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Rachel Funk‑Johnson

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Teaching Professor
Management University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Rachel Funk‑Johnson Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Assistant Teaching Professor

Management

Specialty area(s)

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

Brief biography

Rachel Funk-Johnson joined the Management Department at UW-La Crosse in 2023 and is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor. As a first-generation student, Rachel understands the value and impact that influential instructors can provide students. Rachel strives to be the ultimate support to students at UWL through teaching, student organization engagement, and attending as many university events as possible! #gobirds

Current courses at UWL

MGT 308: Organizational Behavior

MGT 420: Entrepreneurship

MBA 703: Developing New Products and Services (UW MBA Consortium) 

Education

Doctorate of Business Administration - Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Currently ABD Status), Completion targeted for 2025. 

Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of Wisconsin-STOUT, 2018

Bachelor of Science - Communication, Brown College, 2004

Associate of Art- Winona State University, 2002

Career

Teaching history

MGT 308: Organizational Behavior

MGT 360: International Management

MGT 420: Entrepreneurship

MBA 700: Defining your Plan for Success: The MBA Mindset (UW MBA Consortium)

MBA 703: Developing New Products and Services (UW MBA Consortium) 

Kudos

served

Heather Walder, Archaeology & Anthropology; Kristin Koepke, CATL; Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, Global Cultures & Languages; Melissa Weege, Health Professions; Rachel Funk-Johnson, Management; Jeff Baggett, Mathematics & Statistics; Xinhui Li, Microbiology; Tesia Marshik, Psychology; and Tori Svoboda, Student Affairs Administration; served as UWL representatives at the Universities of Wisconsin event, Faculty College. Faculty College was held May 28-31 in Elkhart Lake, WI. The theme was "Rethinking/Redesigning Student Assignments" and Ashley Finley of AAC&U was the guest presenter.

Submitted on: June 4

named

Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, Global Cultures & Languages; Rachel Funk-Johnson, Management; and Xinhui Li, Microbiology; were named teaching fellows at the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars Program on Jan. 17. The program is supported by the Universities of Wisconsin Office of Professional and Instructional Development. They will represent UWL during the 2024/2025 program.

Submitted on: Mar. 12