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The University of Wisconsin-Superior welcomes nine new full-time instructors to campus this fall. The group represents six academic areas: the Department of Counselor Education, School of Business and Economics, Human Behavior, Justice and Diversity, Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences, and the Department of Human Health and Performance.
Each new instructor brings extensive expertise in their field and a commitment to student success. Through teaching, scholarship and mentorship, they help prepare students for meaningful careers and lifelong learning.
Meet UW-Superior’s new instructors, listed alphabetically by last name:
Carina Barker, MSW, LCSW, is a teaching assistant professor of social work. A licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, educator and founder of Encouragement Clinic in Superior, Barker brings more than 20 years of professional experience. She specializes in trauma-informed, strengths-based and culturally responsive practice, including maternal and women’s mental health. Barker integrates evidence-based interventions with real-world clinical experience in her teaching. She is completing a Doctor of Social Work degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is passionate about advancing social work education and developing the next generation of practitioners.
Jeffrey Bone is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law. His research focuses on the regulation of multinational corporations and the emergence of legal and social norm systems that protect the environment and human rights. Before joining UW-Superior, Bone taught as a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Shawyn Domyancich-Lee, MSW, LGSW (they/them), is program director of the Master of Social Work Program and an associate professor of social work in the Human Behavior, Justice and Diversity Department. Domyancich-Lee has taught social work courses for more than 20 years at institutions throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. Their research and scholarship examine attachment styles in Korean adoptees, intersections of queer and adoptee identities, and the origins of Korean adoption in international policy and practice. Their work also explores nature-based interventions and place attachment among populations displaced from their homes, communities and cultures. Before entering higher education, Domyancich-Lee worked as a macro practice social worker specializing in community organizing, program development, leadership training and education.
Michelle Frack is a teaching assistant professor of biology and environmental science in the Natural Sciences Department. Frack taught at UW-Superior for the past two years as a visiting lecturer and is excited to continue working with students and the campus community in her new role. She earned a master’s degree in biology from the University of Illinois Chicago and a doctorate in educational studies from Ball State University. Her teaching and research interests include ecology and environmental science, biology education, scientific literacy and socially consequential science. Frack incorporates place-based learning and course-based undergraduate research experiences into her courses, including a forest ecology project in which students helped select and plant trees across the UW-Superior campus.
Rachel Hodapp is an assistant professor in the Master of Social Work Program. A cultural and medical anthropologist, social scientist, licensed advanced practice social worker and higher education instructor, Hodapp has taught undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in social work, anthropology, African cultural studies, history and education. Her research spans topics ranging from menstrual care in Tanzania and contraceptive access in Wisconsin to mindfulness-based interventions for critical care nurses and people with alcohol use disorder. Her scholarly interests include critical social work and cultural anthropology, reproductive well-being, menstruation studies, mindfulness-based practices and feminist ethnography in East Africa and the United States. Hodapp is a research affiliate with the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity and the Contraceptive Autonomy Research Alliance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. She has received numerous honors, including four Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships, the John T. Hitchcock Prize in Anthropology and a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award.
Emily Kyllonen, MSE, LSC, LPCC, joins the Department of Counselor Education, bringing more than a decade of experience in child and adolescent counseling. She previously worked as a licensed K-12 school counselor and has provided therapy services to clients of various ages while also teaching at the university level. Kyllonen enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and participating in outdoor activities.
Rachael Mooney is a teaching assistant professor in UW-Superior’s new collaborative RN-to-BSN program, offered with six partner UW institutions. Mooney holds a Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on nursing education and brings more than 18 years of clinical and academic experience to the role. Her professional background includes bedside nursing, cardiology, primary care and health care management. During the past seven years, she has focused on higher education and joins UW-Superior after teaching in an associate degree nursing program. She is passionate about helping nurses advance their education and achieve their professional goals.
Trevor Winger is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He earned a doctorate in computer science from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on applied machine learning and methods that adapt to changes in data over time.
Dongwon Yun is an assistant professor of management in the School of Business and Economics. He earned a doctorate in hospitality administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Before joining UW-Superior, Yun served as an assistant professor of management at Salem State University. His research examining the negative aspects of human behavior has appeared in leading hospitality journals, and he received the 2025 Best Ph.D. Paper Award from the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management.