Senior Lecturers
Laura L. Ambrose
email: lambrose@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2972
office: Curtin 522
Education:
MA, English (TESOL), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BA, French, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BS, Mathematics and Applied Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Teaching areas: English grammar, linguistics, English as a Second Language, TESOL, World Englishes, French
Peter Blewett
email: pblewett@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-4567
office: Curtin 583
website: http://mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/portal/server.pt
Education:
PhD, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MA, English, Marquette University
BA, Philosophy, Holy Redeemer College
Teaching areas: composition, creative writing, literature
Publications:
"Eclogue, Poems of Pat Moran and Peter Blewett." Green Bay: Basswood, 1998.
"Umbrellas." Milwaukee: Clear Skies, 1990.
Poems in various journals, such as Cream City Review, Poetry East, Seattle Review, West Branch, Literary Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Wisconsin Review, and Die Young!
Related activities: Member of Milwaukee Public Schools Board of Directors, district six
Vicki Bott
email: vlbott@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2972
office: Curtin 519
Teaching areas: composition
Mary Brehm
email: mb@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-4520
office: Curtin 513
Teaching areas: composition, linguistics
Sandy Brusin
email: sandyb@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2922
office: Curtin 402
Teaching areas: first-year composition, academic discourse, creative non-fiction
Related activities: Assistant Director, First-Year Composition
James Chapson
email: jchapson@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-6022
office: Curtin 503
Teaching areas: creative writing, satire, utopian narratives
Rikki Clark
email: rikki@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-3302
office: Curtin 502
Allen Donay
email: donay@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-5041
office: Curtin 533
Teaching areas: business writing, criminal justice
Catherine Kaye
email: cjkaye@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-6180
office: Curtin 678
Teaching areas: English as a second language
Related activities: Coordinator, English as a Second Language
Sonia Khatchadourian
email: soniak@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-6047
office: Curtin 567
Teaching areas: creative writing, business writing, international business communication, composition, cultural studies, literature
Related activities: Classes on blues music, published articles about music, weekly radio program on WMSE 91.7 FM
Daniel Listoe
email: dlistoe@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2971
office: Curtin 524
website: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/dlistoe/www/
Teaching areas: freshman seminar, literary studies, rhetoric and human rights, writing and literacy studies
Selected publications: The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, North Dakota Quarterly, SubStance
Christopher Lyons
email: bobdylan@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2971
office: Curtin 524
Teaching areas: composition, business writing
Mariann Maris
email: sarim@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-4152
office: Curtin 592
website: http://www.uwm.edu/~sarim
Education: MA, Marquette University
Teaching areas: business writing, freshman seminars on baseball and the rhetoric of terrorism
Related activities:
Memberships - MLA, NCTE, WCTELA
Community - Director, Shorewood Foundation Board of Directors; Milwaukee Area Academic Alliance in English; Reader, Advanced Placement English Literature; Chair, MCAP's Minority Recruitment Committee; Associate, Milwaukee Partnership Academy
UWM - Co-Chair of Chancellor's Auction
Jennifer Mattson
email: jennifr@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-4230
office: Curtin 697
Teaching areas: Freshman Seminar, English as a second language
Related activities: Coordinator of Conversation Partner program, which matches ESL students with Americans wishing to learn more about international students' cultures (and sometimes their languages). Evaluation of international TAs' classroom skills.
Academic Staff Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2000
Jeffrey Norman
email: jenor@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-6022
office: Curtin 507
Teaching areas: composition, academic writing, various literature courses
Related activities: work with Writing Center
Liana Odcirc
email: ljo@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-6022
office: Curtin 503
Teaching areas: composition, 19th and 20th century American literature, women's studies
Related activities: Edison Initiative Advisory Board/Committee, 2005-2006
Jeffrey Perso
email: zubin@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-4243
office: Curtin 525
Teaching areas: Beat writers, freshman seminar, English 102: College Writing and Research
Publications: Edited four alternative newsweeklies and published fiction and non-fiction in over 25 periodicals, including The Alternative Press Review, Manzanita, Milwaukee Magazine, and Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine
English Department Award for Teaching Excellence, 2005
Oody Petty
email: oody@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2972
office: Curtin 519
Education:
PhD, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Teaching areas: First Year Seminar, creative writing, Ethnic Studies, Honors College short fiction and autobiographical poetry
Carol Ross
email: cross@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-5959
office: Curtin 485
Teaching areas: composition, academic writing, advanced writing workshop, literary nonfiction
Related activities: Served on various English Department committees, volunteered for the Chancellor's Auction, currently volunteer at Hunger Task Force, Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showcase, and for other community organizations. Served as Holocaust Educator for the Coalition for Jewish Learning. Served on Category B subcommittee for Academic Staff. Published essays/articles, edited guidebook.
English Department Award for Teaching Excellence, 1993
Benjamin Schneider
Assistant Director, Film Studies Programemail: terrapin@uwm.edu
phone: (414) 229-4869
office: Curtin 488
Teaching areas: film studies
Melissa Schoeffel
email: mschoeff@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-6648
office: Holton G48
Education:
PhD, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MA, English, Northern Arizona University
BA, English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching areas: multicultural literature, composition, motherhood studies
Publications: Maternal Conditions: Reading Kingsolver, Castillo, Erdrich, and Ozeki, 2008
Kristin Terwelp
email: terwelp@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-0442
office: Curtin 408
Teaching areas: creative writing, multicultural literature, women's literature (emphasis 19th century American and British), composition, freshman seminar, Native American literature, women's studies
Publications: poems, interviews, creative nonfiction, and editorials have appeared in Sojourner: the Women's Forum, The Cream City Review, The Career News, and others
Related activities:
Coordinator of Online Composition
Memberships - UWM Visiting Writers Committee, Modern Language Association, Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Former poetry editor for The Cream City Review, former Editorial Assistant for The Career News English Department Award for Teaching Excellence, 2007
Finalist, Tinsley Helton Dissertation Fellowship, 2002
Scott Walter
email: smwalter@uwm.eduphone: (414) 229-2710
office: Curtin 482