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Department Chair

Christa Kiersch  Profile of Christa Kiersch  Office hours

Christa Kiersch's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
noon to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are absolutely an option! Email me to set up a time: ckiersch@uwlax.edu

2216 Wittich Hall
ckiersch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8112

Specialty areas:

Leadership, Student Leadership Development, Human Resource Management

Academic Department Associate

Karen Brandt  Profile of Karen Brandt  Office hours

Karen Brandt's office hours

Monday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

2229 Wittich Hall
kbrandt@uwlax.edu
608.785.8110

Full-time faculty & instructional academic staff

Christine Ascencio  Profile of Christine Ascencio  Office hours

Christine Ascencio's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option. Email me at cascencio@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.

Assistant Professor
2214 Wittich Hall
cascencio@uwlax.edu
608.785.6669

Specialty areas:

International Management, Social Enterprise, Business & Human Rights, Sustainability

Brad Dobbs  Profile of Brad Dobbs  Office hours

Brad Dobbs's office hours

Monday
9 a.m. to noon
Wednesday
9 a.m. to noon

Remote office hours offered: Remote office hours are 9-12 on Mondays. On campus 9-12 Wednesdays.

Associate Teaching Professor
2220 Wittich Hall
bdobbs@uwlax.edu
608.785.6668

Specialty areas:

Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, Management Science, Total Quality Management, International Management

Uzay Damali  Profile of Uzay Damali  Uzay Damali saysMeet with me  Office hours

Uzay Damali's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or by appointment

Associate Professor
2209 Wittich Hall
udamali@uwlax.edu
608.785.6665

Specialty areas:

Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare operations, and Healthcare Analytics

Rachel Funk-Johnson  Profile of Rachel Funk-Johnson

Assistant Teaching Professor
2208 Wittich Hall
rfunk-johnson@uwlax.edu
608.785.6663

Specialty areas:

Entrepreneurship, Small Business Ownership, Organizational Behavior, Emotional Labor, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, Mental Health, Women in Business 

Nicole Gullekson  Profile of Nicole Gullekson

Professor
2202 Wittich Hall
ngullekson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8699

Specialty areas:

Global Leadership Development, Organizational Behavior, International Management, Women in Management

Christa Kiersch  Profile of Christa Kiersch  Office hours

Christa Kiersch's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
noon to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are absolutely an option! Email me to set up a time: ckiersch@uwlax.edu

Professor
2216 Wittich Hall
ckiersch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8112

Specialty areas:

Leadership, Student Leadership Development, Human Resource Management

Christine Manno  Profile of Christine Manno  Office hours

Christine Manno's office hours

Monday
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only
Sunday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Sunday - Thursday 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Assistant Professor
2205 Wittich Hall
cmanno@uwlax.edu
608.785.6670

Specialty areas:

Diversity in Organizations; Human Resource Management; Organizational Behavior

Anup Menon Nandialath  Profile of Anup Menon Nandialath  Office hours

Anup Menon Nandialath's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to noon
Thursday
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Associate Professor
2203 Wittich Hall
anandialath@uwlax.edu
608.785.6671

Specialty areas:

Strategic Management, International Business, Research Methods

Kelly Nowicki  Profile of Kelly Nowicki  Kelly Nowicki saysMeet with me  Office hours

Kelly Nowicki's office hours

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

Associate Teaching Professor
2218 Wittich Hall
knowicki@uwlax.edu
608.785.6662

Specialty areas:

Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Business

Anh Phan  Profile of Anh Phan

Assistant Professor

aphan@uwlax.edu

Specialty areas:

Strategic Management, International Business

Scott Reber  Profile of Scott Reber  Office hours

Scott Reber's office hours

Monday
2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday
9:30 a.m. to noon
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option. Please email me at sreber@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.

Associate Teaching Professor
2207 Wittich Hall
sreber@uwlax.edu
608.785.8809

Specialty areas:

Business Communication

William Ross  Profile of William Ross  Office hours

William Ross's office hours

Monday
1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday
1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments via Zoom are usually an option from 10 - 11 a.m. Weds. & Fri. E-mail me at wross@uwlax.edu to schedule a videoconference. No regular office hours during summers or between semesters.

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 

Andrew Stapleton  Profile of Andrew Stapleton  Andrew Stapleton saysMeet with me  Office hours

Andrew Stapleton's office hours

Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment

Remote office hours offered: Please mask when meeting me in my office.

Professor
2204 Wittich Hall
astapleton@uwlax.edu
608.785.6667

Specialty areas:

Full Professor; Operations and Supply Chain Management, Green Operations and Mathematics

Meeting ID: 294 524 592 192

Passcode: oLJjQc

Jackson Ver Steeg  Profile of Jackson Ver Steeg  Jackson Ver Steeg saysMeet with me  Office hours

Jackson Ver Steeg's office hours

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

Teaching Associate Professor
Wittich Hall
jversteeg@uwlax.edu
608.785.6666

Specialty areas:

Social entrepreneurship

Indigenous entrepreneurship

Sustainable business

Education for sustainable development (ESD)

Adjunct Instructors

Phyllis Creek  Profile of Phyllis Creek  Office hours

Phyllis Creek's office hours

Tuesday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or by appointment

Lecturer
Wittich Hall
pcreek@uwlax.edu

Specialty areas:

Business

Human Resources

International Human Resources

Kel Olson  Profile of Kel Olson

Lecturer
302A Graff Main Hall
kolson2@uwlax.edu
608.785.5017

Mark Shay  Profile of Mark Shay  Office hours

Mark Shay's office hours

Monday
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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
Andy Temte  Profile of Andy Temte

Lecturer
Wittich Hall
atemte@uwlax.edu
608.785.6654

Tanner Holst  Profile of Tanner Holst  Office hours

Tanner Holst's office hours

Monday
7 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
7 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Lecturer
Wittich Hall
tholst@uwlax.edu

EMERITI FACULTY

  • Karin Bast
  • John Betton
  • Barb Bowen 
  • Gail Gillis 
  • Tom Hench 
  • Paul Keaton
  • Tom Kuffel 
  • Leticia Pena 

Link to Emeriti directory: https://www.uwlax.edu/info/emeriti-directory/