Join us to hear from four Wisconsin-based public humanities professionals who pursued non-academic career paths, from academic and nonprofit administration to editorial, fundraising, and community engagement work. This panel will be moderated by Danielle Weindling, Assistant Director, Center for the Humanities. Questions and topics of interest will be collected ahead of time for live Q&A and informal conversation to follow.
RSVPs are required and seats are limited.
To join, please send an email with your name and affiliation to: weindling@wisc.edu. We welcome you to bring a lunch, and light refreshments will be available.
Panelists
Jane Rotonda, Director, Wisconsin Book Festival
Jane Rotonda began work on the Wisconsin Book Festival in February 2023. Jane joined the team after eight years at the nonprofit Wisconsin Public Radio, where she worked closely with numerous author guests on WPR programming, and her love of reading inspired her to found WPR’s first-ever book club. She graduated from the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Dr. Erin Bailey, Associate Director for Community-Engaged Research, UW-Madison
Dr. Erin Bailey is the Associate Director for Community-Engaged Research at the Collective for Research Impact and Social Partnerships within the College of Letters & Science. Erin has over 20 years of experience fostering outreach, education, programming, and research using a social equity and justice lens. Most recently, Erin was the Director of Evaluation and Research at the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness, where she was dedicated to advancing the growth and development of research partnerships and enterprise-wide data management and analysis. Erin was formerly a Community Based Researcher at the Cancer Health Disparities Initiative within the UW Carbone Cancer Center, Wisconsin’s NCI designated cancer center. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Human Ecology, with degrees in Human Development & Family Studies, Human Ecology, and Civil Society and Community Research.
Michael Braun, Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Orange Hat Publishing
Michael T. Braun, PhD, is the owner and editor-in-chief of Orange Hat Publishing and its imprint Ten16 Press. He has a BA in English literature and an MA and PhD in communication science, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to purchasing Orange Hat from founder Shannon Ishizaki, Michael worked in academic research and program evaluation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In addition to Orange Hat, he’s also an adjunct assistant professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, teaching writing.