Tony J. Oliver

Continuing Lecturer-Associate Professor, Percussion, Concert Band

• Phone: 309-794-8966
• Email: TonyOliver@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff Studio

Tony Oliver is an assistant professor of music and teaches music appreciation courses, in the FYI sequence (a liberal arts sequence for the first-year college student), and all things percussive.

Away from the college environment, he is often a clinician and adjudicator for percussion events, and is particularly involved in the New Horizons Music program, a life-long learning environment designed around the older adult musician. In conjunction with this program, he has taught at numerous camps and workshops throughout the United States.

He is the solo percussionist and timpanist for the Lake Placid Sinfonietta and a member of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. Various other chamber and solo engagements round out his performance schedule each year.

He received degrees from the University of Iowa (BM, MA), where he studied with Thomas L. Davis, and from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (DMA), where he was a graduate fellow and studied with She-e Wu.

Dr. Oliver is a regional education artist for Pearl/Adams percussion, a Sabian cymbal artist, and proprietor of Curving Walkway Publications, whose percussion publications have been performed throughout North America and Europe.

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Danielle Roman

Arts Communication and Donor Stewardship Associate

• Phone: 309-794-7236
• Email: danielleroman@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff Hall

Specializations: Communication and marketing, Advancement

Debbie Blaylock

Editorial Director, Communication and Marketing

• Phone: 309-794-8979
• Email: debbieblaylock@augustana.edu
• Office: Bahls CLC 201

Debbie Blaylock is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in journalism/news-editorial. She started her career writing for newspapers in south Florida, then moved into managing and writing newsletters and magazines in Virginia, North Carolina and Utah.

Originally from Illinois, she is happy to be closer to relatives but sometimes misses the Salt Lake City area, where you can cross country ski in the mountains in the morning and play golf the same afternoon in the valley.

Specializations: Communication and marketing

Quan Vi

Design Director, Communication and Marketing

• Phone: 309-794-8045
• Email: QuanVi@augustana.edu
• Office: Bahls CLC 201

Specializations: Communication and marketing

Douglas E. Tschopp

Director of the Entrepreneurial Center (EDGE)

• Phone: 309-794-7426
• Email: DougTschopp@augustana.edu
• Office: Olin 126

Doug Tschopp has worked on projects in public relations, marketing and advertising for firms in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. He teaches public relations courses under communications studies.

He is the advisor for many pre-professional student groups, including the Augustana Web Guild (entrepreneurial student web organization) and the ADs (Advertising Developers) group. The ADs group works on developing a strategic marketing plan for an actual client each year as part of the National Student Advertising Competition. The written plan is judged by the client and professionals from advertising agencies and the competition concludes with a "pitch" of the plan to the client at regional and national competitions. These organizations give students the opportunity to develop professional portfolios.

Doug is also very active in local and national professional organizations and encourages students to explore this as a professional development opportunity. He serves as a long-standing board member for the Quad Cities Public Relations Network and is the former executive director for Genesius Guild, a classic theatre company.

His experience in strategic web communication is highlighted by his long tenure as program chair for HighEdWeb, a prominent conference for web development in higher education.
 

Specializations: CORE

Lisa K. Slater

Marketing & Special Events Coordinator, CORE

• Phone: 309-794-7339
• Email: LisaSlater@augustana.edu
• Office: Olin 110

Specializations: CORE

Karen M. Petersen ’77

Legacy Giving Manager

• Phone: 309-794-7456
• Email: KarenPetersen@augustana.edu
• Office: Sorensen Hall

Karen M. Petersen is the legacy giving manager in the Office of Advancement. She works with alumni around the country to strengthen their estate plans to support all aspects of the strategic plan. Previously, Karen’s focus was in working with alumni in the Chicago and Denver areas. She continues to work to support all aspects of Advancement. 

Prior to working in Advancement, Karen launched the CORE Career Development office and served as the director of employer relations and internships within CORE since its inception in 2014. She had directed all domestic internship programs as well as programs in Australia, New Zealand and London.

In focusing her efforts to build employer relations, she launched the flagship Handshake career platform which serves students, employers, and staff. The efforts of the employer relations team resulted in 77 percent engagement of students on Handshake, and an eight-fold increase in job/internship postings for students. 

Prior to taking a lead in CORE, Petersen taught marketing and new product classes in the college's Department of Business Administration, and led the initiative to build Senior Inquiry (capstone) and academic internships within the department.

She has presented at past National Society of Experiential Education (NSEE) and MWACE conferences in 2016, 2015 and 2009. She was a regular presenter in campus workshops and internship seminars for students and faculty. In 2016, she graduated from the NSEE Experiential Education Academy, and was invited to instruct workshops for NSEE. 

Petersen is ABD in higher education administration at Illinois State University. She holds an MBA from the University of Iowa and bachelor of arts in business administration and psychology from Augustana. In addition, she has earned a leadership certificate from Northwestern University. She is continuing her education through coursework at The Fund Raising School in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University Indianapolis. 

Karen is married with two grown children and three grandchildren.

Specializations: Advancement

Stephen B. Hager

Professor of Biology, Director of Field Stations

• Phone: 309-794-3439
• Email: Stevehager@augustana.edu
• Office: Hanson Science Building 312

Students in my courses are challenged to learn content and conceptual material, and to apply this information to solve problems. I offer opportunities for students to engage in high-level critical thinking skills, analyze complex situations, and effectively communicate their work in both verbal and written contexts.

My research program seeks to understand the causes of human-related threats to natural bird populations.

The natural world is one giant dynamic system. Change through time is the rule, and I attempt to provide visual evidence of that change. The natural world is engaging. I try to make photographs that tell a story of my conversations — moments of engagement — with nature.

For more information about me, visit: https://sites.google.com/augustana.edu/sbh-naturestudies/home

To view photographs from my nature studies, visit: https://naturestudiesphotography.myportfolio.com/

Specializations: Animal behavior, General zoology, Conservation biology, Environmental science, Ornithology

Michael H. Scarlett

Professor of Education

• Phone: 309-794-7219
• Email: michaelscarlett@augustana.edu
• Office: Evald 207

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Dr. Scarlett has been teaching in the education department at Augustana since 2013.  

Prior to teaching at Augustana he taught at Montana State University, Billings, in the College of Education.

He also taught for 11 years in the St. Paul (Minn.) Public School District.

He earned both a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies Education.

Specializations: Social Studies education, American Indian education, Technology and education