Dean's Office

UW-Madison School of Education

377 Education Building
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706

Julie Underwood, Dean
377 Education Building, (608) 262-1763
Assistant: Nancy Eifert

Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Associate Dean
L259 Education Building, (608) 262-4474
Assistant: Vacant
Duties: Administration and budget; human resources; institutional research; administrative forum; contracts; contract administration; space and remodeling; facilities; parking

Ruttanatip (Dang) Chonwerawong, Assistant Dean Student Diversity Programs

105 Education Building, (608) 263-4174

Duties: College Access Program (CAP) ;Office of Undergraduate Recruitment and Retention (OURR)
Summer Education Research Program (SERP) ;Education Graduate Research Scholars (Ed-GRS)
Co-Chair School of Education's Equity and Diversity Committee ;School of Education's Minority/Disadvantaged Coordinator (MDC)

Dawn Crim, Associate Dean External Relations
181 Education Building, (608) 262-2564
Duties: External relations; scholarships and awards; marketing and communications; alumni relations; foundation; liaison to Office of Corporate Relations; lobbyists' liaison

Jim Escalante, Associate Dean Faculty
377 Education Building, (608) 262-1763
Assistant: Tammi Pekkala Matthews
Duties: Faculty hiring/retention and tenure; mentoring of assistant professors; complaints; investigations; grievances; legal issues; tenure dossier review; professorships

Staci Francis, Assistant Dean Human Resources

L259 Education Building, (608) 262-6139

Duties:Administration of human resources management activities for departments, centers, units and programs; personnel policies and procedures, employee compensation, benefits, recruitment, employee relations, training and development, and legal compliance

Adam Gamoran, Associate Dean
785 Educational Sciences Building, (608) 262-2704
Assistant: Mary Mezera
Duties: Research administration; human subjects protection; conflict of interest; graduate school link; Education Institutional Review Board

Jeff Hamm, Associate Dean
139 Education Building, (608) 265-2745
Assistant: Sue O'Rourke
Duties: Student services; undergraduate programs; Programs Committee; scholarships; equity and diversity

Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, Associate Dean Teacher Education
377 Education Building, (608) 262-9850 or (608) 262-1763
Assistant: Tammi Pekkala Matthews
Duties: Undergraduate programs; teacher education and certification; DPI; AACTE; CCTE; liaison to General Education Committee

Dan Jacobsohn, Chief Information Officer

L123 Education Building, (608) 263-4755

Assistant: Lori Zradicka

Duties: Media; education resources; technology; library

Jack Jorgensen, Assistant Dean Outreach

264 Teacher Education Building, (608) 262-1187

Assistant: Karen Fiske

Duties: Education Outreach Partnership; summer session

Amy Stambach, Associate Dean

203 Education Building, (608) 262-1760

Assistant: Vacant

Duties:Coordinate and synergize international ventures within the School of Education and in collaboration with the Division of International Studies, including study abroad, international teacher education, international institutional networks, and research opportunities

Beth Walsh, Assistant Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs

L259 Education Building, (608) 263-5559

Duties: Extramural Sponsored Proposals and Awards; Gift & Donation Financials; Fee for Service Contracts; SoE Liaison with Research & Sponsored Programs