Department & Program Chairs
The following faculty serve as department chairs or program directors during the 2022-2023 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
Communication and Digital Media Department
Lynn Brownson, lbrownson@carthage.edu, 262-551-6329
English Department
Alyson Kiesel, akiesel@carthage.edu, 262-551-6057
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
Fatih Harpci, fharpci@carthage.edu, 262-551-6064
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
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
Joy Mast, jmast@carthage.edu, 262-551-6568
International Political Economy Program
Art Cyr, acyr@carthage.edu, 262-551-5750
Mathematics Department
Haley Yaple, hyaple@carthage.edu, 262-551-5897
Neuroscience Department
Dan Miller, dmiller@carthage.edu, 262-551-5967
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
Anthony Barnhart, abarnhart@carthage.edu, 262-551-6313
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
Karin Sconzert, ksconzert@carthage.edu, 262-551-2310
Exercise and Sport Science Department
Rebekah Johnson, rjohnson17@carthage.edu, 262-551-6118
Master of Education Program
Patricia Rieman, prieman@carthage.edu, 262-551-6334
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
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