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Dr. Kristi Nies

Associate Professor of English

School of Arts & Sciences

Office

Jindra 139

knies@peru.edu

Phone

402-872-2237

Degree	Major	Institution	Year
PhD	Higher Education Leadership	Trident University Cypress, CA	2018
MA	Journalism	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL	1994
BA	Writing	Millikin University Decatur, IL	1992

Office Hours:
Other times by appointment

Fall 2023
Eng 100-000A, 000B, 000C / Elements of Composition
Eng 101-000D / English Composition
Jour 401-000A / Journalism Practicum

Dr. Nies received her Bachelor’s Degree in Writing from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., and her Master of Science Degree in Journalism from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education Leadership in 2018.

Before moving to Peru, she was a reporter for a daily newspaper in Jacksonville, Ill.

In addition to her teaching duties, Dr. Nies is the faculty advisor for The Peru State Times, the college’s student newspaper, and the faculty advisor for Peru State College’s Black Student Union. She also assists the Bobcat football team with academics.

Dr. Nies was the recipient of the college’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2017.

She lives on a farm just outside of Peru with two horses, a dog and many beautiful cows.