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KAHL, Jonathan D. W., Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Email: kahl@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-3949
Home Page: www.uwm.edu/People/kahl/
Expertise: Weather and air pollution, long-range transport of atmospheric contaminants, Arctic and Antarctic climate and climate change, general meteorology. Author of children’s books about meteorology.
Degrees: B.A., Psychology, University of Michigan, 1981; M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, 1983; Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, 1987

KAHN, Lawrence, Instructor, Business Administration; Masters in Human Resources and Labor Relations
Email: resolve@execpc.com
Phone: (414) 226-2495 (work), (414) 640-9750 (home)
Home Page: www.mediate.com/strategicresolutions/
Expertise: Labor: negotiations, mediation, arbitration, conflict management, conflict resolution systems. Business: business ethics, conflict resolution, conflict management.

KEIGHER, Sharon Marie, Professor, Social Work, Center for Age & Community, Women’s Studies
Email: keigher@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4414 (work), (414) 372-4641 (home)
Expertise: Macropractice, gerontology, and health policy; funding for human services, Medicaid, welfare; global aging; health aspects of social problems; inequality, advocacy and social activism; women living with HIV; “gray market” in home care for the aging and consumer control.
Other Expertise: Homelessness, housing policies, financial supports for family and informal caregivers.
Degrees: B.A., Sociology, University of Washington, 1969; M.A., Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 1971; Ph.D., Social Policy, University of Chicago, 1985

KEITH, William, Associate Professor, Communication
Email: wmkeith@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5828
Expertise: Public speaking, argumentation, debate, public forums, deliberative democracy, history of teaching communication, history of popular democratic participation.
Degrees: B.A., M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

KENNEDY, Bryan, Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Email: bryank@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-2970 (work), (414) 438-1246 (home)
Expertise: Brazilian history, culture, literature, music and film; poverty issues in Brazil and the Brazilian “favelas” (shantytowns); racial issues in Brazil; Portuguese history, culture, literature and music; Portuguese slave trade; Lusophone African history, culture and literature (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe).
Degrees: B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1997; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2000

KEPNER, Henry S., Professor, Curriculum and Instruction; Associate Dean, School of Education
Email: kepner@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5253 (work), (414) 332-2576 (home)
Expertise: Teaching of mathematics, grades K-12; mathematics curriculum, grades K-12; mathematics assessment; professional development for teachers of mathematics; teacher preparation in mathematics, grades K-12.
Degrees: B.A., Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1962; M.S., Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1964; Ph.D., Education and Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1970

KEY, Eric S., Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Email: ericskey@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4600
Expertise: Probability theory, particularly problems related to subadditive processes; exposition in calculus instruction and elementary real analysis.
Degrees: Ph.D., Mathematics, Cornell University, 1983

KHATCHADOURIAN, Sonia, Senior Lecturer, English
Email: soniak@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5041
Expertise: Business writing, international business communication; American literature, cultural studies.
Other Expertise: Blues music and musicians.
Degrees: B.A., Philosophy, English with Creative Writing concentration, UW-Milwaukee, 1984; M.A., English with Creative Writing concentration, University of Hawaii-Manoa, 1987.

Kilwein Guevara, Maurice, Professor, English
Email: maurice@uwm.edu
Expertise: Poetry, fiction, U.S. Latino literature, Colombian literature, creative writing
Degrees: B.S., Psychology, B.A., English, University of Pittsburgh, 1983; M.F.A., Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University, 1986; Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, UWM, 1990

KIM, Sunwoong, Associate Professor, Economics
Email: kim@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6924
Expertise: Urban economics, regional economics and development economics; East Asia (Korea, Japan and China); racial discrimination in mortgage market and neighborhood changes in American cities; the effect of the racial composition of lenders on the dispositions of mortgage applications; the public policy aspect of neighborhood development and change; spatial statistical analysis as a tool for social science research.
Degrees: B.S., Architecture, Seoul National University, 1976; M.S., Environmental Planning, Seoul National University, 1978; M.S., City and Regional Planning, Harvard University, 1980; Ph.D., Economics, M.I.T., 1985

KIM, Yong-Cheol, Associate Professor, Finance
Email: ykim@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4997
Expertise: International finance and corporate finance, corporate governance focusing on the Japanese and Asian markets, currency exposure management and foreign direct investment, development strategy of transition economies.
Degrees: B.A., Economics, Seoul National University, Korea; M.A., Economics, Ohio State University; Ph.D., Business Finance, Ohio State University

KIMMEL, Paul D., Associate Professor, Business Administration
Email: pkimmel@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4249
Expertise: Financial reporting, financial statement analysis, financial instruments, innovations in accounting education.

KINDALL SMITH, Marsha, Coordinator, Music Education, Music
Email: marshaks@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4550
Expertise: General music education; elementary/early childhood with Orff and soprano recorders; choral music in elementary schools; multicultural music education; music in urban schools; music teacher education.
Degrees: B.M., Piano Performance/Music Education, Oberlin College; M.A., Music Education/Piano Pedagogy, Ohio State; Ed.D., Curriculum and Teaching, Boston University

KING, Phyllis M., Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Email: pking@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5616
Expertise: Ergonomics, treatment and prevention of work-related injuries, Social Security disability determination, functional capacity evaluations.
Other Expertise: Ergonomics consultation and training services in a variety of settings, including child care centers, mailrooms, manufacturing industries and offices. Developed UWM’s campus ergonomics program. Founder of the Wisconsin Work Programs Network. Serves Kohler Company as corporate ergonomics consultant and has assisted in developing an ergonomics program and disability management system within the organization.
Degrees: B.S., Occupational Therapy, UW-Milwaukee, 1983; M.S., Health Services Administration, Cardinal Stritch University, 1986; Ph.D., Administrative Leadership, UW-Milwaukee, 1995

KIRK, Joyce F., Associate Professor, Africology
Email: jfk2@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5081
Expertise: African and African-American historical studies, South African history, African resistance to segregation and apartheid, women’s studies, African Sangomas-traditional doctors in South Africa, rites of passage in contemporary societies, African women/family/youth in urban areas, African-Americans in South Africa in the 20th and 21st centuries, African/African-American linkages, race and science education and curriculum.
Degrees: Ph.D., UW-Madison

KLAPER, Rebecca, Shaw Scientist, Great Lakes WATER Institute
Email: rklaper@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 382-1713
Home Page: www.uwm.edu/Dept/GLWI/profiles/rklaper
Expertise: Use of new technologies to study ecological and environmental health; genomic indicators of ecological and environmental health; nanotechnology for monitoring and cleaning up the environment; use of genomics and proteomics to detect exposure and effect of contaminants in the Great Lakes Basin in animals and humans; water conservation strategies of the Great Lakes Region.
Degrees: Ph.D., Ecology, University of Georgia, 2000; M.S., Entomology, University of Georgia; 1995; B.S., Biology, University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois, 1992

KLATT, Kenny, Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Email: kklatt@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-4587
Expertise: Oracle database administration, Unix administration (Solaris, Linux), networking.

KORSMO, John, Senior Outreach Specialist, Youth Work Learning Center
Email: jkorsmo@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 227-3356
Expertise: Working with hard-to-reach and at-risk youth, violence and drug prevention and intervention.
Degrees: B.S., Social Studies; M.S., Educational Psychology; current Ph.D. student

KREN, Leslie, Associate Professor, Business Administration
Email: lkren@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-6075
Home Page: www.uwm.edu/People/lkren/
Expertise: Organizational control, defined as the systems and procedures used by firms to motivate employees to further organizational objectives.
Degrees: Ph.D., Accounting, University of Houston, 1988

KREZOSKI, John R., Director, Environmental Health, Safety, and Risk Management; Associate Research Scientist, Center for Great Lakes Studies
Email: jrk@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5265 (work), (414) 464-3961 (home)
Home Page: www.uwm.edu/People/jrk
Expertise: Biogeochemistry of aquatic environments; the transport of radioactive materials as well as inorganic and some organic contaminants from fine-grained sediments to overlying waters via “bioturbation,” or the life activities of benthic invertebrates and demersal vertebrate animals; the sediment reworking and transport processes of the benthos using tracer technologies and remote-operated vehicles and/or manned submersibles. Occupational and environmental health: the general area of indoor air quality and the reactions of individuals to elevated levels of indoor environmental contaminants.
Degrees: B.A., Biology, Biology/Chemistry, Kalamazoo College, 1969; M.S., Natural Resources, Limnology, University of Michigan, 1976; Ph.D., Natural Resources, Environmental Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1981

KRITEK, William, Professor, Administrative Leadership
Email: wjkritek@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5254
Expertise: Organizational change, educational policymaking, program evaluation.

KRUEGER, Mark A., Professor/Director, Child and Youth Care Learning Center
Email: markkrue@uwm.edu
Phone: (414) 229-5797 (work), (414) 453-9676 (home)
Expertise: Youth development and youthwork; teaching, programming, research related to work with at-risk youth; youthworker education; creating organizational cultures for supporting the development of youth and youthwork staff.
Degrees: B.S., Economics, UW-Madison; M.S., Educational Psychology, UW-Milwaukee; Ph.D., Urban Education, UW-Milwaukee

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