Department & Program Chairs

The following faculty serve as department chairs or program directors during the 2023-24 academic year.

Division of Arts and Humanities

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Division Dean
Corinne Ness, cness@carthage.edu, 262-551-5733

African Studies Program
Peter Dennee, pdennee@carthage.edu, 262-551-5939

Asian Studies Program
Steve Udry, sudry@carthage.edu, 262-551-5891

Art Department
Kimberly Greene, kgreene@carthage.edu, 262-551-2134
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@carthage.edu, 262-551-6441 

Communication and Digital Media Department
Lynn Brownson, lbrownson@carthage.edu, 262-551-6329

English Department
Alyson Kiesel, akiesel@carthage.edu, 262-551-6057
Shannon Brennan, sbrennan@carthage.edu, 262-551-6664

History Department
John Leazer, jleazer@carthage.edu, 262-551-5893

Master of Music Program
Corinne Ness, cness@carthage.edu, 262-551-5733

Modern Languages Department
Gregory Baer, gbaer@carthage.edu, 262-551-5707

Music Department
Etsushi Kawakami, ekawakami@carthage.edu, 262-551-6565
Dimitri Shapovalov, dshapovalov@carthage.edu, 262-551-5860

Photography, Film, and New Media Program
Jojin Van Winkle, jvanwinkle@carthage.edu, 262-551-6441

Religion Department
Andrew Ng’weshemi, angweshemi@carthage.edu, 262-551-6227 

Theatre Department
Herschel Kruger, hkruger@carthage.edu, 262-551-2133

Women’s/Gender Studies Program
Ellen Hauser, ehauser@carthage.edu, 262-551-5949

 

Division of Natural and Social Sciences

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Division Dean
Deanna Byrnes, dbyrnes@carthage.edu, 262-551-2371

Biology Department
Angela Dassow, adassow@carthage.edu, 262-551-6244

Chemistry Department
David Brownholland, dbrownholland@carthage.edu, 262-551-6158

Computer Science Department
Perry Kivolowitz, pkivolowitz@carthage.edu, 262-551-6317
Rick Bingen, rbingen@carthage.edu, 262-551-6579

Criminal Justice Program
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@carthage.edu, 262-551-5825

Engineering Department 
Robert Nagel, rnagel@carthage.edu, 262-551-6117 

Environmental Science Department
Sarah Rubinfeld, srubinfeld@carthage.edu, 262-551-6222

Geospatial Science Department
Matt Zorn, mzorn@carthage.edu, 262-551-5968

International Political Economy Program
Art Cyr, acyr@carthage.edu, 262-551-5750

Mathematics Department
Haley Yaple, hyaple@carthage.edu, 262-551-5897 

Neuroscience Department
Steven Henle, shenle@carthage.edu, 262-551-6119

Physics and Astronomy Department
Julie Dahlstrom, jdahlstrom1@carthage.edu, 262-551-2331

Political Science Department
Thomas Powers, tpowers@carthage.edu, 262-551-6332 

Psychological Science Department
Kateryna Sylaska, ksylaska@carthage.edu, 262-551-6152 

Sociology Department
Rick Matthews, rmatthews@carthage.edu, 262-551-5825

 

Division of Professional Studies

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Division Dean
Paul Martino, pmartino@carthage.edu, 262-551-2375

Accelerated Certification for Teachers (ACT) Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@carthage.edu, 262-551-5914

Allied Health Science Department and Athletic Training Program
Laurie Jensen, ljensen@carthage.edu, 262-551-6104

Education Department
Nina Weisling, nweisling@carthage.edu, 262-551-5831 

Exercise and Sport Science Department
Andrew Pustina, apustina@carthage.edu, 262-551-6174

Master of Education Program
Siovahn Williams, swilliams4@carthage.edu, 262-551-5914 

Nursing Department
Nancy Reese, nreese@carthage.edu, 262-551-6038

Social Work Department
Rebecca Hornung, rhornung@carthage.edu, 262-551-6316

 

School of Business and Economics

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Division Dean
Jim Padilla, jpadilla@carthage.edu, 262-551-6312

Accounting and Finance Department
Chao Zheng, czheng@carthage.edu, 262-551-6668

Economics Department
Erik Johnson, epj@carthage.edu, 262-551-6670
Ron Cronovich, rcronovich@carthage.edu, 262-551-6330 

Management and Marketing Department
Joseph Shields, jshields@carthage.edu, 262-551-5886

Master of Science in Business — Design and Innovation, Sports Management
Carter Rockhill, crockhill@carthage.edu, 262-551-5895 

 

All College Programs

Intellectual Foundations Program
Paul Ulrich, pulrich@carthage.edu, 262-551-6226

Honors Program
Neil Scharnick, nscharnick@carthage.edu, 262-551-2132

Writing Across the Curriculum
Shannon Brennan, sbrennan@carthage.edu, 262-551-6664