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Rachel Funk‑Johnson

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Lecturer
Management University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Rachel Funk‑Johnson Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lecturer

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 is currently a lecturer for the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium and working in Construction Project Management. Previously, Rachel was a Assistant Teaching Professor in the Management Department at UW-La Crosse from 2023 - 2025 teaching organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and international management courses. As a first-generation student, Rachel understands the value, impact, and support that influential instructors can provide students. 

Current courses at UWL

MBA 710: MBA Capstone 

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) 

MBA 710: MBA Capstone (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, 2024

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, 2024