Departments
A page within Academic Affairs
Total Departments: 38
Academic Departments
Accountancy
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Archaeology & Anthropology
Department Chair
435A Wimberly Hall
tmcandrews@uwlax.edu
608.785.6774
Specialty areas:
South American/Andean Archaeology, Rise of Complex Society, Origins of Urbanism, Sedentary Village-Based Adaptations
Academic Department Associate
Art
Department Chair
435A Wimberly Hall
tmcandrews@uwlax.edu
608.785.6774
Specialty areas:
South American/Andean Archaeology, Rise of Complex Society, Origins of Urbanism, Sedentary Village-Based Adaptations
Academic Department Associate
Biology
Department Chair
Associate Department Chair
3022 Cowley Hall
bseebach@uwlax.edu
608.785.6964
Specialty areas:
Neurophysiology, Human Anatomy & Physiology; advising Biomedical Science Concentrators and Neuroscience students
Academic Department Associate
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Department Chair
4020 Cowley Hall
tweaver@uwlax.edu
608.785.8269
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Enzymology
Associate Department Chair
442 Cowley Hall
aopdahl@uwlax.edu
608.785.8274
Specialty areas:
Surface and Analytical Chemistry
Academic Department Associate
Communication Studies
Department Chair
4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate Research
Associate Department Chair
4225 Centennial Hall
bboser@uwlax.edu
608.785.6702
Specialty areas:
Public Communication and Advocacy, Media Studies, Gender and Feminism
Academic Department Associate
Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Economics
Department Chair
2102 Wittich Hall
steimouri@uwlax.edu
608.785.5296
Specialty areas:
International Macroeconomics and Finance, Applied Macro-econometrics, Globalization
Academic Department Associate
Educational Studies
Department Chair
335 Morris Hall
hlinville@uwlax.edu
608.785.8142
Specialty areas:
Dr. Linville's main research areas are digital storytelling as translanguaging, advocacy for English learners (ELs), language teacher education, and language ideologies.
Academic Department Associate
English
Department Chair
Associate Department Chair
426G Wimberly Hall
bkopp@uwlax.edu
608.785.6936
Specialty areas:
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory; Rhetorical Genre Studies; Professional Writing; Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Academic Department Associate
Exercise & Sport Science
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Finance
Department Chair
3146 Wittich Hall
astivers@uwlax.edu
608.785.6677
Specialty areas:
Investments, asset pricing, behavioral finance
Academic Department Associate
Geography & Environmental Science
Department Chair
2021 Cowley Hall
cbelby@uwlax.edu
608.785.8339
Specialty areas:
Geomorphology, River Systems, Water Resources, Environmental Contamination, Geospatial Field Mapping and GIS
Academic Department Associate
Global Cultures & Languages
Department Chair
311B Graff Main Hall
ogranados@uwlax.edu
608.785.5243
Specialty areas:
Contemporary Latin American and Latino literature and cultural studies, Caribbean studies, film studies, migration studies and literary translation.
Academic Department Associate
Health Professions
Department Chair
4071 Health Science Center
tkernozek@uwlax.edu
608.785.8468
Specialty areas:
Biomechanics of Human Movement, Clinical Research Methodology, Biomechanics Instrumentation and Statistics
Academic Department Associate
History
Department Chair
401A Wimberly Hall
kshonk@uwlax.edu
608.785.6560
Specialty areas:
Modern Ireland, Modern Europe, Fascism, History of Rock 'n' Roll, Social Studies Education, World History
Academic Department Associate
Information Systems
Department Chair
241 Wing Technology Center
pharied@uwlax.edu
608.785.8103
Specialty areas:
Information Systems Project Management, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Online Fantasy Sports, Health Information Systems Acceptance
Academic Department Associate
International & Global Studies
Program Director
403L Wimberly Hall
gpai@uwlax.edu
608.785.8352
Specialty areas:
regional and transnational history of South Asia; South Asian diaspora in the U.S.; British Empire; religion and politics; material and visual culture; gender; global studies
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Director, International & Global Studies Program
International Business
Department Chair
3114 Wittich Hall
ecrosby@uwlax.edu
608.785.6754
Specialty areas:
Consumer behavior, consumer culture theory, consumer identity, transformative consumer research, consumer welfare, consumer vulnerability, consumer wellbeing, and stigma
Library
Department Chair
118B Murphy Library
dmindel@uwlax.edu
608.785.8945
Specialty areas:
Digital Conversion (Digitization) of Cultural Heritage materials, Digital Preservation, Color Management, Digital Content Management, Digital Photography, Digital Image Manipulation
Academic Department Associate
Management
Department Chair
2202 Wittich Hall
ngullekson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8699
Specialty areas:
Global Leadership Development, Organizational Behavior, International Management, Women in Management
Academic Department Associate
Marketing
Department Chair
3102 Wittich Hall
mmcdermott@uwlax.edu
608.785.6751
Specialty areas:
Sustainability in Business
Academic Department Associate
Mathematics & Statistics
Department Chair
1015 Cowley Hall
jkosiak@uwlax.edu
608.785.8385
Specialty areas:
Mathematics Education
Associate Department Chair
1034 Cowley Hall
dbaumann@uwlax.edu
608.785.6617
Specialty areas:
Statistical Genomics and Epigenomics
Statistical Computing
Data Science
Categorical Data Analysis
Multivariate Statistics
Academic Department Associate
Microbiology
Department Chair
3023 Cowley Hall
mhoffman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6984
Specialty areas:
Virology
Chair, Department of Microbiology
Academic Department Associate
Music
Department Chair
233 Lowe Center For The Arts
mtollefson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8418
Specialty areas:
Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Proficiency, Music Appreciation
If you would like, you may contact the Chair anonymously.
Academic Department Associate
Philosophy
Department Chair
4112 Centennial Hall
scocks@uwlax.edu
608.785.8421
Specialty areas:
Philosophy of Mind, Asian Philosophy, 19th/20th Century Continental Philosophy, & Environmental Philosophy
Academic Department Associate
Physics
Department Chair
2018 Cowley Hall
slesher@uwlax.edu
608.785.8401
Specialty areas:
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Physics and Society
Mentor training
Academic Department Associate
Political Science & Public Administration
Department Chair
421A Wimberly Hall
avanliere@uwlax.edu
608.785.6956
Specialty areas:
Global governance and international organization, foreign policy and global diplomacy, active learning, international education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Academic Department Associate
Professional Studies in Education
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Psychology
Department Chair
335A Graff Main Hall
jnewton@uwlax.edu
608.785.6889
Specialty areas:
School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
Associate Department Chair
349B Graff Main Hall
bbasten@uwlax.edu
608.785.6898
Specialty areas:
Cognitive Psychology (eyewitness memory; source memory)
Experimental design and statistics
Academic Department Associate
Public Health & Community Health Education
Department Chair
418N Wimberly Hall
krees@uwlax.edu
608.785.8168
Specialty areas:
Women’s Health (pregnancy, exercise, maternal & child health, menstruation) Adolescent Health Behaviors; Health Policy and Advocacy; Motivational Interviewing, Grant Writing in Health and Human Services.
Academic Department Associate
Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy
Department Chair
2044 Health Science Center
lharmon@uwlax.edu
608.785.8213
Specialty areas:
My primary areas of research are social-psychological outcomes of nature-based recreation including how we come to know and get connected to places, technology and the outdoors, and the scholarship of teaching & learning. I particularly enjoy the work I do using underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to get youth and adults connected to aquatic environments.
Academic Department Associate
ROTC
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Sociology & Criminal Justice
Department Chair
437M Wimberly Hall
tgongaware@uwlax.edu
608.785.6772
Specialty areas:
Social Movements, Collective Behavior, Leisure Groups, Identity (individual and collective), Qualitative Research, Popular Culture
Academic Department Associate
Student Affairs Administration
Department Chair
345F Morris Hall
tsvoboda@uwlax.edu
608.785.6759
Specialty areas:
intersections of gender, racial/ethnic, and social class identities; orientation, transition and retention programs; program assessment; budget management; supervision; social justice education
Academic Department Associate
Sustainability & Environmental Studies
Director
4108 Centennial Hall
ksultzbach@uwlax.edu
608.785.6930
Specialty areas:
20th Century British & American Literature, Environmental Literature, Environmental Justice, Ecocriticism, Animal Studies, Climate Literature, Questions of Place and Identity, Law and Literature
Academic Department Associate
Theatre & Dance
Department Chair
153 Lowe Center For The Arts
lkincman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6690
Specialty areas:
Stage Management, Arts Administration, Dramaturgy
Academic Department Associate
154 Lowe Center For The Arts
kshulka@uwlax.edu
608.785.6701
Specialty areas:
Box Office Manager, Webmaster; Publicity Assistant; Recruitment Co-Coordinator