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WADE, Bruce A.
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Email: wade@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5103
Home Page: http://www.math.uwm.edu/People/wade
Expertise: Numerical analysis for differential equations, finite element and finite difference methods for partial differential equations of evolution type, numerical analysis for electromagnetics.
Degrees: B.S., Mathematics, UW-Madison, 1982; M.S., Mathematics, UW-Madison, 1987; Ph.D., Mathematics, UW-Madison, 1994

WAGNER, Jeanne
Director of Field Education, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
Email: jeannew@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6501
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/SSW/NewFieldWork/
Expertise: Child welfare; adoption; management in social work practice
Degrees: B.S.W., Morehead State University; M.S.W., Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago

WALKER, Cindy
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Email: cmwalker@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5053
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~cmwalker
Expertise: Quantitative research methodologies, statistics, research design, psychometrics, item response theory, dimensionality assessment, differential item functioning, testing and measurement.
Degrees: B.S., Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science, Roosevelt University; M.S., Mathematics with a focus on Mathematics Education, Illinois State University; Ph.D., Educational Psychology with a specialization in Quantitative and Evaluative Research Methodologies, University of Illinois at Urbana

WALZ-CHOJNACKI, Mary T.
Senior Lecturer, Educational Psychology
Email: marywc@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6040
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~marywc/
Expertise: Learning skills; reading; freshman orientation; at-risk admissions; career exploration.
Degrees: M.S., Reading, UW-Madison, 1979; B.A., Sociology, Psychology and Secondary Education, Marquette University, 1976

WANG, Jinsung
Assistant Professor, Human Movement Sciences
Email: wang34@uwm.edu
Phone: (414)229-3226
Expertise: Motor control/learning
Degrees: Ph.D.

WANG, Ying
Associate Professor, Art History-Asian Art
Email: yingwang@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-3043

WARNER, Beth
Associate Director, Enrollment Services
Email: bwarner@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5921
Expertise: Student information systems to support efficiency in student admissions; registration and records; technological support of academic advising services; enterprise systems for student administration.
Degrees: B.A. Wartburg College, M.S. University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

WASHBURNE, Carolyn Kott
Adjunct Assistant Professor, English
Email: ckw@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-2709
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English/Washburne

WASLEY, James H.
Associate Professor, Architecture
Email: jwasley@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4045
Expertise: Environmental issues associated with architectural design, landscape preservation, site and climate responsive design, resource conservation, extreme-case issues of indoor air quality and human health.
Degrees: Master of Architecture, Architecture, Rice University, 1993

WATSON, Jennifer
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages & Literature
Email: jwatson@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5891
Expertise: German and Scandinavian literature; authors Selma Lagerlöf, Nelly Sachs, Emil Marriot; German Language; Swedish Language
Degrees: B.A., Grinnell College, German and English; M.A., German literature and linguistics; Ph.D., German Literature, Scandinavian Literature

WEBER, Daniel N.
Associate Scientist, Children's Environmental Health Sciences Center
Email: dweber@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 382-1726
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~dweber/
Expertise: Fish biology, the use of fish as models of environmental health (neurochemistry, neuro-electrophysiology and behavior of fish are monitored after exposure to metals such as lead and methyl mercury), the ability of specific metal chelating drugs (e.g. DMSA) to ameliorate the effects of heavy metals on behavior and physiology.
Degrees: B.S. (with Distinction), Zoology, UW-Madison, 1975; M.S., Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1976; Cert. Ed., Science Education, University of Michigan, 1980; Ph.D., Ethology, Physiology, UWM, 1991

WEBER, Hanno
Adjunct Professor, Architecture
Email: hanweber@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-3817
Expertise: Architectural design building morphology; architectural design climate and environment urban design contextual response
Degrees: A.B Architecture Princeton University; M.F.A. Architecture Princeton University

WECKMUELLER, Beth
Director, Enrollment Services
Email: bethw@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6164
Expertise: Issues related to college/university admissions and enrollment, admission requirements, standardized testing, affirmative action in admissions, adult/returning students, student enrollment trends in higher education, grades and grading practices, implementation of enterprise systems for student administration, transfer student issues and practices, student records management practices.
Degrees: B.A., M.A., UWM

WEINBERG, Mark
Adjunct Professor, Theatre
Email: mweinber@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4947
Home Page: www.centerforappliedtheatre.org
Expertise: Applied Theatre - using interactive theatre activities to explore habits of thought, define issues, and develop problem solutions.
Degrees: M.A., English, M.F.A., Directing, Ph.D., Theater

WENDLING, Miriam
University Services Associate, Development
Email: wendlin3@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-3012
Expertise: Medieval music; liturgy; Gregorian chant.

WEPKING, Mary
Lecturer, School of Information Studies
Email: wepking@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-2474
Expertise: School libraries, young adult literature

WESTER, Stephen
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Email: srwester@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4774
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~srwester
Expertise: Psychology of men and masculinity, male gender role development/socialization/impact, multicultural expressions of of masculinity, gender and emotions.
Degrees: B.A., Psychology, University of Toledo, 1992; M.A., Clinical Psychology, Xavier University, 1994; Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Florida, 2000 (Phi Beta Kappa); Licensed Psychologist, State of Wisconsin, 2007-Present

WHEATLEY, Kathleen
Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Email: wheatley@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5710
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Spanish/faculty/wheatley.html
Expertise: Spanish linguistics, Romance Linguistics
Degrees: Ph.D., Romance Linguistics, University of Michigan

WHITE, Sammis B.
Professor, Urban Planning
Email: sbwhite@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 227-3203
Expertise: Economic development, water cluster development, workforce development, urban education, entrepreneurship, housing policy.
Degrees: B.A. Williams College Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania

WHITTINGHAM, Linda A.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Email: whitting@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-2252
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~whitting/
Expertise: Parental investment patterns and mating systems in birds, the evolution of behavioral and life history traits, the relative influence of phylogeny (i.e. evolutionary history) and ecology on the evolution of different forms of male parental care (e.g. incubating eggs or nestlings, feeding nestlings or fledglings) in the swallows (Hirundinidae).
Degrees: B.S., Biology, University of Michigan, 1983; M.S., Biology, University of Michigan, 1988; Ph.D., Biology, Queen?s University, 1992

WIESNER-HANKS, Merry
Professor, History
Email: merrywh@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4529
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~merrywh/
Expertise: European women?s history, 1500-1750; history of Christianity; European social history, 1500-1750.

WILDER, Quinn E.
Outreach Specialist, Child and Youth Care Learning Center
Email: qwild@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 227-3172
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~qwild/
Expertise: Quality of care that youth workers are able to give to youth at risk; evaluation tools that measure the impact of a 40-hour continuing education program on practice, particularly when coupled with administrative support in implementing course learnings.

WILK, Joan A.
Associate Professor, Nursing
Email: jwilk@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4586
Expertise: Community nursing centers, nurse-managed centers, advanced practice nursing, health care and public policy, health care for the homeless, health promotion and illness prevention with under-served populations, international health care and nursing.

WILLIAMS, Gary
Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Policy and Community Studies
Email: glw@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5626
Expertise: Quality of life in the elderly community; education of children; youth in the criminal justice system; class and race in America.
Degrees: B.A., Political Science, Sociology; M.A., Political Science; Ph.D., Urban Social Institutions

WILLIAMS, Tami
Assistant Professor, English
Email: tamiw@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-3665
Expertise: Silent film restoration and preservation; global women directors; national cinemas (U.S., Europe, Asia, Middle East); and film and the other arts (music, dance, theater, painting, digital media).
Degrees: B.A., Film Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Film & Television, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Film & Television, University of California, Los Angeles

WIMPEE, Charles F.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Email: cwimpee@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6881
Expertise: Molecular biology, molecular evolution, environmental microbiology, bioluminescence.
Degrees: M.S., Botany, University of Georgia, 1978; Ph.D., Biology; University of California, Los Angeles, 1984

WINKLER, Erin
Assistant Professor, Africology
Email: winklere@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5081
Expertise: Racism; white privilege; how children learn about race/the impact of racial identity and racism on child development
Degrees: Ph.D. African American & African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. African & African American Studies and Social Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

WIRTH, Jessica W.
Associate Professor Emerita, Foreign Languages and Linguistics
Email: jwirth@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6794
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~jwirth/
Expertise: Linguistic semantics, pragmatics, linguistic typology and universals.

WISNESKI, Debora
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Email: deboraw@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-2283
Expertise: Early childhood education; teacher-classroom research; playground safety and planning.

WITTEN, Jane L.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Email: jlw@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4993
Expertise: Cellular neurobiology, molecular neurobiology, neuroendocrinology of insects, neuromodulation, developmental plasticity, hormonal regulation of development, insect metamorphosis, neuropeptides, neuropeptide modulation of nervous system development and function, modulation and expression of potassium ion channels, potassium ion channels.

WOEHL, Jorg
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Email: woehl@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5223
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~woehl/
Expertise: Spectroscopy and microscopy of single moleculescon; focal microscopy and near-field scanning optical microscopy
Degrees: Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

WOLFRAM, Dietmar
Professor, Information Studies
Email: dwolfram@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6836
Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~dwolfram
Expertise: Information retrieval systems design and evaluation, modeling and simulation of inf ormation retrieval systems, user search behavior on the Internet, applied informetrics, technology education for information professionals.
Degrees: B.Sc., History of Science/Computer Science; M.L.I.S.; Ph.D., Library and Information Science;

WOODS, Malcolm
Lecturer, Journalism & Mass Communication
Email: mmwoods@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4436
Home Page: www.malcolmmcdowellwoods.typepad.com
Expertise: magazines, magazine design

WUTZ, Darci
Associate Professor, Dance
Email: darcwutz@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-3058
Expertise: Musical theater choreography; concert choreography, non-musical theater choreography.
Degrees: B.F.A., Theater/Dance Emphasis, University of Minnesota at Duluth; M.F.A., Dance Performance and Choreography, Smith College


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