? Perceptions of school
professionals and the general public. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL

Beste-Guldborg, A. & Campanale, N. (2013, November). Knowledge, perceptions, & beliefs of
Pacific Northwest & Southwestern Indians toward stuttering. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL

Thunberg, K., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2014, April). Shared book reading: Helping parents
promote children's language & literacy development. Seminar presented at the North
Dakota Pathfinder Conference. Minot, ND.

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2014, August). Flip your class-what your students really think! Electronic
poster presented at the Technology Innovations and Pedagogy Conference, California State University, Fresno. Fresno, CA.

Beste-Guldborg, A., Pedersen, H., Heinrichs, J., & Thomas, R. (2014, November).
Teacher perceptions of language disorders-More of the story. Poster presentatied at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL

Beste-Guldborg, A., Campanale, N., & St. Louis, K. O. (2014, November). American Indian
perceptions of stuttering. Seminar presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL

Beste-Guldborg, A, & Campanale, N. (2014, November). Attitudes toward stuttering: A
look at selected helping Professions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL

Pedersen, H., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2014, November). "Walking Over Dollars" An Interdisciplinary Pre-Service Training for Communication Intervention. Seminar presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.
Deigel, B., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2014, November). Speech-Language Pathologists'
Understanding and Use of the Three Components of Evidence-Based Practice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Villeneuve, B., Beste-Guldborg, A., & Pedersen, H. (2014, November). Collaborative Service
Provision by Speech Language Pathologists and Teachers of the Deaf in the Prairie Provinces of Canada. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.
St. Louis, K.O., Przepiorka, A.M., Beste-Guldborg, A., Williams, M.J, Blachnio, A., Guednouzi, J.,
Reichel, I.K., & Ware, M.B. (2014). Stuttering attitudes of students: Professional, intracultural,
and international comparisons. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 39, 34-5

Beste-Guldborg, A., & Thunberg, K. (2015, January). Bookmarks to Promote Children's Language
and Literacy Development. Invited Seminar presented at the Metro Speech/Language Symposium, Denver, CO.

Pedersen, H., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2015, February). Is Something Better than Nothing?
Investigating Rural Service Delivery Models for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. Seminar presented at the Association of College Educators of the Dear and Hard-of-Hearing, St. Louis, MO.

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2015, April). A look at attitudes toward stuttering in schools. Poster presented at the
Annual Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Diego, CA.

Beste-Guldborg, A. & Campanale, N. (2015). A look at stuttering attitudes in the helping
professions. In K.O. St. Louis' Stuttering Meets Stereotype, Stigma, and Discrimination: An Overview of Attitude Research. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press

Beste-Guldborg, A., St. Louis, K., & Campanale, N. (2015). American Indian attitudes
toward Stuttering. In K. O. St. Louis' Stuttering Meets Stereotype, Stigma, and Discrimination: An Overview of Attitude Research, Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press

Wesierska, K., Wesierska, M., St. Louis, K. O., Beste-Guldborg, A. (2015). A comparison
of attitudes towards stuttering between Polish SLPs and SLP students. In K. O. St. Louis' Stuttering Meets Stereotype, Stigma, and Discrimination: An Overview of Attitude Research. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press

St. Louis, K.O., Gabel, R., Beste-Guldborg, A., Wediner, M. E., Hughes, S., & Irani, F. (2015, July).
Attitudes and perspectives of stutterers exposed to therapy or not. Poster presented at the 8th World Congress on Fluency hosted by the International Fluency Association, Lisbon, Portugal.

Pedersen, H., & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2015, November). Language content curricula in Preservice
Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Phoenix, AZ.

Beste-Guldborg, A., & Schaff-Jarzab, T. (2015, November). Graduate students can and should inform our
teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Beste-Guldborg, A., Pedersen, H., & Doktorchik, A. (2015, November). Teacher knowledge of academic
language and the hidden curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Speech Language Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Beste-Guldborg, A., & St. Louis, K.O. (2015, November). A visit to the Medical Center-Attitudes you
might encounter if you stutter. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Beste-Guldborg, A., Pedersen, H., & Dotkorchik, A. (2015, November). Language across the curriculum-
What do teachers know and what can we do about it? Seminar presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Beste-Guldborg, A., St. Louis, K.O., & Shorts West, J. (2015, November). Face-to-face interviews of
people who stutter: Effects on attitudes of SLP students.. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Denver, CO.
Buxbaum, L., Gilson, C., Beste-Guldborg, A., & Pedersen, H. (2015, November). Comprehension of
internet humor by adolescents with hearing loss. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Li, J., Arnold, H. S., Beste-Guldborg, A. (2016). Reactions of protective service workers towards people
who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 50, 1-12.

Li, J., Arnold, H. S., Beste-Guldborg, A. (2016, October). Reactions of protective service workers towards
people who stutter. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Pedersen, H., Beste-Guldborg, A., Fisette, J., & Adacsi, C. (2017, February). Using family as faculty in
deaf Education personnel preparation. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association
of College Educators, Deaf/Hard-of- Hearing, San Antonio, TX

Pederson, H., Beste-Guldborg, A., Fisette, J., & Adacsi, C. (2017, February). Who do you think I am?
TODs & SLPs perceptions of their roles with DHH students. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Association of College Educators, Deaf/Hard-of- Hearing, San Antonio, TX

Pedersen, H., Beste-Guldborg, A., & Forshnell, K. (2017, Febraury). Investigating "Deaf" minors in higher
education. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of College Educators,
Deaf/Hard-of- Hearing, San Antonio, TX

Beste-Guldborg, A. & Pedersen, H. (2017, May). Inter-professional education: What is it you really do?
Poster accepted for presentation at the Teaching Professor Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Beste-Guldborg, A. (2017, May). Improving instructional practice through reflection. Poster accepted for
presentation at the Teaching Professor Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Smith, M & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2017, November). SLP & TOD knowledge & use of SIOP Model
Strategies to enhance academic language skills. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Speech Language Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Beste-Guldborg, A., Pedersen, H., Fisette, J. & Adacsi, C (2017, November). Family as faculty in the
education of speech language pathology students. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Beste-Guldborg, A., Pedersen, H., Zulak, B., & Booterbaugh, A. (2017, November). What is it you do!
Interprofessional education to develop SLP & TOD student perspectives. Poster presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Roteliuk, L. & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2017, November). Thinking big picture to broaden intermediate
practicum experiences & service learning. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American
Speech Language Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Beck, C., Beste-Guldborg, A., & Huston, M. (2018, November) Perceptions & practices of yoga as a
complementary treatment in speech/language/swallowing therapy. Poster presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Beste-Guldborg, A., Huston, M., Seal, A., Hatcher, A., Thaker, R., Dalla Zana, V. (2018, November). What
matters most? An examination of variables related to student outcomes. Poster presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

St. Louis, K.O., Hendricks, D.J., Wesierska, K., Przepiorka, A., Blachino. A., Beucher, C., Abdalla, F.,
Flynn, T., Reichel, I., Beste-Guldborg, A.....(2019). Success in changing stuttering attitudes: A
retrospective analysis of 29 intervention studies. Manuscript submitted to the Journal of
Communication Disorders.

Pedersen, H. & Beste-Guldborg, A. (2019). The impact of a collaborative consultation service delivery
model for rural deaf/heard of hearing students. Journal of Education and Learning, 8(5).

Boyle, S., Huston, M., Beste-Guldborg, A., Gamas, W. (2019). Learning the larynx: A comparison of two
student-made learning models on learning and retention. Poster accepted for presentation at the
Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Possia, S., Huston, M., Beste-Guldborg, A. (2019). What do students know? Criminal Justice students'
knowledge of communication disorders. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of
the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Guldborg, A., Walker, R., Holt, E., & Fisher, K. (2021). How the pandemic enhanced clinical education.
Seminar accepted for presentation at the Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Student Theses

Campanale, N. (2012). Eastern American Indian Perceptions of Stuttering. Unpublished Master's
thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)
Carlberg, K. (2012). Factors Affecting Intensity and Duration of Aphasia Therapy. Unpublished Master's
thesis, Minot State University.

Hagemeister, J. J. (2012). Assessment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Survey of Current
Practices. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University.

Renick, C. (2014). Constructed Meaning in Language Development of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Children. Unpublished Master's thesis' Minot State University.

Villeneuve, B. (2015). Collaborative Service Provision by Speech Language Pathologists and
Teachers of the Deaf in the Prairie Provinces of Canada. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Diegel, B. (2015). Speech-Language Pathologists' Understanding and Use of the Three Components
of Evidence-Based Practice. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Wyatt, L. (2015). Self-Advocacy Training for Middle School Students, Unpublished Master's
thesis, Minot State University.

Wehrkamp, D. (2015). A Survey of College Student Attitudes toward people with Autism. Unpublished
Honor's Thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Smith, M. (2017). SLP & TOD knowledge & use of SIOP Model Strategies to enhance academic language
skills. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Boyle, S. (2019). Learning the larynx: A comparison of two student-made learning models on learning and
retention. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Beck, C. (2019). Perceptions & practices of yoga as a complementary treatment in
speech/language/swallowing therapy. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Pierce, L. (2019). Measuring Components of Language Richness of a Preschool Auditory-Verbal Classroom for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University

Possia, S. (2020) What do students know? Criminal Justice students' knowledge of communication
disorders. Unpublished Master's thesis, Minot State University. (Chair)

Grant Work

Governor's Emergency Relief Funds (GEER) Minot State Center for Telehealth

Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds II (HEERF II) CSD Asynchronous Program Development

North Dakota DPI ND SLP Project

Federal Earmark Grant Professional Forest Harvester Program

Indian Education Grant Literacy Preschool

Indian Education Grant Pre-1 Preparation Classroom

Professional & Community Service

Proposal Reviewer Council for Exceptional Children

Textbook Reviewer Pearson Education

Textbook Review Plural Publishers

Textbook Reviewer Brookes Publishing

Manuscript Reviewer Journal of Fluency Disorders

Manuscript Reviewer Communication Disorders Quarterly

American Council on Education MSU Representative

Faculty Senate Minot State University

Higher Learning Commission Criterion 1 Lead Minot State University

Faculty Research Committee-Chair Minot State University

Curricular Diversity & Campus Climate Committee-Secretary Minot State University

Diversity Council Minot State University

Graduate Council Minot State University

Graduate Program Directors Council Minot State University

Department Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders Minot State University

Minot State University Minot State University

University Chairs Council Minot State University

Communication Disorders Program Director Minot State University

Graduate Student Rights Committee Minot State University

Tenure Committee Minot State University

President's Strategic Planning & Budget Council Minot State University

Faculty Rights Committee Minot State University

SLP--Cleft Palate Clinics ND DPI
Indian Health Service
MT Special Children's Health Unit

President North Dakota SLH Association

Board Member Rehab Services Incorporated

 

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