People

CSUMC Staff

Anna Rue

Position title: Interim Director

Email: rue@wisc.edu

Anna Rue is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures and is associated with the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest Project. She holds a Master’s in American Studies from the UMass-Boston and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies and Folklore from UW-Madison.

Joe Salmons

Position title: Co-founder

Email: jsalmons@wisc.edu

Joe Salmons is the Lester W.J. “Smoky” Seifert Professor of Germanic Linguistics. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy (UNC-Charlotte, 1978) and a Ph.D. in Germanic linguistics (University of Texas at Austin, 1984). He works to integrate research in linguistics with teaching and outreach beyond the university.

Jim Leary

Position title: Co-founder

Email: jpleary@wisc.edu

James P. Leary was born and raised in northern Wisconsin and, since the early 1970s, has focused his research on the folklore of the Upper Midwest's diverse peoples, with particular emphases on musical and narrative performances, on pluralism and creolization, and on public folklore.

Janet Gilmore

Position title: Research Collections, Exhibits

Email: jgilmore@wisc.edu

Janet C. Gilmore holds a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University. She is a folklorist with extensive public sector experience and particular expertise in commercial fishers in the Pacific Northwest, material culture, and foodways.

Ruth Olson

Position title: Associate Director Emerita

Email: reolson3@wisc.edu

Ruth Olson holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, and teaches in the Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

J. M. Schroeder

Position title: Community Curator of Upper Midwestern Folklore

Email: jschroeder3@wisc.edu

J.M. Schroeder earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Scandinavian Studies (Folklore). He has worked as a Swedish language instructor, the director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU in Tacoma, WA, and…

CSUMC Affiliates

Steven Ackerman

Position title: Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education

Email: stevea@ssec.wisc.edu

Anna Andrzejewski

Position title: Art History

Email: avandrzejews@wisc.edu

B. Marcus Cederström

Position title: German, Nordic, and Slavic

Email: cederstrom@wisc.edu

Susan Cook

Position title: Director, Mead Witter School of Music

Email: director@music.wisc.edu

Tom DuBois

Position title: Religious Studies; German, Nordic, and Slavic

Email: tadubois@wisc.edu

Cristopher Font-Santiago

Position title: Assistant Professor of English, University of Puerto Rico

Email: cristopher.font@upr.edu

Chris Garlough

Position title: Gender & Women's Studies

Email: clgarlough@wisc.edu

Nathan Gibson

Position title: Mills Music Library

Email: nathan.gibson@wisc.edu

Mary Hoefferle

Position title: Art Education Program Director, Art, School of Education

Email: hoefferle@wisc.edu

Rob Howard

Position title: Communication Arts

Email: rghoward2@wisc.edu

Mark L. Louden

Position title: Director, Max Kade Institute; German, Nordic and Slavic

Email: mllouden@wisc.edu

Ann Smart Martin

Position title: Art History

Email: asmartin@wisc.edu

Larry Nesper

Position title: Anthropology; American Indian Studies

Email: lnesper@wisc.edu

Omar Poler

Position title: The Information School; School of Education

Email: poler@wisc.edu

Tom Purnell

Position title: English Language & Linguistics

Email: tcpurnell@wisc.edu

Eric Raimy

Position title: Director, Language Sciences; English Language & Linguistics

Email: raimy@wisc.edu

Troy Reeves

Position title: Head, Oral History Program

Email: troy.reeves@wisc.edu

Theresa Schenck

Position title: Emerita, Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies

Email: schenck@wisc.edu

Rand Valentine

Position title: Linguistics, American Indian Studies

Email: jrvalent@wisc.edu

Monica Macaulay

Position title: Professor, Language Sciences

Email: mmacaula@wisc.edu

External Partners

Kaitlyn Berle

Position title: Folks Arts Program, Wisconsin Arts Board

Email: kberle@travelwisconsin.com

Joshua Bousquette

Position title: Linguistics, University of Georgia

Email: bousquet@uga.edu

Tova Brandt

Position title: Museum of Danish America

Email: tova.brandt@danishmuseum.org

Josh Brown

Position title: Languages, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Email: brownjo@uwec.edu

Rhonda Dass

Position title: Minnesota State University, Mankato

Email: rhonda.dass@mnsu.edu

Tim Frandy

Position title: Assitant Professor of Nordic Studies, The University of British Columbia

Email: tfrandy@mail.ubc.ca

Bucky Halker

Position title: Independent Scholar

Email: buckyhalker@buckyhalker.com

Nicholas Hartmann

Position title: Executive Director, Family Promise of Linn County

Email: nic.hartmann@familypromiseoflinncounty.org

Peg Korsmo-Kennon

Position title: American Swedish Institute

Email: peggykk@asimn.org

Sarah Larsson

Position title: Somali Museum of Minnesota

Email: sbdlarsson@gmail.com

Samantha Litty

Position title: Humboldt Fellow, Universität Flensburg

Email: slitty@wisc.edu

Brian Miller

Position title: Eoin McKiernan Library

Email: dadgadguy@gmail.com

David Natvig

Position title: University of Stavanger

Email: david.a.natvig@uis.no

Anne Pryor

Position title: Independent Scholar

Email: pryor.anne@gmail.com

Mike Putnam

Position title: Penn State

Email: mtp12@psu.edu

Kathryn Remlinger

Position title: Grand Valley State University

Email: remlingk@gvsu.edu

Carrie Ronnander

Position title: Chippewa Valley Museum

Email: c.ronnander@cvmuseum.com

Rina Rossi

Position title: Folk and Traditional Arts Program,Minnesota State Arts Board

Email: rina.rossi@state.mn.us

Daniel Truckey

Position title: Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center

Email: heritage@nmu.edu

Victoria Stewart

Position title: Assistant Director of the Humanities Center, Wayne State University, Detroit

Terri Van Orman

Position title: Folklore Village

Email: terri@mhtc.net

Mai Zong Vue

Position title: Hmong Institute

Email: maizong2.vue@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Mark Wagler

Position title: Independent Scholar

Email: mwagler@wisc.edu

Chrissy Widmayer

Position title: Director of Community Powered, Wisconsin Humanities

Email: chrissy.widmayer@wisconsinhumanities.org