Dr. Sonja H. Bickford
2508 12th Ave, OTOL 132F
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Department of Industrial Technology
Kearney, NE 68849
(308) 865-8504
bickfordsh@unk.edu
Professional Preparation
Appalachian State University (ASU), Business Administration in Management, B.S., 2000
Arkansas State University (ASU), Master of Business Administration, MBA, 2001
California Intercontinental University (CalU), Global Business and Leadership, DBA, 2012
University of Lapland – Arctic Centre (ULapland) Finland, Post Doc, 2013
Appointments
2016 -, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Kearney (UNK)
2015 - 2016, Lecturer, UNK
2013 - 2015, Assistant Professor, University of Great Falls (UGF)
2010 - 2013, Director of Study Abroad and Continuing Education and Part Time Faculty, UGF
2008 - 2010, Director of the RN to BSN Program and Director of Continuing Education, UGF
Five Related Publications
 Koivurova, T., with Lesser P., Bickford, S., Nenasheva, M., and Kankaanpää, P. (2016)
Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic: A Guide to Best Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing
Ltd., United Kingdom. ISBN:9781784711573.
 Bickford, S., Nenasheva, M, Kankaanpaa, P., and Koivurova, T., and Hlvanicka, A. (2014) Easing
the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Market Entry Barrier into Northwestern Russia:
creating and implementing an online Information System – Russia. IBIMA 2014 conference
proceedings. May 2014.
 Bickford, S., Nenasheva, M, Kankaanpaa, P., and Koivurova, T., and Hlvanicka, A. (2014) Online
Information System – Russia aims to ease the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Market
Entry Barrier into Northwestern Russia. Communications of the IBIMA. Vol. 2015 (2015), Article
ID 185611, DOI: 10.5171/2015. 185611. (Online)
http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/CIBIMA/2015/185611/a185611.html
 Nenasheva, M., Bickford, S., Lesser, P., Kankaanpaa, P., and Koivurova, T. (2015) Legal tools of
the public participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment process and their application in
the countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic region. Journal of Barents Studies. 1(3) pp. 13-35.
 Bickford, S, Krans, J-E, Bickford, N. (2015) Impacts from large corporate development on
Indigenous communities in Arctic: specific focus on social justice and sustainability for the Swedish
Sami. IBIMA 2015 conference proceedings. November 2015.
Five Other Significant Publications
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Bickford, S., Hollman, A., Nenasheva, M., Lesser, P. and Koivurova, T., (2015) Assessment of
project website sustainability: case of the Arctic EIA project. Informing Science: The International
Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline (InformingSciJ). 19 (1),
Bickford, N., Wright, M., and Bickford, S. (2015) Cost Benefit Analysis of Cattle in the United
States National Forest: The Impacts of Domestic Livestock Grazing on Public Grounds. Journal of
Economics and Forestry. Submitted.
Hollman, A., Lear, J. L., and Bickford, S. (2015) Communication Processes of Information
Technology Executives in Higher Education. International Journal of Technology Management.
Submitted.
Bickford, S., Kankaanpaa, P., and Koivurova, T., (2015) Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental
Impact Assessments in Finland. In progress.
Bickford, S. Bickford, N., and Kankaanpaa, P. (2015) Comparison of the Cost Benefit Analysis of
Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic Countries. In progress.
Synergistic Activities
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Served as a member of the UNK College of Business & Technology’s Student Affairs Committee
(2016-current)
Served as a member of the UNK American Democracy Project Committee (2015-current)
Served as a member of the University of Nebraska Kearney World Affairs Committee (2015current)
Served on the Faculty Resource & Development Committee (FRDC), University of Great Falls, MT,
USA (2014-2015)
Recipient of the President’s 2011 Special Achievement Award – CCNE Accreditation team,
University of Great Falls (2011)
Recipient of the Staff Contribution to Academic Program, University of Great Falls (2010)
Served on the board of the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation (Business Incubator
Committee), Fairbanks, AK, USA (2004-2006)
Recipient of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Development Funds ($15,000 USD) for the College
of Natural Sciences and University Recruitment Plan (2006)
Recipient of the Staff Excellence Award, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of
Alaska Fairbanks (2005)
PhD Advisor: Dr. Dennis Toutant (CalU)
Collaborators: Stacy Adams (UNK), Megan Adkins (UNK), Marc Albrecht (UNK), Nate Barry (UNK),
Mathew Bice (UNK), Tim Burkink (UNK), Ngan Chau (UNK), James Goedert (UNL), Martha Goedert
(UNMC), Riitta-Liisa Heikkinen-Moilanen (University of Lapland, Finland), Angela Hollman (UNK), Toni Hill
(UNK), Kamrul Hussain (University of Lapland, Finland), Timo Koivurova (University of Lapland, Finland),
Heli Koukkari (VTT, Finland), Jon-Eric Krans (UGF), Marc Lanteigne (NUPI, Norway), Pamela Lesser
(University of Lapland, Finland) Marina Nenasheva (Northern Arctic Federal University, (NARFU), Russia),
Alex Shafer (MSU-Billings), Ron Tuttle (UNK), Jim Vaux (UNK)