Assistant Professor
Email: michael.nason@minotstateu.edu
Michael Nason has served in a variety of law enforcement and academic positions during his career. He served 3 ½ years as a Correctional Officer and Correctional Supervisor with the Ward County Sheriff’s Department, 5 ½ years as a Police Officer and Detective with the Bismarck Police Department, and 15 years as a Special Agent with the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NDBCI). In addition, Michael served as the Task Force Coordinator of the Metro Area Narcotics Task Force in Bismarck. Michael worked 3 years as a Parole/Probation Officer with the North Dakota Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (DOCR) and 5 years as an administrative Captain with the Ward County Sheriff's Department. During his 37 years as a North Dakota licensed peace officer, Michael has accumulated nearly 4,000 hours of law enforcement training.
During his time as a NDBCI Special Agent, his duties included serving as a law enforcement instructor at the North Dakota Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Michael is a graduate of both the Drug Enforcement Administration School and the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy. Michael has more than 20 years of criminal justice teaching experience. Michael has served as an adjunct criminal justice instructor for Minot State University, the University of Mary, United Tribes Technical College, and Bismarck State College.
Michael holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice from Minot State University.
Michael is a licensed peace officer and a law enforcement instructor in the State of North Dakota.
Michael's areas of research interest are sentencing disparity, issues impacting indigenous people, and police recruitment, screening, and retention.
Michael's areas of expertise are criminal investigation, statement analysis, probation and parole, and police management.
