Faculty & Staff

Bartlett, Susan Patnaik, Ayesha
Collison, Laurie Putz, James
Comeau, Glen Reinert, Thomas
Dickmeyer, Linda Rodrick, Rick
Dickmeyer, Scott Schuyler, Susan
Docan-Morgan, Sara Smith, Ronda
Docan-Morgan, Tony Smith, Terry
Eberle, Robert Tollefson, Michael
Flood, Heike Turner, Patricia
Huisman, Dena Solie, Dave
Olivas, Margarita van Oss, Joseph
Nelson, Laura Weir, Janet
Niedzwiecki, Charissa  

Pictures of CST Department Social Events

Academic Department Associate: Laurie Collison

Office: 346 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-8519
Email: collison.laur@uwlax.edu

Susan Bartlett

Office: 307 Center for the Arts
Email: bartlett.susa@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • ME-PD, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Area of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking

Course taught:

  • Public Oral Communication

Glen Comeau

Office: 349 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-8519
Email: comeau.glen@uwlax.edu

Education:

Areas of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking

Courses taught:

  • Public Oral Communication

Linda Dickmeyer

Undergraduate Honors Research Conference at CSCA - 2010

Office: 327 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6715
Email: dickmeye.lind@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., Mankato State University
  • M.A., Mankato State University
  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Areas of Specialization:

  • Undergraduate Research
  • Instructional Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Assessment

Research Interests:

  • Undergraduate Pedagogy
  • Affinity-Seeking in the Classroom
  • Family Communication
  • Relationship Maintenance
  • SoTL—Service Learning

Courses Taught:

  • Senior Project in Communication Studies
  • Research Methods in Communication
  • Advanced Topics in Interpersonal Communication
  • Gender Communication
  • Family Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Introduction to Communication Studies
  • Public Oral Communication

Scott Dickmeyer

Office: 311 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-8364
Email: dickmeye.scot@uwlax.edu

Training and Consulting Biography

Education:

  • B.S., Mankato State University
  • M.A., Mankato State University
  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Areas of Specialization:

  • Organizational Communication
  • Leadership
  • Training & Consulting in Communication
  • Public Relations

Research Interests:

  • Organizational Communication
  • Leadership
  • Training & Consulting in Communication
  • Public Relations

Courses Taught:

  • Communicating Leadership
  • Research Methods in Communication Studies
  • Contemporary Approaches to Organizational Communication
  • Organizational Communication
  • Professional Communication
  • Senior Project in Communication Studies
  • Public Relations

Sara Docan-Morgan

Office: 321 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6711
Email: docan-mo.sara@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., Augustana College
  • M.A., University of Arizona
  • Ph.D., University of Washington

Areas of Specialization:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Race and Ethnicity

Research Interests:

  • Adoptive Family Communication about Race
  • Mediated Representations of Transracial Adoption

Courses Taught:

  • Research Methods in Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Public Oral Communication

Tony Docan-Morgan

Personal Webpage

Office: 319 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6722
Email: docan.anth@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • A.A., Los Angeles Valley College
  • B.A., California State University, Northridge
  • M.A., University of New Mexico
  • Ph.D., University of Washington

Areas of Specialization:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Instructional Communication
  • Public Speaking

Research Interests:

  • Communication and Relational Change
  • Relational Turning Points
  • Instructional Communication

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Advanced Public Speaking
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Theories of Communication
  • Nonverbal Communication

Robert B. Eberle

Office: 331 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6723
Email: eberle.robe@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., Syracuse University
  • M.A. University of Denver
  • Ed.D., California Western University
  • Graduate, U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College

Areas of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking
  • Professional Communication

Courses Taught:

  • Public Speaking
  • Professional Communication

Heike Flood

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Education:

  • B.A., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • M.A., St. Mary's, Winona

Areas of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication

Dena Huisman

Office: 348 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-8367
Email: huisman.dena@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., Iowa State University
  • M.S., Iowa State University
  • Ph.D., University of Iowa

Areas of Specialization:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Family Communication
  • Public Speaking

Research Interests:

  • Family Communication
  • Storytelling
  • Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Courses Taught:

  • Introduction to Communication Studies
  • Public Oral Communication
  • Gender Roles and Communication

Margarita Olivas

Personal webpage

Office: 315 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6717
Email: olivas.marg@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., California State University, Chico
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

Areas of Specialization:

  • Organizational and Professional Communication
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Media, Identity, and Communication
  • Diversity Training

Research Interests:

  • Minorities in Higher Education
  • Race/Ethnic Identity Negotiation
  • People with Disabilities
  • Caregiver/Patient Interactions

Courses Taught:

  • Organizational Communication
  • Professional Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Media, Identity, and Communication
  • Diversity Training
  • Public Speaking

Laura L. Nelson

Office: 313 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6702
Email: nelson.laur@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., University of Illinois-Urbana
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
  • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Areas of Specialization:

  • Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
  • Oral Interpretation of Literature
  • Hermeneutic and Semiotic Theory

Research Interests:

  • Curriculum in Communication Studies
  • Critical Thinking and Pedagogy in Communication Studies
  • Relationship between Conceptions of Rhetoric and Poetic
  • History of Rhetoric and Communication Studies
  • Communication Media and Human Culture

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Influence, Advocacy, and Public Communication
  • Rhetorical Criticism
  • Advanced Topics in Advocacy and Cultural Criticism

Charissa Niedzwiecki

Office: 350 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608)785-6712
Email: niedzwie.char@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • M.Ed., University of Alaska-Fairbanks
  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Areas of Specialization:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Gender Communication
  • Media and Interpersonal Relationships

Research Interests:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Gender Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Media and Interpersonal Relationships

Courses Taught:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Gender Communication
  • Romance in the Media
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Family Communication
  • Advanced Interpersonal Topics

Ayesha Patnaik

Office: 349 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6718
Email: patnaik.ayes@uwlax.edu

Education:

Areas of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication

James Putz

Office: 354 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6705
Email: putz.jame@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., George Washington University
  • M.A., University of South Dakota
  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Areas of Specialization:

  • Public Communication
  • Group/Team Communication
  • Adult Education

Research Interests:

  • Cooperative Learning
  • Classroom learning

Courses Taught:

  • Public oral Communication
  • Team/Group Communication
  • Professional Communication
  • Public Relations

Thomas Reinert

Office: 352 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6724
Email: reinert.thom@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., Purdue University
  • M.A., Bowling Green State University
  • Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Area of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Presentational Communication

Rick Rodrick

Office: 202 Wing
Phone: (608) 785-6703
Email: rodrick.rich@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., Bradley University
  • M.A., University of Utah
  • Ph.D., University of Utah

Areas of Specialization:

  • Organizational and Professional Communication
  • Digital Communication
  • Media Literacy
  • Communication Theory & Method
  • Interpersonal Communication

Research Interests:

  • Computers in teaching and learning
  • Using computers to promote knowledge creation in the classroom
  • Digital media in society
  • Critical approaches to organizational communication

Courses Taught:

  • Organizational Communication
  • Theories of Communication
  • Contemporary Media in Everyday Life
  • Radio Production
  • Public Relations

Susan Schuyler

Office: 353 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6697
Email: schuyler.susa@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana
    B.A., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia

Areas of Specialization:

  • Writing, Editing, and Reporting
  • Public Relations

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Public Relations Tools and Strategies
  • Planning, Implementing and Evaluating the Public Relations Campaign
  • Public Relations

Ronda Smith

Office: 235 Morris Hall
Phone: (608) 785-6636
Email: smith.rond@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., University of Indianapolis
  • M.A., Ball State University
  • Ph.D., Kent State University

Areas of Specialization:

  • Organizational Communication and Interviewing
  • Instructional Communication
  • Health Communication

Research Interests:

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Instructional Communication
  • Study Abroad

Courses Taught:

  • Professional Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Public Oral Communication
  • Interviewing
  • Senior Project in Communication Studies
  • Group Communication

Terry Smith

Office: 2056 Health Science Center
Phone: (608) 785-5139
Email: smith.ter2@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    M.A., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Area of Specialization:

  • Public Speaking

Research Interest:

  • Technology in the Classroom

Course Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication

Michael Tollefson

Office: 323 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6710
Email: tollefso.mich@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Areas of Specialization:

  • Advocacy & Cultural Criticism
  • Public Speaking

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication

Patricia Turner

WMCM-TV Web site

Office: 203 Wing Communication Center
Phone: (608) 785-8369
Email: turner.patr@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.A., University of Iowa
  • M.A., University of Iowa
  • Ph.D., The Union Institute & University

Areas of Specialization:

  • Broadcast and Digital Communication

Research Interests:

  • Media
  • New Technologies
  • Media Consumer Analysis

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Broadcast Announcing
  • TV Production
  • Applied TV
  • TV Workshop
  • Broadcast Media Writing
  • Remote Video Operations
  • Audience Research
  • Broadcast Media Management
  • Advanced Video Production

Dave Solie

Office: 349 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6721
Email: solie.davi@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • J.D., University of Toledo College of Law

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Professional Communication

Joseph E. van Oss

Office: 351 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-6709
Email: vanoss.jose@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • B.S., University of Minnesota-St. Paul
  • M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Areas of Specialization:

  • Technical Communication
  • Online Communication

Research Interests:

  • Professional Presence on the Internet

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Computer Mediated Communication

Janet Weir

Office: 349 Center for the Arts
Phone: (608) 785-8519
Email: weir.jane@uwlax.edu

Education:

  • A.A., Kilgore College
  • B.S., Sam Huston State University
  • M.A., Oregon State University

Areas of Specialization:

  • Women's Studies
  • Interpersonal Communication

Courses Taught:

  • Public Oral Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication at Work
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Human Resource Management
  • Wages and Benefits
  • Business Law
  • Tort Law
  • Jury Preparation
  • Argumentation