MITTIE NIMOCKS DEN HERDER

4 p.m. | College of Liberal Arts and Education and Associate and Master’s Degree Candidates

Dr. Mittie Nimocks Den Herder retired from UW-Platteville in 2017 after more than 30 years at the institution. She served as a faculty member from 1986–2017. Her research included studies in family communication, health communication, and communication and aging. She was appointed assistant dean of Liberal Arts and Education in 1999, dean of the college in 2002, and university provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs in 2010. Under her leadership, the college instituted the Faculty Forum series and inaugurated college awards, including those for service, research, and outstanding performance by academic and classified staff.

After retiring from UW-Platteville, Nimocks Den Herder moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. She joined the Calvin University faculty as an Adjunct Professor, teaching communication courses for the Communication Department and Master of Accounting program, and teaching a Health Communication course she developed for students in Calvin’s health-related majors. In addition, she has been teaching Oral Rhetoric and Interpersonal Communication courses through the Calvin Prison Initiative, which delivers a bachelor’s degree on site to men incarcerated at the Handlon Correctional Institution in Ionia, Michigan.

Born and raised in Mississippi, Nimocks Den Herder received her bachelor’s in speech communication from the University of Southern Mississippi, a master’s degree from the University of Illinois, and Ph.D. from the University of Florida.