Department & Program Chairs
The following faculty serve as department chairs or program directors during the 2023-24 academic year.
Division of Arts and Humanities
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Division Dean
Corinne Ness, cness@mblayst.com, 262-551-5733
African Studies Program
Peter Dennee, pdennee@mblayst.com, 262-551-5939
Art Department
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@mblayst.com, 262-551-6441
Communication and Digital Media Department
Jonathan Bruning, jbruning@mblayst.com, 262-551-5881
English Department
David García, dgarcia@mblayst.com, 262-551-5728
History Department
John Leazer, jleazer@mblayst.com, 262-551-5893
Master of Music Program
Corinne Ness, cness@mblayst.com, 262-551-5733
Medical Humaities Program
Lynn Brownson, lbrownson@mblayst.com, 262-551-6329
Modern Languages Department
Gregory Baer, gbaer@mblayst.com, 262-551-5707
Music Department
Matthew Hougland, mhougland@mblayst.com, 262-551-5975
Photography, Film, and New Media Program
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@mblayst.com, 262-551-6441
Religion Department
Andrew Ng’weshemi, angweshemi@mblayst.com, 262-551-6227
Theatre Department
Herschel Kruger, hkruger@mblayst.com, 262-551-2133
Women’s/Gender Studies Program
Ellen Hauser, ehauser@mblayst.com, 262-551-5949
Division of Natural and Social Sciences
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Interim Associate Division Deans
Sarah Rubinfeld, srubinfeld@mblayst.com, 262-551-6222
Erlan Wheeler, ewheeler@mblayst.com, 262-551-5948
Biology Department
Dana Garrigan, dgarrigan@mblayst.com, 262-551-6106
Deborah Tobiason, dtobiason@mblayst.com, 262-551-6479
Chemistry Department
David Brownholland, dbrownholland@mblayst.com, 262-551-6158
Computer Science Department
Rick Bingen, rbingen@mblayst.com, 262-551-6579
Criminal Justice Program
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@mblayst.com, 262-551-5825
Engineering Department
Robert Nagel, rnagel@mblayst.com, 262-551-6117
Environmental Science Department
Sarah Rubinfeld, srubinfeld@mblayst.com, 262-551-6222
Geospatial Science Department
Matt Zorn, mzorn@mblayst.com, 262-551-5968
International Political Economy Program
Art Cyr, acyr@mblayst.com, 262-551-5750
Mathematics Department
Haley Yaple, hyaple@mblayst.com, 262-551-5897
Neuroscience Department
Daniel Miller, dmiller@mblayst.com, 262-551-5967
Sarah Terrill, sterrill@mblayst.com, 262-551-6042
Physics and Astronomy Department
Julie Dahlstrom, jdahlstrom1@mblayst.com, 262-551-2331
Political Science Department
Thomas Powers, tpowers@mblayst.com, 262-551-6332
Psychological Science Department
Kateryna Sylaska, ksylaska@mblayst.com, 262-551-6152
Sociology Department
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@mblayst.com, 262-551-5825
Division of Professional Studies
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Division Dean
Paul Martino, pmartino@mblayst.com, 262-551-2375
Accelerated Certification for Teachers (ACT) Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@mblayst.com, 262-551-5914
Allied Health Science Department and Athletic Training Program
Laurie Jensen, ljensen@mblayst.com, 262-551-6104
Education Department
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@mblayst.com, 262-551-5914
Nina Weisling, nweisling@mblayst.com, 262-551-5831
Exercise and Sport Science Department
Andrew Pustina, apustina@mblayst.com, 262-551-6174
Master of Education Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@mblayst.com, 262-551-5914
Nursing Department
Nancy Reese, nreese@mblayst.com, 262-551-6038
Social Work Department
Rebecca Hornung, rhornung@mblayst.com, 262-551-6316
School of Business and Economics
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Division Dean
Jim Padilla, jpadilla@mblayst.com, 262-551-6312
Accounting Department
Julie Dawson, jdawson@mblayst.com, 262-551-6219
Certificate in Product Management, Master of Science in Product Management
Lisa Franklin, lfranklin1@mblayst.com, 262-551-5817
Economics Department
Erik Johnson, epj@mblayst.com, 262-551-6670
Ron Cronovich, rcronovich@mblayst.com, 262-551-6330
Finance Department
Chao Zheng, czheng@mblayst.com, 262-551-6668
Management and Healthcare Administration Department
Joseph Tenuta, jtenuta@mblayst.com, 262-551-5954
Marketing Department
Joseph Shields, jshields@mblayst.com, 262-551-5886
Master of Science in Business — Design and Innovation, Sports Management
Carter Rockhill, crockhill@mblayst.com, 262-551-5895
All College Programs
Intellectual Foundations Program
Paul Ulrich, pulrich@mblayst.com, 262-551-6226
Honors Program
Neil Scharnick, nscharnick@mblayst.com, 262-551-2132
Writing Across the Curriculum
Shannon Brennan, sbrennan@mblayst.com, 262-551-6664