He also serves as the director of the Adult Choir and Women’s Choir at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Prior to his appointment at Augustana, Dr. Nesheim taught on the faculties of Minnesota State University Moorhead, Concordia College in Moorhead, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, and Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He has held positions conducting high school, church, and community choirs in South Dakota, Minnesota, California, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arizona, and North Dakota.