MA/Post-Secondary Education, University of Northern Iowa
BA, Upper Iowa University
AA, Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Why did you come to work here? What keeps you here?
“I was looking for a job and something new, and out of nowhere this place became the place for me. I fell in love with the campus and how this school was close with its students. It felt right, and I was thankful that UD hired me. I glad to be a part of the UD family.”
Why did you decide to teach Criminal Justice at UD?
“Well very simple I always saw myself as a better teacher than a cop. But the reason is because I get the opportunity to teach future police officers, and lawyers, and social workers when they walk through my classroom, knowing they will learn.”
What is your passion in the Criminal Justice field?
“Policing, keeping any community safe because the police promise to server and protect the community and make it comfortable for people to live.”
Has your views changed from when you started your career?
“Yes, they have by understanding the community where students come from. Working with students has changed too.”
What advice would you give to freshmen to be successful college students?
“Communicate with yourprofessor and friends. We professors challenge you, but we want you to succeed; we are not enemy. Become friends with your professor your college life. It would be better if you got to know your professor.”
Kim Hilby
Assistant Professor of Sociology
BSW, LMSW
Why did you come to work here? What keeps you here?
“Well, the vacations are the best, and to be able to work and see my daughters go to school at the same time I work.”
Why did you decide to teach Sociology at UD?
“Well I was looking for a job and Alice Oleson, who had been working here at UD, a told me to apply and see what happens, and ever since then I have been teaching here. It has been the best choice I have ever made.”
What is your passion in the Sociology field?
“The students is what keeps me here, and what it comes down to is that the students keep me young and I love it.”
How long do you see yourself teaching here?
“Well I don’t want to think about it, but when it is time for me to stop, I will know, but until then I will still be here.”
Have your views changed from when you started your career?
“Yes, now I teach more hands on, more group working with the students not just telling them what to do. I feel that it has made my teaching better because of it, and it give the students a real life feel on how some of the work truly is out in the real word.”
What advice would you give to freshmen to be successful college students?
“Go to class, do your work first and have fun late,r be on time to class because it looks good and shows that you care about your classes. And get involved with school: join clubs and organizations. Your college life is short, so have fun and enjoy it, but do it smart.”
Alice Oleson Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D UW-Madison M.A. UW-Madison B.A. University of Iowa
What do you like about working here at UD?
"When students walk around and they are full of support and seeing that they could become whoever they want to be."
Why did you come to work here? What keeps you here?
"Because Dubuque is my hometown and seeing the white racism in Dubuque I want to make Dubuque a safer place for the other races and other communities, and thankful the students keep me here coming back day by day."
Why did you decide to teach Sociology at UD?
"Because my major in cultural anthropology it was an easy choice to do sociology."
What is your passions in the sociology field?
"Dignity for all human life and justice for all people."
How long do you see yourself teaching here?
"Until I feel like I accomplished change towards equal race and higher education."
Has your views changed since you started your career?
"Yes, I learned from my students and they taught me more throughout the years."
What advice would you give freshmen to be successful college students?
"To each find a zone whether it be a fraternity, a sorority, student organization and to just be themselves and study hard."
Ben Bartels
JD, Loyola University
BA, University of Iowa
Why did you come to work here? What keeps you here?
“It was a calling, it was something that I was born with. And also the coworkers they make time here fun and joyful, make the hard work go by fast, also, how we all come together and uphold our mission statement, not just as a department, but as a campus.”
Why did you decide to teach Criminal Justice at UD?
“Because I believe in justice. We all have a duty to right justice.”
What is your passion in the Criminal Justice field?
“The 4th Amendment because we as people have rights, and plus I am always on fire with the law.”
Has your views changed from when you started your career?
“No I come with the same energy every day. I feel no change in myself, but I see a change in students that want to work hard and achieve greater things and it makes me want to work harder for them because that want to be great.”
What advice would you give to freshmen, to be successful college students?
“Never get too hungry, thirsty, or tired. Stay focused on your dream and it’s yours.”
John Shook
MPA, Ohio State University
BS, Pennsylvania State University
Why did you come to work here? What keeps you here?
“I was already teaching and I was looking at this school, and it felt like it was the right pick for me to stay and be a part of this UD community. A big reason why I don’t want to leave is because this place reminds me of home.”
Why did you decide to teach Criminal Justice at UD?
“Because of my history, working in the prisons. Also I went to a school for as guess speaker, and since then it has been a calling. I had fallen in love with teaching, and it has been a great journey ever since I started, and it has only just begun.”
What is your passion in the Criminal Justice field?
“The expectation of working for fairequability within Criminal Justice and professional fields.”
How long do you see yourself teaching here?
“Until I Quit! As long as I am happy and healthy, I don’t want to think about it.”
What advice would you give to freshmen to be successful college students?
“To balance your time in college, study for your classes, and take the time to get to know your professors.”