Alan Heisterkamp, Ed.D.
Education Consultant and Researcher

Alan Heisterkamp, Ed.D., president and CEO of Cultivating Minds, Inc., serves as an education consultant and researcher with the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention on a  three-year study (Sioux City Project) of local and regional secondary students’ attitudes and behaviors toward violence and bullying.  In addition, Heisterkamp is co-facilitating research with Dr. Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, from the University of California at Davis, on a gender violence prevention program entitled, Coaching Boys Into Men.  He has presented to over 7000 students, adults, and community organizations on gender violence prevention strategies and has trained over 500 high school student leaders in the Mentors in Violence Prevention Strategies (MVP), founded by Jackson Katz and Northeastern University in Boston, MA. 

Dr. Heisterkamp served the Sioux City Community School District as a secondary mathematics teacher, athletic coach, school counselor, and school administrator for 22 years.  He holds a masters degree and an advanced studies certificate in educational psychology and counseling, and secondary school administration, respectively.  In 2002, Heisterkamp earned his doctorate degree in secondary education administration from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.  He resides with his family in Sioux City, Iowa.