Instructors
Angela Williamson-Emmert
Course/Subject Areas: English and Humanities Angela Williamson Emmert earned a masters degree from University of
North Dakota in 2001. She currently works for University of
Wisconsin-Fox Valley and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, teaching
writing and literature courses including
composition, multicultural literature, women in literature, the body in
literature and violence and aggression in literature and film. Scholarly work includes encyclopedia articles and a conference
presentation addressing issues related to multiculturalism. Angela also
wrote a master thesis focusing on the literature of the Vietnam War.
Outside of work, she enjoys her garden, her chickens and her young
children very much.
Brian Smith, Ph.D.
Course/Subject Area: Religious Studies Brian Smith holds advanced degrees in Political Science (Ph.D. Yale, 1979),
Religion (Master of Divinity, Woodstock College, 1970) and Ethics (Master in
Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1971). He has done research in
Latin America, including Chile and Colombia, on religion and politics and the
role of non-governmental organizations in socioeconomic development. He has
taught briefly at Fordham University and Georgetown University and for seven
years in the Political Science Department at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (1980 – 1987). He was a member of the Jesuit Order in the Catholic Church for 21 years and
served as a priest for nine years, including one year in Chile (1975).
