Communication Studies
Our people
Department Chair
- 4209 Centennial Hall
- klavelle@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6698
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
- Lecturer
- 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
- Associate Professor
- 4225 Centennial Hall
- bboser@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6702
Specialty areas:
Public Communication and Advocacy, Media Studies, Gender and Feminism
- Associate Professor
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- 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
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- sdickmeyer@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8519
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication, Organizational Culture, Training & Development and Consulting
- Professor
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- sdocan-morgan@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6711
Specialty areas:
interpersonal communication, family communication, Korean adoptees, race and culture
- Professor
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- tdocan@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6722
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Deceptive Communication, Public Speaking, Communication Skills
- Associate Professor
- 4310 Centennial Hall
- aedwards@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6723
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall
- hgahler@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Heather Gahler is a PhD candidate and media effects scholar, working on the effects of social media on body image among diverse populations. She is interested in understanding how social media influences perceptions of body image among different racial/ethnic groups, among gender minorities, and within the LGBTQ+ community. She is interested in understanding how body size influences intergroup communication as well.
- 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
- Professor
- Morris 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
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- dmodaff@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6716
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication
- Associate Professor
- 4214 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
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- 4206 Centennial Hall
- jreed@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal communication, marital communication, family communication, relational uncertainty, and uncertainty management.
- Teaching Professor
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- tsmith@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8523
Specialty areas:
Public Speaking
Public Speaking Center
Media Literacy
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- dsolie@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6721
- Associate Professor
- Lowe Center For The Arts
- mtollefson2@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6710
Specialty areas:
Persuasion, Argumentation, Undergraduate Research
Emeriti faculty
- Cheri Niedzwiecki
- James Putz
- Patricia Turner
- Robert Eberle