Communication Studies
Our people
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
Department people
Assistant Teaching Professor
4224 Centennial Hall
malbrecht@uwlax.edu
608.785.6699
Assistant Professor
4217 Centennial Hall
banderson3@uwlax.edu
608.785.8716
Specialty areas:
Public Communication & Advocacy, Dialogue & Deliberation, Social Movement Discourse, Communication & Leadership, Public Memory & the Nuclear Public Sphere.
I am the Basic Course Director for the General Education CST 110 Communicating Effectively course.
Assistant Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
iawino@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Media Studies
Global Media and Technology
International Affairs/News
Africa - News, Entertainment, Sports
Gender and Development
Journalism in the Global South - Critical Perspectives
Reparations, Affirmative Action, Migration, Human Rights
Associate Professor
4225 Centennial Hall
bboser@uwlax.edu
608.785.6702
Specialty areas:
Public Communication and Advocacy, Media Studies, Gender and Feminism
Associate Professor
4219 Centennial Hall
jbutlermodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6717
Specialty areas:
Organizational and Professional Communication
Professor
4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate Research
Associate Professor
4215 Centennial Hall
sdickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.8519
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication, Organizational Culture, Training & Development and Consulting
Professor
4229 Centennial Hall
sdocan-morgan@uwlax.edu
608.785.6711
Specialty areas:
interpersonal communication, family communication, Korean adoptees, race and culture
Professor
4231 Centennial Hall
tdocan@uwlax.edu
608.785.6722
Associate Professor
4310 Centennial Hall
aedwards@uwlax.edu
608.785.6723
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal communication, inclusive pedagogy, social support, leadership & professional communication, computer-mediated communication, culture, and teaching in a multimodal environment
Advising Manager
2131 Centennial Hall
dgeiger@uwlax.edu
608.785.8537
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal and group communication, conflict management, grant writing, strategic planning, and precollege through first year student success.
Assistant Teaching Professor
4207 Centennial Hall
rkingquale@uwlax.edu
608.785.6705
Specialty areas:
Public Speaking, Small Group Communication, Organizational Communication
Professor
4209 Centennial Hall
klavelle@uwlax.edu
608.785.6698
Specialty areas:
public communication & advocacy, communication & sport, mental health & athletes, rhetoric of the WNBA
Professor
4212 Centennial Hall
rleahy@uwlax.edu
608.785.6724
Specialty areas:
Professional and Organizational Communication
Assistant Professor
4208 Centennial Hall
wlu@uwlax.edu
608.785.6712
Specialty areas:
Social media, mobile media, digital media use in complex social environments.
UWL colleagues and students: Feel free to message me on MS Teams.
Student appointments: Please use my YouCanBook.Me page to book appointments with me.
Assistant Teaching Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
smakstenieks@uwlax.edu
Assistant Professor
4227 Centennial Hall
tmiller3@uwlax.edu
608.785.8713
Specialty areas:
Television, Broadcast History, Media Policy, Feminist and Queer Media Studies, Syndication, Broadcast Journalism
Associate Professor
4221 Centennial Hall
dmodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6716
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication
Associate Professor
4213 Centennial Hall
gormes@uwlax.edu
608.785.8714
Specialty areas:
Organizational and Professional Communication
Communication in Teams
Lecturer
4220 Centennial Hall
apatnaik@uwlax.edu
608.785.6718
Specialty areas:
CST 110 Communicating Effectively
Lecturer
4206 Centennial Hall
jreed@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal communication, marital communication, family communication, relational uncertainty, and uncertainty management.
Teaching Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
tsmith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8523
Specialty areas:
Public Speaking
Public Speaking Center
Media Literacy
Associate Teaching Professor
4101 Centennial Hall
dsolie@uwlax.edu
608.785.6721
Associate Professor
4211 Centennial Hall
mtollefson2@uwlax.edu
608.785.6710
Specialty areas:
Persuasion, Argumentation, Undergraduate Research
Emeriti faculty
- Cheri Niedzwiecki
- James Putz
- Patricia Turner
- Robert Eberle