Meet the UW Health & Wellness Management Faculty

Tiffany Akins serves as a certified athletic trainer for the Marshfield Clinic, while also mentoring and advising undergraduate students in the School of Healthcare Professions at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  Tiffany finds any opportunity to get youth excited for science and explore the endless wonders all of that is science related. Tiffany started her... [Read More]

Kay Biga is an Associate Professor of Management and Business Law. She is a business owner and attorney who has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Superior since 1998. Ms. Biga has a Bachelor’s Degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, a Juris Doctor Degree from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota and... [Read More]

Sanjay Goel is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at University of Minnesota Duluth. His teaching, research, and training interests include entrepreneurship, governance, strategy, and leadership. His research has been published in many journals dedicated to these broad topics. He was born in Dehradun, India.

Heather Herdman received her MS & PhD in nursing from Boston College, and her BSN from the University of South Carolina (Columbia). She is also a licensed massage therapist and clinical aromatherapist, and has lectured nationally on wellness and integrative health care. She has published numerous papers on clinical reasoning in nursing, and has experience... [Read More]

Penny Lyter is currently an associate professor at UW-Parkside, where she has served in numerous roles over the past two decades. Beginning as Wellness Director, she implemented the first employee wellness program for the campus, developed a student wellness class, and help create a campus Wellness Center. She then served as Chair of the Health, Physical Education... [Read More]

Ephraim Nikoi is Associate Professor of Communication at UW-Superior. He earned his Ph.D. from Ohio University. His research interests are in relating and organizing, which includes areas of studies such as organizational communication, communication and social change, and intercultural communication. One of his recent research projects is an edited book called Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision... [Read More]

Stacey Peterson is originally from Detroit, MI and earned her Bachelor’s in psychology at Wayne State University.  She earned her Masters and PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from Florida Institute of Technology.  Her dissertation and research is in the field of employee repatriation and adjustment.  She has traveled extensively which influenced her interest in... [Read More]

Sallie Scovill is an associate professor of Health Promotion/Wellness at UW-Stevens Point and teaches face-to-face courses in employee wellness and works with students during their internship selection course. She began her studies at Austin Peay State University outside Nashville, Tenn. as a political science major. After changing fields, she received a master’s in Sports Management... [Read More]

Christine Vandenhouten received her BSN from Marian College, Fond du Lac WI, her MSN from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and her PhD in Nursing from Marquette University, Milwaukee WI. She worked as a professional nurse in the neonatal intensive care (NICU), perioperative (surgery), and public health settings. She has over 25 years of experience... [Read More]

Dr. Lora Warner, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Public Affairs at UW-Green Bay. Dr. Warner teaches in the Public Administration program and leads the Nonprofit Management Emphasis, working with her students in numerous public and nonprofit organizations in the area each year on internships and service learning projects. Dr. Warner... [Read More]

Todd Wilkinson serves as the department specialist for health psychology and teaches courses at UW-River Falls in Health Psychology, Sports Psychology, General Psychology, and Research Methods. His research interests include exercise promotion, sport performance, and positive psychological interventions influencing health and wellness. Todd’s program of research involves student collaboration and provides opportunities for students to... [Read More]