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David Jones Headshot
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English Department
History Department
Chair, Department of History
Professor of English
709 Hibbard Hall (Department of History)
4402 Centennial Hall (Department of English)

715-836-4949

My teaching and research interests include African American Literature, American Cultural Studies in the mid-20th century, and Popular Culture Studies. My courses and professional publications are frequently interdisciplinary, blending examinations of creative nonfiction and memoir, social constructions of race and gender identity, and the cultural impact of mass communication (film, popular music, and related media) on everyday life. I make a special effort in my courses to connect the history of institutions with current events in the present day.

Faculty and Staff
Heidi Decker-Maurer headshot
Alum
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department
History Department
Department Assistant
Hibbard Humanities Hall 701
124 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI
54701
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Heidi manages office operations, carries out administrative tasks, and supervises student workers.

Joanne Jahnke-Wegner
Alum
she/her/hers
History Department
Assistant Professor
Hibbard Humanities Hall 711
124 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fall Semester 2024:
Mondays 1-2 pm
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 pm
And by appointment

Dr. Joanne Jahnke Wegner is a historian of Early American history with an emphasis on captivity and enslavement in early New England. She teaches both halves of the American history survey as well as classes on health humanities, historical methodology, and graduate seminars. She is working on articles about Indigenous peoples, human commodification, and racial capitalism. She also serves as a mentor for undergraduate student research projects.

Cheryl Jimenez-Frei
she/her/hers
History Department
Latin American and Latinx Studies Program
Associate Professor
Co-director of the Public History Program
Hibbard Humanities Hall 717
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fall semester 2024:

Dr. Jiménez Frei specializes in the history of Argentina, memory and the built environment, oral history, visual culture, and memory studies. She teaches courses in public history, museums, Latin American History, and World History. She is a core member of the WI Latinx History Collective, and her other public history projects include the Western WI Covid-19 Archive and the Voces del Campo oral history project. 

David Jones Headshot
he/his
English Department
History Department
Chair, Department of History
Professor of English
709 Hibbard Hall (Department of History)
4402 Centennial Hall (Department of English)

715-836-4949

My teaching and research interests include African American Literature, American Cultural Studies in the mid-20th century, and Popular Culture Studies. My courses and professional publications are frequently interdisciplinary, blending examinations of creative nonfiction and memoir, social constructions of race and gender identity, and the cultural impact of mass communication (film, popular music, and related media) on everyday life. I make a special effort in my courses to connect the history of institutions with current events in the present day.

John Mann headshot
History Department
Professor
Co-Director of Public History Program
Hibbard Humanities Hall 719
124 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire WI 54701
David McKay
he/him
History Department
Senior Lecturer
Andrews 012
UW Whitewater at Rock County
2909 Kellogg Ave
Janesville WI 53546
Available by appointment most days.

I teach the remote HIS114/115 sequence for both UWEC-Barron County and the CESA 10 and 11 students.

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Hibbard Humanities Hall 701
124 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
United States