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I grew up on a family dairy farm near Black River Falls, WI, where I developed small town values and big city dreams. When I came to UW-Madison for college in 2003, I lived in 430 Henmon Bradley, loved my FIG, and worked at Frank’s. The Bradley Roundtable Dinners were some of the most memorable meals I’ve ever enjoyed, and I saved every menu in my freshman year scrapbook. I majored in Spanish and Psychology, and just this past Spring I earned my Masters in Student Personnel Administration with UW-La Crosse’s first ever online cohort. I started working in the field of higher education when I was an undergrad, and that's how I met my husband and developed my career path. I am now a transfer admissions counselor, and my main duties include recruiting and advising prospective transfer students, reviewing transfer applications, and evaluating transfer credit. Since UW-Madison doesn’t admit transfer students at the freshman level, the BLC is really my only exposure to first-year college students! I also manage the annual Summer/Winter Course Equivalency Service to help currently enrolled students determine how course work taken at other institutions will transfer back to UW-Madison. I love the great outdoors, so my extracurricular interests vary by season. In the Spring I volunteer at Deerfield High School track meets and train for Crazylegs; in the summer I play on a co-ed softball league, attend Brewers games, shop at the Farmers Markets, and enjoy Concerts on the Square; in the fall I enjoy camping and hunting; and in the winter I go ice fishing and sledding, then thaw out by watching movies and playing board games. This is my first year as a Bradley Faculty Fellow, so I’m eager to see what the experience will bring!
Languages & Cultures of Asia, Bradley Learning Community
I was born in Germany and received my Ph.D. in Classical Indian Studies from the University of Vienna in Austria. After spending almost nine years in India and three years in Japan as a research scholar I joined UW in 1992. I teach the different levels of Sanskrit and courses on the religions of India (Buddhism and Hinduism). This fall I am offering a synthesizing course on Yoga for the FIG program.
German, Bradley Learning Community
I grew up Hardwar (also spelled Haridwar), a small town in Northern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. In my last year of High School (1989-90), I followed with interested the events leading to and following the Fall of the Berlin Wall. These historical factors, combined with a love for literature and languages and, most importantly, my desire to read Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht in German lead me to choose an undergraduate degree in German Literature. I received a BA and MA in German Studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; another MA and then PhD in German Studies from Stanford University. I have also studied at the Universität Wien (Austria), Bogaziçi Universitesi (Istanbul) and Freie Univesität (Berlin). I really think of teaching and learning as processes that make us better human beings, and therefore cherish the richness of interaction with students. Our political and cultural training as citizens of the world happens both inside and outside the classroom. By thinking about our obligation to local communities, we imagine ways to connect globally—with others to whom we are not related by kinship or nationhood. It is in this spirit that I am look forward to being part of the Bradley Learning Community.
Scandinavian Studies, Bradley Learning Community
Tom DuBois entered college wanting to be a veterinarian. He majored in biology at Cornell University but added a second major in medieval studies to keep life interesting. By his senior year, he knew that he wanted to study culture and the ways in which tradition plays a role in daily life. He headed off to Finland to begin graduate studies in folk culture at the University of Helsinki, and eventually took his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in the field of Folklore and Folklife. He works on Finnish, Swedish and Sámi (Lapp) cultures and has taught at both the University of Washington-Seattle and the University of Wisconsin. He loves to carve wood and stone, to bake and to bike, and he is crazy about all activities involving boats.
Mathematics, Bradley Learning Community
Steve's hobbies are many and varied: he enjoys reading political stuff and discussing current events with Bradley students. He is a lover of animals, particularly dogs and cats, and has occasionally brought his pets by for a visit. His other pastimes include cooking, gardening, old movies, folk music, CDs, and lost causes. Steve was a professor in the math department before retiring. Throughout his career he's taught a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate math courses. Steve's research interests include modern algebra and the theory of finite groups (be sure to ask him what that means).
Sociology, Languages & Cultures of Asia, Bradley Learning Community
My interest in sociology & language is hardly surprising given that I was born in Iran, where my parents were Presbyterian missionaries. With teaching in the Integrated Liberal Studies program, I holds classes in 3 departments! Thinking about studying abroad? (especially in portions of Asia), then I am the person to talk to. When I am not flying around the world, I enjoy making music (especially singing & playing the piano) & producing documentary films.
Physics, Bradley Learning Community
If you read a book entitled "Physics For Poets", you have Bob to thank. Now an emeritus professor, Bob taught in physics as well as through the interdisciplinary ILS program. He enjoys traveling, cycling around town, listening to folk music, and cooking (sometimes sharing this skill with Bradley students). Bob went to school in Chicago at a college similar to Meiklejohn's Experimental College, which got him interested in both the Integrated Liberal Studies program and Bradley.
CCAS Advisor and Faculty Fellow, Bradley Learning Community
I grew up in Ohio and attended a small liberal arts college. In college, I loved the fact that I could study agricultural sciences (yes, I'm an aggie) and still take courses in photography, graphic design, journalism and creative writing. There were so many options to explore areas of interest. And believe me, I had a lot of interests (just ask me). Right after college I worked in marketing and management for a gourmet food company. Since then, my career has centered on student services and college students. Away from work I enjoy hanging out with my family (two boys and my husband), playing the mountain dulcimer, getting together with friends, and being outdoors as much as possible.
CCAS Advisor and Faculty Fellow, Bradley Learning Community
First in my family to attend college, I remember thinking how cool it was to have access to all these really different kinds of people. And I went to a small college... I can only imagine what that would be like here! I loved philosophy and took several art courses as electives which ended up being my favorite courses. People get a kick out of the fact I was a bartender for 10 years. I wish I would've understood how college is a time to develop many talents and refine self-perception. I could've mastered a larger set of skills, but at the time I was too focused on "my major" and "thought" I had to be a psychologist, because that's what you did with a psych major (which isn't the case).
Scandinavian Studies, Bradley Learning Community
I was born in a small town in California, educated on the East Coast, and love living in the Midwest. I teach Swedish language and literature, but my favorite writer is the Dane, Isak Dinesen (sorry, J.K. Rowling). In high school, I would never have guessed I would end up a professor of Scandinavian Studies, and I'm sure you'll hear that story sometime. Talk to me if you need encouragement changing majors. I am Director of the Bradley Learning Community (feedback about your experience here is welcome and solicited) as well as Director of the Center for European Studies. I have drafted my husband of 15 years (Scott Mellor) as a Bradley Faculty Fellow, so you can get to know thw whole family. I enjoy trips to the bush in Canada, karaoke, sewing, dining well, Harry Potter and I dote on my two cats, Ramses and Nefret.
Human Development & Family Studies, Bradley Learning Community
I'm a Wisconsin kid at heart -- raised in Milwaukee, got an undergraduate degree at UW-La Crosse and have lived in Madison for the last 32 years. I've worked in the State Senate, managed a government relations programs for UW-Extension, and taught government education to local officials. Now I teach a public policy course for majors in Human Development and Family Policy. I enjoy traveling with my family, a good meal, and a good baseball game.
Scandinavian Studies, Bradley Learning Community
I was born near Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fascinated with both Science Fiction and Carl Sagan, who had popularized astronomy for my generation, my interests throughout high school had leaned towards the Sciences, especially Astronomy. In the background, however, ever loomed an interest in languages; I studied French, Spanish, Russian, and a little Swahili, all offered at my high school in Minneapolis. My interested in languages took the fore after having been an exchange student to Sweden, an event that would turn out to influence the course of my life. I traveled through out Europe, spent time on a pig farm in Norway, grape fields in Germany where I also studied German language and literature for two terms, and was a farm laborer in Israel where I also worked on excavation sites, and traveled through some of the Middle East and North Africa. When I returned two years later, my interests had shifted to language and culture. I got my BA in linguistics with a emphasis in Anthropology from the university of Minnesota in 1987. I continued for one year in an applied linguistics MA program in ESL and taught English to Adult Hmong students. I spent one year working for IDS in Stock acquisitions in the computer room before coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a graduate student in Scandinavian Linguistics. By this time my interests had expanded to include folklore and literature. I finished my MA in Scandinavian Linguistics in 1992 and my Ph.D in medieval Scandinavian Folklore in 1999. I immediately was offered a job here upon completion and have been teaching here ever since having returned several times to Sweden, Iceland, and Finland to continue studying and research. I currently teach such classes as Masterpieces of Scandinavian Languages, The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Scandinavian Mythology, Scandinavian Tale and Ballad, and Swedish language. I consider myself to be a life long student as well as a teacher.
Faculty Fellow, Bradley Learning Community
Professor Howell is interested in ecosystem conservation and restoration ecology. Dr. Howell recently collaborated on a restoration and management plan for Eagle Valley Nature Preserve in Wisconsin and worked with Professors Alanen and Harrington on an integrated management plan for George Washington Carver National Monument in Missouri. She has also published articles addressing natural landscaping, exotic species control, the effects of fire on prairie forbs and grasses, prairie restoration techniques, and vegetation assessment.
Mathematics, Bradley Learning Community
I grew up outside of Chicago and actually stayed in the Bradley dorm one week each summer in high school when I participated in a camp for track athletes. Being a Faculty Fellow at Bradley is literally bringing my life around full circle. I studied electrical engineering at another Big 10 school, but also had experiences in Washington and London working with their respective legislatures during college. I worked for five years making magnetic resonance scanners for a large technology company before going back to school for my graduate work. My career still centers on how to make these scanners do interesting things. My wife grew up in Madison and we now have two boys, age 3 and 1. I enjoy reading about stuff on which I know nothing, yelling for the Badgers at football games, running outdoors, and seeing a good Pat McCurdy show.
Faculty Fellow, Bradley Learning Community
My Wisconsin roots run very deep – father and great uncle on the faculty, mother and father met here, many family members are alumni, and I came here as an undergraduate in 1980 and only left for a couple of years before returning in 1988. However my transition to UW-Madison wasn’t a smooth one, and I’m living proof that anyone can have a challenging first semester and still do well (advice I wish someone had told me…go to CLASS!). My not-so-direct career path included jobs at a kraut canning factory (REALLY made me realize I wanted to get a college education!), a year in radio, extensive marketing and writing experience and, for the past 18 years, higher ed! My BS was in Ag Journ (now Life Sciences Communication) and my MS and PhD are in Higher Educational Administration (now Ed Leadership and Policy Analysis). I’m from (and still live in) Lodi, a small community about 30 miles northwest of Madison, where my family has been on the same farm since 1861. I’m passionate about family, friends, food, social justice and activism, and having FUN!
English, Bradley Learning Community
Ron hails from rural Indiana, and he has lived in the Middle West for most of his life. Although he now teaches renaissance literature, his undergraduate degree is in accounting, and he worked for several years as a Certified Public Accountant. You never know where intellectual curiosity will lead. He was recruited to join the Bradley Learning Community by Scott Mellor, another faculty fellow and a classmate from graduate school. The two took Medieval Latin together, many years ago, and collaborated on a production of a Latin play, The Son of Getron, performed before a large audience on the 18th floor of Van Hise Hall. Since then, their paths have crossed professionally on a number of occasions. You never know how opportunities will present themselves. Ron lives in Madison with his family, wife Marjorie, an English professor, and eleven-year old daughter, Mathilda, who spends as much time as possible swimming and sailing in Lake Mendota. At the moment, Ron's favorite authors are James Wilcox and Roberto Bolaño. His activities include woodland and prairie restoration.
Last Updated: August 13, 2009
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