The School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies at Mount Mary is rich with talented faculty who care about their students.

Wendy Weaver, Ph.D.
Dean of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies
Phone: (414) 930-3021
Email: weaverw@mtmary.edu

Communication

Marmy Clason, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair
(414) 930-3143
clasonm@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Gender and organizational communication, intercultural communication

Adjunct Faculty

Barbara Gunn, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3205
gunnb@mtmary.edu 

Shakita La Grant, M.B.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3288
lagrants@mtmary.edu 

Mari Maldonado, M.B.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3456
maldonam@mtmary.edu

Tiffany Wynn, M.B.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3246
wynnt@mtmary.edu

Cynthia Kidd, B.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3260
kiddc@mtmary.edu

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English

Jennifer Kontny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Director of Composition 
(414) 930-3665
kontnyj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Composition theory, new media, research methodologies, and writing program administration 

Jenni Moody, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 
(414) 930-3501
moodyj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Creative writing, fiction

Paula Reiter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Graduate Program Director 
(414) 930-3412
reiterp@mtmary.edu
Expertise: 19th century British fiction, narrative techniques, novel writing, linguistics

Adjunct Faculty
Mary Beth Duffey, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3164
Email: duffeym@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Composition, film as literature, literature and healing professions, women writers, study abroad in Ireland and Guatemala             

Ann Angel, M.F.A
Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3109
Email: angela@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Creative fiction, nonfiction writing, writing for children and young adults

Christopher Mohar, M.F.A.
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3350
Email: moharc@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Creative writing     

Lisa Beranek Terasa, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3479
Email: terasal@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Composition, literature, popular culture, food and literature      

Christina Gill, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
gillc@mtmary.edu

David Harden, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3210
hardend@mtmary.edu

Erin Mihor, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3673
mihore@mtmary.edu             

Aneela Nasir, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
nasiran@mtmary.edu

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History

Julie Tatlock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Department Chair
Phone: (414) 930-3478
tatlockj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: World civilizations, United States history, Middle East, Africa, Tudor England, United Nations

Adjunct Faculty

John Degnitz, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3633
degnitzj@mtmary.edu

Monica Witkowski, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3519
witkowsm@mtmary.edu

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International Studies/World Languages

Mary Ellen Kohn-Buday, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(414) 930-3271
kohnbudm@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Spanish literature in the Golden Age, languages for translation, culture

Jason Meyler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Department Chair
(414) 930-3341
meylerj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: US Latino/a and Latin American Literature and Culture

Adjunct Faculty

Nan Metzger, M.A. , M.S.
Study Abroad Program Director
(414) 930-3338
metzgern@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Study abroad

Jenny Gough, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, American Sign Language
goughj@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: ASL

Kathryn Meyler, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor, French
(414) 930-3342
meylerk@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: French language and culture

Veronica Fregoso, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor, Italian and Spanish
(414) 930-3185
fregosov@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Spanish language

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Justice

Julie Tatlock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Department Chair
(414) 930-3478
tatlockj@mtmary.edu

Adjunct Faculty

George Ackerman, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
ackermag@mtmary.edu

Lillian Lewis, J.D.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3174
lewisl@mtmary.edu

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Philosophy

Catherine Homan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Department Chair
(414) 930-3103
homanc@mtmary.edu
Expertise: 19th and 20th Century Continental, philosophy of art, philosophy of play, ethics, history of philosophy and philosophy of education

Adjunct Faculty
Austin Reece, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3409
reecea@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Ethics, philosophy of religion, continental philosophy and philosophy of literature

Trevor Gullion, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3599
gulliont@mtmary.edu

David Zettel, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3668
zetteld@mtmary.edu

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Sociology

Julie Tatlock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Department Chair
(414) 930-3478
tatlockj@mtmary.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Sol Kelley-Jones, M.S.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3509
kelleyjs@mtmary.edu

Stepanka Korytova Magstadt, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3132
korytovs@mtmary.edu

Daniel Winkler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology
(414) 930-3555
winklerd@mtmary.edu

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Theology

Catherine Homan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Department Chair
(414) 930-3103
homanc@mtmary.edu

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, Ph.D.
Professor
(414) 930-3152
sykess@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Moral theology, biomedical ethics, African-American theology

Donald Rappé, Ph.D.
Professor 
(414) 930-3405
rapped@mtmary.edu 
Expertise: Biblical theology, study abroad in Rome

Adjunct Faculty
Helga Kisler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
(414) 930-3263
kislerh@mtmary.edu

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