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Department Chair

Adam Van Liere  Profile of Adam Van Liere  Adam Van Liere saysMeet with me  Office hours

Adam Van Liere's office hours

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

Remote office hours offered: Select Microsoft Teams or Zoom when using Calendly to schedule an appointment.

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

Hannah Dull  Profile of Hannah Dull

421 Wimberly Hall
hdull@uwlax.edu

Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff

Jeremy Arney  Profile of Jeremy Arney  Office hours

Jeremy Arney's office hours

Monday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Remote office hours offered: Please let me know when a time works best for you, and I'll double-check my own schedule. If there's no conflicts, we'll schedule a virtual meeting on zoom.

Assistant Professor
425B Wimberly Hall
jarney2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8483

Specialty areas:

Venue shopping during the agenda-setting stage of the policymaking process, collective action theories, and crowd disorders.

Alan Bigel  Profile of Alan Bigel  Office hours

Alan Bigel's office hours

Monday
12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday
5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday
12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday
5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday
12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Professor
315 Lowe Center For The Arts
abigel@uwlax.edu
608.785.8435

Specialty areas:

I have a wide and deep knowledge of all areas of Constitutional Law.

Anthony Chergosky  Profile of Anthony Chergosky  Anthony Chergosky saysMeet with me  Office hours

Anthony Chergosky's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Associate Professor
425H Wimberly Hall
achergosky@uwlax.edu
608.785.6643

Specialty areas:

American government and politics, Congress, American presidency, political parties, campaigns and elections, political communication, Wisconsin government and politics, American public policy, the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Timothy Dale  Profile of Timothy Dale

College of Business Administration - Associate Dean
1222 Wittich Hall
tdale@uwlax.edu
608.785.8095

Regina Goodnow  Profile of Regina Goodnow  Office hours

Regina Goodnow's office hours

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

Associate Professor
423A Wimberly Hall
rgoodnow@uwlax.edu
608.785.6645

Specialty areas:

Democratization, institutional change, women's and minority representation, Post-Soviet politics (with a focus on Russian and Ukrainian politics), the scholarship of teaching and learning

Agatha Hultquist  Profile of Agatha Hultquist  Agatha Hultquist saysMeet with me  Office hours

Agatha Hultquist's office hours

Tuesday
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Assistant Professor
425A Wimberly Hall
ahultquist@uwlax.edu
608.785.6642

Specialty areas:

civil war; terrorism; ethnic conflict; nonviolence; repression; authoritarian regimes; identity politics

John Kovari  Profile of John Kovari

Professor
425F Wimberly Hall
jkovari@uwlax.edu
608.785.8436

Specialty areas:

Local government, public budgeting, economic development, tax incremental finance (TIF)

Kristina LaPlant  Profile of Kristina LaPlant  Kristina LaPlant saysMeet with me

Assistant Professor
423B Wimberly Hall
klaplant@uwlax.edu
608.785.6641

Specialty areas:

American politics, campaign advertising, conspiracy theories, emotions, gender stereotypes, political behavior,  political psychology, public opinion, and research methodology.

Samuel Scinta  Profile of Samuel Scinta

Lecturer
425E Wimberly Hall
sscinta@uwlax.edu
608.785.6647

Specialty areas:

American government; Political theory; American political history and thought; Judicial process and policy.

James Szymalak  Profile of James Szymalak  Office hours

James Szymalak's office hours

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

Remote office hours offered: I am willing to schedule Zoom appointments whenever works best for you. For in person, I am in my office most days and you just need to e-mail me to set up a convenient appointment to ensure I am available. I am also willing to meet on Sundays at the Student Union.

Assistant Professor
425D Wimberly Hall
jszymalak@uwlax.edu
608.785.6648

Specialty areas:

Public Law & Administration, Public Personnel Management, Ethics, Religion in Government, and Military Law & Administration

I also direct the Legal Studies Minor and serve as a pre-law advisor

Adam Van Liere  Profile of Adam Van Liere  Adam Van Liere saysMeet with me  Office hours

Adam Van Liere's office hours

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

Remote office hours offered: Select Microsoft Teams or Zoom when using Calendly to schedule an appointment.

Assistant Professor
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.