Department/program directory
A page within Academic Affairs
Total: 34
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.
Associate Department Chair
- 3022 Cowley Hall
- bseebach@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6964
Specialty areas:
Neurophysiology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Physiology; advising Biomedical Science Concentrators and Neuroscience students
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:
Literary and cultural studies with specialization in early modern and eighteenth-century texts
Associate Department Chair
- 426G Wimberly Hall
- bkopp@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6936
Specialty areas:
Rhetoric & writing studies; professional & technical writing; writing pedagogy; science of 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
- 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
- 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
- 403F Wimberly Hall
- jlonghurst@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8344
Specialty areas:
interim History Department Chair Spring 2025
Historian of urban and environmental policy, including transportation and bicycle history, and the social and cultural history of modern America
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 well-being, and qualitative research methods
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
Management
Department Chair
- 2216 Wittich Hall
- ckiersch@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8112
Specialty areas:
Leadership, Student Leadership Development, Human Resource Management
Academic Department Associate
Marketing
Department Chair
- 3102 Wittich Hall
- mmcdermott@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6751
Specialty areas:
Sustainability in Business
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
- 329 Cartwright Center
- jnewton@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6889
Specialty areas:
School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
Associate Department Chair
- 330C Cartwright Center
- erozek@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6899
Specialty areas:
Gerontology, Lifespan Development
Cognitive Psychology (Neuropsychology)
Psych Hour (Fridays, 12:05-1:00)
Academic Department Associate
- 327 Cartwright Center
- jfredrick@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8440
Public Health & Community Health Education
Department Chair
- 418I Wimberly Hall
- spember@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6788
Specialty areas:
Qualitative Research in Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Eating Behavior, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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
- 2051 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
Program Director
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
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
- 332D Cartwright Center
- 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
- 327 Cartwright Center
- twirkus2@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5016
School Psychology Online
Program Director
- 332E Cartwright Center
- 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: 5
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
- 332D Cartwright Center
- 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
Psychology demo page
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