Jeff Petersen
Director of Research Services
4448 Sewell Social Science Building
608-262-7373
petersen@ssc.wisc.edu

Jeff Petersen manages SSRS's relationship with funding agencies, College of Letters and Science, UW Research and Sponsored Programs Office, and other UW departments. Jeff manages the day-to-day financial affairs of the organization, and provides overall strategic planning and coordination in conjunction with the Chair and the Steering Committee. Jeff's responsibilities to researchers are to assist in financial, personnel, and administrative management of projects from pre-proposal to project end. Jeff also hires and supervises the SSRS staff. Jeff is also Associate Director for Administration for CDE/CDHA, a role he has had for over 25 years.

Janet Clear
Administrative Program Specialist
4418 Sewell Social Science Building
608-262-1172
jclear@ssc.wisc.edu

Janet Clear is responsible for a range of activities falling under the umbrella of editorial and technical services. Janet is the project manager for grant proposals submitted via SSRS. She collects and organizes information for proposals such as bio sketches and publications, and sees that proposals are complete and properly routed through University channels to the appropriate funding agency. She also serves as a technical consultant to SSRS staff and CDE/CDHA researchers, assisting with the production of presentations to professional audiences. She edits working papers and manuscripts for CDE affiliates, and produces them for Web and print distribution. Janet is also the webmaster for SSRS, CDE, and the department of Sociology. Janet has been with CDE and related organizations for over 20 years.

Carol Gilmore
University Services Program Associate
4412 Sewell Social Science Building
608-262-2188
cgilmore@ssc.wisc.edu

Carol Gilmore manages the daily operations of the SSRS administrative office, which provides clerical and administrative support for SSRS operations as well as CDE and CDHA-affiliated researchers and staff. This unit is responsible for word processing services, bibliographic database entry work, reception area contacts, assisting users of one public PC and printer (available to CDE-affiliated researchers), handling incoming phone calls, FAX services, photocopying, sorting and forwarding incoming mail, calculating postage for outgoing mail, preparing express mail packages, ordering and stocking office supplies, distributing working papers and maintaining a mailing list, and filing administrative documents.

Ellen Felsheim
Financial Specialist
4409 Sewell Social Science Building
608-890-1654
efelsheim@ssc.wisc.edu

Ellen Felsheim provides assistance to other SSRS staff in financial and administrative matters. Ellen's main activities include ordering equipment and supplies; personnel activities such as preparing letters of appointment, processing documents for new employees, and processing payroll documents; making travel arrangements and processing travel expense reports; and record-keeping, as well as other administrative duties as needed.

Vicki Sekel
Financial Specialist
4402 Sewell Social Science Building
608-263-2441
vsekel@ssc.wisc.edu

Vicki Sekel is responsible for SSRS financial services and payroll-related activities for CDE/CDHA faculty, staff, and students. She is also responsible for various purchasing activities, certain aspects of the CDE graduate training program, coordination of international travel, and for other financial management tasks in support of all SSRS researchers. Vicki also works directly with Dr. Alberto Palloni, coordinating his extensive travel schedule, arranging meetings of his collaborators (often held in foreign locations), and for managing contracts of researchers working on Palloni's projects.

Carol Tetzlaff
University Services Associate
4412 Sewell Social Science Building
608-262-2182
tetzlaff@ssc.wisc.edu

Carol Tetzlaff processes travel reimbursement requests for faculty, staff, and students. She does much of the organization's purchasing activities, including maintaining the inventory of general office supplies. She is responsible for incoming and outgoing mail as well as mail forwarding and express mailing services. Carol works closely with undergraduate students in the administrative office. She also develops and maintains bibliographic databases for CDE/CDHA faculty. In addition, Carol has primary responsibility for answering incoming phone calls, performing general office work such as photocopying and operating the fax machine, and doing word processing and data entry.