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2025-2026 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Humanities, Social Science, & Communication


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Main Office: Grohmann Museum, GM-218
Phone: (414) 277-7351
Fax: (414) 277-7462

The Humanities, Social Science, and Communication Department is responsible for administering and providing core courses for the Bachelor of Science degree in User Experience. In addition, the department provides students with a strong foundation in the humanities, social sciences, and communication.

The mission of the Humanities, Social Science, and Communication Department is to cultivate critical thinkers and effective communicators who will address global issues, foster cultural understanding, and lead with empathy and self-awareness in an interconnected world

Faculty

Chairperson:

Dr. Alicia Domack

Professors:

Dr. Michael Carriere, Dr. Alicia Domack, Dr. Jennifer Farrell, Dr. David Howell, Dr. Patrick Jung, Dr. Tammy Rice-Bailey, Dr. Nadya Shalamova, Dr. Katherine Wikoff

Associate Professors:

Dr. Lauren Beverung, Dr. Matthew Frise, Dr. Candela Marini, Dr. Andrew McAninch, Dr. Katherine Panciera

Assistant Professors:

Dr. Allison Rulseh, Dr. Aaron Spink

Visiting Assistant Professor:

Dr. Jessica Talamantez

Instructors:

Dr. Kimberly Baker, Margaret Dwyer, Annemarie Fleishman, John Kellogg, Lyle Maryniak, Amy Murre, Mark Zimmermann

Adjunct Associate Professors:

Dianne L. Bender, Amii LaPointe, Virginia K. Reinmuller

Adjunct Assistant Professors:

John Beardsley, Dr. Michael Braun, Dr. Dolores Greenawalt, John J. Manley, Dr. Allan Persinger

Professors Emeriti:

Dr. Jon K. Borowicz, Dr. Jan Fertig, Dr. Roger J. Frankowski, James Friauf, Veronica S. Haggerty, Susannah P. Locke, Mary Ann Perdue, Judith L. Steininger

Adjunct Professor Emeritus:

Kenneth McAteer

Staff

Department Administrative Assistant:

Courtney Hess

Humanities, Social Science, and Communication Electives

These electives are any courses with the AHT, ANT, FNA, GER, HON, HST, HUM, LIT, SOC, PHL, PSY, PSC, SOC, SPN, or SSC prefix that are not specifically required for a student’s program of study.

Enrollment in Foreign Language Courses

  • A proficiency exam administered by the instructor may be needed to determine the appropriate level of language course for the student.
  • A student placed in a higher-level foreign language course will not receive retroactive credit for lower level language courses.

Programs

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