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Communication Studies

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Department Chair

Linda Dickmeyer  Profile of Linda Dickmeyer  Office hours

Linda Dickmeyer's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715

Specialty areas:

Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate Research

Associate Department Chair

Beth Boser  Profile of Beth Boser  Office hours

Beth Boser's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

4225 Centennial Hall
bboser@uwlax.edu
608.785.6702

Specialty areas:

Public Communication and Advocacy, Media Studies, Gender and Feminism

Academic Department Associate

Jenni Pengra  Profile of Jenni Pengra

4206 Centennial Hall
jpengra@uwlax.edu
608.785.8519

Department people

Michael Albrecht  Profile of Michael Albrecht

Assistant Teaching Professor
4224 Centennial Hall
malbrecht@uwlax.edu
608.785.6699

Brandon Anderson  Profile of Brandon Anderson  Office hours

Brandon Anderson's office hours

Monday
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only

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. 

Irene Awino  Profile of Irene Awino  Office hours

Irene Awino's office hours

Monday
By appointment only

Assistant Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
iawino@uwlax.edu

Specialty areas:

Media Studies

Global Media and Technology

International Affairs/News

Africa - News, Entertainment, Sports

Gender and Development

Journalism in the Global South - Critical Perspectives

Reparations, Affirmative Action, Migration, Human Rights

Jules Balli  Profile of Jules Balli  Office hours

Jules Balli's office hours

Tuesday
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Remote office hours offered: Please email to schedule remote meeting!

Lecturer
4224 Centennial Hall
jballi@uwlax.edu
608.785.6713

Beth Boser  Profile of Beth Boser  Office hours

Beth Boser's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Associate Professor
4225 Centennial Hall
bboser@uwlax.edu
608.785.6702

Specialty areas:

Public Communication and Advocacy, Media Studies, Gender and Feminism

Jennifer Butler Modaff  Profile of Jennifer Butler Modaff  Office hours

Jennifer Butler Modaff's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Associate Professor
4219 Centennial Hall
jbutlermodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6717

Specialty areas:

Organizational and Professional Communication

Eliza Carlson  Profile of Eliza Carlson

Lecturer
4207 Centennial Hall
ecarlson@uwlax.edu
608.785.6718

Stellina Chapman  Profile of Stellina Chapman

Lecturer
Centennial Hall
schapman2@uwlax.edu

Linda Dickmeyer  Profile of Linda Dickmeyer  Office hours

Linda Dickmeyer's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Professor
4210 Centennial Hall
ldickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.6715

Specialty areas:

Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Communication, Undergraduate Research

Scott Dickmeyer  Profile of Scott Dickmeyer

Associate Professor
4215 Centennial Hall
sdickmeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.8519

Specialty areas:

Organizational Communication, Organizational Culture, Training & Development and Consulting
Sara Docan-Morgan  Profile of Sara Docan-Morgan

Professor
4229 Centennial Hall
sdocan-morgan@uwlax.edu
608.785.6711

Specialty areas:

interpersonal communication, family communication, Korean adoptees, race and culture

Tony Docan-Morgan  Profile of Tony Docan-Morgan

Professor
4231 Centennial Hall
tdocan@uwlax.edu
608.785.6722

Ashley Edwards  Profile of Ashley Edwards  Ashley Edwards saysMeet with me  Office hours

Ashley Edwards's office hours

Monday
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment

Associate Professor
4310 Centennial Hall
aedwards@uwlax.edu
608.785.6723

Specialty areas:

Interpersonal communication, inclusive pedagogy, social support, leadership & professional communication, computer-mediated communication, culture, and teaching in a multimodal environment 

Darlene Geiger  Profile of Darlene Geiger  Darlene Geiger saysMeet with me

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.

Rick King Quale  Profile of Rick King Quale  Rick King Quale saysMeet with me  Office hours

Rick King Quale's office hours

Monday
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Assistant Teaching Professor
4207 Centennial Hall
rkingquale@uwlax.edu
608.785.6705

Specialty areas:

Public Speaking, Small Group Communication, Organizational Communication

Kate Lavelle  Profile of Kate Lavelle  Office hours

Kate Lavelle's office hours

Monday
noon to 1 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
10:10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.
Wednesday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Thursday
10:10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.

Remote office hours offered: I have Zoom office hours and meetings by request.

Professor
4209 Centennial Hall
klavelle@uwlax.edu
608.785.6698

Ronda Leahy  Profile of Ronda Leahy  Office hours

Ronda Leahy's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
or by appointment

Remote office hours offered: Please email me if you would like to meet over Teams and I will send you a meeting invitation.

Professor
4212 Centennial Hall
rleahy@uwlax.edu
608.785.6724

Specialty areas:

Professional and Organizational Communication

Weixu Lu  Profile of Weixu Lu  Weixu Lu saysMeet with me  Office hours

Weixu Lu's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

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.

Scott Makstenieks  Profile of Scott Makstenieks

Assistant Teaching Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
smakstenieks@uwlax.edu

Taylor Cole Miller  Profile of Taylor Cole Miller  Taylor Cole Miller saysMeet with me

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

Daniel Modaff  Profile of Daniel Modaff  Office hours

Daniel Modaff's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Wednesday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Friday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment

Remote office hours offered: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/my/dmodaff

Associate Professor
4221 Centennial Hall
dmodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6716

Specialty areas:

Organizational Communication

Gregory Ormes  Profile of Gregory Ormes

Associate Professor
4214 Centennial Hall
gormes@uwlax.edu
608.785.8714

Specialty areas:

Organizational and Professional Communication

Communication in Teams

Ayesha Patnaik  Profile of Ayesha Patnaik

Lecturer
4220 Centennial Hall
apatnaik@uwlax.edu
608.785.6718

Specialty areas:

CST 110 Communicating Effectively
Nick Raes  Profile of Nick Raes

Assistant Teaching Professor
4207 Centennial Hall
nraes@uwlax.edu

Jaclyn Reed  Profile of Jaclyn Reed  Office hours

Jaclyn Reed's office hours

Monday
2:05 p.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
2:05 p.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
noon to 1 p.m.
or by appointment

Teaching Assistant Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
jreed@uwlax.edu

Specialty areas:

Interpersonal communication, marital communication, family communication, relational uncertainty, and uncertainty management.

Terence Smith  Profile of Terence Smith

Teaching Professor
4206 Centennial Hall
tsmith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8523

Specialty areas:

Public Speaking

Public Speaking Center

Media Literacy

David Solie  Profile of David Solie

Associate Teaching Professor
4101 Centennial Hall
dsolie@uwlax.edu
608.785.6721

Michael Tollefson  Profile of Michael Tollefson

Associate Professor
4211 Centennial Hall
mtollefson2@uwlax.edu
608.785.6710

Specialty areas:

Persuasion, Argumentation, Undergraduate Research

Emeriti faculty

  • Cheri Niedzwiecki
  • James Putz
  • Patricia Turner
  • Robert Eberle