Department/program directory
A page within Academic Affairs
Total: 33
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
228 Wing Technology Center
khawkes@uwlax.edu
608.785.8375
Specialty areas:
Photography
Academic Department Associate
Biology
Department Chair
4033 Cowley Hall
asanderfoot@uwlax.edu
608.785.8240
Specialty areas:
Plant cell biology, protein secretion, genetic screens, molecular biology, microscopy
Please contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research!
Also contact me with any questions about use of the Microscopes in the Howard Imaging Center on campus.
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
Economics
Department Chair
2102 Wittich Hall
steimouri@uwlax.edu
608.785.5296
Specialty areas:
International Macroeconomics and Finance, Applied Econometrics, International Labor.
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
433A Wimberly Hall
kparker@uwlax.edu
608.785.8304
Specialty areas:
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
124 Mitchell Hall
ngiblin@uwlax.edu
608.785.8785
Specialty areas:
Patellofemoral pain, running related injuries and interventions, applied biomechanics, athletic training
Academic Department Associate
Finance
Department Chair
3146 Wittich Hall
astivers@uwlax.edu
608.785.6677
Specialty areas:
Investments, asset pricing, behavioral finance, entrepreneurship, economic institutions
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
262 Cartwright Center
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
vmacias-gonzalez@uwlax.edu
608.785.8349
Specialty areas:
Latin American, Mexican, Latinx histories and history of race, gender and sexuality. Latin Americanists study the pasts of nineteen different countries in the Americas, plus the Philippines, Spain, and the U.S.A. I focus on nineteenth-century Mexico, especially the Porfiriato (1876-1911) and the U.S. Southwest. Research interests include diplomacy, transnational migration, Mexican diaspora, consumption and material culture, masculinity, Latin@s in the Midwest, the homophile movement, and LGBTQ+ history of the Midwest. Service interests include development of outreach programs to increase Latino entry into higher education, graduate, and professional programs, as well as LGBTQ+ public history programs. I serve on various professional groups in my field. I chair the U.S.-Canada Organizing Committee of the International Historians of Mexico Conference, serve on the American Historical Association's Committee on LGBTQ Status in the Profession, and on the organizing committee of REDMUGEN, the network for historians of women, gender, and sexuality in Mexico.
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, Live Streaming Acceptance & Motivation
Academic Department Associate
240 Wing Technology Center
mspencer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6656
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
269 Murphy Library
tholford@uwlax.edu
608.785.8944
Specialty areas:
Children's Literature
Information Literacy
Integrated Librarianship
Local History & Historical Primary Sources
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:
Statistics Education
Data Visualization
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
Military Science (ROTC)
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
Music
Department Chair
233 Lowe Center For The Arts
smann@uwlax.edu
608.785.6923
Specialty areas:
sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; American English dialects; language, gender, & sexuality; language attitudes & ideologies; folk dialectology
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
2015 Cowley Hall
jdocktor@uwlax.edu
608.785.8485
Specialty areas:
Physics Education
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
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
341E Graff Main Hall
erozek@uwlax.edu
608.785.6899
Specialty areas:
Gerontology, Lifespan Development
Cognitive Psychology (Neuropsychology)
Psych Hour (Fridays, 12:05-1:00)
Academic Department Associate
335 Graff Main Hall
jfredrick@uwlax.edu
608.785.8440
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
4304 Centennial Hall
tlilley@uwlax.edu
608.785.8346
Specialty areas:
Poverty, Sex Work, Violence and Violence Prevention, Social movements, Sociological theory
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
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
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
Total: 34
Applied Statistics
Program Director
1032 Cowley Hall
mbingham@uwlax.edu
608.785.6682
Specialty areas:
Statistics for Directional Data; Statistics for Three-Dimensional Rotation Data
Athletic Training
Program Director
214 Mitchell Hall
cgillette@uwlax.edu
608.785.8196
Specialty areas:
Athletic Training, Cryotherapy
Biology
Program Director
Business Administration
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Program Director
141 Mitchell Hall
kjohnson8@uwlax.edu
608.785.6521
Specialty areas:
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Adult Fitness
Cybersecurity
Program Director
4219 Centennial Hall
jbutlermodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6717
Specialty areas:
Organizational and Professional Communication
Data Science
Program Director
1026 Cowley Hall
jbaggett@uwlax.edu
608.785.8393
Specialty areas:
deep and machine learning, computer vision for radiology, machine learning, optimization, inverse problems and uncertainty analysis for environmental computer models
Digital Marketing
Program Director
3116 Wittich Hall
kgraham2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8097
Specialty areas:
Marketing Strategy, Integrated Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing
Program Director: Digital Marketing Graduate Certificate Program
Educational Leadership and Director of Instruction
Program Director
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction
Program assistant
271 Morris Hall
cgeorge@uwlax.edu
608.785.5409
Specialty areas:
Application Process Questions
Registration Questions
Program Questions
Marketing
Web site maintenance
Budget
Financial Technology
Program Director
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science
Program Director
2021 Cowley Hall
cbelby@uwlax.edu
608.785.8339
Specialty areas:
Geomorphology, River Systems, Water Resources, Environmental Contamination, Geospatial Field Mapping and GIS
Program assistant
Healthcare Administration
Program Director
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.
Information Technology Management
Program Director
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, Live Streaming Acceptance & Motivation
Medical Dosimetry
Program Director
4031 Health Science Center
nlenards@uwlax.edu
608.785.5460
Specialty areas:
Medical Dosimetry, Radiation Oncology, Distance Learning, Educational Technology
Program assistant
Microbiology
Program Director
3036 Cowley Hall
pschweiger@uwlax.edu
608.785.8254
Specialty areas:
Microbial Metabolism and Physiology
Synthetic and Molecular Biology
Applied Microbiology
Biotechnology
Contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research in these fields!
Nurse Anesthesia
Program Director
Occupational Therapy
Program Director
4049 Health Science Center
lschaffer@uwlax.edu
608.785.8462
Specialty areas:
Physical Dysfunction
Neurological Conditions and Treatment
Acute care and inpatient rehabilitation
GoBabyGo!
Spinal Cord Injury Support Group Facilitator
LSVT-Big Certified (Parkinson's Treatment)
Strong interest in Interprofessional Education (IPE) and community based practice
Increasing access to OT for underserved populations
Program assistant
Physical Education Teaching
Program Director
133 Mitchell Hall
jstarck@uwlax.edu
608.785.6535
Specialty areas:
Physical Education Teaching Graduate Program Director
Adventure Education & Outdoor Pursuits Emphasis Director
Adventure Education Program Director
Research Interests: assessment literacy, adventure education, social and emotional learning, and occupational socialization theory
Physical Therapy
Program Director
4066 Health Science Center
pgrabowski@uwlax.edu
608.785.6623
Specialty areas:
Motor behavior, OrthopedicsProgram assistant
Physician Assistant Studies
Program Director
0024 Health Science Center
mlaufenberg@uwlax.edu
608.785.8479
Specialty areas:
Physician Assistant
Program assistant
Professional Development-Learning Community
Program Director
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction
Program assistant
271 Morris Hall
cgeorge@uwlax.edu
608.785.5409
Specialty areas:
Application Process Questions
Registration Questions
Program Questions
Marketing
Web site maintenance
Budget
Professional Studies in Education
Program Director
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction
Program assistant
271 Morris Hall
cgeorge@uwlax.edu
608.785.5409
Specialty areas:
Application Process Questions
Registration Questions
Program Questions
Marketing
Web site maintenance
Budget
Public Health Online
Program Director
418J Wimberly Hall
acedergren@uwlax.edu
608.785.6790
Specialty areas:
Health Program Planning & Evaluation
Health Education Research Methods
Global Health
Program assistant
205F Morris Hall
amiller-adamany@uwlax.edu
608.785.6528
Specialty areas:
Conference services, professional development, and graduate program support. Primary contact for School Psychology Online, Recreation Management-Professional Development, and Public Health graduate programs.
Reading Teacher & Reading Specialist
Program Director
Morris Hall
kedwards@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Reading Teacher, Reading Specialist, Reading Interventions, Elementary and Middle Level Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Professional Development
Program assistant
271 Morris Hall
cgeorge@uwlax.edu
608.785.5409
Specialty areas:
Application Process Questions
Registration Questions
Program Questions
Marketing
Web site maintenance
Budget
Recreation Management
Program Director
2052 Health Science Center
kevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8210
Specialty areas:
Issues of social justice in leisure, outdoor adventure recreation, women’s physically active leisure, non-profit leadership, youth development, and leisure education & student engagement
Recreation Management - Professional Development
Program Director
2052 Health Science Center
kevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8210
Specialty areas:
Issues of social justice in leisure, outdoor adventure recreation, women’s physically active leisure, non-profit leadership, youth development, and leisure education & student engagement
Program assistant
205F Morris Hall
amiller-adamany@uwlax.edu
608.785.6528
Specialty areas:
Conference services, professional development, and graduate program support. Primary contact for School Psychology Online, Recreation Management-Professional Development, and Public Health graduate programs.
Recreational Therapy
Program Director
2052 Health Science Center
kevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8210
Specialty areas:
Issues of social justice in leisure, outdoor adventure recreation, women’s physically active leisure, non-profit leadership, youth development, and leisure education & student engagement
School Psychology
Program Director
341D Graff Main Hall
rmckelley@uwlax.edu
608.785.6879
Specialty areas:
Clinical/counseling psychology; men and masculinities; health psychology (stress, resilience; biofeedback; sleep); behavior modification; group counseling; psychopharmacology (i.e., drugs and behavior)
Program assistant
347 Graff Main Hall
twirkus2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8441
School Psychology Online
Program Director
331B Graff Main Hall
rdixon@uwlax.edu
608.785.6893
Specialty areas:
School Psychology, Response to Intervention (RtI), Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Online Service Delivery
To arrange a meeting, please use the following link
Psychology Office Hours (349A GMH): LINK
Program assistant
220 Morris Hall
osantoyo-garcia@uwlax.edu
608.785.6513
Specialty areas:
Non-credit and credit program support; event logistics; graduate program applicant and student assistance.
Primary contact for student Commencement questions and for Summer/Winter Session.
Software Engineering
Program Director
217 Wing Technology Center
mzheng@uwlax.edu
608.785.6808
Specialty areas:
Software Engineering
Special Education Teaching
Program Director
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction
Program assistant
271 Morris Hall
cgeorge@uwlax.edu
608.785.5409
Specialty areas:
Application Process Questions
Registration Questions
Program Questions
Marketing
Web site maintenance
Budget
Student Affairs Administration
Program Director
345D Morris Hall
jvianden@uwlax.edu
608.785.6870
Specialty areas:
I study college student persistence as well as men and masculinities in higher education. I am the author of Got Solidarity? Challenging Straight White College Men to Advocate for Social Justice, published by Routledge in 2020.
Program assistant
Student Affairs Administration & Leadership
Program Director
345C Morris Hall
belkins@uwlax.edu
608.785.6489
Specialty areas:
Higher education organization and governance; higher education history; student affairs law and policy; assessment of student learning and program efficiency; social class identity; and college students in recovery.
Program assistant
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Program Director
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction
Program assistant
271 Morris Hall
cgeorge@uwlax.edu
608.785.5409
Specialty areas:
Application Process Questions
Registration Questions
Program Questions
Marketing
Web site maintenance
Budget
Total: 4
International & Global Studies
Program Director
403L Wimberly Hall
gpai@uwlax.edu
608.785.8352
Specialty areas:
South Asia (and its diaspora); British Empire; colonialism & postcolonialism; gender & sexuality; global studies; material & visual culture; political history; religion
Director, International & Global Studies Program
Neuroscience
Program Director
341D Graff Main Hall
rmckelley@uwlax.edu
608.785.6879
Specialty areas:
Clinical/counseling psychology; men and masculinities; health psychology (stress, resilience; biofeedback; sleep); behavior modification; group counseling; psychopharmacology (i.e., drugs and behavior)
Professional Studies in Education
Department Chair
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction
Academic Department Associate
Sustainability & Environmental Studies
Director
4112 Centennial Hall
scocks@uwlax.edu
608.785.8421
Specialty areas:
Philosophy of Mind, Asian Philosophy, 19th/20th Century Continental Philosophy, & Environmental Philosophy