Our people
Department Chair
Associate Professor
2202 Wittich Hall
ngullekson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8699
Specialty areas:
Global Leadership Development, Organizational Behavior, International Management, Women in Management
Nicole Gullekson's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option, please email me at ngullekson@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.
Academic department associate
Academic Department Associate
2229 Wittich Hall
kbrandt@uwlax.edu
608.785.8110
Karen Brandt's office hours
Full-time faculty & instructional academic staff
Assistant Professor
2214 Wittich Hall
cascencio@uwlax.edu
608.785.6669
Specialty areas:
International Management, Social Enterprise, International Business & Human Rights
Christine Ascencio's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option. Email me at cascencio@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.
Assistant Professor
2209 Wittich Hall
udamali@uwlax.edu
608.785.6665
Specialty areas:
Healthcare Operations Management, and Healthcare Analytics
Uzay Damali's office hours
Assistant Professor
2206 Wittich Hall
reramudugoda@uwlax.edu
608.785.6666
Specialty areas:
Strategic Management, International Management
Randika Eramudugoda's office hours
Assistant Professor
2210 Wittich Hall
dfranklin@uwlax.edu
608.785.8114
Specialty areas:
Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Organizational Decision-Making, and Strategic Management
Danny Franklin's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Both in-person and virtual meetings are available during the listed times. If you would like to meet virtually, please email me for the meeting link.
Associate Professor
2202 Wittich Hall
ngullekson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8699
Specialty areas:
Global Leadership Development, Organizational Behavior, International Management, Women in Management
Nicole Gullekson's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option, please email me at ngullekson@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.
Associate Professor
2216 Wittich Hall
ckiersch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8112
Specialty areas:
Leadership, Student Leadership Development, Human Resource Management
Christa Kiersch's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are absolutely an option! Email me to set up a time: ckiersch@uwlax.edu
Assistant Professor
2208 Wittich Hall
ykim@uwlax.edu
608.785.6663
Specialty areas:
Work-family Interface; Identity; Gender and Diversity in Organizations; Emotions and Well-being at Work
Yeonka Kim's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Please contact me first to schedule via email (ykim@uwlax.edu).
Lecturer
2205 Wittich Hall
cmanno@uwlax.edu
608.785.6670
Specialty areas:
Organizational Behavior: Diversity in Organizations (Individuals with Disability; LGBTQ+); Identity & Identity Threat
Christine Manno's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Please email cmanno@uwlax.edu to schedule a virtual (Zoom/MS Teams) or in-person appointment (masks requested), no drop-ins, please.
Associate Professor
2203 Wittich Hall
anandialath@uwlax.edu
608.785.6671
Specialty areas:
Strategic Management, International Business, Research Methods
Anup Menon Nandialath's office hours
Associate Teaching Professor
2218 Wittich Hall
knowicki@uwlax.edu
608.785.6662
Specialty areas:
Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Business
Kelly Nowicki's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Please book an appointment using my YouCanBook.me calendar @ https://knowicki.youcanbook.me and select the modality you prefer for our meeting (virtual or in person) while booking.
Associate Teaching Professor
2207 Wittich Hall
sreber@uwlax.edu
608.785.8809
Scott Reber's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option. Please email me at sreber@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.
Professor
2212 Wittich Hall
wross@uwlax.edu
608.785.8450
Specialty areas:
Human Resource Management, Labor & Employment Relations, Conflict Management, Organizational Behavior.
For additional information, visit My Personal Website
William Ross's office hours
Remote office hours offered: In-person office hours are limited due to COVID-19. Virtual appointments are an option on Weds. & Thurs. afternoons and Friday mornings. E-mail me at wross@uwlax.edu to schedule a videoconference. No regular office hours during summers or between semesters.
Professor
2204 Wittich Hall
astapleton@uwlax.edu
608.785.6667
Specialty areas:
Full Professor; Operations and Supply Chain Management, Green Operations and Mathematics
Adjunct Instructors
Lecturer
Wittich Hall
pcreek@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Business
Human Resources
International Human Resources
Phyllis Creek's office hours
Lecturer
2212 Wittich Hall
bdobbs@uwlax.edu
608.785.6668
Specialty areas:
Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, Management Science, Total Quality Management, International Management
Brad Dobbs's office hours
Lecturer
2222 Wittich Hall
ssafranski@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Strategic Management
General Management
Leadership & Organizational Behavior
Scott Safranski's office hours
Lecturer
2222 Wittich Hall
mshay@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
- Operations management
- Personnel management
- Customer relationship management
- Healthcare industry
- Project management
- Program management
- Account management
- Business development
- Public speaking
- Federal government contracts
- Continuous improvement
- Executive & C-suite reporting
- Metrics (KPI) management
- Corporate strategic planning
- Proposal writing/management
- Contract management
Mark Shay's office hours
Lecturer
3106 Wittich Hall
lsherony@uwlax.edu
608.785.8101
Specialty areas:
Business
Linda Sherony's office hours
EMERITI FACULTY
- Barb Bowen
- Gail Gillis
- Tom Hench
- Tom Kuffel
- Leticia Pena