2007-08 STAFF
RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Patricia (Patty) Watters
Patty is excited to start her first year as Resident Director of Operations of the Wisconsin in Scotland Program. She comes to WIS with several years of experience working in various areas of student affairs including International Studies, Residence Life, Career Services, Greek Life, and Human Resources. Most recently Patty was a Resident Director at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington . Patty served two years as Assistant Coordinator of the St. Cloud State Centre for British Studies just south of the Scottish/English border in Alnwick , England . She earned her Master of Arts in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green , Ohio and her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud , Minnesota . Patty loves working with students, especially in the unique living and learning environment created on programs like Wisconsin in Scotland . Patty enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures, live theatre, and watching, practicing, and performing live improv.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Robert (Bob) Hendricks, UW-Stout, Technology Studies
Bob has been a faculty member for 25 years at UW-Stout after teaching in the public schools for seven years. His degrees are from UW-Stout and The Ohio State University. Bob's primary teaching responsibilities have been in the area of telecommunication technology and undergraduate and graduate classes in technology studies. Bob was awarded a Dahlgren Professorship, an endowed chair, for 2002-2004 and awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award at UW-Stout in 2006. He has authored five textbooks in various technology areas. Bob first taught at Dalkeith House in 1988 and returned as Resident Director from 1991-93. Bob has served as UW-Stout's Director of International Programs.
Bob enjoys outdoor adventure and with wife Moe has hiked Scotland's West Highland Way. He also has climbed Ben Nevis, summitted Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and traveled extensively in Europe. He frequently hikes Isle Royale and paddles the Boundry Waters and fishes wherever possible. Bob and Moe have three children.
INTERNSHIP/VOLUNTEER SITE COORDINATOR
Maureen (Moe) Hendricks, UW-Stout, Child and Family Study Center
Moe Hendricks is currently the Center Director for the University of Wisconsin-Stout laboratory school. Her responsibilities are split between directing the center which services over 100 children and their families, serves as the practicum and student teaching placement for the Early Childhood Education majors on Stout's campus and supervising student teachers throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees are from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with primary focus on Early Childhood Education. She is a frequent guest speaker on trends in Early Childhood and has spoken nationally and internationally on this subject. Most recently in Washington, D.C. and Daejon, South Korea.
Moe celebrated her 50th birthday hiking the West Highland Way from Glasgow to Fort William with her husband and hopes to do some other long distance hikes while living in Scotland. She loves to garden, and has an active interest in photography. The last time Moe lived at Dalkeith House she had three active children in tow, so embarking on this adventure with just her husband will definitely be a different experience.
Although Moe's mother is from England, she says the Scots have not held that against her and is anxious to return to Scotland and the friends she made there in the 90's.
SPRING 2008 FACULTY
Marshall Toman, UW-River Falls, English
Marshall Toman's Ph.D. from Boston College is in 20th-Century American literature, and he has taught at UW-RF since 1988. He has been Coordinator of the Ethnic Studies Program (1991-1997) and Chair of the Department of English (2000-2006). He teaches a variety of writing courses, including Business Writing, literature courses, and film courses (World Cinema, Ethnic Film and Literature). He was a Fulbright Lecturer in the Czech Republic in 1997-98 and lived with his wife, Gretchen, for that year in Olomouc and Prague. He has helped lead groups of students to Spain, France, and, most recently, Prague and Berlin on the 2006 International Traveling Classroom. Gretchen, who teaches French and German (as well as speaking some Italian and CzechŠand English!) and who has had extensive experience traveling throughout Europe, will be at Dalkeith during the semester as well.
Louis Miller, UW-Stout, Biology
Lou Miller earned a doctoral degree in medical physiology from the University of Missouri Medical School in 1977 and began his academic career in the Biology Department at UW-Eau Claire, where he taught Physiology and Anatomy for 7 years. After a brief sojourn into the business world as an orthopedic equipment salesperson, he returned to teaching in the UW System in the Biology Department at UW-Stout, where he currently teaches courses that focus on human anatomy, physiology and disease, including Human Biology, Human Sexual Biology, Introduction to Neuroscience and Physiology of Disabilities. As an advocate for maintaining wellness throughout life, Lou tries to practice what he preaches with an active life style that includes participating in running events including the occasional marathon.
SUMMER 2008 FACULTY
Tracy O'Connell, UW-River Falls, Marketing Communications
Tracy O'Connell returned to her alma mater two years ago as assistant professor in the inter-disciplinary Marketing Communications major following 30 years in business and industry. She teaches advertising, public relations, mass media writing and intro to mass communications. A journalism grad from UW-River Falls, she edited a weekly newspaper before assuming communications positions in western Wisconsin and southern California in corporate and not-for-profit organizations, small business and political campaigns. She received her master's from UW-Stout and her doctoral degree from UCLA. Tracy lives in the country, where she enjoys nature, gardening, and animals.
Mahshid Jalilvand, UW-Stout, Social Science
Mahshid Jalilvand joined the Department of Social Sciences at UW-Stout in January of 1986. As a student of Dr. McConnell, an internationally well-known economist, she received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specializing in quantitative and labor economics. She has taught variety of courses including Principles of Macro and Microeconomics (both in class and online), Economic and Business Statistics, Economic and Business Forecasting, Macroeconomics (Advanced), Labor Economics, and Managerial Economics. Her area of research focuses on “women and work” and she has been active in national and international conferences on the topic.
She is married and has a son who is a computer engineer working in Michigan, and a daughter who is a junior at UW-Madison majoring in genetics. She enjoys gardening and traveling.
2008-09 STAFF
RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Patricia (Patty) Watters
FALL 2008 FACULTY
Stacy Vollmers, UW-River Falls, Business Administration
Stacy Vollmers received her Ph.D. in marketing from The Florida State University. Fall 2008 marks the start of Stacy’s third year at UW-River Falls, and 16th year teaching. She teaches a variety of marketing courses including Principles of Marketing, Marketing Research, Services Marketing, Marketing Strategies for Small Business, Consumer Behavior, and Marketing Strategy. Her recent research examines ethical business practices and negotiation in both China and Russia. In addition, she writes business case studies based on consulting projects for small and medium sized companies. Stacy loves to travel and has lived and traveled in Australia, taught in Lithuania, and visited several European countries as well as New Zealand.
J.E. (Jonna) Gjevre, UW-Stout, English
Jonna Gjevre is a college professor and creative writer who lives and works in Wisconsin. With a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, she teaches courses at UW-Stout in creative writing, science fiction and fantasy, and modern British literature. She has published poetry, fiction, and book reviews, and she co-directs an annual film series at the Menomonie Public Library.
Jonna grew up on a small sheep farm outside of Fargo. There she spent her summers hiding in the hayloft, devouring the library books delivered by the Bookmobile. In the springtime, Jonna and her siblings bottle-fed Hampshire lambs: in the fall and winter, they played music. Although she no longer owns any sheep, Jonna still considers herself a farm girl. She has a garden at her home in western Wisconsin, where she grows vegetables, apples and berries, and very tall sunflowers. Jonna will likely miss her cats and her garden, but she is looking forward to having social, cultural, and intellectual adventures in Edinburgh this fall.
SPRING 2009 FACULTY
Michelle Parkinson, UW-River Falls, English
Michelle Parkinson received her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2005. Her dissertation research focused on sexuality politics in literature in Elizabethan England using the speeches and letters of Elizabeth I and the plays of John Lyly and Christopher Marlowe. More recently, she has been working on an analysis of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, delivering several conference papers on the topic, including two in Scotland. She is looking forward to coming back to Scotland. She enjoys reading, walking, gardening, traveling and listening to live music.
Kathy Callahan, UW-Stout, Social Science-History
Kathy Callahan has been teaching history in UW-Stout’s Social Science Department since fall 2006. She received her PhD from Marquette University where her research focused on female criminality and resulting punishment in London in the 18th century. She teaches both European history and world history courses and has taught a number of British, Irish, and women’s history courses in the past. Dr. Callahan also took students to Dalkeith during Winterim of 2006 through UW-Milwaukee’s International Studies Program; then she taught a course on British and Scottish women in the 16th-19th centuries.
She is married to a philosopher who also teaches; they have a cat who is quite demanding. Dr. Callahan enjoys knitting and reading.
SUMMER 2009 FACULTY
Travis Tubré, UW-River Falls, Psychology
Travis Tubré is an industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologist who received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2000. He has received an Outstanding Advisor Award in the UWRF College of Arts and Sciences (2003); the Herbert G. Heneman, Jr. Distinguished Teaching Award (2004); a Regional Research Award from Psi Chi and the Midwestern Psychological Association (2005); a UWRF College of Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (2005); and the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award for the UWRF McNair Scholars Program (2006). He publishes regularly and has conducted invited addresses at such locations as the Minnesota Science Museum, the University of Minnesota, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Travis advises the UWRF Men's and Women's Lacrosse Clubs and co-advises the Psychology Society and the UWRF Student Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Travis loves to travel and spend time with his family, so he is very grateful to be accompanied on the trip by his wife, Amber, and their son Gavin. Gavin will be four years old at the time of the trip, so Travis asks in advance for the patience and forgiveness of potential dining companions and neighbors in Dalkeith House.
Nancy Murray, UW-Stout, Business
Nancy Murray began her academic career at UW-Stout in 1999. She earned a doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota in 2006. She also has an MBA from Cardinal Stritch and an undergraduate degree from UW-Stout. Nancy, along with her husband, Matthew, owns and operates a professional photography business. Her passion is photojournalistic and storytelling photography.
Maureen Salzer, UW-Superior, Language & Literature
Maureen Salzer has been teaching writing and literature at UW Superior since 2000; prior to that she taught at the University of North Dakota and Eastern New Mexico University. Her Ph.D. in American Literature is from the University of Arizona, her M.A. in English is from Northeastern University in Boston, and her B.A. in English is from SUNY Plattsburgh in her home state of New York. She teaches courses in literature, women’s studies, and writing, including Literature by Women, Nature Writing, and Writing Creative Nonfiction. Maureen’s husband Matthew Salzer is a research scientist studying climate change; he will travel to Scotland with their two teenage children for part of the summer session and hopes to meet with colleagues in Scotland and Ireland. All the Salzers love traveling and are looking forward to the adventure.
