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Staff Directory

Below is contact information for UW Oshkosh’s College of Letters and Science administration.

Dean's Office

Office Location: Nursing/Education 101 unless otherwise noted

Phone: (920) 424-1222

Fax: (920) 424-3125

Note: The Student Academic Affairs Officer office is located in the Registrar’s Office.

Colleen McDermott, D.V.M., Ph.D.- Acting Dean

Phone: (920) 424-1210
Email: mcdermot@uwosh.edu

Pete Brown, M.A., Ph.D.- Associate Dean, Fine and Performing Arts Division and Humanities Division

Phone: (920) 424-1185
Email: brownp@uwosh.edu

Colin Long, Ph.D.- Acting Associate Dean, Mathematics and Science Division

Phone: (920) 424-1217
Email: longco@uwosh.edu

Kim Rivers, Ph.D.- Interim Associate Dean, Social Science Division

Phone: (920) 424-0389
Email: rivers@uwosh.edu

Lynn Kleman, M.P.A.- College of Letters and Science Director of Development

Phone: (920) 424-4454
Email: klemanl@uwosh.edu

Jean Patt- Student Academic Affairs Officer

Phone: (920) 424-4416
Email: pattj@uwosh.edu
Office: Dempsey 130

Jane Luker- Dean Assistant

Phone: (920) 424-1210
Email: lukerj@uwosh.edu

Amanda Ziesemer- Administrative Specialist

Phone: (920) 424-1218
Email: ziesemera@uwosh.edu

Samantha Anderson- University Services Associate 1

Phone: (920) 424-1222
Email: andersons@uwosh.edu

Fine and Performing Arts Division

Susan Maxwell, M.A., Ph.D.- Art Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-0492
Email: maxwells@uwosh.edu
Office: Arts & Communication 325
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Alison Shaw, M.A., D.M.A.- Music Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7030
Email: shawa@uwosh.edu
Office: Arts & Communication N210
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Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft, M.F.A.- Theatre Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-4425
Email: pursewij@uwosh.edu
Office: Arts & Communication W103
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Humanities Division

Carmen Heider, Ph.D.- Communication Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-4422
Email: heider@uwosh.edu
Office: Arts & Communication S125
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Roberta Maguire, Ph.D.- English Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-0862
Email: maguire@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford 220
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Daniel Gier, Ph.D.- Foreign Languages and Literatures Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7294
Email: gier@uwosh.edu
Office: Clow Faculty 334
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Sara Steffes-Hansen, Ph.D.- Journalism Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7147
Email: hansen@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 3483
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Larry Herzberg, Ph.D.- Philosophy Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7313
Email: herzberg@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 327
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Andy Smock, Ph.D.- Radio/TV/Film Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7039
Email: smocka@uwosh.edu
Office: Arts & Communications W113
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Stephanie de Montigny, Ph.D.- Religious Studies/Anthropology Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7495
Email: may@uwosh.edu
Office: Swart 317A
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Math and Natural Science Division

William Mode, Ph.D.- Geology Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7004
Email: mode@uwosh.edu
Office: Harrington 214
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Dan Schmidt, M.S., Ph.D.- Kinesiology Department Co-chair

Phone: (920) 424-2321
Email: schmidtw@uwosh.edu
Office: Albee 106
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Rob Sipes, M.S., Ed.D.- Interim Kinesiology Department Co-chair

Phone: (920) 424-1298
Email: sipesr@uwosh.edu
Office: Kolf 169H
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KLD Gunawardena, Ph.D.- Mathematics Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-1056
Email: gunaward@uwosh.edu
Office: Swart 115
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Mallory Janquart, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM- Interim Medical Technology Program Chair

Phone: (920) 424-1487
Email: strous@uwosh.edu
Office: Halsey 127
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Nadejda Kaltcheva, Ph.D. -Physics/Astronomy Department C0-Chair

Phone: (920) 424-4433
Email: kaltchev@uwosh.edu
Office: Halsey 337
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Mark Lattery, Ph.D.-Physics/Astronomy Department C0-Chair

Phone: (920) 424-4433
Email: lattery@uwosh.edu
Office: Halsey 348
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Social Science Division

David Jones, Ph.D.- Criminal Justice Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-2492
Email: jonesd@uwosh.edu
Office: Clow Faculty 417
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Angela Subulwa, Ph.D.- Acting Geography Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-4105
Email: subulwaa@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 4459
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Stephen Kercher, Ph.D.- History Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-7158
Email: kercher@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 3619
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LTC Keven Beattie, M.A.- Military Science Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-3405
Email: beattiek@uwosh.edu
Office: Kolf 148
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James Krueger, Ph.D.- Political Science Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-0924
Email: kruegerj@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 4621
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Jim Koch, Ph.D.- Psychology Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-2300
Email: kochj@uwosh.edu
Office: Clow Faculty 020
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Anna Filipova, Ph.D.- Public Administration Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-0037
Email: filipova@uwosh.edu
Office: Clow Faculty 420
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Fredi Giesler, Ph.D.- Social Work Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-0278
Email: gieslerf@uwosh.edu
Office: Swart Hall 230A
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Paul Van Auken, Ph.D.- Sociology Department Chair

Phone: (920) 424-2040
Email: vanaukep@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 4611
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Letters and Science Interdisciplinary Programs

Ron Rindo, Ph.D.- African American Studies Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-0964
Email: crawforn@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford 201

Jim Feldman, Ph.D.- Environmental Studies Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-3235
Email: feldmanj@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 3451

Kenneth Grieb, Ph.D.- International Studies Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-1291
Email: grieb@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 3439

Samara Hamze, M.S.- STEM Outreach Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-7404
Email: hamzes@uwosh.edu
Office: S. Halsey S121A

Courtney Bauder, M.S. of Ed/ABD- Social Justice Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-0928
Email: bauderc@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 3455

Jennifer Christus, Ph.D.- Women and Science Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-7101
Email: schuttlj@uwosh.edu
Office: Halsey 121

Christie Launius, M.A., Ph.D.- Women’s and Gender Studies Program Director

Phone: (920) 424-0397
Email: launiusc@uwosh.edu
Office: Sage 3463

Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)

Catherine Bryan, Ph.D.- CAPP Academic Director

Phone: (920) 424-0910
Email: bryan@uwosh.edu
Office: Clow Faculty 333

John Dobyns, M.S., M.A.T.- CAPP Operational and Outreach Director

Phone: (920) 424-3260
Email: dobynsj@uwosh.edu
Office: Nursing/Education 144

Sarah Adelson, M.S.- University Services Program Associate

Phone: (920) 424-3003
Email: adelss73@uwosh.edu
Office: Nursing/Education 101

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