Background
Bakken, Linda was born on September 15, 1937 in Big Bay, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Claude Darius Bowers and Dorothy Lucile French.
Bakken, Linda was born on September 15, 1937 in Big Bay, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Claude Darius Bowers and Dorothy Lucile French.
Bachelor, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, 1960. Master of Science, Utah State University, Logan, 1978. Doctor of Education, Boston University, 1983.
English, Spanish, drama teacher Kent City Public Schools, Michigan, 1960—1961, Hancock Public Schools, 1961—1963. Administrator and teacher Tri-County Christian Elementary School, Fairfield, Ohio, 1966—1970. Director, day care homes West Carolina Community Action, Henderson, North Carolina, 1973—1974, Cape Cod Child Development Program, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1983—1985.
Professor, educational psychology Wichita State University, Kansas, 1985—2007, chair, department counseling, educational and school psychology, 2003—2007, chair, department curriculum & instruction, 2008—2009.
Member of Midwestern Educational Research Association.
Married Gordon James Bakken, December 27, 1960. Children: Philip Gordon, Tena Lyn Mason, Jill Andrea.