History Faculty and Staff

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.

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Philosophy & Religious Studies in 632 Hibbard
Heidi manages office operations, carries out administrative tasks, and supervises student workers.

Mondays 1-2 pm
Tuesdays 2-3 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.

Wednesdays 12:30-2:40
Dr. Jim茅nez Frei specializes in the history of Argentina, memory and the built environment, visual and material culture, monuments, and Latin American cultural history. She teaches courses in public history, museums, Latin American History, fashion history, and global history. She is a core member of the , and her other public history projects include the and the oral history project.

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.


UW Whitewater at Rock County
2909 Kellogg Ave
Janesville WI 53546
I teach the remote HIS114/115 sequence for both 糖心Vlog-Barron County and the CESA 10 and 11 students.



I am retired from teaching at 糖心Vlog but am still active as a scholar.