Ann Herda-Rapp

BIO

Professor Ann Herda-Rapp joined the UW-Stevens Point faculty in 2018, when the UW-Marathon County campus in Wausau became a branch campus of UW-Stevens Point. For four years (2018-2022), she served as the Campus Executive at the Wausau campus. Herda-Rapp arrived at UW-Marathon County in 1998 soon after completing her dissertation on women’s activism in the anti-toxic waste movement and earning her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Herda-Rapp’s research and teaching specialization is environmental sociology, though she loves teaching Introduction to Sociology.

LAST BOOK READ

“The Round House” by Louise Erdrich. The next book I will read? “News of the Air,” by UWSP-Wausau professor Jill Stukenberg.

ADVICE

In the words of the great philosopher, George Strait, “Love is everything.” Work to build strong, loving relationships and make sure those you love know it. Those relationships will be your legacy.

FUN FACT

Ann has two dogs but would have 10 were it not for her spouse and a Wausau ordinance.