People

Nathan Jung

Nathan Jung, Ph.D. graduated from UW-Madison with degrees in English, Psychology, and Integrated Liberal Studies. After earning his MA in English from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago, he has happily returned to sifting and winnowing at the UW.

Before joining the College of Engineering at UW-Madison, he taught courses in Technical Writing, Health Science Writing, and Business Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he also served as Technical Communications Specialist for the Mechanical Engineering department. Before that, he taught Freshman Composition and Literature at Loyola University Chicago and worked as a tutor and administrator for its writing and literacy centers.

Nathan has published peer-reviewed articles on a variety of topics in the humanities and has edited a number of academic books, including three volumes of the “In Touch” series for the American Chemical Society. His classes are designed help students navigate democratic discourse in a multicultural and increasingly media-rich environment.

email: najung@wisc.edu
office: ECB 3130

Thomas McGlamery
email: tom.mcglamery@wisc.edu
office: ECB 2102
phone: 608.265.4735

Cynthia Poe

Cindy Poe holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her professional experience includes several years of practicing law, managing political campaigns, and teaching legal studies, history, and composition. Cindy has been teaching in the Program for Engineering Communication since 2008 and served as a tutor for the UW Odyssey Project for several years. Her teaching, research, and reading interests include civic and political communication, environmental history, legal and constitutional history, and mysteries. When not teaching, Cindy is often on the water in her kayak.

email: crpoe@wisc.edu
office: ECB 3138
phone: 608.265.8606

Mike Shapiro

Mike A. Shapiro (he/him), MA, has been teaching in the Program for Engineering Communication since 2014, and has advised Wisconsin Engineer magazine since 2020. Mike has taught writing online since 2009, with a focus on supporting less-confident writers and on helping all students increase their writing efficiency.

email: mike.shapiro@wisc.edu
office: ECB 3124

Bart Skarzynski

After a brief stint in the world of finance in New York City, I came to realize that my life interests lie in writing, literature, and academia. Since I’d studied mathematics and economics in college, and since English isn’t my mother tongue (I was born in Poland and grew up in Montreal, Canada), my discovery required me to go back to school to hone my language skills. Having earned two Master’s degrees in creative writing, I was then hired as a lecturer in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. Five years of teaching composition and technical writing to Buckeyes — five years during which I learned as much as my students — have prepared me well for teaching in UW-Madison’s Program for Engineering Communication (Go Badgers!). Further, my regular interaction with engineers has sparked my interest in the history of science and technology and in professional ethics, topics that you can hear me discuss in my InterEGR 397 classes. And when I’m not teaching or grading, I can be found holed up in some corner, writing the Great Polish/Canadian/American novel.

email: bskarzynski@wisc.edu
office: EH 3348

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Other instructors who have contributed to the success of the Engineering Communication Program include the following individuals: