Instructors
Leadership Development Instructors
Lynn Brandt
Course/Subject Area: Adult Learning Strategies
Lynn Brandt graduated from UW Oshkosh with a master's degree in Counseling Education. She is a primary point of contact for prospective students who are considering returning to school as nontraditional students and applying for admission to CNL Programs, as well as a full-time adviser who is available to counsel students through the advising process. Her office is located in Dempsey 111 and she is available for appointments Monday through Friday.
Jennifer Buchholz
Course/Subject Areas: Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Capstone and Research Seminars
Jennifer Buchholz has been teaching for the Center for New Learning since 2006 and has been teaching on the college level since 1999. She earned her M.A. in Human Resource Development from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Organization and Management with Capella University.
Jennifer has worked as a manager in the financial services, higher education and management consulting industries. Her favorite classes to teach for the Center for New Learning include leadership and interpersonal communication classes.
Michael Burayidi, Ph. D. 
Course/Subject Area: Geography/Urban Planning
Michael Burayidi is Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Professor Burayidi obtained his Ph. D. in Urban and Public Affairs (Urban Planning & Economic Development) from the University of Louisville, KY in 1994. He has been teaching at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh since September of the same year where he also is Coordinator of the Urban and Regional Studies program.
Professor Burayidi is author of four books including Downtowns: Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities (Routledge 2001) and Urban Planning in a Multicultural Society (Praeger 2000). He has also authored numerous peer review journal articles in professional journals including the Journal of Planning Theory and Practice, and the Journal of Planning Education and Research.
Professor Burayidi has been a consultant for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, several private and public organizations and communities in the Fox Valley.
Kay Chitwood
Course/Subject Area: Presentations in the Virtual Workplace, Liberal Studies and the Web
Since 2005, Kay has been the Director of Learning Innovations and the Director of the Wisconsin Online Resource Center at Fox Valley Technical College. There, she leads statewide initiatives of the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, a repository of over 2,200 learning objects.
Kay received her master's degree in Educational Media from the University of Northern Colorado. Since 2001, she has presented nationwide on a variety of topics, including developing learning objects, building online repositories, establishing curriculum processes for faculty, identifying assessment strategies and integrating technology.
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.
Jeanine Hanisch
Course/Subject Areas: Leadership and Writing
Jeanine was employed by Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac as manager of the Personal Development Center and was involved with the development and worldwide offering of Mercury’s leadership program. She now teaches adult students at the university level, channeling her knowledge and experience in leadership to courses that focus on that critical area. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees through the University of Wisconsin.
Ann Jadin, Ed. D.
Course/Subject Area: Research Seminar
Bill McConkey, Ph. D. 
Course/Subject Areas: Organizational Administration, Political Science and Public Administration
Dr. Bill McConkey teaches Leadership and Organizational Studies and Political Science courses at UW Oshkosh. Dr. McConkey received his BS and MS degrees in the Social Sciences from Illinois State University in 1964 and 1965. He received his Ph.D. from Florida State University in 1994, at the age of 52.
He has worked for several government agencies, including the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the Florida Senate’s Committee on Higher Education and for the Governors of Illinois and Alaska. He has owned and operated his own communication research and consulting firm for over 30 years and has also managed or consulted to over 150 political campaigns.
Dr. McConkey has been a university instructor for over 15 years and has published both fiction and non-fiction works. He is married and has seven daughters and step-daughters and 10 grandchildren. He and his wife share their home near Baileys Harbor, in Door County, with their Schipperkes. They also own a farm in Tennessee. His favorite things to do are public speaking, cooking, walking with his dogs, hunting, fishing and writing.
Seth Rankin
Course/Subject Area: Geography
UW Waukesha County
Phone: (262) 521-5490
E-mail: seth.rankin@uwc.edu
Marsha Rossiter, Ph. D.
Course/Subject Areas: Leadership and Capstone Seminar
Office: UW Oshkosh - Nursing Education Building, 621
Phone: (920) 424 - 0339
E-mail: rossiter@uwosh.edu
Coy Sabel
Course/Subject Areas: Writing, Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior
Coy Sabel has been teaching adult non-traditional students since 1998. She has taught for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Marian College in Fond du Lac. Courses taught include writing, composition, research, management and leadership. For each class, Coy attempts to address all learning styles with a lot of hands-on activities and real-world applications.
She has spent 20 years in the business sector in various positions: Business Research Analyst, Communications Manager and, most recently, Training & Development Manager.
When Coy is not teaching, she enjoys spending time reading and writing.
Michael Skowronski
Course/Subject Area: Mathematics
Office: UW Oshkosh, Swart 233
Phone: (920) 424-7347 (or call 424-1333 and leave a message)
E-mail: skowrons@uwosh.edu
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).