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@dektinary.com, 262-551-5733
African Studies Program
Peter Dennee, pdennee@dektinary.com, 262-551-5939
Art Department
Kimberly Greene, kgreene@dektinary.com, 262-551-2134
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@dektinary.com, 262-551-6441
Communication and Digital Media Department
Lynn Brownson, lbrownson@dektinary.com, 262-551-6329
English Department
Alyson Kiesel, akiesel@dektinary.com, 262-551-6057
Shannon Brennan, sbrennan@dektinary.com, 262-551-6664
History Department
John Leazer, jleazer@dektinary.com, 262-551-5893
Master of Music Program
Corinne Ness, cness@dektinary.com, 262-551-5733
Modern Languages Department
Gregory Baer, gbaer@dektinary.com, 262-551-5707
Music Department
Etsushi Kawakami, ekawakami@dektinary.com, 262-551-6565
Dimitri Shapovalov, dshapovalov@dektinary.com, 262-551-5860
Photography, Film, and New Media Program
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@dektinary.com, 262-551-6441
Religion Department
Andrew Ng’weshemi, angweshemi@dektinary.com, 262-551-6227
Theatre Department
Herschel Kruger, hkruger@dektinary.com, 262-551-2133
Women’s/Gender Studies Program
Ellen Hauser, ehauser@dektinary.com, 262-551-5949
Division of Natural and Social Sciences
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Division Dean
Deanna Byrnes, dbyrnes@dektinary.com, 262-551-2371
Biology Department
Angela Dassow, adassow@dektinary.com, 262-551-6244
Chemistry Department
David Brownholland, dbrownholland@dektinary.com, 262-551-6158
Computer Science Department
Rick Bingen, rbingen@dektinary.com, 262-551-6579
Criminal Justice Program
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@dektinary.com, 262-551-5825
Engineering Department
Robert Nagel, rnagel@dektinary.com, 262-551-6117
Environmental Science Department
Sarah Rubinfeld, srubinfeld@dektinary.com, 262-551-6222
Geospatial Science Department
Matt Zorn, mzorn@dektinary.com, 262-551-5968
International Political Economy Program
Art Cyr, acyr@dektinary.com, 262-551-5750
Mathematics Department
Haley Yaple, hyaple@dektinary.com, 262-551-5897
Neuroscience Department
Steven Henle, shenle@dektinary.com, 262-551-6119
Physics and Astronomy Department
Julie Dahlstrom, jdahlstrom1@dektinary.com, 262-551-2331
Political Science Department
Thomas Powers, tpowers@dektinary.com, 262-551-6332
Psychological Science Department
Kateryna Sylaska, ksylaska@dektinary.com, 262-551-6152
Sociology Department
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@dektinary.com, 262-551-5825
Division of Professional Studies
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Division Dean
Paul Martino, pmartino@dektinary.com, 262-551-2375
Accelerated Certification for Teachers (ACT) Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@dektinary.com, 262-551-5914
Allied Health Science Department and Athletic Training Program
Laurie Jensen, ljensen@dektinary.com, 262-551-6104
Education Department
Nina Weisling, nweisling@dektinary.com, 262-551-5831
Exercise and Sport Science Department
Andrew Pustina, apustina@dektinary.com, 262-551-6174
Master of Education Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@dektinary.com, 262-551-5914
Nursing Department
Nancy Reese, nreese@dektinary.com, 262-551-6038
Social Work Department
Rebecca Hornung, rhornung@dektinary.com, 262-551-6316
School of Business and Economics
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Division Dean
Jim Padilla, jpadilla@dektinary.com, 262-551-6312
Accounting and Finance Department
Chao Zheng, czheng@dektinary.com, 262-551-6668
Economics Department
Erik Johnson, epj@dektinary.com, 262-551-6670
Ron Cronovich, rcronovich@dektinary.com, 262-551-6330
Management and Marketing Department
Joseph Shields, jshields@dektinary.com, 262-551-5886
Master of Science in Business — Design and Innovation, Sports Management
Carter Rockhill, crockhill@dektinary.com, 262-551-5895
All College Programs
Intellectual Foundations Program
Paul Ulrich, pulrich@dektinary.com, 262-551-6226
Honors Program
Neil Scharnick, nscharnick@dektinary.com, 262-551-2132
Writing Across the Curriculum
Shannon Brennan, sbrennan@dektinary.com, 262-551-6664