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Applied Statistics
Melissa Bingham  Profile of Melissa Bingham  Office hours

Mathematics & Statistics
Professor
1032 Cowley Hall
mbingham@uwlax.edu
608.785.6682

Specialty areas:

Statistics for Directional Data; Statistics for Three-Dimensional Rotation Data

Athletic Training
Cordial Gillette  Profile of Cordial Gillette  Cordial Gillette saysMeet with me

Exercise & Sport Science
Associate Professor
214 Mitchell Hall
cgillette@uwlax.edu
608.785.8196

Specialty areas:

Athletic Training, Cryotherapy

Biology
Biology-Nurse Anesthesia (emphasis)

Jessica Peterson

Jessica Peterson

Jessica Peterson

School of Anesthesia Program Director
Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Cybersecurity
Jennifer Butler Modaff  Profile of Jennifer Butler Modaff  Office hours

Communication Studies
Associate Professor
4219 Centennial Hall
jbutlermodaff@uwlax.edu
608.785.6717

Specialty areas:

Organizational and Professional Communication

Data Science
Jeff Baggett  Profile of Jeff Baggett

Mathematics & Statistics
Professor
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
Kenneth Graham  Profile of Kenneth Graham  Kenneth Graham saysMeet with me  Office hours

Associate Professor
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

Financial Technology
Healthcare Administration
Keely Rees  Profile of Keely Rees  Keely Rees saysMeet with me  Office hours

Public/Community Health Edu
Professor
418N Wimberly Hall
krees@uwlax.edu
608.785.8168

Specialty areas:

Women’s Health (pregnancy, exercise, maternal & child health, menstruation) Adolescent Health Behaviors; Health Policy and Advocacy; Motivational Interviewing, Grant Writing in Health and Human Services. 

Information Technology Management
Peter Haried  Profile of Peter Haried  Peter Haried saysMeet with me  Office hours

Information Systems
Professor
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
Nishele Lenards  Profile of Nishele Lenards  Office hours

Hlth Prof-Dosimetry
Clinical Professor
4031 Health Science Center
nlenards@uwlax.edu
608.785.5460

Specialty areas:

Medical Dosimetry, Radiation Oncology, Distance Learning, Educational Technology

Microbiology
Paul Schweiger  Profile of Paul Schweiger  Office hours

Microbiology
Associate Professor
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!

Occupational Therapy
Laura Schaffer  Profile of Laura Schaffer  Office hours

Health Professions - OT
Program Director - Occupational Therapy
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

Physical Education Teaching
Brock McMullen  Profile of Brock McMullen  Office hours

Exercise & Sport Science
Associate Professor
131 Mitchell Hall
bmcmullen@uwlax.edu
608.785.8167

Specialty areas:

Adapted Physical Education and Physical Education Teacher Preparation 

Physical Therapy
Patrick Grabowski  Profile of Patrick Grabowski

Health Professions - PT
Professor
4066 Health Science Center
pgrabowski@uwlax.edu
608.785.6623

Specialty areas:

Motor behavior, Orthopedics
Physician Assistant Studies
Maggie Laufenberg  Profile of Maggie Laufenberg  Office hours

Health Professions - PA
Clinical Assistant Professor - Program Director
0024 Health Science Center
mlaufenberg@uwlax.edu
608.785.8479

Specialty areas:

Physician Assistant 

Professional Studies in Education - Educational Leadership
Ann Yehle  Profile of Ann Yehle  Office hours

Educational Studies
Lecturer
Morris Hall
ayehle@uwlax.edu
608.785.8139

Specialty areas:

(FYI, if a telephone number is listed on this site, it is not accurate.  I do not have a campus phone.  Please email me at ayehle@uwlax.edu.  Look forward to connecting.  Ann

Specialty areas - Educational leadership and Middle Level 

Professional Studies in Education - Learning Community
Jeannette Armstrong  Profile of Jeannette Armstrong  Jeannette Armstrong saysMeet with me  Office hours

Inst For Prof Studies In Educ
Director - IPSE
Morris Hall
jarmstrong@uwlax.edu

Specialty areas:

Learning Sciences
curriculum and instruction
cosmopolitan literacies
critical literacies
community literacies
reading instruction 

 

Professional Studies in Education - Reading
Alyssa Harlan  Profile of Alyssa Harlan

Inst For Prof Studies In Educ
Lecturer
160A Morris Hall
aharlan@uwlax.edu
608.785.8136

Specialty areas:

Reading Teacher, Reading Specialist, Foundations of Reading Test, reading intervention, assessment, target-based grading

Public Health in Community Health Education Online
Anders Cedergren  Profile of Anders Cedergren

Assistant Professor
418J Wimberly Hall
acedergren@uwlax.edu
608.785.6790

Specialty areas:

Health Program Planning & Evaluation

Health Education Research Methods 

Global Health 

Recreation Management
Katherine Evans  Profile of Katherine Evans  Office hours

Rec Mgmt & Recl Therapy
Professor
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

Therapeutic Recreation
Katherine Evans  Profile of Katherine Evans  Office hours

Rec Mgmt & Recl Therapy
Professor
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
Daniel Hyson  Profile of Daniel Hyson

Psychology
Associate Professor
349A Graff Main Hall
dhyson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8444

Specialty areas:

Equity-Minded Teaching

School Psychology (especially Teacher-Student Relationships, Alternative Approaches to Working with Behaviorally Challenging Students, Systems-Level Data-Driven Decision Making)

School Psychology - Online
Robert Dixon  Profile of Robert Dixon  Robert Dixon saysMeet with me

Psychology
Associate Professor
331B Graff Main Hall
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

Software Engineering
Mao Zheng  Profile of Mao Zheng

Comp Sci & Comp Engineering
Professor
217 Wing Technology Center
mzheng@uwlax.edu
608.785.6808

Specialty areas:

Software Engineering

Student Affairs Administration and Leadership
Student Affairs Administration - Higher Education
Jörg Vianden  Profile of Jörg Vianden  Office hours

Student Affairs Administration
Professor
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.