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

    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, 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."  Submitted July 2006.

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)

Back to Graduate Home Page