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Speakers' Bureau/Experts' List
Looking for a
speaker for a convention, seminar or civic/community
organization? Are you a member of the media looking for an
expert source? UW-Marshfield/Wood County has the following
experts on staff. Contact the faculty/staff member
directly, or contact
Melissa Lake, University
Relations, at 715-389-6545.
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 Dr.
Iddrisu Adam
Assistant professor, Geography and Geology
Education: B.A. (Honors) University of
Ghana, Legon; Grad. Dip. - Norwegian Language
and Culture, University of Trondheim, Norway; M.Sc.
Environmental Studies; Ph.D.
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada
Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Issues, Population, HIV and AIDS,
Immigration, Third World
Issues,
Africa, Weather and Climate Issues, Resource Management,
Non-governmental Organizations in the Developing World.
Contact: 715-389-6527 (office)
715-389-1996 (home) |
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 Kathleen
Adamson
Development Director, The University Foundation
Education:
B.A. University of Minnesota; M.A. Regis University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Personal and community leadership, teambuilding,
fundraising, event planning, marketing, grant
writing, donor recognition/solicitation, student
advising/mentoring, parade planning &
implementation, resume writing, personal and
multi-cultural large group international travel &
logistics.
Contact: 715-389-1703 |
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 Leonard
Anagho
Lecturer, Chemistry
Education:
B.S. and M.S. University of Buea, Cameroon; Ph.D.,
University of North Dakota
Area(s) of Expertise:
Contact:
715-389-6502 |
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 Dr.
Mathew J.
Bartkowiak
Assistant Professor, English
Education:
B.A. UW-Green Bay; M.A. Bowling Green State
University; Ph.D. Michigan State University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Popular music history, music and social change,
popular culture studies, the 60s counterculture,
American radicalism.
Contact:
715-389-6547 |
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 Dr.
Kavita Bhatia
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Education: B.
Sc. University of Poona, India; M.A. Indiana University; Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
Area(s) of Expertise:
College Mathematics, Technology in Mathematics; Geometry and
Topology
Contact: 715-389-6548
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 Michelle
Boernke
Director of Continuing Education
Education: B.S.
UW-La Crosse
Area(s) of Expertise:
Starting a
non-profit and/or managing non-profits, fundraising (special
event, annual or capital), working with non-profit boards and
committees, volunteer recruitment and retention, donor
recognition and solicitation, outcome measurement and impact,
true collaborations, retail management and starting your own
small business.
Contact:
715-389-6540 |
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 Dr.
David De Lyser
Assistant Professor,
Music
Education: B.M. (Music
Business) Minnesota State University, Moorhead; M.M.
(Music Composition) Portland State University; D.A. (Music
Theory and Composition) University of Northern Colorado.
Area(s) of Expertise: Music Theory & Composition,
Music History and Appreciation, Performing Ensembles/Conducting,
Music Technology, Music Business.
Contact: 715-389-6542
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 Steve
Decker
Assistant
Professor, Communication & Theatre Arts
Education: B.A. Theatre &
Interpretation, English;
M.F.A. Theatre, Directing, Indiana University
Area(s) of Expertise: Arts in the community, Arts
in Education,
Shakespeare
Contact: 715-389-6543 |
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 Julie
Dierauer
Gallery 450
Manager
Education: MFA
Clayton University; MA UW-Milwaukee; BS UW-Stout
Area(s) of Expertise: Art
exhibitions - curation/juror, Regional arts discussion groups, Art
Theory/ideas/panels
Contact: 715-389-6500
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 Ruth
Elderbrook
Library Director
Education:
B.A., English, Edgewood College; MLS UW-Madison
Area(s) of Expertise: Searching
techniques, advanced searching techniques, successful
fundraising, making fancy desserts, club advising.
Contact:
715-389-6531, 715-384-5213 (home) |
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 Jeff
Erickson
Senior Lecturer, Music
Education: BM, UW-Madison; MM, DePaul University
Area(s) of Expertise: Appreciating Jazz and Jazz History, Teaching Jazz, Performing Jazz,
Instrumental Woodwind Instruction, Music Education.
Contact:
(715) 389-6510
(Marshfield office);
(715) 261-6247 (Wausau office); (715) 344-2644 (home) |
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 Kathleen
Farrell
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Education:
B.A., Trinity College, Hartford, CT; M.A., Syracuse
University; Certificate of Advanced Study in Women’s
Studies, Syracuse University; Ph.D. Candidate, Syracuse
University
Area(s) of
Expertise: Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities/Issues,
Women/Gender Issues, Media and Popular Culture, Social
inequalities.
Contact:
715-389-6550 |
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 Dr.
Dana Haagenson
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Education:
B.S. University of North Dakota; M.S. Washington State
University; Ph.D. University of North Dakota
Area(s) of Expertise: Chemistry
Contact:
715-389-6526 |
 Mike
Hagman
Lecturer, Political Science
Education: M.A. International Relations;
Retired US Army LTC of the Infantry;
Significant Materials Management
and Logistics Management Experience
Area(s) of Expertise: Current political
events, Threats to the nation,
Iraq, Iran and North Korea
Contact: 715-384-1709
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 John
Harrington
Professor, Physical Education
Education: B.S., M.S. UW-Madison; Credits - Berkeley,
University of Oregon, University of Oslo – Norway, Oxford
University – England
Area(s) of Expertise:
Fitness & health, Heart disease and exercise,
Tennis, Basketball, First Aid, CPR/Defibrillation
Contact: 715-389-6557 |
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 Helen
Johannes
Lecturer, English
Education: B.S., M.T.S. UW-Stevens Point
Area(s) of Expertise: Creative writing – short
stories, novels, Developing student writing publications,
International travel with students, Writing contests/judging,
Mystery novels
Contact:
715-384-1714 |
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 Julie
Horton
VISTA
representative, Wisconsin Campus Compact, Continuing
Education
Education: B.A. Vassar College
Area(s) of Expertise:
Liaison for
the University on Community Outreach and Service Learning
Contact:
715-389-6555 |
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 Dr.
Catherine
Simpson Kalish
Assistant Professor of English
Education:
B.A., UW-Madison; M.A., Marquette University; Ph.D.,
Marquette University
Area(s) of
Expertise:
James Joyce, Modernism, 20th Century
British Literature, Irish Literature, peer tutoring,
writing across the curriculum and domestic fiction.
Contact:
715-384-1713 |
 Dr.
Andrew Keogh
Campus Executive
Officer/Dean
Education: B.S. St. Norbert College; M.S. UW-Eau
Claire; Ed.D., Washington State University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Curriculum
development and instructional services for school boards,
colleges, hospitals, nursing schools and education agencies and
associations; organizational development; strategic planning;
and the value of a liberal arts education.
Contact: 715-389-6538 |
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 Dr.
Kitty Kingston
Professor of Art
Education:
B.S.
UW-Madison, M.A. and M.F.A UW-Madison
Area(s) of Expertise:
Fine art of
printmaking and papermaking
Contact:
715-389-6544
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 Dr.
Jeff Kleiman
Associate Professor, History
Education:
Ph.D. Michigan State University,
M.A. University of Cincinnati,
B.A. Lindenwood
University
Area(s) of Expertise:
History of the
Holocaust,Holocaust Denial, American Religion and Politics,
American Political History, American Ethnic History, American
Religious History, Jews and Judaism, History of Marshfield
Contact:
715-389-6558 |
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 Melissa
Lake
Director,
University Relations
Education:
B.S. UW-Stevens Point
Area(s) of Expertise:
Promoting non-profit organizations
Contact: 715-389-6545 (office);
715-389-8056 (home) |
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 Amanda
Lang
Student Services Coordinator
Education:
B.A., Sociology, UW-Madison; M.S.E., Adult Education,
UW-Platteville (in progress)
Area(s) of Expertise:
Non-traditional
students, learning styles, student government and
college planning
Contact:
715-389-6505 |
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 Dr.
Laura Lee
Associate
Professor; Biology
Education: B.A. Augustana
College; Ph.D. University of Illinois
Area(s) of Expertise:
General biology (plants, animals, nature, ecology), Bird
watching & Bird feeding, Conservation/Environmental Issues,
Related topics
Contact: 715-389-6524 |
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 Martin
Lee
Associate
Lecturer, Physics
Education: B.A.
Eastern Illinois University,
M.S. UW-Oshkosh (in progress)
Area(s) of Expertise:
Physics, Astronomy,
Math, History of Physics &
Astronomy, Space Race/Exploration, Flight/Aviation, Related
Topics
Contact: 715-389-6541
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 Dr.
Jinbo Lu
Assistant
Professor, Math
Education: Ph.D. Brown
University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Computer algorithms, Math,
Statistic -related topics
Contact: 715-389-1602
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 Daniel
R. McCollum
Assistant
Dean
Chief
Business Officer
Education: B.S.
Philosophy & Psychology, UW-Stevens
Point;
M.A. Business Leadership, Upper Iowa University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Organizational Behavior, Team Building, Stress
in the work place, Ireland, Budgeting as a component of
institutional, improvement & success
Contact:
715-389-6537
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 Jeffrey
S. Meece
Assistant
Campus Dean
Director
of Student Services
Education: B.A.
University of North Dakota;
M.S. Western Illinois
University
Area(s) of Expertise: Admissions
counseling & preparation, Enrollment Management
planning,
Financial Aid, SAT/ACT
information, Enrollment numbers & planning, Career
Planning
Contact:
715-389-6529
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 Dawn
Messerschmidt
Financial
Aid/Veterans Advisor
Education:
B.A. UW-Stevens Point (in progress)
Area(s) of Expertise:
Financial aid, Veterans educational opportunities.
Contact:
715-384-1717 |
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 Chris
Meyer
Network
Manager/Network Administrator
Education: B.S.,
Business Administration, UW-Stevens
Point
Area(s) of Expertise: Computer
technology
Contact:
715-389-6546 |
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 Dr.
Sandra Neumann
Assistant Professor,
Psychology
Education:
B.A.
and M.A., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., Miami
University
Area(s) of Expertise: Animal
sheltering, animal shelter volunteers (recruitment,
retention and training), adopting to families with
children; diversity awareness for adults (e.g., how to
work well with others who are different from you);
awareness of and combating discrimination among adults
(e.g., recognizing our own biases, strategies to reduce
bias); disaster preparedness and safety in the
workplace; comprehensive sexuality education.
Contact:
715-389-6507
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 Dr.
Douglas
Oba
Assistant
Professor, Biological Sciences
Education: Ph.D.,
Experimental Pathology, University of Florida;
B.S., Microbiology, Brigham
Young University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Viral pathogenesis; Microbial diseases in general
Contact:
715-384-1712
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 Laurie
Petri
Academic
Librarian
Education: A.A.S.
UW-Rock County; B.S.
UW-Whitewater; B.S.W. UW-Whitewater; M.L.I.S. UW-Madison
Area(s) of Expertise:
Human-Computer Interaction, Search Skills,
Advanced search skills; Libraries in the 20th
Century; The Digital Divide; Information literacy;
Knowledge management
Contact: 715-389-6512
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 Jeannie
Pitsch
University Services
Associate
Continuing
Education
Box Office
Manager
Education: Miami
University; Atlanta School of Interior Design
Area(s) of Expertise:
Home-based direct sales, Quilting,
Drama/Theatre/Performing Arts
Contact: 715-389-6520
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 Deborah
Tang
Lecturer, Physical Education & Athletics
Education:
B.Sc.,
University of Toronto, M.S., UW-Stevens Point,
Registered Dietitian
Area(s) of Expertise: Healthy eating/weight management, sports
nutrition, women’s health, body image/eating disorders
and wellness.
Contact: 715-389-6551 |
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 Dr.
Julie Tharp
Professor,
English
Associate
Dean
Education: B.S.
Mankato State University; M.A. Mankato State University;
Ph.D. University of Minnesota; Fulbright Scholar
Area(s) of Expertise:
Women and violence, Violence in mass media,
Multiculturalism, Global perspectives, Women’s writing,
Native American literature and film, Quilt history
Contact:
715-389-6514
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 Kami
Weis
Student
Services Coordinator
Education: B.A.,
Communication & Criminology, UM-Duluth;
M.A., Educational Administration, University of
Nebraska - Lincoln.
Area(s) of Expertise:
Nontraditional students, Student leadership
opportunities,
Academic advising/career exploration, College planning
process
Contact:
715-389-6533 |
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