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Christopher Chapp
Department(s):
Political Science
Assistant Professor
Email: chappc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1676
Faculty Website: http://blogs.uww.edu/chappc/
Area(s) of expertise
us campaigns and elections, religion and politics, survey research, voting behavior
John Frye
Department(s):
Geography & Geology
Assistant Professor
Email: fryej@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5270
Faculty Website: http://facstaff.uww.edu/fryej/
Area(s) of expertise
weather, climatology, severe and extreme weather, physical geography, thunderstorms, tornadoes, meteorology, blizzards, wind storms, global warming, climate change, remote sensing in meteorology and climatology, uw-whitewater campus weather station
Marijuana Sawyer
Department(s):
COLLEGE OF ED & PROF STUDIES
Director of Future Teacher Programs
Email: sawyerm@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1644
Area(s) of expertise
student recruitment, minority student retention, major and minor selection, student issues
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Paul Ambrose
Associate Professor, Information Tech & Business Ed
Email: ambrosep@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-4816Area(s) of expertise
- big data analytics
- business intelligence
- healthcare it
- information systems
Area(s) of expertise
- green solvents (ionic liquids)
- integration of science and business
- organic chemistry
- organic photochemistry
- physical organic chemistry
- polymer chemistry
- solvent effects
Cindy Anderton
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Email: andertoc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5401Area(s) of expertise
- diversity awareness education
- lgbt issues in counseling
- mental health crisis assessment and intervention
- mental health issues
- psychoeducational groups
- religious/spiritual identity and sexual orientation identity conflict
- supervision
Tracy Arneson Baker
Advising Coordinator, COLLEGE OF ED & PROF STUDIES
Area(s) of expertise
- academic forgiveness
- admission to professional education
- advising
- faculty support in advising
- freshman and transfer "plan-it purple" orientation
- pi-34 personalization
- registration days
- third or more attempt of a course and excess credit student appeals
- transfer student issues
- warhawk premiere days
Area(s) of expertise
- psychometrics
- social influence
- social media
Area(s) of expertise
- astronomy
- physics
Michael Bennett
Assistant Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: bennettm@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5037
Faculty Website: http://facstaff.uww.edu/bennettmArea(s) of expertise
- absurdism
- modern drama
- theatre of the absurd
Jennifer Betters-Bubon
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Email: bettersj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (608) 262-3694Area(s) of expertise
- positive behavior and intervention support (pbis) programs
- school counseling
- social and emotional interventions
Louis Betty
Assistant Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: bettyl@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-7172Area(s) of expertise
- french language and literature
- philosophy of mind
- sociology of religion
- theology and philosophy of religion
Juk Bhattacharyya
Associate Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: bhattacj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5257Area(s) of expertise
- earthquakes
- environmental geology
- general geology
- igneous rocks
- metamorphic rocks
- mineral resources
- mining issues
- plate tectonics
- rock deformation
- volcanoes
Area(s) of expertise
- consumer behavior
- pricing
- product innovation
Deborah Bowditch
Lecturer, Curriculum & Instruction
Email: bowditcd@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5851Area(s) of expertise
- adolescent literacy
Area(s) of expertise
- advertising copywriting
- corporate culture
- feature writing
- freelance writing
- public speaking
Jonathan Burkham
Assistant Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: burkhamj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-7173Area(s) of expertise
- assimilation
- immigration policy
- labor markets
- latin america economic development
- latino
- mexico
- milwaukee
- politics
Jo Burkholder
Associate Professor, Womens Studies
Email: burkholj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5776Area(s) of expertise
- anthropology
- archaeology
- bolivia
- ceramics
- chile
- cultural landscapes
- cultural resources management and heritage
- peru
- pre-columbian art and culture
- south america
Kathryn Casey
Assistant Professor, Special Education
Email: caseyk@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1225Area(s) of expertise
- classroom management
- diagnostic and formative assessment practices
- functional behavior assessment
- strategy instruction using the self-regulated strategy development model
Catherine Chan
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Chemistry
Email: chanc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5133
Faculty Website: http://blogs.uww.edu/chancArea(s) of expertise
- biochemistry
- calcium signaling
- plant development
- plant growth
- signal transduction
- undergraduate research
Donald Chapman
Lecturer, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, HPERC, Chancellors Office, Intercollegiate Athletics
Email: ChapmanDR30@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1599Area(s) of expertise
- basketball
- coaching
- golf
Christopher Chapp
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Email: chappc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1676
Faculty Website: http://blogs.uww.edu/chappc/Area(s) of expertise
- religion and politics
- survey research
- us campaigns and elections
- voting behavior
Pavan Chennamaneni
Assistant Professor, Marketing
Email: chennamp@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5473Area(s) of expertise
- advanced statistics
- customer relationship management
- customer satisfaction
- loyalty
- marketing alliances
Andrew Ciganek
Assistant Professor, Information Tech & Business Ed
Email: ciganeka@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-6946Area(s) of expertise
- cross-cultural it adoption
- it innovations
- it project management
Pamela Clinkenbeard
Professor, Education Foundations
Email: clinkenp@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5432Area(s) of expertise
- diverse and preschool gifted students
- educational research methods
- program evaluations
- psychology and education of gifted students
- student motivation
Lana Collet-Klingenberg
Associate Professor, Special Education
Email: colletkl@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5380Area(s) of expertise
- autism
- evidence-based practice
- teacher preparation
- transition
Eric Compas
Assistant Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: compase@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5126
Faculty Website: http://facstaff.uww.edu/compase/Area(s) of expertise
- environmental policy
- geographic information systems (gis)
- global positioning systems (gps)
- mapping
- national parks
- private land conservation
- web mapping
Jeffrey Cook
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Email: cookjd@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1960Area(s) of expertise
- affect regulations
- anxiety
- depression
- family systems
- sex addiction
- shame
- trauma
Area(s) of expertise
- marketing strategy performance
- sales management
Area(s) of expertise
- direct and multi-channel marketing
- marketing research
Area(s) of expertise
- celebrity crisis management
- collegiate crisis management
- corporate crisis management
- crisis communication
- crisis management
- political ads
- political campaign communication
- political crisis management
- political debates
- political speeches
- sports crisis management
Marilyn Durham
Department Chair-Associate Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: durhamm@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5050Area(s) of expertise
- composition pedagogy
- literature for young adults
Area(s) of expertise
- analytical chemistry
- depleted uranium
- forensic drug testing
- mercury in fish
- metallothionein
- surface water studies
- trace metals in biology and the environment
Timothy Fader
Lecturer, Head Wrestling Coach, HPERC, Intercollegiate Athletics
Email: fadert@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1867Area(s) of expertise
- adventure workshops
- fundamentals and beginning archery
- wrestling
Robin Fox
Associate Professor, Department Chair, Curriculum & Instruction
Email: foxr@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5821Area(s) of expertise
- adoption and education
- children who are transgender or gender fluid
- early childhood education
- families with parents who are lgbtq
Area(s) of expertise
- interpersonal communication
- nonverbal communication
- public speaking
John Frye
Assistant Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: fryej@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5270
Faculty Website: http://facstaff.uww.edu/fryej/Area(s) of expertise
- blizzards
- climate change
- climatology
- global warming
- meteorology
- physical geography
- remote sensing in meteorology and climatology
- severe and extreme weather
- thunderstorms
- tornadoes
- uw-whitewater campus weather station
- weather
- wind storms
Hala Ghoneim
Assistant Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: ghoneimh@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5060Area(s) of expertise
- and culture; postcolonial theory
- anglophone african literature
- arabic language
- literature
Edward Gimbel
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Email: gimbele@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1532Area(s) of expertise
- ethics and politics
- history of political thought
- philosophy of social science
- political philosophy
Janet Green
Director of Field Experiences, COLLEGE OF ED & PROF STUDIES
Email: greenj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1123Area(s) of expertise
- field experiences
Area(s) of expertise
- co-teaching
- crisis intervention for teachers' professional relationships
- differentiation
- instructional strategies for students with learning disabilities
Anthony Gulig
Department Chair-Associate Professor, History
Email: guliga@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5148Area(s) of expertise
- american indian law
- canadian history
- environmental history
- indian land claims
- treaty rights
Baocheng Han
Professor, Chemistry
Email: hanb@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5122
Faculty Website: http://www.uww.edu/cls/chemistryArea(s) of expertise
- analytical chemistry
- inorganic chemistry
Rex Hanger
Associate Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: hangerr@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5258Area(s) of expertise
- earth history
- paleontology
- stratigraphy
Area(s) of expertise
- adapted physical education
- dance
- pedagogy
Candace Head-Dylla
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Email: headdylc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5087Area(s) of expertise
- early reading development
- motivation to read
- phonics alphabetic principle
- sound-to-symbol connections
- specifically decoding issues
Area(s) of expertise
- innovation diffusions
- international marketing in asia and germany
- marketing segmentation
- retail banking
- services marketing
- tourism marketing
Susan Huss-Lederman
Associate Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: hussleds@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5038Area(s) of expertise
- education of language minority children
- esl
- sociolinguistics
- teaching english as a second language
Area(s) of expertise
- academic english as a second language (esl)
- bulgarian language
- composition and rhetoric
- contemporary american indian literature
Area(s) of expertise
- criminology
- policing
- race and ethnic relations
Thomas Jeffery
Assistant Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: jefferyt@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5124Area(s) of expertise
- cartography
- gis
- remote sensing
- satellite imaging
- wildfire analysis
Area(s) of expertise
- health education pedagogy
Donald Jellerson
Assistant Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: jellersd@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1979Area(s) of expertise
- renaissance literature
- shakespeare
Michael Johnson
Lecturer, HPERC, Intercollegiate Athletics
Email: JohnsonMJ03@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1367Area(s) of expertise
- coaching
- exercise prescription
- fundamentals of track and field
- nutrition
Susan Johnson
Department Chair, Associate Professor, Political Science
Email: johnsons@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-4766Area(s) of expertise
- american electoral politics
- american presidency
- us government
- wisconsin politics
Area(s) of expertise
Chad Kelsey
Lecturer, Assistant Athletic Trainer, HPERC, Intercollegiate Athletics
Email: kelseyc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5944Area(s) of expertise
- biomechanics
- kinesiology
- sports medicine
- sports psychology
Pete Killoran
Lecturer, Coordinator of Forensic Science, Sociology, Anthrop, & Crim Jus
Email: killorap@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1422Area(s) of expertise
- bioarchaeology
- forensic anthropology
- historic cemeteries
- human identification
Margo Kleinfeld
Associate Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: kleinfem@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1087Area(s) of expertise
- domestic human trafficking
- geneva convention
- global development issues
- humanitarian spaces
- international ngos
Area(s) of expertise
- accreditation in public relations
- communication integration
- crisis communication
- media relations
- military communication
- mobile media technology
- public relations
- social media
- strategic communication
Area(s) of expertise
- person centered planning
- social skills training
- sweden student teaching program
- transition
- working with families
Area(s) of expertise
- entrepreneurial and advanced sales
- ethics
Area(s) of expertise
- adapted physical education
- applied behavioral analysis
- physical education pedagogy
- special education
Area(s) of expertise
- internet marketing
- pay per click advertising
- retail management
Area(s) of expertise
- comparative research
- information technology in education
- information technology in sports
- international education
- measurement and evaluation
- motor development
- pedagogy
- teacher training and preparation
- youth sports
Area(s) of expertise
- advertising
- corporate culture
- entrepreneurship
- internal marketing
- internships
- interviewing
- public speaking
- research
- teambuilding
- training
Richard Mason
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Email: masonr@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-4891Area(s) of expertise
- educational leadership
Carl Meredith
Instructor Of Mil Sci, Leadership,Mil Sci,Aero Std, VICE CHANCELLOR-PROVOST OFFICE
Email: mereditc@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1727Area(s) of expertise
- leadership
- military sciences
- operations
- training
Julie Minikel-Lacocque
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Email: minikelj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5800Area(s) of expertise
- bilingual education
- college access for underrepresented students
- english second language
- race and racism in schools
Scott Neubauer
Lecturer, Education Coordinator CAEF, Sociology, Anthrop, & Crim Jus
Email: neubaues@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5253Area(s) of expertise
- child abuse
Hien Nguyen
Associate Professor, Mathematical & Computer Sci
Email: nguyenh@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5170Area(s) of expertise
- artificial intelligence
- undergraduate research in computer science
- user modeling for information retrieval
Area(s) of expertise
- best practices in health programs
- childhood obesity
- community programs
- health behavior change
- health behavior development
- health behavior theory
- health promotion
- obesity
- weight-related health promotion programs
Donald Norman
Associate Professor, Counselor Education
Email: normand@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5424Area(s) of expertise
- family)
- military reintegration issues
- neurofeedback
- partnership
- relationship challenges (marriage
Michael Nyenhuis
Instructor Of Mil Sci, Leadership,Mil Sci,Aero Std
Email: nyenhuim@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5250Area(s) of expertise
- leadership
- military tactics
Brenda O'Beirne
Associate Professor, Counselor Education
Email: obeirneb@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1452Area(s) of expertise
- college student development
- group counseling
- leadership
- relationships and communication
- supervision
Area(s) of expertise
- africa
- child labor
- human rights
- imperialism
- labor issues
- modern africa
- west africa
Jodie Parys
Associate Professor, Languages & Literatures
Email: parysj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5070Area(s) of expertise
- aids narratives
- contemporary latin american literature
- service learning
- southern cone literature
Area(s) of expertise
- india
- islam
- middle east
- oman
- shiism
- united arab emirates
Area(s) of expertise
- advertising
- charitable giving
- customer relationship management
- database marketing
- entrepreneurship
- health care
- research
- societal marketing
Area(s) of expertise
- physical education
Area(s) of expertise
- business to business marketing
- internships
- logistics
Area(s) of expertise
- pedagogy theory of physical education
- secondary teaching methods
- volleyball
Area(s) of expertise
- astronomical instrument construction
- astronomical instrumentation design and implementation
- project management
Steven Sahyun
Department Chair-Associate Professor, Physics
Email: sahyuns@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5113Area(s) of expertise
- optics
- physics education
Marijuana Sawyer
Director of Future Teacher Programs, COLLEGE OF ED & PROF STUDIES
Email: sawyerm@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1644Area(s) of expertise
- major and minor selection
- minority student retention
- student issues
- student recruitment
Ellie Schemenauer
Associate Professor, Womens Studies
Email: schemene@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-2872Area(s) of expertise
- international relations
- women's studies
Mark Schroeder
Assistant Professor, Education Foundations
Email: schroedm@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5429Area(s) of expertise
- assessment of training environments (especially virtual)
- classroom assessment
- classroom management
- statistical analysis
- student motivation
- survey development
- text comprehension
Tia Schultz
Assistant Professor, Special Education
Email: schulttr@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5375Area(s) of expertise
- applied behavior analysis
- autism
- parent education
- social skills intervention
Area(s) of expertise
- cross-border collaboration
- direct and interactive marketing
- global marketing
- marketing strategy
- virtual teams
- web-based communication technologies
David Shono
Instructor Of Mil Sci, Leadership,Mil Sci,Aero Std
Email: shonod@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5251Area(s) of expertise
- basic leadership
- career counseling
- military small tactics
- recruiting
Area(s) of expertise
- operations
- supply chain management
Dale Splinter
Associate Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: splinted@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5156Area(s) of expertise
- floods
- geomorphology
- hydrology
- water resources
Benjamin Staupe
Lecturer, Associate Head Volleyball Coach, HPERC, Intercollegiate Athletics
Email: staupeb@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1118Area(s) of expertise
- coaching
- strength and conditioning
- volleyball
Tamas Szabo
Associate Professor, Mathematical & Computer Sci
Email: szabot@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5165Area(s) of expertise
- combinatorics
- graph theory
- mathematics education
Ramona Tenorio
Lecturer, Sociology, Anthrop, & Crim Jus
Email: tenorior@uww.edu
Office Phone: (414) 229-5960Area(s) of expertise
- immigration and health
- latinos in the us
- lay healing practices in latin america
- medical anthropology
- midwifery
- women's health
James Terkeurst
Assistant Professor, Communication
Email: terkeurj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1906Area(s) of expertise
- game development
- multimedia development
Area(s) of expertise
- document engineering
- document engineering
- programming languages
- software engineering
Area(s) of expertise
- classroom management
- culturally diverse instruction
- positive behavior support
Area(s) of expertise
- absenteeism
- burnout
- job attitudes
- job performance
- leadership
- organizational behavior
- presenteeism
- stress
- turnover
- work-related depression
David Van Doren
Associate Professor, Counselor Education
Email: vandored@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1035Area(s) of expertise
- chemical dependency
- interpersonal violence
- mental health issues
- trauma
Jennifer Regan
Lecturer, Head Women's Gymnastics Coach, HPERC, Intercollegiate Athletics
Email: whitej@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5647Area(s) of expertise
- coaching
- gymnastics
- pdp reviewer
- personal health and fitness
F Peter Wagner
Associate Professor, Political Science
Email: wagnerp@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1679Area(s) of expertise
- development of citizenship and democracy
- eu
- european integration
- european politics and societies
- european union
- federal states in a globalized environment
- german politics and society
- germany
- hessen
- international politics
- romanian politics and society
- transatlantic relations
- us foreign policy
- us-german partnership
- wisconsin
- wisconsin-hessen state partnership
Area(s) of expertise
- interpersonal communication
- manager-employee relations
- organizational communication
Area(s) of expertise
- human resource development
- human resource management
- labor relations
- staffing
- training
Susan Wildermuth
Associate Professor, Communication
Email: wilderms@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5064Area(s) of expertise
- cross-cultural communication
- happiness
- online romances
- social well-being
Area(s) of expertise
- coaching education
- coaching leadership preferences
- cultivating positive youth sport experiences
- sport nutrition
Wayne Youngquist
Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Anthrop, & Crim Jus
Email: youngquw@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1665Area(s) of expertise
- electoral politics
- homicide
- terrorism
Area(s) of expertise
- acquisitions
- international business
- mergers
- strategic alliances
- strategic management
Area(s) of expertise
- inter-firm relationships management
- pricing
- product innovation
Jiazhen Zhou
Assistant Professor, Mathematical & Computer Sci
Email: zhouj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-5172Area(s) of expertise
- computer networking
- networking security
- wireless networking
Jeffrey Zimmerman
Associate Professor, Geography & Geology
Email: zimmermj@uww.edu
Office Phone: (262) 472-1595Area(s) of expertise
- cultural geography
- historical geography
- population demographics
- urban geography
- urban planning
