Associate Professor of English, UW-Marathon County
Chair, UW Colleges Women’s Studies Program
518 S. 7th Avenue,
Wausau, WI 54403
holly.hassel@uwc.edu
715.261.6265
Holly Hassel earned her Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. She teaches composition, poetry, and women's studies courses and is actively involved in the scholarship of teaching and learning, especially studying pedagogy in literature courses. Other areas of scholarly interest include women in film (specifically fantasy and science fiction), contemporary young adult literature, feminist pedagogy, and work-family balance.
Lecturer - English.
UW Marathon County
518 S. 7th Avenue,
Wausau, WI 54403
joanne.giordano@uwc.edu
715-261-6270
Joanne Baird Giordano developed the learning resources program at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County. She teaches first-year and intermediate composition, reading courses, learning skills classes and workshops, and a writing workshop course for multilingual students. She has previously taught advanced composition, social science writing, intercultural communication, literature, and advanced writing for multilingual students. Her professional interests include scholarship of teaching and learning projects focused on at-risk student populations, multilingual writers in the college composition classroom, and creative nonfiction writing.
Lecturer - English,
UW Marathon County
518 S. 7th Avenue,
Wausau, WI 54403
christina.mccaslin@uwc.edu
715-261-6328
Christina McCaslin earned a degree in Literature from Western Illinois University. While McCaslin is an associate lecturer at University of Wisconsin Marathon County, she teaches composition: English 101 and 102. The UWMC Writing Center is also an area in which Christina teaches students in a one-on-one setting. McCaslin believes in providing concise and methodical writing instruction and detailed comments that will provide students with guidelines on how to revise their writing and see it as a continuing process. She also believes that carefully planned peer review activities empower writers to be successful editors of their own writing which will lead to strong independent writing.
Writing Specialist-TRIO,
UW Marathon County
518 S. 7th Avenue,
Wausau, WI 54403
Debbie.timoney@uwc.edu
715-261-6209
Instructional English Specialist, TRIO Deb works for the TRIO program which is a federally funded program that serves disadvantaged students. Deb teaches LEA English classes which are supplemental in nature for English 098, 101 and 102 students. She works closely with the English Department and fosters and environment to enrich learning by dissecting information to meet the needs of at-risk learners. She holds a Masters Degree and has been working in higher education for over a decade.
