Our people
Due to COVID-19, our physical office is closed. However, all classes will be held online and instructors and staff are working remotely. We recommend email or Canvas to reach instructors and email or phone for departmental business.
Department Chair
Professor
4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate ResearchAcademic Department Associate
Academic Department Associate
4206 Centennial Hall
nyang2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8519
Specialty areas:
Office support, Art & Photography
Nhouchee Yang's office hours
Department people
Associate Lecturer
4224 Centennial Hall
akoepke@uwlax.edu
608.785.6699
Assistant Professor
4310 Centennial Hall
aedwards@uwlax.edu
608.785.6723
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal communication, social support, professional communication, computer-mediated communication, & culture
Ashley Edwards's office hours
Lecturer
4220 Centennial Hall
apatnaik@uwlax.edu
608.785.6718
Specialty areas:
CST 110 Communicating Effectively
Assistant Professor
4225 Centennial Hall
bboser@uwlax.edu
608.785.6702
Specialty areas:
Public Communication and Advocacy, Media Studies, Gender
Beth Boser's office hours
Associate Professor
4214 Centennial Hall
dhuisman@uwlax.edu
608.785.8367
Specialty areas:
Communication and Identity, Grief and Social Support Communication, Family Communication, Gender Communication
Dena Huisman's office hours
Associate Professor
4221 Centennial Hall
dmodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6716
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication
Daniel Modaff's office hours
Assistant Professor
4213 Centennial Hall
gormes@uwlax.edu
608.785.8714
Specialty areas:
Organizational and Professional Communication
Communication in Teams
Lecturer
4228 Centennial Hall
jdziak-morken@uwlax.edu
608.785.6714
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal Communication
Associate Professor
4219 Centennial Hall
jbutlermodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6717
Specialty areas:
Organizational and Professional Communication
Jennifer Butler Modaff's office hours
Associate Lecturer
4226 Centennial Hall
jpeterson@uwlax.edu
608.785.6697
Jessica Peterson's office hours
Senior Lecturer
4218 Centennial Hall
jvanoss@uwlax.edu
608.785.6709
Specialty areas:
Human communication, scientific and technical communication
Joseph Van Oss's office hours
Associate Professor
4209 Centennial Hall
klavelle@uwlax.edu
608.785.6698
Specialty areas:
I teach in the area of Public Communication and Advocacy
I am the Director of the Public Speaking Center
Communication and Sport
Katherine Lavelle's office hours
Professor
4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715
Specialty areas:
Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate Research
Associate Professor
4211 Centennial Hall
mtollefson2@uwlax.edu
608.785.6710
Specialty areas:
Persuasion, Argumentation, Undergraduate Research
Associate Professor
4227 Centennial Hall
nploeger-lyons@uwlax.edu
608.785.8713
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication
Nicole Ploeger-Lyons's office hours
Professor
4212 Centennial Hall
rleahy@uwlax.edu
608.785.6724
Specialty areas:
Professional and Organizational Communication
Ronda Leahy's office hours
Associate Lecturer
4207 Centennial Hall
rkingquale@uwlax.edu
608.785.6705
Specialty areas:
Public Speaking, Small Group Communication, Organizational Communication
Associate Professor
4215 Centennial Hall
sdickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.8519
Specialty areas:
Organizational Communication, Organizational Culture, Training & Development and Consulting
Associate 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
Senior Lecturer
4226 Centennial Hall
tsmith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8523
Specialty areas:
Public Speaking
Public Speaking Center
Media Literacy
Distance Learning Tech Coordinator
171 Wing Technology Center
twirkus@uwlax.edu
608.785.8049
Specialty areas:
Synchronous Distance Learning and Lecture Capture
CST 110
Terry Wirkus's office hours
Assistant Professor
4208 Centennial Hall
wlu@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Digital Communication Technologies, Social Networks, Social Media, Urban Communication, Mobile Eye-tracking
Weixu Lu's office hours
Assistant Professor
4223 Centennial Hall
wbellar@uwlax.edu
608.785.8373
Specialty areas:
Media Studies, Mobile Communication, Digital Religion
Emeriti faculty
- Cheri Niedzwiecki
- James Putz
- Patricia Turner
- Robert Eberle