Bernard Bull

After serving for twelve years in Lutheran middle and high schools in Illinois and Wisconsin,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Seven Mindsets for the 21st Century Lutheran High School Educator|url=https://issues.cune.edu/the-lutheran-faculty-pre-k-through-higher-education/1077-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605104057/http://issues.cune.edu:80/the-lutheran-faculty-pre-k-through-higher-education/1077-2/ |archive-date=2017-06-05 |access-date=Nov 21, 2020|website=Issues in Christian Education}} Bull began his higher education career in 2006 at Concordia University Wisconsin, serving as a professor of education, Chief Innovation Officer, and Vice Provost of Curriculum and Academic Innovation.{{Cite web|last=Mondelli|first=Tori|date=February 13, 2018|title=To Enable Academic Transformation, Leaders Crave Three Things|url=https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/2/to-enable-academic-transformation-leaders-crave-three-things|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722105106/https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/2/to-enable-academic-transformation-leaders-crave-three-things |archive-date=2020-07-22 |access-date=Dec 12, 2020|website=Educause Review|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=News Graphic Staff|first=|date=Dec 12, 2017|title=CUW Restructures Leadership|work=GMToday|url=https://www.gmtoday.com/business/cuw-restructures-leadership/article_b5753064-61e2-51e2-9a66-9965fb6c29fb.html|access-date=Nov 21, 2020}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Nov 21, 2020|title=Author Profile|url=https://evolllution.com/author/bernard-bull/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923184312/http://evolllution.com/author/bernard-bull/ |archive-date=2016-09-23 |access-date=Nov 21, 2020|website=Evolllution}}

In 2012, he was named a Thrivent Fellow, a fellowship dedicated to equipping current and emerging higher education leaders.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 19, 2011|title=Dr. Bernard Bull Chosen to Attend Thrivent Fellow Program this Summer|url=https://blog.cuw.edu/dr-bernard-bull-chosen-to-attend-thrivent-fellow-program-this-summer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129192114/https://blog.cuw.edu/dr-bernard-bull-chosen-to-attend-thrivent-fellow-program-this-summer/ |archive-date=2020-11-29 |access-date=Nov 22, 2020|website=Concordia University Wisconsin News|language=en}} That same year, he was granted the Wagner Distance Education Award.{{Cite web|last=Thiel|first=Kali|date=August 2012|title=Assistant Vice President Named Distance Education Leadership Award Recipient|url=https://blog.cuw.edu/assistant-vice-president-named-distance-education-leadership-award-recipient/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Nov 21, 2020|website=Concordia University Wisconsin}}

In 2016, Bull became the Jonathan D. Harber Fellow in Education and Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he taught Social Entrepreneurship in Education and during which he completed the manuscript for Adventures in Self-Directed Learning.{{Cite book|last=Bull|first=Bernard|title=Adventures in Self-Directed Learning|publisher=Wipf & Stock|year=2016|isbn=978-1532615849|location=Eugene, OR|pages=}}

In 2018, Bull became president of Goddard College, a low-residency alternative and experimental college. Bull accepted the job months after it was placed on probation by the New England Commission of Higher Education over concerns regarding institutional resources and organization and governance, with growing questions about whether the college would survive.{{Cite news|last=Greg|first=Toppo|date=Apr 2, 2019|title=Can Goddard Survive?|work=Inside Higher Education|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/02/new-president-place-goddard-plots-path-out-probation|access-date=Nov 21, 2020}} In September, 2020, Goddard was removed from probation and its accreditation was renewed.{{Cite web|last=Lola|first=Duffort|date=Sep 28, 2020|title=Goddard College is Off Probation; Finances and Leadership Shored Up|url=https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/28/goddard-college-is-off-probation-finances-and-leadership-shored-up/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016235919/https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/28/goddard-college-is-off-probation-finances-and-leadership-shored-up/ |archive-date=2020-10-16 |access-date=Nov 21, 2020|website=VTDigger|language=en-US}}

On December 1, 2020, Concordia University Nebraska announced Bull as the president-elect, scheduled to transition from Goddard College to Concordia University Nebraska in August 2021.{{Cite web|title=Dr. Bernard Bull announced as president-elect|url=https://www.cune.edu/news/dr-bernard-bull-announced-president-elect|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Concordia University, Nebraska|language=en}}

Bull's writing and scholarship focuses on educational innovation, contemporary issues in education, futures in education, and religious education.

Bull attended Metro East Lutheran High School in Edwardsville, Illinois.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Apr 22, 2013|title=Lutherans in Higher Education|url=https://www.kfuo.org/2013/04/22/faithnfamily-22/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Nov 21, 2020|website=KFUO Radio}} He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in history and education from Concordia University Wisconsin in 1993. He completed a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University Chicago, a Master of Liberal Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a Doctorate of Education in instructional technology from Northern Illinois University.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2 October 2018|title=Dr. Bernard Bull Announced as New Goddard College President|url=https://www.goddard.edu/news-and-more/dr-bernard-bull-announced-as-new-goddard-college-president/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030343/https://www.goddard.edu/news-and-more/dr-bernard-bull-announced-as-new-goddard-college-president/ |archive-date=2020-11-09 |access-date=Dec 12, 2020|website=Goddard College News}}

• Missional Moonshots: Insight and Inspiration in Educational Innovation. Greenwood, WI: Athanatos Publishing Group, 2016.
• What Really Matters?: Ten Critical Issues in Contemporary Education. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016.
• Adventures in Self-Directed Learning: A Guide for Nurturing Learner Agency and Ownership. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2017.
• Digitized: Spiritual Implications of Technology. St. Louis: MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2018.
• Imagine the Possibilities: Conversations on the Future of Christian Education with James Pingel. St. Louis: MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2018.
• Prep Talks: Tales of Challenges & Opportunities in Christian Education with James Pingel and Michael Uden. St. Louis: MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2019.
• Breathe: A Vision & Framework for Human-Centered Learning Environments. Mequon, WI: Birdhouse Learning Labs, 2020.

• The Pedagogy of Faith: Essays on Lutheran Education. St. Louis: MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2016.

• Entries on andragogy, connectivism, constructivism, discipleship in the digital age, gaming, heutagogy, and pedagogy. Encyclopedia of Christian Education (edited by George T. Kurian and Mark A. Lamport). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015.
• Entries on virtual high schools, digital badges, cyberculture, charter schools, alternative assessment, the credit hour, and homeschooling. The Sage Encyclopedia of Online Learning (edited by Steven L. Danver). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, 2016.
• "Embracing Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning in Formal Learning Organizations." In Experiences in Self-Determined Learning (edited by L.M. Blaschke, C. Kenyon, and S. Hase). Sydney: Bloomsbury Academics, 2014.

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