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Faculty Profiles

Please enjoy these profiles of a few of the talented faculty that work with UWW!

Sheldon Solomon	Sheldon Solomon is a Professor of Psychology who earned his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas, where his training focused on experimental social psychology. His current research is primarily concerned with the psychological functions of self-esteem and the effects of specific political and economic institutions on mental health. Sheldon describes himself as "a strong advocate for nontraditional education." Each year in UWW, he says, brings him in contact with "a wide range of inspired (and inspirational) people."
Betty Balevic	Associate Professor of Business Betty Balevic earned her graduate degree at the State University of New York at Albany. She joined the Skidmore business faculty in 1969, following a career in retail merchandising and store operations - real world experience she draws on in her teaching. Betty, or Mrs. B as students usually call her, has been a longtime friend of UWW, whose many students remember her with great fondness. Betty says, "My affiliation with UWW from its inception has been a privilege. Working with its wonderfully creative and motivated students, I have come to understand their euphoria upon graduation. Many continue on with graduate studies in more traditional schools of higher learning. When you add to this wonderfully stimulating program and the additional support provided its students by the UWW staff, you understand why UWW ranks among the premier experiential academic offerings in our nation."
Francois Bonneville	Francois Bonneville has been teaching writing, literature, literary theory, and interdisciplinary courses for 25 years. In addition to mentoring independent study students around the world, he has taught seniors in the Rocky Mountains, academically talented youth for Johns Hopkins University, inmates in a maximum security prison, women re-entering the workforce, and residential students in New York, Colorado, and British Columbia. He is the author of My Years of Her Melancholy, a memoir.
Charlesworth Ephraim	Charlesworth Wm. Ephraim holds the M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Yale University. He has taught at Mercy College, S.U.N.Y. Purchase, and Yale, and he is currently a senior lecturer at Antigua State College. His interests include philosophical psychology, psychoanalysis, ethics, social psychology, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, existentialism, and philosophy of the black experience. Dr. Ephraim is also a professional motivational speaker and a radio talk show host whose program, "Let's Talk," is a popular feature on ZDK radio in Antigua.
Kathy Hemingway Jones	Kathy Hemingway Jones, the Associate Director of Student Academic Services, is an interdisciplinary artist and holds an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of several awards and grants including the Bush Foundation Fellowship, the McKnight and Jerome Fellowships, and regional National Endowment for the Arts grants. Jones taught studio arts at the University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. For the last several years Jones has enjoyed working for the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, which operates an international residency for artists across disciplines located in Italy.
Bill Grant	William E. Grant is Professor Emeritus of American Culture Studies and English at Bowling Green State University where he was for many years Director of the American Culture Studies Program, an interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate program. His teaching and research areas include the American west, America in the 1890s, American individualism, and theories and methods of American Studies. He now resides in New Mexico.