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@uupt.net, 262-551-5733

African Studies Program
Peter Dennee, pdennee@uupt.net, 262-551-5939

Art Department
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@uupt.net, 262-551-6441 

Communication and Digital Media Department
Jonathan Bruning, jbruning@uupt.net, 262-551-5881

English Department
David García, dgarcia@uupt.net, 262-551-5728

History Department
John Leazer, jleazer@uupt.net, 262-551-5893

Master of Music Program
Corinne Ness, cness@uupt.net, 262-551-5733

Medical Humaities Program
Lynn Brownson, lbrownson@uupt.net, 262-551-6329

Modern Languages Department
Gregory Baer, gbaer@uupt.net, 262-551-5707

Music Department
Matthew Hougland, mhougland@uupt.net, 262-551-5975

Photography, Film, and New Media Program
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@uupt.net, 262-551-6441

Religion Department
Andrew Ng’weshemi, angweshemi@uupt.net, 262-551-6227 

Theatre Department
Herschel Kruger, hkruger@uupt.net, 262-551-2133

Women’s/Gender Studies Program
Ellen Hauser, ehauser@uupt.net, 262-551-5949

 

Division of Natural and Social Sciences

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Interim Associate Division Deans
Sarah Rubinfeld, srubinfeld@uupt.net, 262-551-6222
Erlan Wheeler, ewheeler@uupt.net, 262-551-5948

Biology Department
Dana Garrigan, dgarrigan@uupt.net, 262-551-6106
Deborah Tobiason, dtobiason@uupt.net, 262-551-6479 

Chemistry Department
David Brownholland, dbrownholland@uupt.net, 262-551-6158

Computer Science Department
Rick Bingen, rbingen@uupt.net, 262-551-6579

Criminal Justice Program
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@uupt.net, 262-551-5825

Engineering Department 
Robert Nagel, rnagel@uupt.net, 262-551-6117 

Environmental Science Department
Sarah Rubinfeld, srubinfeld@uupt.net, 262-551-6222

Geospatial Science Department
Matt Zorn, mzorn@uupt.net, 262-551-5968

International Political Economy Program
Art Cyr, acyr@uupt.net, 262-551-5750

Mathematics Department
Haley Yaple, hyaple@uupt.net, 262-551-5897 

Neuroscience Department
Daniel Miller, dmiller@uupt.net, 262-551-5967
Sarah Terrill, sterrill@uupt.net, 262-551-6042

Physics and Astronomy Department
Julie Dahlstrom, jdahlstrom1@uupt.net, 262-551-2331

Political Science Department
Thomas Powers, tpowers@uupt.net, 262-551-6332 

Psychological Science Department
Kateryna Sylaska, ksylaska@uupt.net, 262-551-6152 

Sociology Department
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@uupt.net, 262-551-5825

 

Division of Professional Studies

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Division Dean
Paul Martino, pmartino@uupt.net, 262-551-2375

Accelerated Certification for Teachers (ACT) Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@uupt.net, 262-551-5914

Allied Health Science Department and Athletic Training Program
Laurie Jensen, ljensen@uupt.net, 262-551-6104

Education Department
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@uupt.net, 262-551-5914
Nina Weisling, nweisling@uupt.net, 262-551-5831 

Exercise and Sport Science Department
Andrew Pustina, apustina@uupt.net, 262-551-6174

Master of Education Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@uupt.net, 262-551-5914 

Nursing Department
Nancy Reese, nreese@uupt.net, 262-551-6038

Social Work Department
Rebecca Hornung, rhornung@uupt.net, 262-551-6316

 

School of Business and Economics

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Division Dean
Jim Padilla, jpadilla@uupt.net, 262-551-6312

Accounting Department
Julie Dawson, jdawson@uupt.net, 262-551-6219

Certificate in Product Management, Master of Science in Product Management
Lisa Franklin, lfranklin1@uupt.net, 262-551-5817

Economics Department
Erik Johnson, epj@uupt.net, 262-551-6670
Ron Cronovich, rcronovich@uupt.net, 262-551-6330 

Finance Department
Chao Zheng, czheng@uupt.net, 262-551-6668

Management and Healthcare Administration Department
Joseph Tenuta, jtenuta@uupt.net, 262-551-5954

Marketing Department
Joseph Shields, jshields@uupt.net, 262-551-5886

Master of Science in Business — Design and Innovation, Sports Management
Carter Rockhill, crockhill@uupt.net, 262-551-5895 

 

All College Programs

Intellectual Foundations Program
Paul Ulrich, pulrich@uupt.net, 262-551-6226

Honors Program
Neil Scharnick, nscharnick@uupt.net, 262-551-2132

Writing Across the Curriculum
Shannon Brennan, sbrennan@uupt.net, 262-551-6664