• EDD, Educational Leadership, University of South Dakota, 1999
• MA, School Counseling, South Dakota State University, 1978
• BS, Education, Psychology and Adolescent Development, Huron College, 1971

• Advanced Professional, South Dakota Department of Education

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• , De Jong, David, Robinson, Derrick, Chesnut, Steven, and Messick, Diana. Leadership Traits of Superintendents in Midwestern Rural Districts: BOE Presidents & Superintendent Perceptions., Editors Dr. Kennith Mitchell. Purchase, New York: AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, 2021.

• Messick, Diana, Implementing Project Based Learning in the Classroom., Rapid City. (March 17, 2016)