Directory
Administrative Officers
Richard B. Artman
President/Professor, D.B.
Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership
A.B., M.Ed., Ph.D. University of Miami
Diane Brimmer
Vice President for Student
Development
B.S., Oakland University; M.E., Loyola University; Ph.D.,
Michigan State University
Todd Ericson
Vice President of Finance and Administration
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Robert Forget
Dean of Admission
B.S., Northern Michigan University; M.S., University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Barbara Gayle
Vice President for Academic
Affairs/Dean of Graduate Studies/Professor, Business
B.S., M.A., University of Portland; Ph.D., University of
Oregon
Gary Klein
Vice President for
Institutional Advancement
B.S., University of South Dakota; M.A., Saint Mary’s
University of Minnesota
Patrick Kerrigan
Vice President for
Communications and Marketing
B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A.S.L., Viterbo
University
Deans
Susan Smith Batell
Dean, School of
Education/Professor, Education
B.A., Clarke College; M.A., University of Northern Iowa;
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Thomas Knothe
Dean, Dahl School of
Business/Associate Professor, Business
B.S., Viterbo University;
J.D., Willamette University
Silvana Richardson
Dean, School of
Nursing/Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Loyola University, Chicago; M.H.S.N., Governors’
State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Timothy Schorr
Dean, School of Fine
Arts/Associate Professor, Music
B.M., Eastern Illinois University; M.M., D.M.A.,
University of Cincinnati
Glena Temple
Dean, School of Letters and
Sciences/Professor, Biology
B.S., Allegheny College; M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D.,
University of California, Riverside
Full-time Faculty
Michael Alfieri
Associate Professor, Biology
B.S., Binghamton University; Ph.D., University of
Louisville
Nancy Allen
Associate Professor, Music
B.M., Viterbo University; M.M., University of Northern
Iowa
Judy Anderson
Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N., University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Ph.D., Widener University
Jennifer Anderson-Meger
Associate Professor,
Sociology/Social Work/Criminal Justice
B.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; M.S.S.W.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Richard B. Artman
President/Professor, D.B.
Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership
A.B., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Miami
Kyle Backstrand
Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.S., North Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of
Utah
Nikki Balsamo
Instructor, Theatre and Music
Theatre
B.F.A., University of Minnesota
William Bakalars
Assistant Professor,
Psychology
B.S., M.S., Saint Mary’s University
Carl Bargabos
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Minot State University; M.S.N., Medical College
of Georgia
David Bauer
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., Hope College; M.S., Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Susan Smith Batell
Dean, School of
Education/Professor, Education
B.A., Clarke College; M.A., University of Northern Iowa;
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Michael
Behan
Assistant Professor, Business
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire
M.B.E., University of Minnesota
Maribel Bird
Associate Professor, World
Languages
B.A., M.L.S., University of Puerto Rico; M.E.P.D.,
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ph.D., Capella University
Matthew Bersagel Braley
Coordinator, Master of Arts in
Servant Leadership/Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and/Philosophy
B.A., Luther College; M.A., United Theological Seminary
Stacey Boehm
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N.,
Winona State University
Rochelle Brooks
Professor, Business
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Stout; M.E.P.D., University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ph.D., Capella University
Mary Burke
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University, M.S.N., University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Judy Casto
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Georgia State University; M.N., Emory University
Tammy Clark
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry
B.S., University of Minnesota;
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Sara Schwarz Cook
Assistant Dean, Dahl School of
Business/Associate Professor, Business
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; M.B.A.,
University of Baltimore, Ph.D., Capella University
Derek Cortez
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A., Trinity College; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School; M.S., University of Portland; Ph.D., University of Texas at
Austin
Debra Daehn-Zellmer
Professor, Sociology/Social
Work/Criminal Justice
B.S., Augsburg College; M.S.W., University of Iowa
Nancy Danou
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S.N., University
of Texas, El Paso
Apryl Lea Denny
Professor, English and Women’s
Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of
Colorado
Emily Dykman
Assistant Professor, Religious
Studies and Philosophy
B.M., Viterbo University; M.A., Saint Mary’s University
of Minnesota
Vicky Eiben
Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Wartburg College; B.S., Iowa State University;
M.A., Antioch University; Ed.D., Fielding Graduate University
Jan Eriksen
Assistant Dean, School of
Letters and Sciences/Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Lyon Evans, Jr.
Professor, English
A.B., Swarthmore College; M.A., University of Michigan;
M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Marilyn Fernandes
Assistant Professor, Art
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; M.A. California
State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lynda Fernholz
Assistant Professor, Education
B.S.Ed., M.A.Ed., Viterbo University
Marlene Fisher
Associate Professor,
Sociology/Social Work/Criminal Justice
B.A., Drake University; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State
University
Connie Fossen
Associate Professor,
Sociology/Social Work/Criminal Justice
B.S., Mankato State University; M.S.S.W., University of
Wisconsin-Madison; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University
Diane Foust
Professor, Music
B.M., Millsaps College; M.M., Southern Methodist
University; Ed.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jodie Fox
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Viterbo University
Kim Fredricks
Professor, Biology
B.A., Coe College; M.S., University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse; Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Scott Gabriel
Assistant Professor, Biology/Biochemistry
B.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Cornell University
Robyn Gaier
Instructor, Philosophy
B.S., B.A.; Bowling Green State
University;
MA Ohio University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Kem Gambrell
Interim Director, Master of Business
Administration/Assistant Professor, Business
B.S., Concordia University; M.S., Ph.D., University of
Nebraska
David Gardiner
Associate Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
C.F.A., DePaul University; B.F.A., University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., University of Arizona
Barbara M. Gayle
Vice President for Academic
Affairs/Dean of Graduate Studies/Professor, Business
B.S., M.A., University of Portland; Ph.D., University of
Oregon
Anthony L. Gerig
Assistant Professor, Chemistry/Physics
B.S., Taylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Karen Gibson
Associate Professor, Nutrition
and Dietetics
B.S., Mankato State University; M.S., University of
Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Vicente Guillot
Associate Professor, World
Languages
B.A., Universitat de Valencia; M.A., Villanova University
Andrew Hamilton
Associate Professor,
History
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Larry Harwood
Professor, Religious
Studies/Philosophy
B.S., North Carolina State University; M.A., Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D., Marquette University
Deane Hatteberg
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Minnesota; M.S.N., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mary Ellen Haupert
Associate Professor, Music
B.A., College of Saint Scholastica; M.M., Ph.D.,
Washington University
Jennifer Hedrick Erickson
Assistant Dean, School of
Nursing, BSN Completion Program/Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N., University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Alida Herling
Associate Professor, Nutrition
and Dietetics
B.S., Stout State University; M.P.H., University of
Minnesota
Janet
Holter
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; B.S., Winona State University; M.S., University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Jason Howard
Associate Professor,
ReligiousStudies/Philosophy
B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University; M.A., Brock University;
Ph.D., Catholic University of Couvain
Karla Hughes
Assistant Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
B.A., Colorado State University; M.M., Wichita State
University
Susan Hughes
Master of Arts in Education Program
Specialist/Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Saint Mary-of-the Woods; M.Ed., University of Cincinnati; Ed.D.,
Benedictine University
Sheryl Jacobson
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S., Luther College; M.S., University of Alaska
Jesús Jambrina
Associate Professor,
History/World Languages
B.A., University of Havana; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Iowa
Jan Janiszewski
Associate Professor, Business
B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Daniel Johnson-Wilmot
Professor, Music
B.A., Saint John’s University; M.M., University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Ward Jones
Professor, Biology
B.S., M.S., Ball State University; Ph.D., Montana State
University
Carol Klitzke
Associate Professor, Nutrition
and Dietetics
B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., University of
Wisconsin-Stout
Thomas Knothe
Dean, School of
Business/Associate Professor, Business
B.S., Viterbo University; J.D.,
Willamette University
Keith Knutson
Associate Professor, History
B.S., M.Ed., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ph.D.,
University of Missouri-Columbia
Valerie Kokott-Rebhahn
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., Viterbo University; M.A., Saint Mary’s University
Minnesota
Chad Kolbe
Associate Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.F.A., Purdue
University
Pam Knowles
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Viterbo University
Jackie KuennenProfessor, NursingB.S.N., University of Iowa; M.S., University of
Minnesota; Ed.D., University of Northern Iowa
Theresa Kunavich
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N., Loyola
University-Chicago
Richard Kyte
Director, D.B. Reinhart
Institute for Ethics in Leadership/Professor, Religious Studies and Philosophy
B.A., Hamline University; M.A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins
University
Charlie Lawrence
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Mount Union College; Ph.D., Kent State University
Sarah Lee
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N, M.S.N., Viterbo University
Sheldon Lee
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Stout; M.S., Northern
Arizona University; Ph.D., Colorado State University
Sherri Lisota
Associate Professor, Art
B.A., University of South Carolina; M.F.A., Vermont
College of Norwich University
Michael Lopez-Kaley
Director, Honors
Program/Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and Philosophy
B.A., The Catholic University of
America; M.A. St. John’s University; Ph.D., Marquette University
Frank Ludwig
Associate Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
B.F.A., University of South Dakota; M.F.A., University of
Iowa
Venancio Luz
Assistant Professor,
Communication Studies
B.A., Viterbo University
Jessica Madson
Assistant Professor, Nutrition
and Dietetics
B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., Illinois State
University
Richard Maresh
Associate Professor,
Mathematics
B.S., Saint Louis University; M.A., University of
California, Irvine; M.S., University of Evansville
Jo Ann Marson
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., Marian College; M.B.A., University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse
Joe Miller
Assistant Professor, Art
B.S. Viterbo University; M.A., M.F.A., University of Iowa
Elizabeth Marzoni
Assistant Professor, English
B.A. Knox College; Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Dana McConnell
Assistant Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
B.A., Luther College; M.F.A., University of Oklahoma
Janet McLean
Associate Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
A.A., Rochester Community College; B.F.A., University of
South Dakota; M.A., University of Idaho; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Debra Murray
Director, Master of Science in
Mental Health Counseling/Professor, Psychology
B.S., Viterbo University; M.A., St. Mary’s University of
Minnesota; Psy.D., University of Saint Thomas
Andrew Myer
Assistant Professor,
Criminal Justice
B.A., Saint John’s University; M.S.,
University of Cincinnati
Laura Nettles, FSPA
Assistant Professor,
Religious Studies
B.A., University of Wyoming; M.A., St.
Bonaventure University; M.A., Theological Union
Bonnie Nesbitt
Director, Master of Science in
Nursing/Assistant Dean, School of Nursing/Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N., University of
Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Thomas Neumann
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., University
of Minnesota
Heather Norsby
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S., University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Jeffrey Nyseth
Assistant Professor,
Communication Studies
B.A., Winona State University; M.S., University of
Wisconsin-Stout
Alissa Oelfke
Director, Center for Adult
Learning/Assistant Professor, Business
B.S., Marquette University; M.B.A., Viterbo University
Todd Ondell
Assistant Professor, Business
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.Ed., University
of Florida; Ed.D., Indiana University
Anika Paaren-Sdano
Assistant Professor,
Education
B.A., University of
Wisconsin-Madison; M.Ed., Xavier University
Deborah Peetz
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Viterbo University
Raymond Preiss
Professor, Communication
Studies
B.S., Missouri State University; M.A., West Virginia
University; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Rhonda Rabbitt
Director, Graduate
Studies, School of Education/Assistant Dean School of Education/Associate
Professor, Education
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire; ME-PD, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ed.D., Fielding Graduate
Institute
Reverend
William Reese
Associate
Professor, Religious Studies/Philosophy
B.S. Ed., M.Ed., Concordia University; M.Div.,
S.T.M., Th.D., Concordia Seminary; D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
David Richardson
Instructor, Music
B.M., Boston University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music
Silvana Richardson
Dean, School of
Nursing/Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Loyola University, Chicago; M.H.S.N., Governors’
State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Mary Therese Rinzel
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N., Northern Illinois
University
Gary Robbins
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa
John Robinson
Assistant Professor,
Business
B.S., Brigham Young University
Paul Robinson
Assistant Professor, Business
B.B.A., University of
Wisconsin-Madison; J.D., Brigham Young University
Vaughn Rodgers
Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., Purdue University
Susan Cosby Ronnenberg
Associate Professor, English
B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Southwest
Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Jennifer Sadowski
Director, Distance Education/Associate
Professor, Biology
B.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Jean Saladino
Associate Professor, Music
B.M.E., Wichita State University; M.M., Florida State
University
R. Jean Salk
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A., B.S., Evergreen State College; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota
Rolf Samuels
Director of the Core Curriculum/Associate
Professor, English
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., Iowa State University;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anna Sanders-Bonelli
Associate Professor,
Sociology/Social Work/Criminal Justice
B.A., Miami University; M.A., University of Oklahoma;
Ph.D., University of Delaware
David Saunders-Scott
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Macalester College; M.A., Minnesota State
University, Mankato; Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University
Linda Schams
Assistant Instructor, Biology
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Ann E. Schoenecker
Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Luther College; M.M., University of Missouri;
D.M.A., University of Minnesota
Lisa Schoenfielder
Professor, Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Timothy Schorr
Dean, School of Fine
Arts/Associate Professor, Music
B.M., Eastern Illinois University; M.M., D.M.A.,
University of Cincinnati
Lucy Slinger, FSPA
Assistant Professor,
Interdisciplinary Studies
B.S., Viterbo University; M.A.S.L.,
Viterbo University; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Grant Smith
Professor, English
B.A., Idaho State University; M.A., Utah State University;
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Michael Smuksta
Professor, History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Judy Stafslien
Instructor, Music
B.M., Viterbo University
Naomi Stennes-Spidahl
Director of Academic Assessment
and Institutional Research/Instructor, English
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of North
Dakota
Gretel Stock-Kupperman
Director, Todd Wehr
Memorial Library/Assistant Professor
B.A., University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.S.L., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., Benedictine University
Mary Ellen Stolder
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A.,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Jeffrey Stolz
Professor, Theatre and Music
Theatre
B.F.A., University of Minnesota-Duluth; M.F.A.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Judy Talbott
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Cincinnati; M.H.A., Xavier
University; M.S., Winona State University
Glena Temple
Dean, School of Letters and
Sciences/Professor, Biology
B.S., Allegheny College; M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D.,
University of California, Riverside
Thomas Thibodeau
Distinguished Professor of
Servant Leadership/Director, Master of Arts in Servant Leadership/Associate
Professor, Religious Studies/Philosophy
B.A., Saint John’s University; M.A., St. Mary’s
University of Minnesota
Delayne Vogel
Assistant Dean, School of
Nursing/Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Winona State University
Rick Walters
Associate Professor, Theatre
and Music Theatre
B.S., University of Evansville; M.F.A., University of
Minnesota
Liza Ware
Assistant Professor,
Psychology
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D.,
Northwestern University
Kathleen Warner
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Viterbo University; M.S.N, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David Waters
Associate Professor, Business
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota
Edward Wenzel
Associate Professor, Education
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Christine Wilson
Simulation
Coordinator/Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Viterbo University
Toni Wissestad
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Viterbo University
Michael Wodzak
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics
B.Ed., University of London; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Missouri-Columbia
Victoria Wodzak
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Anita Wood
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A., Concordia College; M.B.A., Monterey Institute of International
Studies
Emeriti
La Vonne Abts, FSPA
Professor Emerita, Chemistry
Ronald Amel
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry
Dorie Beres
Professor Emerita, Nursing
Michael John Collins
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry
Tim Crane
Professor Emeritus, Art
Vivien Edwards
Professor Emerita, Nursing
John Havertape
Professor Emeritus, Education
Joan Keller-Maresh
Professor Emerita, Nursing
Lawrence Krajewski
Professor Emeritus, Mathematics
James Larson
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry
Marie Leon La Croix, FSPA
Professor Emerita, Theatre
Arlene Laverdiere, FSPA
Professor Emerita, Music
Richard Morehouse
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Roland Nelson
Professor Emeritus, English
Robert Richgels
Professor Emeritus, History
Susan Rush
Professor Emerita, Music Theatre
Darrell Pofahl
Professor Emeritus, sociology
Marcus Saegrove
Professor Emeritus, mathematics
Ronald Schaefer
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
John Schroeder
Professor Emeritus, Business/Education
Bernyne Stark, FSPA
Professor Emerita, French
Carlene Unser, FSPA
Professor Emerita, Art
Patricia Wessels
Professor Emerita, Nursing
Wayne Wojciechowski
Professor Emeritus
Patricia Zander
Professor Emerita, Nursing