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Faculty and Staff, Fall 2005 Convocation Athletics | Business and Finance | Provost Liberal Arts and Sciences | Professional and Graduate Studies Athletic Director Ken Bothof introduces new coaches and staff in Athletics Jeremy Cleven, head athletic trainer Cleven was a licensed athletic trainer for Bellin Health Sports Medicine of Green Bay. At Bellin Health, he was a contracted athletic trainer for Algoma High School and updated and redesigned an athletic training and procedure manual. He also was on the medical staff of ESPN Sports Medicine, providing extensive athletic training and emergency medicine for ESPN-event athletes. Cleven has previous experience in athletic training at Northwestern University, Valparaiso University and UW-Green Bay. He has a master's degree in liberal studies-sports management from Valparaiso and a bachelor's degree in human biology from UW-Green Bay. Kelly McNiff, assistant coach, Women's Softball McNiff joined the Women's Softball coaching staff after a five-year high school coaching career that included stints as both a softball and basketball coach. She graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 2000 with a degree in exercise and fitness management. She earned her teaching degree and certification in 2004. At UW-Oshkosh, McNiff was a two-year letter winner in softball and a four-year letter winner and all-conference performer in basketball. A 1996 graduate of Stevens Point Pacelli High School, McNiff is a physical education teacher at Trinity Catholic School in Green Bay Brian Wardle, assistant coach, Men's Basketball Wardle joins Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk's staff after two seasons at Marquette University as director of basketball operations for Head Coach Tom Creen. In addition to recruiting, scouting and administrative responsibilities, Wardle will work with the Phoenix guards in practice. He was a four-year standout at Marquette from 1997-2001, ranking third on the school's all-time scoring list. Wardle ranks among the top 10 in Marquette history for three-point field goals made, free throw percentage and field goals made. He was the first Marquette player to earn first-team All-Conference USA honors. Following graduation from Marquette with a bachelor's degree in communication studies, Wardle played in the National Basketball Association Developmental League and the Continental Basketball Association. Chuck Wiseman, on behalf of Vice Chancellor Tom Maki, introduces new staff in Business and Finance Rose Balser, financial specialist, Bursar's Office Balser has experience in customer service and sales with a financial institution, temporary help agency, foundry and college graduation memorabilia business. She is working toward a degree in business administration. LuAnn Wickeham, financial specialist, Bursar's Office Wickeham will coordinate student billing in the Bursar's Office. She worked in the Admissions Office at UW-Oshkosh before coming to UW-Green Bay. Jeffrey Gross, police sergeant, Public Safety Gross has 13 years of experience as a police sergeant and officer for the Appleton and Manawa police departments. He has a bachelor's degree in social welfare from UW-Madison. Javier Martinez, custodian, Operations Martinez has been with UW-Green Bay since December 2004. His work area is Wood Hall, the Phoenix Sports Center and the out-buildings. Martinez is an on-call firefighter for the city of De Pere. He previously worked for an apartment management company cleaning and maintaining apartments. Provost Sue K. Hammersmith introduces new staff in the Provost's area Provost's Office Alissa Clark, coordinator, Assessment and Testing Services Clark joins the Provost's Office after working as a criminal justice specialist and research assistant for the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority in Chicago, Ill. Among other responsibilities, Clark oversaw the collection and maintenance of Illinois arrest data. She was recognized in 2002 with the "Most Innovative Use of Mapping" award from the National Institute of Justice. Clark has a master's degree in criminal justice from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Lawrence University. David Hollenberg, director, Paper Technology Transfer Center Hollenberg comes to UW-Green Bay as the first full-time employee of the new Paper Technology Transfer Center. He brings 25 years of experience in various facets of the paper industry to the center. Hollenberg most recently worked as a consultant on business strategy and development. From 1999 to 2003, he was director of new product development for Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s Dixie Foodservice. From 1991 to 1999, he worked for the Kimberly-Clark Corp., first as a research fellow and later as director of technology transfer. He also has worked for James River Corp., W.R. Grace & Co., and St. Regis Paper Co. He is the inventor or co-inventor of 25 products that have been issued U.S. Patents. He has had numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals and has received numerous awards for his work in the paper industry. Hollenberg has a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Maine and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Wittenberg University. Liberal Arts and Sciences Kristin Aoki, adviser, International Education Aoki comes to UW-Green Bay from the International Student and Study Abroad offices at Minnesota State University Mankato. She has a master's degree in counseling and student personnel and college student affairs as well as a bachelor of arts in international relations from Minnesota State. Aoki also has extensive international experience as a teacher, peer adviser and volunteer. Brent Blahnik, director, International Education Blahnik became director of international education at UW-Green Bay on July 1. He previously served as program manager in the University's Office of International Education. From 2001-04, Blahnik was assistant director of international student services at Delaware County Community College in Pennsylvania. He also has been recruitment/orientation coordinator at UW-Stevens Point. Blahnik has a master's degree from Temple University and a bachelor's degree from UW-Stevens Point. Michele Drozd, coordinator, Dietetic Internship Program, Human Biology Drozd spent the last year at Colorado State University working as the practicum coordinator for students seeking clinical, community and quantity food production experience. She also volunteered at a community clinic in Fort Collins, Colo., to provide nutrition education to the community and serve as a mentor for students seeking experience in outpatient nutrition counseling. Drozd participated in a research project that involved evaluation of a "book bag" pilot program in the Denver Public School System. She has a master's degree in nutrition from Colorado State and a bachelor's in human nutrition and dietetics from the University of Illinois. . Professional and Graduate Studies Heather Halonie, administrative program specialist, NEW Partnership for Children and Families Halonie is the first employee of the new Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership, which identifies training needs and provides training for Indian child welfare workers in all of the eleven tribes in Wisconsin. She previously was the Indian child welfare director for the St. Croix Tribe. Halonie graduated with honors from UW-Eau Claire with a double major in psychology and sociology with an emphasis in family studies. Matthew Mattila, coordinator, Child Welfare, Social Work Mattila has been a lecturer in the School of Social Work at Eastern Washington University. His academic interests are child welfare, family mediation and adult education. Mattila has a master of social work degree from Portland State University and a bachelor's degree in social welfare from Pacific Lutheran University. He is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers Student Services Bonnie Delsart, program assistant, Admissions Delsart joins UW-Green Bay in the Admissions Office where she is responsible for supporting recruitment activities. She has held various office positions that provide the adaptability needed to work in admissions. Delsart's educational background includes numerous computer courses at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Cindy Haasl, program assistant, Dean of Students Office Haasl has responsibilities in the Dean of Students Office and Student Affairs. She was an employee of the Antigo School District for the past 11 years. Michael Herrity, registrar, Registrar's Office Herrity brings more than 25 years of experience in college-level student services to the registrar's position. Most recently, he served as assistant dean for student services at UW-Manitowoc. At UW-Manitowoc, he was responsible for recruitment, admissions, advising, orientation, placement and ACT testing, registration and records, course scheduling and other areas. His career in higher education also includes positions as adviser in the College of Arts & Sciences at Oklahoma State University, residence life coordinator at Oklahoma State and the University of Texas, and residence hall coordinator at the University of Northern Iowa. He also has worked as a teacher, coach and athletic director. Herrity has a doctoral degree in higher education administration from Oklahoma State, a master's degree in student personnel services from Northern Iowa and a bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Iowa. Christine Nelson, program assistant, Registrar's Office Nelson has an associate degree from Oakton Community College in Illinois. She has an extensive computer background, including maintenance of databases. Erin Maegdlin, area coordinator, Residence Life Maegdlin has been a residence hall director at Marquette University since 2003. She managed the operation of a residence hall housing 664 students. She previously was a graduate assistant residence hall director at Northern Arizona University. While an undergraduate student at UW-Green Bay, she served as a community adviser and resident assistant. Maegdlin has a master's degree in counseling with a student affairs emphasis from Northern Arizona. She has a bachelor's degree in human development and psychology from UW-Green Bay. Jeffrey Willems, area coordinator, Residence Life Willems comes to UW-Green Bay from Lakeland College where he was a residence hall director and international student mentor. He was responsible for the overall operation of a 120-bed residence hall and selected, hired, trained and managed resident assistants and academic programming assistants. He served as adviser of the Global Student Association, which received a Dean's Award for outstanding campus involvement and achievement. Willems also has coached volleyball and baseball at the collegiate and high school levels. He has a bachelor's degree from Lakeland College where he received an Outstanding Student Leader Award. Vue Lor, adviser, Upward Bound Lor joins UW-Green Bay from Lutheran Social Services, Appleton, where she was a bilingual counselor/program coordinator. She has previous experience as a counselor and care manager with Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin and Anne Sullivan Elementary School in Green Bay. Lor also serves as president of the board of the Hmong Association of Green Bay Inc. She has a master's degree from UW-Oshkosh and a bachelor's degree from UW-Green Bay. Information Services Eric Amenson, electronics technician, Media Services Amenson most recently worked as an electronics technician for the state Department of Corrections. He also has private-sector experience repairing and troubleshooting audio and video equipment. Amenson has an associate degree in electronics from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Matt Albers, IS development services, Information Services Albers has more than five years of experience in design and development with the PeopleSoft Student Administration System. His experiences range from a student employee to senior applications programmer at UW-Oshkosh and, most recently, as a senior PeopleSoft consultant at Oracular Inc. in Milwaukee. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from UW-Oshkosh. Cheryl Motkowski, program assistant, Information Services Motkowski has more than 14 years of office experience with proficiency in Microsoft applications, including 11 years in the Student Services Office at the UW-Marinette campus. Leah Smith, library services assistant, Cofrin Library Smith has three years of experience as a library media specialist in the Green Bay Area Public Schools. Prior to that, she worked in a variety of customer service positions in the private sector. Smith has a bachelor's degree from UW-Stout and currently is working on a master's degree in library science. Zachary Voelz, instructional designer/technologist and distance education coordinator, Computing and Information Technology/Outreach Voelz has been an adviser and coordinator of distance technology for UW-Green Bay's Adult Degree Program since 2003. He also has taught numerous courses at UW-Green Bay as an adjunct instructor. Voelz has a long list of professional publications, presentations and clinical experiences. He has a master's degree in clinical psychology from Florida State University and a bachelor's degree in psychology from UW-Madison. Outreach and Extension Eric Craver, program manager for Degree Programs, Adult Degree Programs Craver comes to UW-Green Bay with a wide range of private sector and collegiate experience. Prior to serving as owner and president of Craver Furniture Sales in Marinette, he was on the staff at UW-Marinette where he had responsibilities in student recruiting, financial aid, student orientation, campus marketing, and other functions in the student services area. He previously was associate director of college programming at St. Norbert College, and served in student services-related positions at Barton College in North Carolina. Craver is pursuing a Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison. He has a bachelor's degree in English literature and a master's degree in counselor education and student development, both from the University of Iowa. Interim Dean Fergus Hughes introduces new faculty in Liberal Arts and Sciences Assistant Professors Toni Damkoehler, assistant professor, Communication and the Arts Damkoehler will teach graphics and visual design. She recently completed a master's degree in print graphic design at UW-Milwaukee, and previously earned bachelor's degrees at UW-Green Bay in art and Spanish literature and language. Damkoehler had served as an administrative specialist for UW-Green Bay performing arts since 1991, and was a lecturer in graphic communications during the 1998-99 academic year. She occasionally taught graphic design, drawing and two-dimensional design classes as an adjunct. She has won Addy and citation awards from the American Advertising Federation for several of her designs for UW-Green Bay performing arts events. Damkoehler won Wisconsin Arts Board grants to support UW-Green Bay performing arts from 1994 through 2004. Her personal artwork has been juried into several annual and biennial exhibits at the Neville Public Museum, and twice won awards. She also has exhibited at UW-Milwaukee, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and other venues. Damkoehler's clients have included Sustainable Green Bay, On Broadway Inc., the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, and the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Benjamin Moritz, assistant professor, Communication and the Arts Moritz, a pianist, served as a lecturer at UW-Green Bay in the 2004-05 academic year. Before joining UW-Green Bay, he spent two years on the music faculty at Eastern Mediterranean University in Turkey, where, in addition to teaching, he coordinated the accompanying program and an international piano festival and competition. Moritz has been piano coordinator of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan since 1998. Moritz earned a Bachelor of Music at Bradley University, a Master of Music at Indiana University, and a Doctor of Music at Northwestern University - all in piano performance. He also studied piano at the Danish Royal Conservatory of Music. Moritz has given solo recitals at several locations in Turkey, and in Cyprus, Italy, and Bolivia, and in various venues in the U.S. including at UW-Green Bay. He has performed as an accompanist and with chamber music groups in Turkey and in the U.S. Last academic year, his accompanying credits included two UW-Green Bay Opera Workshop productions. Moritz's scholarship includes work on the music of Friedrich Nietzsche and the relation between Nietzsche's writings and his music, and on the Socratic method in piano pedagogy. Ryan Martin, assistant professor, Human Development Martin completed his Ph.D. degree emphasizing counseling psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi with a dissertation, "Cognitive Processes Associated with Anger Disorders: The Development of a New Instrument." His master's degree also is from Southern Mississippi, and he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Martin spent the past academic year as a visiting assistant professor at Southern Mississippi where he also was a practicum instructor and supervisor at the USM Community Counseling and Assessment Clinic. Martin has a list of conference presentations, publications, manuscripts submitted for publication and in preparation, and invited lectures, predominately on various aspects of anger, its assessment and its consequences, including risky driving. His clinical experience includes a pre-doctoral internship with UW-Madison Health Services and a pre-master's internship with the Veteran's Administration Health Care System in Biloxi, Miss. Jason Nice, assistant professor, Humanistic Studies Nice spent last academic year as a lecturer at the University of Sheffield in England where he earlier earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of York. Nice's bachelor's degree in history is from the University of California, Berkeley. His primary teaching interests include early modern Britain and France with strong emphases on Wales and Brittany. Nice's dissertation proposes a new understanding of the relationship between religion and national identity through examination of sacred historiography in Brittany and Wales from the mid-16th to the mid-17th centuries. His interests also include comparative history, gender history, intellectual history and historiography. Nice won a number of research awards, scholarships and grants. He has publications forthcoming this year in "The English Historical Review," "The Catholic Historical Review," and by request, "Studies in Renaissance History" and "The Welsh History Review." Nice has a number of conference and research seminar presentations to his credit. Hosung Song, assistant professor, Information and Computing Science Song's undergraduate teaching interests include discrete mathematics, data structure and algorithms, digital logic design, computer organization, microprocessor systems, theory of computation, programming languages, computer architecture, computer networks and introductory computer science. His research activities encompass both basic and applied interests. Song earned his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, and holds M.S.E. and B.S.E. degrees in electrical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He formerly was a systems engineer with Samsung SDS Co., Ltd., in Korea, where he also taught some training courses. He was a graduate student instructor and a research assistant at Michigan. Mathew Dornbush, assistant professor, Natural and Applied Sciences Dornbush has a Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University where he also earned a master's degree in botany (ecology). His bachelor's degree in biology is from Augustana College in Illinois. Dornbush's research interests include understanding the mechanisms by which plant-specific attributes cause alterations in ecosystem processes through plant-microbe-soil interactions. It focuses on below-ground carbon cycling, either directly through plant growth and activity, or indirectly through plant effects on microbial activity. He also is interested in consequences of non-indigenous species, and in the functioning, preservation and restoration of native plant communities. Dornbush has a number of posters and presentations to his credit, including multiple appearances at Ecological Society of America meetings, and before the Iowa Academy of Science. He has published in peer-reviewed publications, but also participated in producing a brochure on invasive garlic mustard distributed to the Iowa public statewide through natural resource organizations. Dornbush has won research grants from organizations including Sigma XI, the Iowa State Graduate Student Senate, the Iowa Sciences Foundation, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. John Luczaj, assistant professor, Natural and Applied Sciences Luczaj comes to UW-Green Bay from the American Hydrogeology Corp. where he was a senior scientist and data manager, working on various aspects of projects having to do with environmental contamination of soil and groundwater. He has teaching experience at Western Michigan University and Towson University. Luczaj's research interests involve broad aspects of hydrogeology, geochemistry, and sedimentology/stratigraphy. Organizations most recently funding his research have included the U.S. Department of Energy and the United States-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation. Luczaj has a significant list of publications. In 2001 he received a "Best Poster" award from the Eastern Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Luczaj earned Ph.D. and Master of Arts degrees in geology from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Science in geology from the University of Kansas, and a bachelor's degree in geology at UW-Oshkosh. During his university years, he won a number of scholarships, including the national Goldwater Scholarship as an undergraduate, six different scholarships and an honors award at the University of Kansas, and an Obert Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Julie Lukesh, assistant professor, Natural and Applied Sciences Lukesh comes to UW-Green Bay from a post-doctoral fellowship in the research and development area at Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals in Grafton. She earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Marquette University. She completed three majors - chemistry, Spanish and secondary education - while earning her bachelor's degree at UW-Stevens Point. Lukesh was a Richard W. Jobling Fellow at Marquette. She was actively involved in a program to prepare future faculty, and served as head teaching assistant for three semesters. Her teaching philosophy places value on research as an important component of learning chemistry for undergraduate students. Michael McIntire, assistant professor, Natural and Applied Sciences McIntire's research interests include high pressure spectroscopy, a growing discipline used to explore properties of materials under extreme conditions and one that can be incorporated into many scientific fields, and sol-gel chemistry, a field exploring a class of new materials that are convenient to use, inexpensive to produce, and that have applications to a variety of scientific fields. McIntire completed a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of California, Riverside in 2003 and has since been a post-doctoral fellow at that institution. He earned master's and bachelor's degrees in chemistry at Temple University. At Riverside, McIntire was honored as outstanding chemistry teaching assistant of the year, and served for two years as head teaching assistant. He has several publications in refereed journals. Amy Wolf, assistant professor, Natural and Applied Sciences Wolf, who earned a Ph.D. in ecology at the University of California, Davis, won the Sigma XI Outstanding Dissertation Award for her work on "Population Structure and Reproductive Ecology of Serpentine Endemic Plant Species in California's North Coast Range." She received several graduate fellowships and research awards during her doctoral studies, as well as a post-doctoral research fellowship. Wolf's research focuses on plant-animal interactions, the genetics of plant populations, and ecological restoration. She recently has collaborated on studies in Wisconsin with the U.S. Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy. Wolf was a visiting assistant professor at St. Norbert College for a year, and has been a lab instructor or an instructor for various classes at UW-Green Bay since 1999. In 2004, Wolf was selected to attend the National Science Foundation Plant Molecular Genetics and Genomics Workshop. She earned a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in Environmental Science and Policy at UW-Green Bay. Lecturers Kristen Charles, lecturer, Information and Computing Science Charles comes to UW-Green Bay for 2005-06. Since 1998, she has worked as a consultant, assessing organizations' needs for communication training and personnel development. Charles has taught college-level courses since 1993. She has taught at UW-Green Bay, Lakeland College-Green Bay Center, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and other institutions. Charles has a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa. She has a master's degree from the University of Iowa and a bachelor's degree from UW-Stevens Point. Corey McCall, lecturer, Humanistic Studies McCall joins UW-Green Bay for the 2005-06 academic year. He was an instructor in the Department of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University in 2004-05. He is completing his Ph.D. at Southern Illinois. His current research concerns the problem of curiosity in philosophical discourse with regard to Martin Heidegger's thought in particular. At Southern Illinois, McCall was co-organizer of the Building Bridges Graduate Philosophy Conference in November 2004. McCall has a master's degree from Boston College and bachelor of arts and bachelor of fine arts degrees from Truman State University. He has received numerous awards for scholarship and has a long list of professional publications and presentations. Visiting Scholar IbtesamAl-Atiyat, Visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Social Change and Development, Women's Studies Al-Atiyat joins UW-Green Bay for the 2005-06 academic year. She will teach in the Social Change and Development and Women's Studies academic units and will have other engagements on campus. Al-Atiyat is a lecturer at Balqa Applied University in Jordan and serves as a program officer with the Jordanian National Commission for Women. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from the University of Jordan in Amman, and completed a Ph.D. in political sociology at the Free University of Berlin in Germany. Her doctoral dissertation examined the women's movement in Jordan. Dean Fritz Erickson introduces
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