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Jodi Roller, P.T., Ed.D., D.P.T.
Jodi Roller, P.T., Ed.D., D.P.T.
Associate Professor
Chair, Division of Human Performance Sciences
Chair, Department of Physical Therapy
rollerj@umary.edu
(701) 355-8183
My professional career consists of 23 years of clinical practice, primarily in rural health care and pediatrics, followed by 11 years as a professor, clinical director, and eventual director of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Mary.

Community and Professional Interests
  • Professionally interested in all aspects of motor control, especially balance and gait
  • Leadership philosophy and practice

Education

    Ed.D. Education
        University of St. Thomas,  Minneapolis, MN
    DPT Physical Therapy
         University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
    MPT Physical Therapy
        University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
    B.S. Physical Therapy
        University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Professional Memberships

  • Member of American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  • Member sections on Education, Neurology, Aquatics and Pediatrics

Publications

  • Roller J. "Are We United? Clinician’s Respond to the DPT." Abstract. www.apta.org June 2003
  • Roller J. "Story of ALS." Amazing Stories for the Catholic Heart. Ascension Press. September 2003
  • Roller J. “Rural Field Experience: A Model for Incorporating Rural Health Care Into a Professional Curriculum” Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Fall, 2001 70-74
  • Nash B, Roller J, Parker M. "The Effects of Tone-Reducing Orthotics on Emerging Ambulation skills following Incomplete SCI."  Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. 2008;32:39-47.
  • Roller J, Johnson M, Jones E, Hunt H, Williams Kirkwood, N. "Effectiveness of a Water-Based Exercise Program on Berg Balance Test scores in Community-living Older Women."  Journal of Aquatic Physical Therapy. 2008;16(2):1-5.

Presentations

  • Roller J. "Are We United? Clinicians Respond to the DPT." Poster Presentation. National conference in Washington DC. June 2003.
  • Roller J. Anderson M, Brooks L. "North Dakota Licensed Physical Therapist Opinions on Mentoring Professionalism in Clinical Education." National CSM conference in New Orleans, LA 2004.
  • Roller J, Johnson M, Jones E, Hunt H, Williams N.  "Effects of Aquatic Exercise on Balance in Female Elders."  Poster Presentation at National CSM conference in Boston MA.  February 2007.

Graduate Courses Taught

  • Neurological Rehabilitation
  • Motor Control
  • Leadership Seminar
  • Prosthetics and Amputations
  • Advanced PT Seminar (coordinate)

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