About the Faculty
Stefan Hall
Assistant Professor
Humanistic Studies (English)
Office: Studio Arts 277
Phone: (920)-465-2730
halls@uwgb.edu
Office Hours: T TR 8:30-9:15 AM, and 12:30-1:45 PM, or by appt.
BA-English Austin Peay State Univ.
MA, Ph.D. English, St. Louis University.
Stefan teaches Medieval literature and humanities. He publishes on a wide variety of medieval topics, especially Scottish and Scandinavian studies. He is also an accomplished musician, primarily on the guitar, but more recently on the lute.
Aeron Haynie
Associate Professor
Humanistic Studies (English and Women's Studies)
Office: Theater Hall 397
Phone: (920)-465-2617
hayniea@uwgb.edu
Office Hours: on sabbitical
B.A., English, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo
M.A., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida
Haynie's teaching areas include 19th century British novel, literary criticism, and popular culture as well as Introduction to Literature and Introduction to Humanities. She also publishes and presents papers in Victorian literature, critical pedagogy, popular culture, and gender studies.
Catherine A. Henze
Associate Professor
Humanistic Studies (English, Women's Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies)
Office: Theater Hall 399
Phone: (920)-465-2465
henzec@uwgb.edu
B.A., English, Univ. of Arkansas (with teacher certification in both music and English)
M.A., English, Univ. of Idaho
Ph.D., English, Univ. of Chicago
Professor Henze's teaching areas include humanities, Renaissance literature and music, women in literature, and environmental literature. She is particularly interested in the role of music in English Renaissance theater. Secondarily, she is interested in American women's frontier narratives, particularly as they relate to the environment.
Rebecca Meacham
Assistant Professor
Humanistic Studies (English and Women's Studies)
Office: Theater Hall 371
Phone: (920)-465-2783
meachamr@uwgb.edu
Office Hours: 1-4 PM W
Rebecca's teaching emphasis in Humanistic Studies is Creative Writing (fiction). She comes to us from the University of Cincinnati, where she was a doctoral candidate from 1997-2002.
A Toledo, Ohio native, Rebecca's educational background includes a B.A. from Miami University, an M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
Brian Sutton
Associate Professor
Humanistic Sudies (English/Composition)
Office: Cofrin Library 109A
Phone: (920)-465-2027
suttonb@uwgb.edu
Office Hours: M-F 1-2 PM
B.A., English, University of Michigan
M.A., Education, University of Michigan
M.A., English, University of Michigan
Ph.D., English, Ohio State
Professor Sutton mainly teaches courses in composition, humanities, and occasionally literature. His research interests include composition, especially research-based writing and literature, and he publishes in both of these areas.
Denise "Dee" Sweet (Anishinaabe, White Earth)
Associate Professor
Humamnistic Studiesand and First Nations Studies
Poet Laureate for Wisconsin (2004-2008)
Office: Theater Hall 331B
Phone: (920)-465-2727
sweetd@uwgb.edu
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Sweet teaches creative writing, primarily poetry, and also American poetry. She has won several awards for her creative efforts and has presented them in a wide variety of venues. In addition to teaching course in English, she also teaches courses in Humanistic Studies, First Nations Studies, and Women's Studies.
Bryan Vescio
Assistant Professor
Humanistic Studies (English)
Office: Theater Hall 331G
Phone: (920)-465-2377
vesciob@uwgb.edu
Office Hours: MWF 9-10, 12-1, and 2-4
In addition to teaching introductory and advanced humanities courses, Professor Vescio teaches and publishes in the areas of American literature, literary theory, film studies, and world literature. He also serves as faculty sponsor for UWGB's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society.
Bryan's educational background includes a B.A. from UW-Madison in 1993, an M.A. from the University of Virginia in 1995, and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1999.