Faculty, Staff, Affiliate & Emeriti​

Faculty & Teaching Staff

Megan Adams

Position title: Collections Librarian & Teaching Faculty II

Email: madams23@wisc.edu

Clinton Castro

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: cgcastro@wisc.edu

Greg Downey

Position title: Evjue-Bascom Professor, Associate Dean for Social Sciences

Email: greg.downey@wisc.edu

Eric Ely-Ledesma

Position title: Teaching Faculty I and Research Administrator

Email: eely@wisc.edu

Rachel Erpelding

Position title: Teaching Faculty II

Email: rachel.erpelding@wisc.edu

Kristin R. Eschenfelder

Position title: Academic Associate Dean for Computer, Data & Information Sciences

Email: eschenfelder@wisc.edu

Dane Gogoshin

Position title: Visiting Assistant Professor

Email: gogoshin@wisc.edu

Erla P. Heyns

Position title: Dean and Vice Provost of Libraries, UW-Madison; Professor of Practice, The Information School

Email: DeanofLibraries@wisc.edu

Ian Hutchins

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: bihutchins@wisc.edu

Corey B. Jackson

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: cbjackson2@wisc.edu

Cassy Leeport

Position title: TLAM & iSchool Library Manager

Email: cassy.leeport@wisc.edu

David McHugh

Position title: Teaching Faculty III

Email: dtmchugh@wisc.edu

Chaoqun Ni

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: chaoqun.ni@wisc.edu

Jeff Nyhoff

Position title: Teaching Faculty

Email: jnyhoff@wisc.edu

Emilee Rader

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: ejrader2@wisc.edu

Reginold Royston

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: rroyston@wisc.edu

Alan Rubel

Position title: Professor and Director

Email: arubel@wisc.edu

Adam Rule

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: adam.rule@wisc.edu

Dorothea Salo

Position title: Distinguished Teaching Faculty III

Email: salo@wisc.edu

Devansh Saxena

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: devansh.saxena@wisc.edu

Jodi Schneider

Position title: Associate Professor (beginning August 2025)

Email: jschneider@pobox.com

Jonathan Senchyne

Position title: Associate Professor & Director, Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture

Email: senchyne@wisc.edu

Jacob Thebault-Spieker

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: jacob.thebaultspieker@wisc.edu

Rick Wash

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: rwash@wisc.edu

Rebekah Willett

Position title: Professor & Director of the iSchool PhD Program

Email: rwillett@wisc.edu

DeAnza Williams

Position title: Teaching Faculty II

Email: dwilliams57@wisc.edu

Chaowei Xiao

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: cxiao34@wisc.edu

Affiliate Faculty

Matthew Berland

Position title: Professor of Digital Media

Email: mberland@wisc.edu

Anuj Desai

Position title: Voss Bascom Professor of Law

Email: anuj.desai@wisc.edu

Robert Howard

Position title: Director of Digital Studies and Professor of Communication, Religious Studies, & Folklore

Email: rghoward2@wisc.edu

Dipesh Navsaria

Position title: Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Email: dnavsaria@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Amanda Smith

Position title: Film Archivist, Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research; Lecturer

Email: amsmith56@wisc.edu

Ethelene Whitmire

Position title: Professor, Department Chair Afro-American Studies

Email: ewhitmire@wisc.edu

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Emeritus Faculty

John Boll
Professor Emeritus

Charles A. Bunge
Professor Emeritus and former Director

Patricia Farney
Senior Lecturer Emeritus

Peter Gottlieb
Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus / Wisconsin state archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society

Dianne Hopkins
Professor Emeritus, former Assistant Director

James Krikelas
Professor Emeritus

Anne Lundin
Professor Emeritus

Richard L. Pifer
Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus

Jane Robbins
Professor Emeritus and Former Director

Louise Robbins
Professor Emeritus and Former Director

Peggy Smith
Emeritus Director of SLIS Laboratory/Library

Richard Walker
Professor Emeritus

Wayne Wiegand
Professor Emeritus

Darlene E. Weingand
Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Faculty Administrator of SLIS Continuing Education Services

William Williamson
Professor Emeritus

Douglas Zweizig
Professor Emeritus

Michele Besant
Senior Special Librarian Emeritus and former Associate Director

Allison Kaplan
Distinguished Faculty Associate Emeritus

Debra Shapiro
Teaching Faculty III (Distinguished) Emeritus

Lecturers

Chris LaRoche

Position title: Lecturer

Email: claroche@wisc.edu

Susan Mitchell

Position title: Lecturer

Email: susan.mitchell@wisc.edu

Jung Sun Oh

Position title: Lecturer

Email: joh72@wisc.edu

Margaret Smith

Position title: Lecturer

Email: msmith68@wisc.edu

Vicki Tobias

Position title: Lecturer

Email: vicki.tobias@wisc.edu

Continuing Education

Casey Ineichen

Position title: Continuing Education Program Manager

Email: casey.ineichen@wisc.edu

Meredith Lowe

Position title: Continuing Education Program Manager

Email: mclowe@wisc.edu

Tess Maki

Position title: Continuing Education Specialist

Email: Tmaki2@wisc.edu

Administrative Staff

Brendan Casey

Position title: Director of Experiential Learning

Email: brendan.casey@wisc.edu

Dennis Choi

Position title: Admissions and Records Coordinator

Email: dhchoi@wisc.edu

Molly Cook

Position title: Administrative Specialist

Email: Mjcook8@wisc.edu

Jenny Greiber

Position title: Academic Program Manager, MS Information & Capstone Certificates

Email: jgreiber@wisc.edu

Stacy Harnett

Position title: Academic Advising Manager, iSchool Undergraduate Advisor

Email: sharnett@wisc.edu

Tanya Hendricks Cobb

Position title: Graduate Program Manager

Email: tcobb@wisc.edu

Bronwen Masemann

Position title: iSchool Laboratory Library Collections Project Coordinator

Email: masemann@wisc.edu

Amy Maurer

Position title: HR Generalist

Email: asmaurer@wisc.edu

Will Maybock

Position title: User Support Supervisor

Email: wmay@wisc.edu

Katja Mohaupt-Hedden

Position title: Accountant

Email: mohaupthedden@wisc.edu

Sam Ranabhat

Position title: Technology Support Lead

Email: sranabhat@wisc.edu

Steve Sylte

Position title: HR Coordinator

Email: ssylte@wisc.edu

Lori Ushman

Position title: Department Administrator I

Email: ushman@wisc.edu

Nikki Wiessinger

Position title: Academic Program Director, Associate Director

Email: nicole.wiessinger@wisc.edu

Lisa Wyeth Woerpel

Position title: iSchool Curricular Representative

Email: wyethwoerpel@wisc.edu