Dr. Kris Bertelsen

Dr. Kris Bertelsen is Vice President and Program Director of the Addiction Recovery Program, Prison Outreach Programming, and the Prison Education Program for Huntington Junior College. Kris has an extensive range of experience including his tenure with Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Previously, Kris taught high school social studies. He’s served on boards and committees including the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, as an author and reviewer for the Council for Economic Education, Advisory Board member for the Journal of Economics Teaching, and a standards committee member for Arkansas Department of Education. Dr. Bertelsen is particularly interested in entrepreneurship, economics, and personal finance education for disadvantaged and marginalized communities. Kris earned a Ph.D. from the University of Central Arkansas, working with justice involved people, an M.S. Clinical and Mental Health Counseling from Southern Arkansas University, an M.A. in Economic Education and Entrepreneurship from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. Social Studies Education, from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.