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Margaret Cassidy is an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Sociology. Her work as Associate Dean focuses on all aspects of the college curriculum, including course and program development/change and revisions to the undergraduate and graduate catalogs.   

Responsibilities in the College of Arts and Sciences include budgetary and account management.

Megan supports the College of Arts and Sciences' administrators, primarily handling organization and information management related to curriculum. She is a motivated individual who is well-equipped with versatility, positive energy, and a desire to help students achieve success in their time at UW-Eau Claire.

Dr. Gingerich is a Professor in the Department of Biology, with areas of expertise including plant molecular genetics and bioinformatics. He teaches both foundation and upper-level courses in the department, including BIOL221 Foundations of Biology I, BIOL305 Molecular and Cell Biology, BIOL324 Genetics Inquiry, and BIOL405 Advanced Cell and Molecular Lab. His research program studies the molecular genetics of plant light responses, the evolution of plant gene families involved in selective protein degradation, and he collaborates with colleagues on a project studying the role of human genetic variants in disease.

Kris is an Associate Professor in and Department Chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism. She teaches classes in communication studies and organizational communication.

Dr. Gomes received his Ph.D. in computer science from North Dakota State University, Fargo, with a focus on optimizing sliding window-based algorithms for deriving topological variables and verification using machine learning.  His research interests pertain to analyzing and implementing deep learning algorithms to process big data in biomedical informatics and computer vision.  A significant portion of this research employs high-throughput computing.  Dr. Gomes enjoys teaching computer science courses and fostering the spirit of student-faculty collaborative research in his research lab and campus.

Dr. Thomas Kemp is Chair and Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. He teaches Environmental Economics (ECON268), The History of Economic Thought (ECON 311), and Macroeconomics (ECON 104). His ongoing research interests include non-market valuation, skateboarding and skateparks, economic philosophy, and public policy design.

Dr. Sturtevant is a historian of Early America with an emphasis on Indigenous history and the history of colonialism. He is writing a book about Pontiac's War, in which some Native people tried to remove the British occupiers from the Great Lakes area. He regularly teaches the methodology courses, HIST 288 and HIST 489 and has done student-faculty research.

Born in Strasbourg, France・Started teaching French at UW-Eau Claire in 2006・Wisconsin Language Teacher of the Year 2024

Dr. Hendrickson is the Chair of the Physics & Astronomy Department.  He currently teaches the introductory physics courses/labs for both majors and non-majors, but loves teaching across the entire curriculum.  He has recently worked with undergraduate students on research projects involving a cloud chamber and an acoustic levitator.

Dr. Peterson’s primary areas of teaching are US national elections, voting behavior, conspiracy theories, and political media.   In addition, he teaches occasionally courses on tribal politics and political scandals.  His current research is focused in two areas: looking at shifts in voter perceptions of the major political parties in the 21^st century, and examining the impact of tribal gaming on voter behavior.

Dr. James Boulter is a professor of chemistry and the chair of UW-Eau Claire’s Public Health and Environmental Studies department. His Ph.D. is in analytical chemistry with an emphasis in atmospheric sciences from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His areas of teaching and scholarship include air pollution, climate change, and sustainability.

Dr. Jim teaches physical, environmental, and general chemistry, and maintains an active research program aimed at characterizing chemical structures that change dramatically in various environments. When not teaching or otherwise being a chemist, he spends his time outdoors as much as possible (walking his dogs, working in the yard, fishing, hiking, paddling, etc.) or performing music. 

Dr. Damir Kovačevič joined our department in 2018. He teaches courses in the areas of international relations and comparative politics, specifically, Introduction to World Politics, International Conflict, International Relations Theory, Culture and Politics, and U.S. Foreign Policy. His research agenda is twofold: his primary area of study is comparative genocide studies, primarily in the former Yugoslavia and the local dynamics of ethnic cleansing and political violence broadly. His secondary area of research is in the field of international relations theory, norms, human rights, and the use of unconventional weapons in warfare.