Humanities

The central role of the Humanities Division in Lakeland's curriculum is to transmit the Western cultural heritage, in both its historical and contemporary forms, to each new generation of students. Programs in this area make it possible for students to confront the central issues of cultural identity and the dilemmas of life which intrigue the members of all the varied cultures of our globe.

Meg Albrinck

Meg Albrinck

Dr. Meg Albrinck, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Literature and Writing, joined the faculty in 1999. A graduate of UW-Madison, Albrinck's primary research...
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José Ignacio Álvarez-García

José Ignacio Álvarez-García

Dr. José Ignacio Álvarez, Assistant Professor of Spanish, joined the faculty in 2008. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. His...
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Richard Christensen

Richard Christensen

Dr. Richard Christensen, Associate Professor of Religion, began at Lakeland in 1998. Much of his recent research examines the history of American Protestant church life. All May Be One , a book...
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Lucretia Crawford

Lucretia Crawford

Dr. Lucretia Crawford, Associate Professor of English, teaches courses in literature and writing, subjects that led her to study in both England and Germany while completing her undergraduate...
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Timothy  Fojtik

Timothy Fojtik

Mr. Tim Fojtik, Interim Director of the English Language Institute, came to Lakeland in 2006. A native of the Milwaukee area, Fojtik has had the opportunity to study and work in a variety of...
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Karl Kuhn

Karl Kuhn

Rev. Dr. Karl Kuhn is Associate Professor of Religion at Lakeland College where he has served since the Fall of 1999. He graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a B.A. in English in 1990, and later...
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David Lynch

Mr. David Lynch, Instructor of General Studies and Chinese, has been teaching for Lakeland since 2000. He is a graduate of National Cheng Chih University, Taiwan.
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Peter Sattler

Peter Sattler

Dr. Peter Sattler, Associate Professor of American Literature and Chair of the Humanities Division, received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has been with Lakeland since 1998 and was...
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Elizabeth Shumway

Elizabeth Shumway

Ms. Elizabeth K. Shumway, Instructor of Spanish, has been teaching for Lakeland since 2002. She is a graduate of Marquette University. She has traveled and lived in Spain, Mexico, and Central and...
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Kelly Stone

Kelly Stone

Revered Kelly J. Stone, Campus Chaplain and Instructor of Religion, has been with college since 2006. A graduate of Yale University, Chaplain Kelly oversees religious life programming and is a...
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Linda Tolman

Linda Tolman

Dr. Linda Tolman, Professor of English, has been teaching for Lakeland since 1969. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Marquette University. Tolman's areas of expertise include the literature of...
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Martin Ulrich

Martin Ulrich

Dr. Martin Ulrich, Creative Arts Division Chair and Associate Professor of German and Music, has been teaching for the college since 1983. Ulrich holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
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Majors available:

Minors available:

The English, German and Spanish majors are also available as majors for Secondary/Middle School Certification.