Public and Environmental Affairs

Associate Professor

Dr. Atwood is on the faculty of Public and Environmental Affairs. Her research interests focus on gender & sexualities, animal interaction, and scholarship of teaching and learning. Dr. Atwood's current research focus involves domestic violence victimization and human-animal interaction. More specifically, she is exploring the intersections of various victims’... Read more »

Associate Professor

Fields of Interest

Global governance, refugees, human rights norms, U.S. foreign policy.

Research

Dr. Coen's research focuses on global governance, refugees, human rights norms, and U.S. foreign policy. While earning her graduate degree, Dr. Coen conducted field research in Egypt and worked with the State Department's Middle East... Read more »

Associate Professor

Fields of Interest

Urban and regional development, land use, local to global linkages of community development.

Research

Dr. Cruz's research focuses on ethnic identity and land use. His research interests are in urban and regional development in the United States, Andean South America and Western Europe. As part of this global link Dr. Cruz leads students... Read more »

Associate Professor

Field of Interest
State and local government, public management and budgeting, public policy

Research
Dr. Helpap’s current research focuses on the management practices of local governments, with a particular emphasis on budgeting and the provision of public goods. Other research interests include rural politics and management, public policy making at the state... Read more »

Program Coordinator & Associate Teaching Professor

Fields of Interest

Mindful leadership and servant leadership.

Education

Ed.D., Leadership, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
M.A., Teacher Leadership, Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI
B.A., Mathematics and French, Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI

Professor, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology

Ray Hutchison is Professor of Sociology, faculty advisor for Urban Studies and Director of the Hmong Studies Center at UW-Green Bay.  Dr. Hutchison grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and received the BA (Sociology) from Harpur College at the State University of New York-Binghamton and the MA and PhD (Sociology) from the University of Chicago. His areas of research and teaching include... Read more »

Associate Professor, Geography

Fields of Interest

Africa and North America, economic and environmental impacts of mega-water resource development projects, declining male enrollments in US colleges and universities, remote sensing, spatial aspects of Multiple Sclerosis
 

Current Research Pursuits

Dr. Johnson’s research has focused on examining the economic, political, and environmental... Read more »

Assistant Professor

Research

Legal Studies, Law & Society, Sociological Theory, Race

Dr. Kleps's research focuses on how extra-legal social and personal factors influence judicial decisions and how the legal system constructs the concept of illegal discrimination. Prior to pursuing his doctorate at Ohio State University, Dr. Kleps worked as an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia on a variety of... Read more »

Associate Professor, Chair of the Master of Public Administration Program

Fields of Interest

Public and nonprofit management, collaborative governance.

Research

Dr. Kuenzi’s research focuses on issues at the intersection of public and nonprofit management and collaborative governance. Her recent publications are about the career trajectories of nonprofit executives and nonprofit management... Read more »

Associate Professor, Chair of Environmental Policy and Planning

Fields of Interest

Limits to Growth, Food/Water/Energy Nexus, Water Resources Management, Drinking Water Quality and Infrastructure, Rural Planning, Resilient Communities

Research

Dr. Phoenix is currently researching Washington Island wastewater decision-making, and a comparative study of planning for catastrophic flooding in Green Bay and Houghton set in the... Read more »

Associate Professor

Dr. Lora Warner is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Public Affairs at UW-Green Bay. She teaches in the Public Administration program and leads the Nonprofit Management Certificate, working with her students in numerous public and nonprofit organizations in the area each year on internships and service learning projects. Her research focuses on program evaluation and she... Read more »

Ben J. and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Political Science

Aaron Weinschenk is the Ben J. And Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Political Science and Chair of Political Science at UW-Green Bay. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science in 2013. His research focuses on political participation, elections, and campaigns. Over the past several years, he has published approximately 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and a book on elections.

Fields of... Read more »

Associate Professor

PEA Pre-Law Advisor

Elizabeth Wheat is an Associate Professor in Public and Environmental Affairs, Political Science, Environmental Science and Policy, and the Master of Science in Sustainable Management programs at UW-Green Bay.

Fields of Interest

Environmental law, civil rights and liberties, environmental justice, international law and organizations, Model... Read more »