Meet the College of Letters & Science Administration

The College of Letters & Science employs nearly 60 full-time staff who help run a college with more than 3,000 faculty and staff, 39 departments, five professional schools, 60 centers and biennial budget of more than $320 million.

This section details the roles and responsibilities of each office and provides contact information for any questions you may have.

Office of the Dean

Campus Address: 105 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2303
Fax: (608) 265-3564

Gary Sandefur, Dean of the College of Letters & Science

Dean Sandefur's responsibilities include policy development, academic program review, strategic planning, resource development and allocation, faculty recruitment and retention and fundraising.

The dean works closely with the departments and programs of Letters & Science to carry out our strategic priorities in advancing undergraduate and graduation education, research and public service.

Prior to accepting the position of Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences in 2004, Gary Sandefur was a professor in Sociology. 

Email: gsandefur@ls.wisc.edu 

Read more about Dean Sandefur

Sandra Englesby, HR Assistant

Sandra assists the HR Manager for faculty on a variety of personnel issues. In addition, she manages appointments in the HRS system for faculty joint governance, faculty affiliations, honorary fellows, and other zero dollar appointments.

Office: 105 South Hall
Phone: (608) 262-8749
Email: sfengles@ls.wisc.edu

Beth Hartzheim, Assistant to the Dean

Beth manages the Dean’s schedule, events, travel, and directs the flow of traffic and communication in the Dean’s office.  She also provides program and committee support for the Tinker/NAVE committee, the Anonymous Committee and various search and screens.

Office: 105 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-6351
Email: hartzheim@ls.wisc.edu

Joyce Helt, HR Manager, Faculty

Joyce serves as the human resource manager for faculty personnel for the College of Letters & Science.  As a member of the Dean's leadership team, Joyce is the key point person on a myriad of faculty personnel issues and manages the budgetary implications of faculty personnel activities. 

Office: 105 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2312
Email: helt@ls.wisc.edu

Rebecca Stillman, Financial Specialist 2

Rebecca is a go-to support person for all of L&S Administration.  Her job duties include managing the mailroom; coordinating SWAP and other building related work orders; ordering office supplies and furniture and tracking those expenses for South Hall offices; working with MIS to ensure that technology needs are met.  She also assists Chris Bruhn and John Varda with their accounting needs.

Office: 102 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-1810
Email: rastillman@ls.wisc.edu

Nancy Westphal-Johnson, Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Undergraduate Education

Nancy is the Chief of Staff for the Dean, assisting with special projects and day-to-day management of L&S Administration.  Nancy also oversees instructional budgets (TAs, short-term staffing, credit outreach, summer sessions, etc) and manages course access for the College.  She is a representative on many college and campus committees.

Office: 306 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2506
Email: westphal@ls.wisc.edu

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Academic Affairs and Administration 

Note: Students looking for information on advising, careers services, and other student-focused programs should see Student Academic Affairs.

Academic Associate Deans

Campus Address: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7221
Fax: (608) 265-3565 

Contact: Tara Vasby, Assistant to the Associate Deans

As the office manager for 301 South Hall, Tara is the first point of contact for many questions asked of the Associate Deans.  Tara manages the schedules for the Associate Deans, directs work and information flow, and manages the archival project of the unit.  She is also a member of the L&S Web Team. 

Office: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7221
Email: tjvasby@ls.wisc.edu

Maria Cancian, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences; Fiscal Initiatives

Maria is a professor of Public Affairs and Social Work and affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty.  In her part-time role as Associate Dean, she oversees all of the policy and budgetary matters in Social Science Departments, associated research centers, and the Area Studies Centers.

Office: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7221
Email: mcancian@wisc.edu

Eric Wilcots, Associate Dean for the Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Eric is a professor in Astronomy.  His part-time role as associate dean oversees all policy and budgetary matters in the Natural Science Departments.

Office: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2771
Email: wilcots@ls.wisc.edu

Susan Zaeske, Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities; Advancement

Before accepting the full-time associate dean position in 2011, Susan was a professor in Communication Arts.  She is also the first Associate Dean for Advancement.  As such, she performs two roles that are distinct from each other: one where she oversees all policy and budgetary matters for the Arts and Humanities Departments, and the other where she leads development, and alumni/external outreach efforts for the college.

Office: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7221
Email: szaeske@ls.wisc.edu

 

Bruno Browning, L&S Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Bruno is the College's first Chief Information Officer. As such, he chairs the College's Information Technology Committee and coordinates on information technology issues with campus and within the College. Bruno is also the Director of L&S Learning Support Services.

Office: 279 Van Hise Hall
Phone: (608) 262-1408
Email: bruno@ls.wisc.edu

Christopher Bruhn, Assistant Dean for Facilities and Space Assignments

Chris is the facilities director in L&S.  He oversees all aspects of the College’s buildings; including remodeling of instructional and research space, space allocation, safety concerns, and capital budget planning.  He coordinates the L&S Facilities Committee and represents L&S on various campus level facilities committees.

Office: 308 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-0300
Email: bruhn@ls.wisc.edu

Elaine Klein, Assistant Dean for Academic Planning; Program Reviews and Assessment; Director of General Education

Elaine works with the Academic Planning Council, L&S Senate, L&S Curriculum Committee, and others to support academic and curricular administration in the college.  She consults with departments and programs about planning and changing academic programs, assessing student learning, and related efforts.  She is also the Chair of the University General Education program, and often serves as the dean’s liaison to other schools/colleges on programmatic issues.

Office: 307 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-8484
Email: emklein@ls.wisc.edu

Lucy Mathiak, Assistant Dean and Special Assistant for Internal Communications

Lucy works closely with the Dean, the Senior Associate Dean for Administration, and other members of Letters & Science administration to produce documents, reports, presentations, and other materials to help Letters & Science staff and UW-Madison colleagues to understand the college, its challenges, and its achievements. She researches, edits, and produces a biennial report documenting college activity and points of pride. She also manages the awarding of posthumous degrees on behalf of the Dean.

Office: 309 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-8287
Email: lmathiak@ls.wisc.edu

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Advancement (Alumni Relations, Communications & Development)

Susan Zaeske, Associate Dean for Advancement; Arts and Humanities

Before accepting the full-time associate dean position in 2011, Susan was a professor in Communication Arts.  She is also the first Associate Dean for Advancement.  As such, she performs two roles that are distinct from each other: one where she oversees all policy and budgetary matters for the Arts and Humanities Departments, and the other where she leads development, and alumni/external outreach efforts for the college.

Office: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7221
Email: szaeske@ls.wisc.edu

Megan Costello, Director of Communications

As part of the Advancement Team, Megan works closely with the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the UW Foundation on development and alumni relationship building.  She also consults with departments on their outreach and alumni relations efforts. 

Megan works with the L&S Board of Visitors, emeriti professor breakfasts, homecoming and commencement, and is also responsible for L&S social media. 

Office: 402 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-0740
Email: mlcostello@ls.wisc.edu

Mary Ellen Gabriel, Communications Specialist

Mary Ellen produces content targeted at our alumni, donors and friends that shows the breadth and impact of donor support, corporate and foundation gifts and the overall impact the liberal arts. In addition, Mary Ellen currently has a 40% position in the Center for Humanities as the Marketing & Outreach Manager. 

Office: 403 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-0931
Email: gabriel2@wisc.edu

Sarah Morton, Advancement Associate

Sarah is the support person for the Advancement Office.  She writes and tracks all constituency letters, organizes events, develops written materials, and is a member of the L&S web team.  She also helps to coordinate Associate Dean Sue Zaeske’s calendar.

Office: 404 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-1153
Email: skmorton@ls.wisc.edu

Tom Ziemer, Communications Specialist

Tom creates content for L&S publications and outreach materials.  He works closely with Director of Comunications. 

Office: 401 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-1220
Email: taziemer@ls.wisc.edu

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Budget, Finance and Business Services

Budget - Finance, Budget Planning and Analysis

Anne Gunther, Associate Dean for Budget Planning and Administration

Anne serves as the Chief Financial and Information Officer for the College, Overseeing the administrative units responsible for budget construction, oversight and reconciliation, salary adjustments, resource allocation, human resources, payroll and business offices, and the technology infrastructure in L&S Administration and the College.

Office: 201 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2347
Email: gunther@ls.wisc.edu

Mary Beth Ellis, Assistant Dean

Office: 201 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-6894
Email: mbellis@ls.wisc.edu

Mary Machaj, Accountant

Office: 405 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2316
Email: mlmachaj@ls.wisc.edu

Diane Pladziewicz, Senior Accountant

Diane is a member of the L&S Budget Office.  She is directly involved in all aspects of the annual budget process for unclassified and non-salary budgets.  She coordinates all Fund 101, 104 and 402 budget transfers within the College as well as budget transfers between L&S and other divisions and campus transfers, which includes managing the carryover of prior year Fund 101 balances and generation of reports summarizing budget transfer activity. 

Diane is also directly involved in building the salary detail used for the summer sessions budget and payroll.  She serves as a resource for reconciliation of expenditures, particularly those involving Fund 101 salaries. 

Office: 201 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-6268
Email: pladzie@ls.wisc.edu

John Varda, Senior Accountant

John has a joint affiliation with the Business Office and the Office for Budget Planning and Analysis.  He does all of the accounting for gift funds in the College, and is the liaison between the consultant for the departments, College and UW Foundation for those accounts.   He also is the post-award accountant with oversight over all L&S federal and non-federal accounts, working with RSP and department representatives to resolve overdrafts and other issues, including effort reporting, cost share, and close outs.

Office: 201D South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-1170
Email: jgvarda@ls.wisc.edu

Business Services

Mehdi Rezai, Assistant Dean for Business Services

Mehdi is the supervisor for the Business Office.  In his role as supervisor, he also provides trainings to L&S departments on Business Service procedures, resolves complex accounting issues and also serves on many campus working groups.

Office: 108 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2317
Email: rezai@ls.wisc.edu

Cathleen Conley, Accountant

Cathleen works with e-Reimbursement, processing and assisting departments with non-salary forms of payment, and, business policy and procedures. 

Office: 108 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7593
Email: cwconley@ls.wisc.edu

Gwendolyn Jordan, Accountant

Office: 108 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-0375
Email: gjordan3@ls.wisc.edu

Michelle Massen, Accountant

Michelle works with e-Reimbursement, processing and assisting departments with non-salary forms of payment, business policy and procedures, and Revenue Producing Accounts. 

Office: 108 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2300
Email: massen@ls.wisc.edu

Kristine Reine, Accountant

Kristine works with e-Reimbursement, processing and assisting departments with non-salary forms of payment, business policy and procedures, and the Purchasing Card. 

Office: 108 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2324
Email: reine@ls.wisc.edu

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Human Resources

Fax: (608) 261-1446

Cheryl Adams Kadera, Assistant Dean for Human Resources for Academic Staff, Limited Appointments and Employees-in-Training

Cheryl oversees HR activities for the College's academic staff, limited appointees (Asst. Dean, Director, etc.) and employees-in-training. Cheryl reviews/approves Rate and Title Changes (change in duties, equity, & market factor).  She also serves as the College contact for Grievances, Performance Issues, ADA (American's with Disabilities Act), and Sexual Harassment for these appointment types.

Office: 205 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2315
Email: cadams@ls.wisc.edu

Diana Allaby, HR Manager for Classified Staff

Diana coordinates all aspects of classified human resources for the College. This includes vacancies, position descriptions, recruitment, hiring, discipline, reclassifications, transfers, layoffs, accessibility accommodations, etc.

Office: 207 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-4964
Email: allaby@ls.wisc.edu

Cheryl Arn, HR Assistant Advanced for Academic Staff

Cheryl works with non-instructional and renewable instructional academic staff appointments, particularly with recruitment and hiring (PVLs, overloads, appointment extensions and percentage increases).  Cheryl worked previously as the department administrator in French and Italian.

Office: 206 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-4201
Email: clarn@ls.wisc.edu

Alisha Arnold, HR Assistant for Classified Staff

Alisha is the HR Assistant for classified staff in the College.  She is responsible for approval and management of limited term employment appointments.  Alisha is also responsible for the recruitment and hiring of permanent and project classified staff.  

Office: 207 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2321
Email: aaarnold@ls.wisc.edu

Sandra Englesby, HR Assistant

Sandra assists the HR Manager for faculty on a variety of personnel issues. In addition, she manages appointments in the HRS system for faculty joint governance, faculty affiliations, honorary fellows, and other zero dollar appointments.

Office: 105 South Hall
Phone: (608) 262-8749
Email: sfengles@ls.wisc.edu

Joyce Helt, HR Manager, Faculty

Joyce serves as the human resource manager for faculty personnel for the College of Letters & Science.  As a member of the Dean's leadership team, Joyce is the key point person on a myriad of faculty personnel issues and manages the budgetary implications of faculty personnel activities. 

Office: 105 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2312
Fax: (608) 265-3564
Email: helt@ls.wisc.edu

Shirley Holt, HR Assistant

Shirley generally assists the Human Resources Office. She specifically approves appointment letters for Employees-in-Training (Research Associates, Research Interns, Postdoc Fellows); reviews/approves 3270 access requests; as well as coordinates and conducts background checks for TAs, PAs and Short Term Staff that are required every semester.

Office: 203 South Hall
Phone: (608) 262-1197
Email: holt@ls.wisc.edu

James Hovland, Short Term Instructional Staff

James is the primary contact and coordinator for the College’s short term instructional staffing (STS) and is involved with all aspects of an STS hire.  He is one of the key personnel involved with summer sessions. 

Office: 301A South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-8873
Fax: (608) 265-3565
Email: jhovland@ls.wisc.edu

Daun Wheeler, UW Human Resources Manager

Daun coordinates unclassified HR issues primarily related to academic staff and limited appointees (Assistant Dean, Director, etc.) for the College.  This includes reviewing/approving Leaves of Absence, FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act), Layoffs/Non-Renewals, Promotions, and Job Security.

Office: 206 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2591
Email: dmwheeler@ls.wisc.edu

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Information Technology (MIS)

Please note that MIS services are only available to L&S Administration and Student Academic Affairs. 

MIS Help Desk

Office: 25 Ingraham Hall
Phone: 2-9919
Email: helpdesk@ls.wisc.edu

Griffith Randel, Director

Office: 25 Ingraham Hall
Phone: (608) 262-2647
Email: gbrandel@wisc.edu

Dennis Comerford, End-User IT Support Technician
Office: 25 Ingraham Hall
Phone: (608) 890-3197
Email: dcomerford@wisc.edu

Tyler Schultz, IS Computer Services Senior

Office: 303 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-0587
Email: tgschultz@ls.wisc.edu

Eric Straavaldsen, IS Tech Services Senior

Office: 25 Ingraham Hall
Phone: (608) 262-3740
Email: estraava@wisc.edu

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Payroll

Campus Address: 212 South Hall
Fax: (608) 263-9601

ChoonYee Ho-Jonas, Pay and Benefits Program Supervisor

As the supervisor of the Payroll Office, ChoonYee leads and advises the payroll team to provide support to our L&S Departments.  ChoonYee assists in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team.  ChoonYee is responsible for scheduling, work flow organization and various other duties to make the office run smoothly.  ChoonYee primarily handles Faculty payroll.

Office: 212C South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2314
Email: choonyeeho@ls.wisc.edu

Geraldine Bodley, Pay and Benefits Specialist

As a member of the Payroll Office, Gera provides support to our L&S Departments to assist in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team. Gera works with Annie Grim on payroll for Academic Staff.

Office: 212B South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2305
Email: ggbodley@ls.wisc.edu

Lindsay Bollech, Pay and Benefits Specialist

As a member of the Payroll Office, Lindsay provides support to our L&S Departments to assist in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team.  Lindsay is primarily responsible for student hourly payroll. 

Office: 212A South Hall
Phone: (608) 262-9339
Email: lbollech@ls.wisc.edu

Annie Grim, Pay and Benefits Specialist

As a member of the Payroll Office, Annie provides support to our L&S Departments to assist in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team.  Annie works with Geraldine Bodley on payroll for Academic Staff.

Office: 210 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2306
Email: cgrim@ls.wisc.edu

Alyssa Luckey Winters, Pay and Benefits Specialist

As a member of the Payroll Office, Alyssa provides support to our L&S Departments to assist in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team.  Alyssa primarily handles payroll for student assistants and employees in training. 

Office: 208 South Hall
Phone: (608) 262-1556
Email: ajluckey@ls.wisc.edu 

Sharon Moll-Brennan, Pay and Benefits Specialist

As a member of the Payroll Office, Sharon provides support to our L&S Departments to assist in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team.  Sharon primarily handles payroll for Classified (permanent, project) staff and Limited Term Employment (LTE) positions.   

Office: 212A South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-3494
Email: mollbrennan@ls.wisc.edu

Carol Mooney, Pay and Benefits Specialist

As a member of the Payroll Office, Carol provides support to our L&S Departments to assist in the payroll and HR processes for all employees and submits information to HRS and the Campus HRS Team.  Carol primarily handles payroll for Faculty and Academic Staff. 

Office: 212D South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-9813
Email: mooney@ls.wisc.edu

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Research Services and Policy

 Fax: (608) 265-3565

Susan Ellis Weismer, Associate Dean for Research Services

Susan is a professor in Communicative Disorders, affiliate faculty in Psychology and Educational Psychology, and a principal investigator at the Waisman Center.  In her role as associate dean she oversees all of the research related policies and activities for the College.  This includes the Institutional Research Boards (IRBs), the grant process, animal care, technology transfer, and inter-institutional research agreements.  She is also the faculty director for the Advancement Opportunity Fellows (AOF) and the L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars (CGRS).

Office: 305 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-7221
Email: ellisweismer@wisc.edu

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

Lil Larson, Assistant Dean and Director of the Education Research and Social & Behavioral Sciences IRBs Office

This office reviews research protocols that involve human subjects. There are four IRBs on campus – Education Research, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Health Sciences, and HS Minimal Risk – which are a part of the Graduate School’s Human Research Protection Program.

Office: 310 Lathrop Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2320
Email: lmlarson@ls.wisc.edu

Lee Alliet, Assistant Director for the Social & Behavioral Sciences IRB

Lee reviews human subjects research protocols and sits on the SBS IRB. Lee is also the business lead in the office’s transition to a new submission and review program (ARROW).

Office: 312 Lathrop Hall
Phone: (608) 890-0244
Email: worel@ls.wisc.edu

Lori Hogg, Univeristy Services Associate

University Services Program Associate. Lori supports the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) Office, and is often the first point of contact for questions asked in this area. She also assists Kurt Stephenson with the staff parking program.

Office: 316 Lathrop Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2301
Email: lhogg@ls.wisc.edu

Jeff Nytes, Assistant Director for the Educational Research IRB

Jeff reviews human subjects research protocols and sits on the Education Research IRB.

Office: 322 Lathrop Hall
Phone: (608) 262-9710
Email: nytes@education.wisc.edu

Research Administration: Grants

Linda Johnson, Assistant Dean for Research Administration, Pre-Award

Linda manages the pre-award office which ensures that all external funding proposals are accurate, stay within regulations and have proper approval and documentation.  She works in conjunction with Berta Ostrander.

Office: 413 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-9655
Email: johnson@ls.wisc.edu

Berta Ostrander, Grants and Contracts Specialist

Berta is part of the Pre-Award office, which ensures that all external funding proposals are accurate, stay within regulations and have proper approval and documentation.  She works in conjunction with Linda Johnson.

Office: 408 South Hall
Phone: (608) 890-3044
Email: rmostrander@ls.wisc.edu

Technology Transfer and Animal Research

Bill Barker, Associate Dean for Technology Transfer

Bill manages the campus-level requirements for the research enterprise in L&S by working in coordination with the Graduate School, WARF, Legal Services and other campus units and affiliates in areas involving conflict of interest, intellectual property, technology transfer, etc. His position in L&S is currently 50% because he is also serving as Interim Director of the Office of Industrial Contracting for the Graduate School.

Office: 310 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-0540
Email: barker@ls.wisc.edu

Kurt Stephenson, Administrative Program Specialist

Kurt directs the L&S Animal Research Program. This includes inspections and upkeep of the animal facilities in the College, supervising husbandry staff, working with labor groups, animal protocol consultation, standard operating procedure development, L&S Animal Care and Use Committee participation, training, facilities planning, animal health surveillance, occupational health and safety coordination, and making sure that L&S facilities follow and stay up to code on Federal regulations. Kurt is also a parking coordinator for the college.

Office: 307 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-6706
Email: krstephenson@wisc.edu

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Undergraduate Education and Academic Administration

Campus Address: 307 South Hall
Fax: (608) 265-3565

Nancy Westphal Johnson, Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Undergraduate Education

Nancy is the Chief of Staff for the Dean, assisting with special projects and day-to-day management of L&S Administration.  Nancy also oversees instructional budgets (TAs, short-term staffing, credit outreach, summer sessions, etc) and manages course access for the College.  She is a representative on many college and campus committees.

Office: 306 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2506
Email: westphal@ls.wisc.edu

Joni Brown, Primary Assistant to Senior Associate Dean Nancy Westphal-Johnson

Joni supports a number of key committees, including the L&S Curriculum Committee (and, in particular, tracking course proposals as they flow through the approval process) and the University General Education Committee.  She specializes in event planning and coordination.

Office: 307 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-0457
Email: jbrown@ls.wisc.edu

Kimbrin Cornelius, Curricular Administration Specialist

Kimbrin works to support curricular and academic administration activities within L&S. She provides support to the L&S Curriculum Committee, the L&S APC, and the University General Education Committee.

Office: 307E South Hall
Phone: (608) 260-3827
Email: klcornelius@ls.wisc.edu

Tara Vasby, Assistant to the Associate Deans

As the office manager for 301 South Hall, Tara is the first point of contact for many questions asked of the Associate Deans.  Tara manages the schedules for the Associate Deans, directs work and information flow, and manages the archival project of the unit.  She is also a member of the L&S Web Team. 

Office: 301 South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-2771
Email: tjvasby@ls.wisc.edu

First Year Interest Groups (FIGs)

Website: http://figs.wisc.edu/

Greg Smith, Assistant Dean for First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs)Greg is the director of the First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) program.  He oversees the selection, development, administration, budgeting and assessment of the FIGs.

Office: 14 Ingraham Hall
Phone: (608) 263-6504
Email: glsmith2@ls.wisc.edu

Kari Fernholz, First-Year Interest Group Coordinator

Kari manages the day-to-day issues that crop up with the first-year interest groups (FIGs), including timetable construction, student registration, room assignment, event planning and outreach.

Office: 14 Ingraham Hall
Phone: (608) 262-7375
Email: klfernho@wisc.edu

Geoff Mamerow, Project Assistant

Office: 14 Ingraham Hall
Phone: (608) 263-6504
Email: gmamerow@wisc.edu

Program Review and Assessment

Elaine Klein, Assistant Dean for Academic Planning; Program Reviews and Assessment; Director of General Education

Elaine works with the Academic Planning Council, L&S Senate, L&S Curriculum Committee, and others to support academic and curricular administration in the college. She consults with departments and programs about planning and changing academic programs, assessing student learning, and related efforts. She is also the Chair of the University General Education program, and often serves as the dean’s liaison to other schools/colleges on programmatic issues.

Office: 307 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-8484
Email: emklein@ls.wisc.edu

Service Learning and Community Based Research

Andrea-Teresa "Tess" Arenas, Director

The Office of Service Learning and Community Based Research (OSLCBR) serves the College of Letters & Science and has college wide partnership with several units including L&S Honors, Research, FIGS, and more.  The OSLCBR interprets UW System Administration, campus, College and Morgridge Center policy and ensures that service learning and community based research conforms to the norms and expectations of L&S academic practices.  Tess coordinates all efforts of the office; including strategic planning, curricular development for departments, grant selection, administration, budgeting and assessment.  Tess teaches service learning courses in Chican@ Latin@ Studies and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

Office: 4211 Mosse Humanities Building
Phone: (608) 890-0876
Fax: (608) 890-1030
Email: tarenas@ls.wisc.edu

Short Term Staffing & Summer Sessions

James Hovland, HR Assistant

James is the primary contact and coordinator for the College’s short term instructional staffing (STS) and is involved with all aspects of an STS hire.  He is one of the key personnel involved with summer sessions. 

Office: 301A South Hall
Phone: (608) 263-8873
Email: jhovland@ls.wisc.edu

TA/PA/Graduate Students

Brian Bubenzer, Assistant Dean for Teaching and Project Assistant Administration

Brian oversees the overall administration and professional development of teaching and project assistants in the College, as well as coordinating the College and campus award programs for TAs.  He is also the administrative director for the Advanced Opportunity Fellowships (AOF) and the L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars (CGRS). 

Office: 307 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-0603
Email: bubenzer@ls.wisc.edu

Katie Lindstrom, Project Assistant

Katie helps Brian Bubenzer with the professional development, training and administration activities for teaching and project assistants in the College.

Office: 307 South Hall
Phone: (608) 265-8480; (608) 890-3850
Email: kelindst@wisc.edu

Jonathan Lang, Project Assistant

Office: 401F Bascom Hall
Phone: (608) 890-0931
Email: jonathanlang@ls.wisc.edu

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