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Total Departments: 38

Academic Departments

Academic Department Associate

Archaeology & Anthropology

Department Chair

Timothy McAndrews  Profile of Timothy McAndrews

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

Department Chair

Timothy McAndrews  Profile of Timothy McAndrews

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

Associate Department Chair

Bradley Seebach  Profile of Bradley Seebach

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

Todd Weaver  Profile of Todd Weaver  Todd Weaver saysMeet with me

4020 Cowley Hall
tweaver@uwlax.edu
608.785.8269

Specialty areas:

Biochemistry

Molecular Biology

Structural Biology

Enzymology

 

Associate Department Chair

Aric Opdahl  Profile of Aric Opdahl

442 Cowley Hall
aopdahl@uwlax.edu
608.785.8274

Specialty areas:

Surface and Analytical Chemistry

Department Chair

Linda Dickmeyer  Profile of Linda Dickmeyer

4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715

Specialty areas:

Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate Research

Associate Department Chair

Beth Boser  Profile of Beth Boser

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

Academic Department Associate

Department Chair

Sheida Babakhani Teimouri  Profile of Sheida Babakhani Teimouri  Sheida Babakhani Teimouri saysMeet with me

2102 Wittich Hall
steimouri@uwlax.edu
608.785.5296

Specialty areas:

International Macroeconomics and Finance, Applied Macro-econometrics, Globalization

Educational Studies

Department Chair

Heather Linville  Profile of Heather Linville

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

Department Chair

Kate Parker  Profile of Kate Parker

433A Wimberly Hall
kparker@uwlax.edu
608.785.8304

Specialty areas:

 

 

Associate Department Chair

Bryan Kopp  Profile of Bryan Kopp

426G Wimberly Hall
bkopp@uwlax.edu
608.785.6936

Specialty areas:

Cultural Studies/Critical Theory; Rhetorical Genre Studies; Professional Writing; Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Department Chair

Adam Stivers  Profile of Adam Stivers  Adam Stivers saysMeet with me

3146 Wittich Hall
astivers@uwlax.edu
608.785.6677

Specialty areas:

Investments, asset pricing, behavioral finance

Academic Department Associate

Geography & Environmental Science

Department Chair

Colin Belby  Profile of Colin Belby

2021 Cowley Hall
cbelby@uwlax.edu
608.785.8339

Specialty areas:

Geomorphology, River Systems, Water Resources, Environmental Contamination, Geospatial Field Mapping and GIS

Global Cultures & Languages

Department Chair

Omar Granados  Profile of Omar Granados

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

Thomas Kernozek  Profile of Thomas Kernozek

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

Department Chair

Kenneth Shonk  Profile of Kenneth Shonk

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

Information Systems

Department Chair

Peter Haried  Profile of Peter Haried  Peter Haried saysMeet with me

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

Gita Pai  Profile of Gita Pai

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

Director, International & Global Studies Program

International Business

Department Chair

Elizabeth Crosby  Profile of Elizabeth Crosby  Elizabeth Crosby saysMeet with me

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

Department Chair

David Mindel  Profile of David Mindel

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

Department Chair

Nicole Gullekson  Profile of Nicole Gullekson

2202 Wittich Hall
ngullekson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8699

Specialty areas:

Global Leadership Development, Organizational Behavior, International Management, Women in Management

Academic Department Associate

Department Chair

Academic Department Associate

Mathematics & Statistics

Department Chair

Jennifer Kosiak  Profile of Jennifer Kosiak

1015 Cowley Hall
jkosiak@uwlax.edu
608.785.8385

Specialty areas:

Mathematics Education

Associate Department Chair

Douglas Baumann  Profile of Douglas Baumann

1034 Cowley Hall
dbaumann@uwlax.edu
608.785.6617

Specialty areas:

Statistical Genomics and Epigenomics

Statistical Computing

Data Science

Categorical Data Analysis

Multivariate Statistics

Department Chair

Michael Hoffman  Profile of Michael Hoffman

3023 Cowley Hall
mhoffman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6984

Specialty areas:

Virology

Chair, Department of Microbiology

Academic Department Associate

Department Chair

Mary Tollefson  Profile of Mary Tollefson

233 Lowe Center For The Arts
mtollefson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8418

Specialty areas:

Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Proficiency, Music Appreciation

 

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Academic Department Associate

Department Chair

Samuel Cocks  Profile of Samuel Cocks

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

Department Chair

Shelly Lesher  Profile of Shelly Lesher

2018 Cowley Hall
slesher@uwlax.edu
608.785.8401

Specialty areas:

Experimental Nuclear Physics
Physics and Society
Mentor training

Political Science & Public Administration

Department Chair

Adam Van Liere  Profile of Adam Van Liere  Adam Van Liere saysMeet with me

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

Department Chair

Jocelyn Newton  Profile of Jocelyn Newton  Jocelyn Newton saysMeet with me

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

Bianca Basten  Profile of Bianca Basten

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

Keely Rees  Profile of Keely Rees  Keely Rees saysMeet with me

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. 

Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Academic Department Associate

Alec Lass  Profile of Alec Lass

4301 Centennial Hall
alass@uwlax.edu

Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy

Department Chair

Laurie Harmon  Profile of Laurie Harmon

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

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Department Chair

Timothy Gongaware  Profile of Timothy Gongaware

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

Student Affairs Administration

Department Chair

Tori Svoboda  Profile of Tori Svoboda  Tori Svoboda saysMeet with me

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

Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Director

Kelly Sultzbach  Profile of Kelly Sultzbach

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

Department Chair

Laurie Kincman  Profile of Laurie Kincman

153 Lowe Center For The Arts
lkincman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6690

Specialty areas:

Stage Management, Arts Administration, Dramaturgy

Academic Department Associate

Krista Shulka  Profile of Krista Shulka

154 Lowe Center For The Arts
kshulka@uwlax.edu
608.785.6701

Specialty areas:

Box Office Manager, Webmaster; Publicity Assistant; Recruitment Co-Coordinator