I'm a professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (within the School of Health Sciences & Wellness, in the College of Professional Studies).   I was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, (where I was fortunate enough to be a student of Douglas Maynard, [who introduced me to conversation analysis & ethnomethodology]) and earned my Ph.D. at the University of California - Santa Barbara (where I was a student of Don Zimmerman, & where I learned much from my friend and colleague Steve Clayman).  

I was an NIMH post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in the early 1990's, and then was a professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School's Urban Clinical Campus in Milwaukee, WI.  After thirteen years of teaching medical students, and three years at SUNY-Albany, I came to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, where I teach courses and do research on Health Communication and social interaction.  

In my research I primarily employ the methods of conversation analysis, and the perspective of ethnomethodology, to study the detailed ways that health care providers and patients communicate & interact with each other.  

Research Papers 

Timothy Halkowski Research gate site

Timothy Halkowski on Google Scholar

Timothy Halkowski on ORCID