UW-Madison Department of Educational Psychology - Administration

Department Main Office

Rm 859, Educational Sciences Building
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796

Phone: 608/262-3432
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: edpsych@education.wisc.edu

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Administration 

David Kaplan, PhD 

• Department Chair
• Professor, Quantitative Methods

Professor Kaplan is a faculty member of the Quantitative Methods program area of the Department.

Chair's Office Information:
Rm 880B, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-3432
Fax: 608/262-0843

• Department Administrator

Barb Lienau joined the Department in 1984 and except for a one year stint in L&S, has been with the Department ever since. Over the years she performed the duties of all the administrative positions in the Department and accepted the Department Administrator position in December 2006. She assists the Department Chair in all administrative capacities, including assisting in budget preparation, human resources, personnel matters, payroll, and grants administration. Barb coordinates the work of the classified administrative staff to provide quality service to students and faculty.

In recognition of her many accomplishments, Barb earned a School of Education Distinguished Achievement Award in 1999.

Rm 880C, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-3435
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: balienau@wisc.edu

• Graduate Admissions Coordinator

Karen O'Connell joined the Department in 1979. Karen's primary role is Graduate Admissions Coordinator managing all aspects of the Department's admissions process and overseeing student's degree progress thru the Department. She coordinates the work of the Department’s Recruitment, Admissions, and Fellowships Committee, which is responsible for planning the orientation for new graduate students and the spring Interview/Visitor’s day for prospective students.

In recognition of her many accomplishments, Karen earned a School of Education Distinguished Achievement Award in 2004 and a UW-Madison Classified Employee Recognition Award in 2008.

Rm 852D, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-1427
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: oconnell@education.wisc.edu

• Main Office Information 
• Quantitative Methods Administrative Liaison

Ruth Landes acts as receptionist in the main office of the Department. Her duties are diverse and include providing assistance to students, campus visitors, faculty and staff. Some of her responsibilities include clerical and administrative support of the instructional staff, coordinating the course evaluations program, registration troubleshooting, purchasing, meeting room and equipment reservations. The information Ruth has gathered during her many years on campus can be readily drawn upon as an additional campus resource. Ruth is also the Administrative Liaison to the Quantitative Methods program area of the Department.

In recognition of her many accomplishments, Ruth earned a School of Education Distinguished Achievement Award in 2002 and The SPA Frontline Award in 2008 from the Student Personnel Association.

Rm 859, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-3432
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: relandes@wisc.edu   

Brooke Seeliger

• Website Coordinator
• Financial Processes
• Timetable/Database Support
• Learning Sciences Administrative Liaison

Brooke Seeliger joined the Department in 2008. She manages the Department's website needs as the Website Coordinator; is the Administrative Liaison to the Learning Sciences area; is the support person for Timetable production; processes various financial needs of the Department; and provides support to the graduate students and faculty. She also provides database management support for the Department.

Rm 863D, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-9407
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: seeliger@education.wisc.edu

• Timetable Representative
• Human Development & School Psychology Administrative Liaison

Betty Gavigan joined the Department in 2012. Some of her duties include Timetable development, tenure case management, enrollment assistance, meeting room and equipment reservations, event planning, and building and office maintenance contact. Betty is also the Administrative Liaison to the Human Development and School Psychology program areas.

Rm 880E, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-0844
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: begavigan@education.wisc.edu

• Information Technology Consultant
• Graduate Student, Learning Sciences

Jordan Thevenow-Harrison has a crucial role in managing the Department's technical needs so that faculty, staff, and students can count on having access to the resources needed to be successful in their work. He's held paying IT positions since the age of 12 when he built his first server for his elementary school. Jordan is a graduate student in the Learning Sciences program area. He received a B.S. in Cognitive Science from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN., where he worked on problems of computational semantics and cognitive modeling. His research interests include quantitative cognitive models of development and alternative methods of education and their influence on cognitive processes. Additionally, Jordan is interested in using developmental models to inform techniques in artificial intelligence.

Rm 880D, Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1796
Phone: 608/262-0841
Fax: 608/262-0843
Email: jtth@education.wisc.edu