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Karley Adney, Assistant Professor of English.

karley.adney@uwc.edu Karley Adney's greatest passion is teaching. She received her B.A. and M.A. from St. Cloud State University. She is finishing her doctorate at Northern Illinois University, where she specializes in 16th and 17th century British literature. She loves Shakespeare and Harry Potter, the New York Yankees, and cooking. She thinks that reading anything makes you a better reader and writer, and can prove this even with her subscription to Star magazine. She has been a Husky since her undergrad and is thrilled to be a UWMC Husky now as well!

Ingrid Clark Zavadoski: ingrid.clarkzavadoski@uwc.edu. Ingrid Clark Zavadoski received her B.S. in Philosophy from Georgia State University and her M.A. from Portland State University, where her primary focus was in the areas of Composition & Victorian Literature. Other than teaching, reading, and writing, her main interests are sustainable agriculture, experimenting in the kitchen, and knitting. She also works part-time as a freelance food writer, where she spends a lot of time thinking and writing about vegetables. She lives in Wausau with her husband (who is training for a marathon) and her son (who is training to be a superhero) and too many pets.

Joanne Giordano, Associate Lecturer of English, Basic Skills Instructor: joanne.giordano@uwc.edu. Joanne Baird Giordano received an M.A. in English and a graduate certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Brigham Young University. She teaches composition, reading, ESL, and learning skills. She has previously taught courses in social science writing, advanced composition for multicultural students, literature, and intercultural communication. She has also worked as a technical writer, editor, and consultant. A native of Utah, she has lived in Massachusetts, Virginia, England, France, and Belgium. Her husband, Eric, is an assistant professor of political science at UWMC. They have four children and no free time.

Jean Greenwood, Associate Lecturer:

715/261/6234 jean.greenwood@uwc.edu Jean Greenwood teaches English composition and coordinates the Lecture and Fine Arts Series. In her spare time, she spends what she would have spent getting a Ph D on her riding education. She has a graduate degree from the school of falls and hard knocks. Horses, like her English students, are her pupils AND her teachers – and both serve as perfectly inclusive and complete metaphors in her life.

Holly Hassel, Associate Professor: 715/261/6265 holly.hassel@uwc.edu

Holly Hassel received a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing with a philosophy minor and an M.A. in English from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. She earned her Ph.D. in August of 2002 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after completing her dissertation entitled "Wine, Women, and Song: Gender and Alcohol in Twentieth-Century American Fiction." At UW-Marathon, she teaches courses in literature, composition, poetry, film studies, and women's studies and also teaches Introduction to Women's Studies for the UWC Online Program. She is also Chair of the UW Colleges Women's Studies Program. Her most recent project is as co-director of the Wizarding Academy, a weeklong academic camp for kids focusing on the fiction of JK Rowling, and writing the Critical Companion to Harry Potter, a reference work she is co-authoring with Professor Karley Adney, also of the UW-Marathon English Department. Off-campus, Dr. Hassel enjoys running, reading Us Weekly and fantasy and mystery novels, watching Sci Fi Pictures Originals, and playing with her three cats. She lives in Wausau with her husband, Jason, and daughter, Beatrix Turtle Octavia Homsel.

Ann Knol, Associate Lecturer: 715-261-6206, ann.knol@uwc.edu teaches English composition and business writing and tutors in the Writing Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in journalism and English and her Masters of English in English, with a creative writing specialty, from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She currently is enrolled in a limited residency Master of Fine Arts program in fiction writing through Warren Wilson College. Before coming to UWMC in 2002, she had more than two decades of journalism experience, as a full-time reporter for the Southern Illinoisan and Wausau Daily Herald newspapers, as a correspondent on retainer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and as a correspondent and researcher for Money Magazine, Fortune, InStyle, and Real Simple. Ann also served as an associate editor at eBay Magazine and as a contributor to various other publications. She continues to work as a correspondent for Money Magazine during breaks from UWMC. Her husband, Douglas, is the principal of the Antigo Middle School and they have three children, Nicholas, Molly and Max. Nicholas and Molly are now in college, which may give Ann some special insights into the pressures of college life. She enjoys watching students grow as writers and as people.

Lynn Kordus received her B.S. in Secondary Education, English, Writing, and Communication, and her M.A. in Communication. She teaches English and Communication, and has a background that includes significant experience in communication, public relations, and journalism at Wausau Insurance Companies, the Wausau Daily Herald, in the United Arab Emirates, and as a freelance consultant. Lynn, an Army brat, is working on a novel based on her father’s experiences in World War II. Her other interests include Egyptology; international communication/public relations in the Middle East; needlework/beadwork; and studying Arabic, hieroglyphs, and Wisdom Literature of the ancient Egyptian Pharaonic period. She and her husband, Gary, have one daughter, Jenna; son-in-law Michael; and new grand-daughter, Avalon White Hall.

Janice Marshall, Lecturer: 715/261/6295 janice.marshall@uwc.edu Janice Marshall earned a B.A. in English from Wartburg College and an M.A. in English from Marquette University. Her award-winning writing includes the Fayette County American Legion's "What America Means to Me" essay contest as an eight grader, the Hardee's Employee Labor Day Essay Contest and most recently, the Outstanding English Graduate award at Wartburg. Besides teaching writing, literature, and public speaking for the last 13 years, she has served as a high school speech judge for ten years. Off-campus, Professor Marshall is a kamikaze gardener who is in the process of ridding her lawn of grass, which delights her loving husband of four years. Her unflappable cats Cyrus (12) and Cinnamon (2) are unimpressed, as usual.

McCaslin, Christina: christina.mccaslin@uwc.edu: Christina McCaslin earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Western Illinois University. For her concentration in literature during graduate study, Professor McCaslin wrote a thesis on The Scarlet Letter's Hester Prynne as a "prophetess." She enjoys teaching composition but sees it more as "coaching," and frequently incorporates literature and current events into her courses. According to McCaslin, people say winters in Wisconsin are cold, but since she chills easily, 45 degrees might as well be 90 below. You'll recognize her as the gal in the sweaters and snow boots at all times.

Tenille Nowak, Associate Lecturer, tenille.nowak@uwc.edu. Tenille Nowak received her B.A. in English and Pre-law from the UW-LaCrosse in 1999, her Secondary Education: English teaching certification from UW-Stevens Point in 2001, and her M.A. in English from UW-Eau Claire in 2005. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in British Literature at Marquette University. Her dissertation investigates the thematic and structural connections between Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and the seven Northanger Novels, in addition to those novels' influence on the development of the Romantic Period's middle-class reading public. Her teaching experience includes various literature and writing classes at a private high school; Freshman Writing at Carroll College in Waukesha, WI; Written Communications at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, WI; and Freshman English at UW-Stevens Point. Tenille's interests include scuba diving, reading, racquetball and tennis, downhill skiing, and spending time with her friends and family. She is always up for a new and exciting adventure, and anticipates adding sky-diving to her list of accomplishments

Mark Parman, Associate Lecturer: 715/261/6264 mark.parman@uwc.edu Besides serving as the faculty advisor for UWMC's always irreverent student newspaper, the Forum, Mark Parman teaches Basic Writing skills, Composition I, and Composition II. He also teaches News Writing and Applied Journalism. In addition to his work as bicycling editor for Silent Sports and the media director for the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival and the 24 Hours of Nine Mile. He has written for Sports Afield, Outdoor World, the Bark, Mushing, Gun Dog, Pointing Dog Journal, the Upland Almanac, the Boundary Waters Journal, Fur-Fish-Game, Wisconsin Outdoor Journal as well as for Ducks Unlimited and the Ruffed Grouse Society.

Mary Svien-Schiltz, Associate Lecturer: 715/261/6261 mary.schiltz@uwc.edu Mary Schiltz received a BA in Art from Luther College in Decorah, IA. She taught water colors and drawing at the college level in Alaska at Matanuska Susitna College, in addition to her 18-year high school teaching career in Art and English. Further, Professor Schiltz has taught painting and writing class on and off for 22 years as well as memoir writing and family history research. She has completed graduate work in English at UW-Green Bay, UW Stevens Point and Concordia College. She homesteaded in Alaska for eight years, enjoying wilderness living. Off-campus, Professor Schiltz is married to a wonderful guy and has two grown sons. Her hobbies are reading and writing; she is currently working on an Alaskan memoir and a historical novel based on Norwegian ancestry.

Lisa Seale, Professor: lisa.seale@uwc.edu. Lisa Seale has taught American Literature and Composition courses at UW-Marathon County since 1993. She currently holds the position of Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the UW Colleges, in Madison (2007-2009).

Deb Timoney, Writing Specialist 715-261-6245 debbie.timoney@uwc.edu. Deb Timoney received an MBA from Dowling College in New York. She received numerous academic awards both as an Undergraduate and as a Graduate student. While attending Dowling College, she taught writing, psychology and American Sign Language. This semester at UWMC she’ll be teaching writing, reading and communication. Deb’s hobbies include annoying her sister, reading Psychology Today, sign language and anything academic. Since moving to Wisconsin, Deb has learned that she loves barbequed brats and camping. Her cat, Tigger, has discovered that he loves the great outdoors and attempts to sneak out every night. Deb greatly enjoys working with young adults and hopes she can help them become the writers they were born to be. Deb looks forward to a wonderful career with UWMC.

Greg Venne, Writing Specialist, TRIO Program: greg.venne@uwc.edu Greg Venne earned his B.S. from UW-River Falls and a M.S.T. from UW-Stevens Point. He joined the UWMC faculty after 33 years of teaching at Wausau West High School where he served as the department chair and language arts coordinator.

Linda L. Ware, Emerita Professor: 715/261-6275 linda.ware@uwc.edu

Professor Ware earned a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed Ph.D. course work at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her specializations include Women Writers, American Ethnic Studies, and Literature/Visual Arts Connections. She has taught courses in Twentieth Century American and Anglo/Irish Literature Before 1945/After 1945, Women's Studies in Fiction, Minority Studies and the Canon in American Fiction. She is married to an attorney and her children have chosen similar professional lives: her daughter is an attorney and her son a film writer. In addition to a small art business, Linda is working on a manuscript titled Lit with Piercing Glances: The Painting and the Painter in Contemporary Novels by Women. She is also Vice Chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board.

J.D. Whitney, Professor: 715/261-6258 j.d.whitney@uwc.edu

J.D. Whitney was partially educated at the University of Michigan. Author of 14 books/chapbooks of poetry, he has received writing fellowships from the Wisconsin Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts. Courses he teaches here at UWMC include Composition, Intro. to Literature, Creative Writing, Native American Mythology & Legend, The Literature of Nature, and Contemporary Native-American Literature. He has also taught at College of the Menominee Nation.

Karley Adney	Tenille Nowak
Ingrid Clark Zavadoski	Mark Parman
Joanne Giordano	Heidi Schafer-Edwards
Jean Greenwood	Mary Schiltz
Holly Hassel	Lisa Seale
Ann_ Knol	Deb Timoney
Lynn Kordus	Greg Venne
Janice Marshall	Linda Ware
Christina McCaslin	JD Whitney