Meet Faculty and Staff
HPHD Staff
| Name/Email | Title | Phone/Office |
| Lisa Ebert lebert@uwsp.edu |
Academic Department Associate | (715)346-2830 101B CPS |
| Imelda Horvath jhorv061@uwsp.edu |
Graduate Assistant | (715)346-122 CPS |
| Marty Loy, PhD mloy@uwsp.edu |
Associate Dean, Chair of HPHD | (715) 346-2830 101B CPS |
| Carole Pelot carole.pelot@uwsp.edu | Undergraduate Advising Coordinator, Office Assistant for graduate programs | (715) 295-8911 207 CPS |
Health Promotion Faculty
| Name/Email | Scholarly Interest or Research Area | Phone/Office |
| R. Anne Abbott, PhDaabbott@uwsp.edu | Spiritual wellness, integrative medicine, building sustainable communities, health promotion and marketing | (715) 346-4420 214 CPS |
| Terry Aittama, MPH taittama@uwsp.edu | Employee wellness, program design and evaluation | (715) 346-3701 240A CPS |
| Corey Huck | Exercise Physiology, Physical Activity, Nutrition and Wellness | (715) 346- 231 CPS |
| Jane Jones, PhD jjones@uwsp.edu | High level wellness, behavior change and conflict resolution | (715) 346-4414 238B CPS |
| Marty Loy, PhD mloy@uwsp.edu | Stress management, grief & loss, faculty development, college teaching & learning | (715) 346-2686 101 CPS |
| Kelly Schoonaert, Ed.D. kschoona@uwsp.edu |
Health Care/Cost Containment Life Coaching |
(715) 346-2096 240C CPS |
| Sallie Scovill, PhD sscovill@uwsp.edu | Employee wellness, health care administration |
(715) 346-4614 207 CPS |
| Thomas Wetter, PhD twetter@uwsp.edu | Exercise physiology, obesity prevention through physical activity, sports nutrition | (715) 346-3659 238C CPS |
Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty
| Name/Email | Scholarly Interest or Research Area |
Phone/Office |
| Julie Keller, MS JKeller@uwsp.edu |
FCS & health education teaching, adolescence sexuality, rural after school programs | (715) 346-2263 242 B CPS |
| Marsha Larson malarson@uwsp.edu |
Child development, Family and Consumer Science |
(715) 346-4968 242B CPS |
| Cuiting Li cli@uwsp.edu |
Adolescent development, identity formation, family studies, parent-adolescent relations | (715) 346-4082 240 CPS |
| Lorrie Richardson lrichard@uwsp.edu |
Director/Teacher Gesell Institute Early Childhood Development |
(715) 346-4075 122 CPS |
| Sterling Wall, PhD swall@uwsp.edu |
Marital quality, gender, emotional intelligence, marriage education and family leadership | (715) 346-4653 242A CPS |
Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences Faculty
| Name/Email | Scholarly Interest or Research Area |
Phone/Office |
| Denise Brennecke dbrenne@uwsp.edu |
Sustainable foods, food preparation and management | (715) 346-2749 238A CPS |
| Judie Pfiffner, MS, RD, CD jpfiffne@uwsp.edu |
Clinical nutrition, childhood obesity, maternal and child nutrition | (715) 346-2437 240B CPS |
| Jasia Steinmetz, PhD, RD, CD jsteinme@uwsp.edu |
Community nutrition, geriatrics, sustainable food systems and international nutrition | (715) 346-4087 202 CPS |
| Deborah Tang, MS, RD, CD dtang@uwsp.edu |
Body image, clinical nutrition, and sports nutrition | (715) 346-2749 238A CPS |
| Annie Wetter, PhD awetter@uwsp.edu |
Community nutrition, geriatrics and sports nutrition | (715) 346-2108 207 CPS |
HPHD Adjunct Faculty
| Name/Email | Title | |
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John Bailiff, PhD | Emeritus Professor of Philosophy |
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John Betinis, MD, MPH Delzell Hall UW - Stevens Point |
Associate Director Univ. Health Services |
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Bob Boyd Central Queensland University, Queensland Australia |
Senior Lecturer and Program Director Bachelor of Human Movement Science |
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Ronald Cook, PhD Sentry Insurance |
Director of Employee Wellness at Sentry Insurance |
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Stacey Duellman Allen Center UW - Stevens Point |
Program and Promotions Coordinator, Allen Center for Health and Wellness Programs | ![]() |
Jim Gingles, PhD | Emeritus Professor of Non confrontational guidance techniques/family |
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Bill Hettler, MD Delzell Hall UW - Stevens Point |
Director of Univ. Health Services |
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Anne Hoffmann, PhD Allen Center UW - Stevens Point |
Assistant Director Allen Center for Health & Wellness |
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Maureen Houlihan, MSE UW - Stevens Point |
Associate Lecturer |
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James Joque, MA UW - Stevens Point |
Coordinator of Disability Services |
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Jeff Karcher, MS UW - Stevens Point |
Director of Safety & Loss Control |
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Catherine McCarty, PhD Marshfield Clinic |
Senior Research Scientist & Director |
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Daniel McCarty, PhD Marshfield Clinic |
Epidemiologist and faculty member of Health Sciences at UWSP |
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Kathleen McGinnis, MD Delzell Hall UW - Stevens Point |
Senior Physician |
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Lauve Metcalfe, MS University of Arizona |
Professional speaker and an organizational health consultant |
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Jim Miller FH-Joanneum University of Applied Sciences |
Coordinator of International Relations; Program in Health Management in Tourism | ![]() |
John Munson, PhD | Emeritus Professor of Facilities management and administration, health promotion curriculum consulting, academic wellness course development |
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Odessa Piper | Chef, former chief proprietor of Madison Etoile restaurant |
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Pat Rychter, PhD | Family Living Educator |
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Bogda Samon-Swiatoniowski, MBA | University of Information Technology and Management President's Advisor |
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Kari Steffenhagen | Child Life Specialist |
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Jim Zach, MD, DABFP Delzell Hall UW - Stevens Point |
Coordinator of Clinical Services |
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John Zach, MS Old Main UW - Stevens Point |
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