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Academic Deans

Name	College	Email Address
Winifred (Elysse) Newman	College of the Arts and Architecture	newmanw@uwm.edu
Tina Freiburger	College of Community Engagement and Professions	freiburg@uwm.edu
Brett Peters	College of Engineering and Applied Science	petersba@uwm.edu
Rebecca Klaper	School of Freshwater Sciences	rklaper@uwm.edu
Bryan Porter	Graduate School	porterb@uwm.edu
Kim Litwack	College of Health Professions and Sciences	litwack@uwm.edu
Scott Gronert	College of Letters and Science	sgronert@uwm.edu
Monica Wendel	Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health	wendel@uwm.edu
Kaushal Chari	Sheldon B. Lubar College of Business	kchari@uwm.edu

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Associate Deans

Name	College	School/Division	Title(s)	Email
Kyle Reynolds	Arts and Architecture	Architecture and Urban Planning	Associate Dean + Head of School	reynol54@uwm.edu
Steve Wetzel	Arts and Architecture	Peck School of the Arts	Associate Dean + Head of School	swetzel@uwm.edu
Lisa Berger	Community Engagement and Professions	Helen Bader School of Social Welfare	Associate Dean + Head of School	lberger@uwm.edu
Andrew Davis	Community Engagement and Professions	Education	Associate Dean + Head of School	davis838@uwm.edu
	Community Engagement and Professions	Information Studies	Acting Head of School
Prasenjit Guptasarma	Engineering and Applied Science	Academic Affairs	Associate Dean	pg@uwm.edu
Harvey Bootsma	Freshwater Sciences	Freshwater Sciences	Associate Dean	hbootsma@uwm.edu
Victoria Moerchen	Graduate School		Associate Dean	moerchev@uwm.edu
Jennifer Doering	Health Professions and Sciences	Nursing	Associate Dean + Head of School	doering@uwm.edu
Jennifer Doll	Health Professions and Sciences	Biomedical Sciences and Health Care Administration	Associate Dean + Head of School	dollj@uwm.edu
Jay Kapellusch	Health Professions and Sciences	Rehabilitation Sciences and Technology	Associate Dean + Head of School	kap@uwm.edu
Jason Puskar	Letters and Science	Humanities	Associate Dean	puskar@uwm.edu
Suzanne Boyd	Letters and Science	Natural Sciences	Associate Dean	sboyd@uwm.edu
James Moyer	Letters and Science	Social Sciences	Associate Dean	jrmoyer@uwm.edu
Dan Neely	Lubar College of Business	Academic and Student Affairs	Associate Dean	neely@uwm.edu
Amy Harley Zilber	College of Public Health	Academic and Student Affairs	Associate Dean	harley@uwm.edu

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Associate Deans of Research

Name	College	School/Division	Title(s)	Email
Andrew Graettinger	Engineering and Applied Science	Research	Associate Dean	andrewjg@uwm.edu
Kris O’Connor	Office of Research	Research	Associate Vice Provost	krisocon@uwm.edu
Lance Weinhardt	Zilber College of Public Health	Research	Associate Dean	weinhard@uwm.edu

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Department Chairs

Arts and Architecture

Name	Department	Email
Karl Wallick	Architecture	wallick@uwm.edu
Nathaniel Stern (Chair) Glenn Williams (Assoc. Chair – Fall) Angie Piehl (Assoc. Chair – Spring)	Art & Design	sternn@uwm.edu williagw@uwm.edu piehl@uwm.edu
Daniel Burkholder	Dance	burkhol6@uwm.edu
Jesse McLean	Film, Video, Animation, & New Genres	mcleanj@uwm.edu
Gillian Rodger	Music	grodger@uwm.edu
Bill Watson (Co-Chair) Chris Guse (Co-Chair)	Theatre	bwatson@uwm.edu cjg0001@uwm.edu
Robert Schneider (Co-Chair) Carolyn Esswein (Co-Chair)	Urban Planning	rjschnei@uwm.edu cesswein@uwm.edu

Business

Name	Department	Email
Colleen Boland	Business Executive Committee	bolandc@uwm.edu

Community Engagement and Professions

Name	Department	Email
Maria Haigh (Fall)	Administrative leadership	mhaigh@uwm.edu
Danielle Romain Dagenhardt	Criminal Justice and Criminology	dmromain@uwm.edu
Aaron Schutz	Ed Policy and Community Studies	schutz@uwm.edu
Chris Lawson	Educational Psychology	lawson2@uwm.edu
Shana Ponelis	Information Studies	ponelis@uwm.edu
Dimitri Topitzes	Social Work	topitzes@uwm.edu
Jeffrey Hawkins	Teaching and Learning	hawkinj@uwm.edu

Engineering and Applied Science

Name	Department	Email
Deyang Qu	Biomedical Engineering	qud@uwm.edu
Rani El-Hajjar	Civil and Environmental Engineering	elhajjar@uwm.edu
Susan McRoy	Computer Science	mcroy@uwm.edu
Yi Hu	Electrical Engineering	huy@uwm.edu
Jaejin Jang	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	jang@uwm.edu
Nidal Abu-Zahra	Materials Science and Engineering	nidal@uwm.edu
Mohammad (Habib) Rahman	Mechanical Engineering	rahmanmh@uwm.edu

Freshwater Sciences

Name	Department	Email
Ryan Newton	Freshwater Sciences Executive Committee	newtonr@uwm.edu

Health Professions and Sciences

Name	Department	Email
Dean Nardelli	Biomedical Sciences and Health Care Administration	nardelld@uwm.edu
Pennie Kako	Nursing	pmkako@uwm.edu
Jennifer Earl-Boehm	Rehabilitation Sciences and Technology	jearl@uwm.edu

Letters and Science

Name	Department	Email
Jeffrey Sommers	African and African Diaspora Studies	sommerjw@uwm.edu
Elisabetta Cova	Ancient and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	covae@uwm.edu
Jason Sherman	Anthropology	shermanr@uwm.edu
Richard Leson	Art History	leson@uwm.edu
Gyaneshwar Prasad	Biological Sciences	prasadg@uwm.ed
Kristen Murphy	Chemistry & Biochemistry	kmurphy@uwm.edu
Leslie Harris	Communication	harrisl@uwm.edu
Kundan Kishor	Economics	kishor@uwm.edu
Stuart Moulthrop	English	moulthro@uwm.edu
Ann Bonds	Geography	bondsa@uwm.edu
Lindsay McHenry	Geosciences	lmchenry@uwm.edu
Thomas Haigh	History	thaigh@uwm.edu
Hanyong Park	Linguistics	park27@uwm.edu
Pamela Harris	Mathematical Sciences	peharris@uwm.edu
Bill Bristow	Philosophy	bristow@uwm.edu
Philip Chang	Physics	chang65@uwm.edu
Hong Min Park	Political Science	hmpark1@uwm.edu
Karyn Frick (Fall) W. Hobart Davies (Spring)	Psychology	frickk@uwm.edu hobart@uwm.edu
Douglas Ihrke	Public & Non-profit Administration	dihrke@uwm.edu
Tim O’Brien	Sociology	obrien34@uwm.edu
Xin Huang	Women’s & Gender Studies	huang32@uwm.edu
Larry Kuiper	World Languages	kuiper@uwm.edu

Public Health

Name	Department	Email
Michael Laiosa (Fall)	Public Health Executive Committee	laiosa@uwm.edu
Ann Swartz (Spring)	Public Health Executive Committee	aswartz@uwm.edu