Faculty & Staff of the Dept of Professional Development & Applied Studies

All phone numbers listed are area code (608) unless otherwise noted. Click on a linked name for more information about that individual.

Administration

Narra Smith Cox, Professor and Chair
262-2730
ncox@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Adolescent sexuality, HIV/AIDS prevention, health education.

Roberta Wang, Program Manager
262-3480
rwang@dcs.wisc.edu

Jan Severson, Department Administrator
262-0557
jseverson@dcs.wisc.edu

Faculty & Staff

Richard S. Brooks, Outreach Program Manager
265-4077
rbrooks@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Diversity, Nonprofit Development, Social marketing, and on-site training and consultation

Judy Brickbauer, Program Associate
263-7055
jbrickbauer@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: HIV/AIDS prevention, health education.

James Campbell, Professor
262-2352
jcampbell@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, human service administration, independent learning.

Suzanna Waters Castillo, Faculty Associate
263-3174
scastillo@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Aging and long-term care

Robbi Dreifuerst, Outreach Program Manager
262-3830
rdreifuerst@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Wisconsin Certified Public Manager program.

Chris Dunleavy, Program Associate
265-4267
cdunleavy@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Wisconsin Women's Education Network, Publication and Web Design, Workplace Communications, Facilitating by Heart series.

Louise Fowler, Faculty Associate
263-1154
lfowler@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Distance Education Certificate Program, Professional Certificate in Online Trainng

Flo Hilliard, Assoc. Faculty Associate
265-2679
fhilliard@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Alcohol and other drug issues, women and substance abuse, prenatal substance abuse.

Brooke Ekvall, Program Associate
265-3517
bekvall@dcs.wisc.edu  
Program areas: Aging and long-term care

Sunshine Jansen, Program Associate
262-4354
sjansen@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Certified Public Manager program, Leadership Management.

Erin McCloskey, Associate Faculty Associate
263-4709
emccloskey@dcs.wisc.edu
Program area: Distance Education Curriculum

Aphra Mednick, Outreach Specialist
265-8041
amednick@dcs.wisc.edu
Program area: Community Health Online

Barbara Nehls-Lowe, Outreach Specialist
890-4653
bnehlslowe@dcs.wisc.edu
Program area: HIV Community Planning Network

Denise Nolden, Program Associate
263-5130
dnolden@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, health education, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

Kristi Obmascher, Senior Outreach Specialist
262-8971
kobmascher@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Intoxicated driver program, Mental health programs, and substance abuse education and prevention.

Barry Orton, Professor
262-2394
bmorton@facstaff.wisc.edu
Program areas: Telecommunications, cable television franchise consulting, Senior Learning, Publication and Web Design, and Facilitating by Heart series.

Susan Paddock, Professor
262-2576
spaddock@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Public Works Program, Leadership, Organizational Management, and Human Resource Management.

Kimary Peterson, Senior Outreach Specialist
265-4159
kjpeterson@dcs.wisc.edu
Program area: Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning

Megan Reading, Outreach Specialist
265-4551
mreading@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: HIV/AIDS prevention

Nancy Rebholz, Senior Outreach Specialist
265-9752
nrebholz@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Distance Education Certificate Program, Professional Certificate in Online Trainng

Bonnie Schmidt, Program Associate
890-2102
bschmidt@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Distance Education

Jane Terpstra, Outreach Program Manager II
265-9753
jterpstra@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning

Mary Unmuth, Outreach Specialist
263-4431
munmuth@dcs.wisc.edu
Program area: WWEN

Anne Voxman, Program Associate
263-7023
avoxman@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Alcohol and other drug issues, Mental health programs, Online Human Services programs, Intoxicated Driver Program

Ann Whitaker, Outreach Program Manager
262-4509
awhitaker@dcs.wisc.edu
Program areas: Mental health workshops, programs for clergy and congregational leaders, Mediation, and Online programs.

Contacting us

Call: 608-262-1156 or 1-800-442-4617. Fax: 608-265-2329

Write:Professional Development and Applied Studies
21 N Park St., 7th Floor
Madison, WI 53715

E-mail: pdas@dcs.wisc.edu