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SPEAKERS BUREAU

 

Speakers

UW-Marinette faculty are available to speak on topics listed below and on others, usually at no charge. To arrange for a speaker, contact the University Relations office by phone 715-735-4310 or email.

Consultancies

Faculty members in fields cited below are also available for consulting, surveys, environmental audits, and other services, usually for a fee.

Student Internships

Student interns are available by contacting faculty in areas listed below.

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SPEAKERS BUREAU

 

ANTHROPOLOGY

• Dail Murray, Associate Professor, Anthropology/Sociology
  • Belize: Community Development and Tourism
  • The Amish
  • Agricultural Sustainability and the Amish
  • Anthropology of Religion

• Gabriella Sheldon, Lecturer, English
• Volunteer work in foreign countries: Poland, Mexico, China, Russia and Lithuania
• Orphanages in Foreign Countries
• Christianity as a World View

ART

• James LaMalfa, Associate Professor, Art
  • Native American Art
  • Culture of Mesoamerica (The Maya)
  • Art and Architecture of Italy
  • Public Art: Wall Paintings and Sculpture
  • Digital Photography and Movies: The Wave of the Future
  • The da Vinci Code, Fact or Fiction: A detailed lecture with slides, on the real
    Leonardo da Vinci
  • Writing The da Vinci Diaries

ASTRONOMY

• Paul Erdman, Associate Professor, Astronomy/Physics
  • Topics related to astronomy

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

• Wendel Johnson, Professor, Biology
  • Isle Royale: A Wilderness National Park
  • Population Literacy as a Part of Environmental Awareness
  • Sea Lamprey: An Exotic Species
  • The Wolf at our Door: Managing Endangered Species
  • Marinette County's Wild Lakes
  • Global Change Education
  • What is All this Talk about Biodiversity?
  • Travel by Rail: What getting out of the car can mean for you

COMMUNICATION AND THEATRE ARTS

• Paula Langteau, Campus Dean and CEO
  • Arthur Miller: The Man and his Work

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Michael Bartlett , Associate Professor, Mathematics
  • Introduction to Microcomputers
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint

EDUCATION

• Cindy Bailey, Assistant Campus Dean for Student Services
• Career related topcis
• College Financial Aid
• Financial Aid
• Options in Higher Education
• Preparing for College
• Team-Building for Success
• Take Flight: Motivation and Leadership Enhancement
• Time Management
• Volunteering

• Albert Bugaj, Professor, Psychology

• Technology in Education
• Leadership
• Parent-Teacher Communication

• Paula Langteau, Campus CEO and Dean
  • What's New at UW-Marinette?
  • UW-Marinette: Where We've Been and Where We are Going
  • The Importance of a College Degree in Today's Economy

• Dail Murray, Associate Professor, Anthropology/Sociology
  • The Adult Learner

 

• Gabriella Sheldon, Lecturer, English
  • Preparing for college writing and reading
  • English as a Second Language
  • Teaching in Foreign Countries
  • Education in Foreign Countries

ENGLISH

• Gabriella Sheldon, Lecturer, English
  • Preparing for college writing and reading
  • English as a Second Language
  • Literacy and Success

• Jennifer Flatt, Associate Professor, English/Spanish
  • Victorian Literature
  • Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Bronte
  • George Eliot
  • Elizabeth Gaskell
  • Christianity and Literature
  • Christian Feminism (and relationship to literature)
  • Math/Science Literature
  • Literature and Sports

• Paula Langteau, Campus CEO and Dean
  • Arthur Miller: The Man and his Work

• Jane Oitzinger, Professor, English/Philosophy
• Analyzing Films
• American Ethnic Studies Through Films
• Intellectual Development in the College Years
• Interdisciplinary Learning Communities

• Constance Scofield, Director, Library
• Locating and evaluating information resources

GEOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY

• Keith West, Assistant Professor, Geography/Geology
  • Industrial Ecology
  • Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization

HISTORY

• Daniel Kallgren, Associate Professor, History
• The Great Peshtigo Fire
• Using Novels in an Historical Way
• It Wasn't all Ozzie and Harriet: The Other Side of the U.S. in the 1950s
• What Television Can Tell Us About the U.S.
• Who Went to School and Who Didn't in U.S. History
• Why Slavery?
• History and Hollywood: American History through the Movies
• Sports Culture in Early America

MATHEMATICS

• Michael Bartlett , Associate Professor, Mathematics
• Topics related to Mathematics, including Statistics
• Calculus applications to Business
• Linear programming Applications to Business
• Careers in Mathematics
• Linear Algebra & its Applications
• Finite Mathematics Applications to Business, Economics, Social Sciences, Life & Physical Sciences

MUSIC

• David Giebler, Associate Professor, Music
• Lecture/Demonstrations Relating Master Composers of the Past to Music of the Present
• The Piano Music of Beethoven
• 20th Century Piano Music
• The Music of Gordon Binkerd
• The Importance of Music Theory: How it Applies to Music Study and Performance

PHILOSOPHY

• Jane Oitzinger, Professor, English/Philosophy
• Environmental Ethics
• Peace 101

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Dorothy Kowalski, Professor, Physical Education
• Topics related to health and wellness
  • personal fitness
  • physical education for special populations
  • sociology of sport
  • women and sport
  • first aid/CPR

PHYSICS

• Paul Erdman, Associate Professor, Astronomy/Physics
• Topics related to physics

POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Daniel Kallgren, Associate Professor, History
• The U.S. Constitution
• Political Parties in American Politics

PSYCHOLOGY

• Albert Bugaj, Professor, Psychology
• Leadership
• Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
• Stress Management
• Improving Memory

SOCIOLOGY

• Dail Murray, Associate Professor, Anthropology/Sociology
• Oral History for Students of All Ages
• Social Problems

WORLD LANGUAGES

• Jennifer Flatt, Associate Professor, English/Spanish
• Language Learning Techniques
• Latinos and Sport