Joel Beesley (jbeesley) teaches Computer Literacy 1 & 2 and World-Wide Web Development as an elective for sophomores through seniors. He also teaches Yearbook. He earned his B.A. at Valparaiso University and his M.A. at Southern Illinois University.

David Bergandine (dbergand) teaches Intro Chemistry and Chemistry A, B, C, and D. He earned his B.A. at Cedarville College. In Fall of 2011, he was also named Assistant Director. http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/~dbergand/chemistry/

Gene Bild (bild) Gene Bild has a B.S. in Math from DePaul University and a M.S. in the teaching of math from UIUC. His mathematical interests include polyominoes and other tiling problems, coding theory and 3D geometric construction puzzles such as Soma Cubes. In 2002 he won the Edith May Sliffe award for Distinguished Mathematics Teaching. In 2008 the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE) awarded Mr. Bild its Joint Service Award for his work as a MathCounts coach. Mr. Bild's hobbies include Chen-style taiji and qigong and collecting vintage paperbacks, especially ones with covers by Edward Gorey. Mr. Bild lives with his wife and daughter in an undisclosed location somewhere near the Art Theater in downtown Champaign, Il.

Ioana Boca (iboca) earned a BS in Mathematics from the University of Bucharest, a Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of Southern California, and a MS in Statistics from the University of Illinois. This year she teaches Geometry and Accelerated Calculus 1.

Warren Buck (wbuck) teaches Algebra 1 and Calculus. He earned his B.A. in mathematics education and his M.A. in mathematics from Eastern Illinois University.
Website: http://www.uni.illinois.edu/~wbuck

Chris Butler (butler3) teaches Modern History, World History and World Since 1945. He earned his B.A. and his M.Ed degrees at the University of Illinois.

Joan Campagnolo (jcampagn) teaches the Nature of Science and Earth Studies.

Jim Carrubba (carrubba) teaches Intro Physics and Physics A, B, and C. He earned his A.B. at Harvard and M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois.

Lisa Castor (castor) Accountant

Corissa Clark (okregliz@illinois.edu) Secretary

Marianne Downey (downey1) is the Director of Advancement at Uni High.

Lisa Evans (levans) teaches Studio Art 1 & 2, Art Exploration and Interrelated Arts. She earned her B.S. at Miami University, her M.B.A. at the University of Chicago, and her B.F.A. and M.F.A. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Jenna Finch (jdfinch) teaches Spanish 1, 2, 3 and Intensive II. She received a B.A. at Grinnell College; an M.A. (ABD) at the University of Kansas, Lawrence and an M.Ed. (online with practicum) from Southern Illinois University. Her teaching certification (6-12) is current.

John Garvey (jbgarvey) teaches French 1 & 2, and is on the Technology team for Computer Literacy 1 and 2. He co-sponsors the French Club, co-directs the biannual French Trip, and is Assistant Chess Coach, as well as the organizer for Agora Days. He earned his B.A. at Frostburg State College and his M.S. at the University of Illinois.

Barb Gerdes (baschenb) Office Manager.

Rachel Jackson Green (rjjacksn) is the school counselor at Uni for students with last names A - K. Rachel is the club sponsor for the Asian Media Club and co-coordinator for the Subbie Buddy Program. She is a certified crisis counselor and a UIUC LGBT Ally (her office is a Safe Zone). Prior to coming to Uni, Rachel was the Prevention Education Coordinator/ Crisis Counselor at Rape, Advocacy, Counseling & Education Services where she facilitated prevention education programs at schools throughout Champaign (including Uni High)and surrounding counties. Rachel incorporates social justice education in her work as much as possible. She earned her B.A. from Eastern Mennonite University and her M.S.W. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Chris Guyotte (guyotte) teaches Theatre Arts 1 & 2, Film Study, Introduction to Radio, and Interrelated Arts.

Frances Harris (francey) is the librarian at the Uni High library and teaches Computer Literacy I and II. She earned her B.A. at the University of Colorado and her M.A. at the University of Denver. The library website is at http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library and her personal website is at http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/harrisvita.htm.

Karen Iehl-Morse (kiehlmor) teaches Health.

Susan Kovacs (skovacs) is the Assistant Director. She graduated from Ohio State with a B.S.; Eastern Illinois University with 2 M.S. and a Ed.S.

Suzanne Linder (slinder) teaches Sophomore English, Current Topics in Social Justice and Gender Studies. She earned her B.A. in English Education at Calvin College and her M.A. in Speech Communications at the University of Illinois. In her spare time, she volunteers with Urbana Champaign Books to Prisoners
Her website is: http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/~slinder

Ellen Lindsey (elindse) Secretary/Registrar. All transcript requests from past Uni students should be emailed with the subject line: TRANSCRIPT REQUEST.

Carol Lombardi (clombard) teaches two sections of Journalism, is the Gargoyle advisor and works for the Advancement Office. She earned a B.A. from the State University of New York at Oswego and an M.S. from the University of Illinois.

Lynda Lopez (blues) teaches French 3 and 4. She earned her B.A. in Russian at Ferrum College (VA), her M.A. in Russian Literature at UIUC (IL), and earned her certification to teach French and Russian at the middle/high school level from UIUC. In addition to teaching French, she co-leads student language-based trips to France every other summer, and completed a second master's (in the online Global Studies in Education Master's degree program at UIUC), in Educational Policy Studies. Outside of school, her family (husband and two sons) keeps her on task.

Elizabeth Majerus (emajerus) is the Executive Teacher in the department of English
and teaches The Nineteenth-Century Novel, Non-Fiction Writing, and Creative Writing. She earned her B.A. in English and Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Matt Mitchell (mtmitch) teaches African American Literature and the Coming-of-Age Novel. He earned his B.A. in English at Rutgers University in 1994 and his M.A. in English at the University of Illinois in 1997. He has been teaching American and British literature and rhetoric/composition since 1994.

Lisa Micele (lmicele) is the Director of College Counseling and serves as the Department Head for the Student Services Office. She is also the coordinator & supervisor of the Peer College Counseling program at Uni High. Lisa received her B.S. and M.Ed. from the University of Illinois, Urbana. She received a 2nd master's degree (M.A.) from Lewis University. Lisa has been a part of the Uni High faculty since March of 1993. For a more complete bio, please go to: http://www.uni.illinois.edu/sso/staff

Janet Morford (jmorford) is the Executive Teacher of the Department of Social Studies and teaches “Introduction to Social Studies.” She has also taught “World History” and helps coordinate the UNI-WILL oral history projects. She is an advisor to the subfreshman class, a subbie buddy program sponsor, and enjoys subbing in French. She earned a B.A. at Bates College, various graduate degrees in France, an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. An avowed “school junkie,” she has been a student or a teacher for most of her life.

Rebecca Murphy (murphy) teaches P.E./Fitness, and also is in charge of athletic uniforms. She earned her B.S. and her M.S. at the University of Illinois.

Rick Murphy (rgmurphy) teaches Music Theory, Interrelated Arts, Art Exploration, Chorus, Jazz Band, Orchestra, and Madrigals. He earned his B.F.A. at MacMurray College and his M.M.Ed. at Illinois State University. During his time here at the University of Illinois, he has completed all of the course-work in the music education doctoral program.

Doug Mynatt (mynatt) teaches sports, fitness, and strength training in the PE department. He is also head coach for the track and field and cross country teams. He earned his B.A. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa.

Gwyn Ortiz (geortiz) Office Administrator

Mari Porter (mainnami) teaches Japanese 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Karl Radnitzer (radnitze) is the school counselor at Uni for students with last names L-Z. He received his B.S. in psychology from North Park College, M.S. at the University of Illinois, C.A.S from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

Steve Rayburn (srayburn) is a Teaching Associate in English. He holds a B.A. in English from Lambuth University, a M.A. in English and American Literature from Ohio University, and completed doctoral course work at The University of Mississippi. Currently he teaches Subfreshman English and one Junior/Senior English Seminar. He is also the sponsor of the Kung Fu Club at Uni and is involved with the GSA and theater.For Subfreshman English, course information may be found at http://subbienglish.wordpress.com/.

Craig Russell (hcrussel) Teaching Associate, Executive Teacher, earned his S.B. in mathematics at MIT in 1983. He served in the Army for 11 years, earning M.S. in Applied Mathematics (completing all but dissertation requirements for the Ph.D.) at RPI in 1992 and teaching at the United States Military Academy (West Point), where he taught freshman and sophomore math courses and was the math department leader in a study involving issuing students laptop computers for class work. At West Point, Craig was bitten by the teaching bug, so he resigned from the Army to become a high school teacher. Craig's favorite people are his wife and two children, followed by students who like math. Craig has enjoyed working with the Math Forum (www.mathforum.org) on several projects and with the NCTM Illuminations project (www.illuminations.nctm.org). In Fall of 2011, he was also named Assistant Director.

Greg Smith (gregs) Greg Smith is the Executive Teacher of Computers and Educational Technology. He is one of four members of the team teaching Computer Literacy 1 & 2 to subfreshmen and freshmen. He also teaches Computer Programming and Computer Technology as electives for sophomores through seniors. He is a Uni High alum, class of 1973. He has a B.S. in Radio and Television from the U of I (1977) and an Ed.M. (Master of Education) in Curriculum and Instruction (1991). In his spare time, Greg is involved in photography, television production and amateur radio, but his real passion is model rocketry. He's Director of Operations for Central Illinois Aerospace, Champaign-Urbana's sport rocketry club. You can visit their web site at http://ciarocketry.org/ or view pictures of local rocketry activities (many taken by Greg) at http://cia-rocketry.smugmug.com

David Stone (stone2) teaches Intro Biology, Organismal Biology, Field Biology, and Genetics. He earned his B.S. in Biology at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, and his M.S. in Entomology and M. Ed. in Curriculum, Technology, and Education Reform at the University of Illinois. In Fall of 2011, he was also named Assistant Director. website: http://www.illinois.edu~stone2 .

Adele Suslick (asuslick) teaches Freshman English. She earned her B.A. at UCLA and her M.A. at Stanford University. website: http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/~asuslick

Bill Sutton (w-sutton) teaches Junior and Senior U.S. History. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois.

Rachel Tyson (rstyson) She earned her B.A. at Amherst College and M.S. at University of Michigan, and M.A. at University of Michgan.

Billy Vaughn (bvaughn) teaches Intro Philosophy, Anthropology, World History and Modern History. He earned his B.M. at Florida State University, M.A. at University of Chicago, and M.Ed at University of Illinois.

Sally Walker (swalker6) Athletics Director and Executive Teacher of Physical Education, Health and Driver's Education. She teaches freshmen Fitness. She earned her B.S. in Physical Education from West Virginia University

Dr. Jeff Walkington (jwalking) is the Director of Uni High. Dr. Walkington began his career as a teacher of English in public schools; he later took on teaching and administrative roles in independent schools, such as at Webb School in Knoxville, TN (Director of the Writing Center, Public Relations Director), and Cannon School in Charlotte, NC (Upper School Director, Assistant Headmaster). His last post before joining Uni was as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Latin School of Chicago. Walkington earned his bachelor's degree in English and French at DePauw University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Jeff and his wife Sarah have a daughter in college, Ellen, and a son in seventh grade, John.

Paul Weilmuenster (weilmuen) teaches German 1, 2, 3 & 4. He earned his B.A. at Eastern Illinois University and his M.A. at the University of Illinois.

Krisanna Zusman (lucken) teaches Latin 1, 2, 3 & 4. She earned her B.A. at the University of Minnesota and her M.A. at the University of Illinois.