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STEP Program Director

Matthew Chedister  Profile of Matthew Chedister

Associate Professor
1003 Cowley Hall
mchedister@uwlax.edu
608.785.6609

Specialty areas:

Mathematics Education and Geometry

English Education

Merideth Garcia  Profile of Merideth Garcia  Office hours

Merideth Garcia's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
2:05 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
2:05 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.
Friday
By appointment only

Associate Professor
425K Wimberly Hall
mgarcia@uwlax.edu
608.785.6927

Specialty areas:

Digital Literacies, Fan Studies, English Teaching Methods, Young Adult Literature, Qualitative Research, Rhetoric & Composition

Thomas Jesse  Profile of Thomas Jesse  Office hours

Thomas Jesse's office hours

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

Remote office hours offered: When necessary

Associate Professor
425M Wimberly Hall
tjesse@uwlax.edu
608.785.6934

Specialty areas:

20 & 21c American Literature, Secondary English Education, Poetry and Poetics, Rhetorical Approaches to Literature

History Education

Taylor Hamblin  Profile of Taylor Hamblin

Assistant Professor
403C Wimberly Hall
thamblin@uwlax.edu
608.785.8360

Specialty areas:

Social studies educator specializing in grades 6-12, focusing on inquiry-based instruction, historical thinking, and civic engagement.

Dean Vesperman  Profile of Dean Vesperman  Dean Vesperman saysMeet with me  Office hours

Dean Vesperman's office hours

Tuesday
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment

Assistant Professor
403M Wimberly Hall
dvesperman@uwlax.edu
608.785.8359

Specialty areas:

Citizenship and democracy education 

Cultural-Historical Activity Theory

Education Policy

Mathematics Education

Matthew Chedister  Profile of Matthew Chedister

Associate Professor
1003 Cowley Hall
mchedister@uwlax.edu
608.785.6609

Specialty areas:

Mathematics Education and Geometry

Joshua Hertel  Profile of Joshua Hertel

Professor
1001 Cowley Hall
jhertel@uwlax.edu
608.785.8668

Specialty areas:

Teaching mathematics with technology, alternative forms of assessment in mathematics, mathematics education history, teaching and learning of trigonometry, and the development of probabilistic reasoning.

Jennifer Kosiak  Profile of Jennifer Kosiak

Professor
1015 Cowley Hall
jkosiak@uwlax.edu
608.785.8385

Specialty areas:

Mathematics Education

Jenni McCool  Profile of Jenni McCool

Professor
1005 Cowley Hall
jmccool@uwlax.edu
608.785.8667

Specialty areas:

Mathematics Education

Science Education

Jennifer Docktor  Profile of Jennifer Docktor  Jennifer Docktor saysMeet with me

Professor
2015 Cowley Hall
jdocktor@uwlax.edu
608.785.8485

Specialty areas:

Physics Education