Adam Sandoval

Admissions Counselor

• Phone: 309-794-7703
• Email: adamsandoval@augustana.edu

Schedule a meeting with Adam

Specializations: Admissions

Malik Wildermuth

Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

• Email: malikwildermuth@augustana.edu

Hometown: Normal, Ill.
Current town: Silvis, Ill.

What do you most love to tell prospective students about Augustana? 

This is a place where everyone is welcoming and wants you to become the best you, you can be and they are will and want to help you get there.

What is your favorite time/tradition of the Augustana school year? 

Basketball season. November through March, Carver is the place to be!

What's great about the Quad Cities? 

The almost unlimited places to go get tacos!

What do you do you enjoy doing outside of work? 

Trying every restaurant that has tacos and going to the movies.

What advice do you have for students who are searching for the right college for them?

Go where you can envision yourself having the best experience.

Rob Williams he/him/his

Assistant Director of Admissions, Chicago Region

• Phone: 312-448-4834
• Email: robwilliams@augustana.edu

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Hometown: Vernon Hills, Ill.
Current town: Schaumburg, Ill.

What do you most love to tell prospective students about Augustana? 

I love to tell them about all the various clubs, activities, and events on campus. There’s something for everyone, but if you want to bring something new to campus, there’s a faculty or staff member at the college who will help you make it a reality. What makes the Augustana community so vibrant and welcoming are all the small communities that our students and staff have created. 

What is your favorite time/tradition of the Augustana school year? 

My favorite time of year is when the leaves start changing color and falling off the trees in the Slough. It’s beautiful scenery for your walk to class, the Gerber Center, or your residence hall. 

What's great about the Quad Cities? 

The community. Whether it’s food, events, or even a simple conversation, everything is warm, welcoming, and full of possibility and new experiences. If you’re looking for places to eat in Rock Island, make sure to check out La Rancherita, QC Pancake House, and/or Pizza & Subs! 

What do you like to do around the community? 

I coach high school track and field athletes, and I am also active in a non-profit group called the Illinois Leadership Seminar (ILS). ILS helps Illinois high school students unleash their leadership potential and make an impact on their communities. In addition to helping out with the flagship seminar each year, I am also an at-large member of the ILS Corporate Board. 

What do you enjoy doing outside of work? 

I love to run, and specifically I like training for anything from a 5k to a marathon. I also love reading books about history or geography, and I also enjoy fishing and kayaking when the weather is nice.

What advice do you have for students who are searching for the right college for them?

Make sure to know the “whys” behind your college decision-making. Make decisions on majors or activities or schools because you know that it’s the best fit for the person you are now, and because they will help you become the person you want to be. 
 

Specializations: Admissions

Jill Potratz

Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Phone: 309-794-8342
• Email: jillpotratz@augustana.edu
• Office: Brodahl 211

Jill Potratz worked as a school-based speech-language pathologist and adjunct instructor in the San Francisco Bay area for many years prior to entering a doctoral program in the Linguistics Department at the University of Oregon.

Her research interests focus on improving assessment methodology for speech intelligibility and language sample analysis, particularly for multilingual children. 

Originally from Wisconsin, she is excited to return to her Midwestern roots. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, hiking, vegetarian cooking and daily yoga practice.

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Stacy Barton

Associate Professor and Film Program Director

• Phone: 309-794-8007
• Email: stacybarton@augustana.edu
• Office: Sorensen 163

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Film artist Stacy Barton shot her first video in 1999, with a body of audiovisual work that includes short and feature-length narrative fiction ("Red Pearl" 2016), documentary ("In the Heart of Chile" 2007), non-fiction TV magazine ("Gumbo TV" 2004), 16mm experimental, video art and multimedia sculpture.

Barton has taught in higher education since 2004, holding positions at Syracuse University, the University of Colorado Denver, the University of West Georgia and Metropolitan State University of Denver. Ever grateful to have been given the chance to craft a dynamic new film program at Augustana, Barton is excited to help cultivate rich and bold student productions in the Quad Cities and beyond.

Andrea Guzman

Area Coordinator for Second-Year Experience

• Phone: 309-794-3863
• Email: andreaguzman@augustana.edu
• Office: Swanson Hall

Specializations: Residential Life

Amanda Sherrill

Professional Faculty, Assistant Professor, Staff Accompanist, Piano

• Phone: 309-794-7264
• Email: amandasherrill@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff 161

Dr. Amanda Sherrill is a collaborative pianist, educator and vocal coach. Since fall of 2022 she has been assistant professor of piano and the professional faculty staff accompanist at Augustana College. There Sherrill teaches applied piano and regularly coaches and collaborates with a wide variety of music students and faculty. Before coming to Augustana, she spent eight years as adjunct faculty member at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Ariz., where she accompanied various music events and taught class piano, applied piano, aural perspectives and humanities courses. Sherrill has also served as staff pianist for Northern Arizona University, the Valley of the Sun chapter of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and the Sonoran Desert Chorale. In 2015 and 2016 she held the vocal coach position for the MasterWorks Festival in Lake Winona, Ind., and Cedarville, Ohio. Prior to her collegiate teaching experience she spent three years directing the choral program at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Ariz. In 2011 she led the top choir to their inaugural performance at Carnegie Hall.

Sherrill's recent engagements include work with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra as the rehearsal pianist for Two Remain, an opera by Jake Heggie, and serving as the audition pianist for Opera Quad Cities.

Sherrill holds a D.M.A. and M.M. in collaborative piano performance from Arizona State University, where she studied with Andrew Campbell, and a B.M. in both piano and clarinet performance from Stetson University.

Elizabeth Matera

Part-time Assistant Professor of Music, Clarinet

• Email: elizabethmatera@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff 27

Dr. Elizabeth Matera began her musical career in the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and as a middle school band director in Maquoketa, Iowa. In 1990, she won a position in the clarinet section of the U.S. Marine Band, “The President’s Own.” She performed with the Marine Band for nearly 27 years in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States and was very active in the organization’s educational outreach programs.

Since retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2017, she has taught clarinet lessons in her home studio as well as in Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf, Iowa. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and playing golf.