Featured Faculty Friday: Kris Kranenburg
Apr 19th, 2013 by Ann Ricca
The Featured Faculty for this Friday is an award winning copywriter and creative director and has worked with clients such as M&M, HBO, and Oscar Mayer. Have an idea who it is? Here’s another hint: she’s from the Communication Department! The Featured Faculty is Kris Kranenburg. Read on to learn more about her.
Q: Where are you from?
A: Chicago. North side of the city.
Q: What do you do at UW-Whitewater?
A: I teach advertising and visual communication, work with the advertising interns, and advise Whitewater Advertising Association.
Q: What is your favorite thing about UW-Whitewater?
A: It’s a tie between the students and the people in the Communication Department. Either way, when you work with great people it doesn’t really feel like work.
Q: What are some of your hobbies?
A: Spending time with my family is my favorite thing to do. Hiking in the woods, canoeing, fishing (although I never catch anything). I also teach theology for churches, groups, and the Diocese of Madison.
Q: If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?
A: Teleportation. I’m always running late and I hate being disrespectful of others’ time.
Q: What’s the best thing that you have ever done that you suggest others try?
A: Get married. Have kids. Study theology.
Q: What’s your favorite movie? Book?
A: I love reading Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Dean Koontz, and Jim Butcher. If I could only have one book, it would be the Bible. I don’t have one favorite movie, but I’m a sucker for physical humor.
Q: What is your best advice for students?
A: Take time to really think about things. Think about the big questions in life. Who am I? Why am I here? What do I really believe? What will I do with my life? Think about others. How can I make a difference in the lives of those around me? How can I treat all the people I encounter with dignity and patience and charity? Think about the big issues. Study them from all sides so that you have an informed opinion that is your own, not just what others are telling you is right.
Q: What’s one thing that you want people to know about you?
A: I am always trying to do my best for God and my family.
Want to learn more about Kranenburg? Her professional bio is below:
Kris Kranenburg is an award-winning copywriter and creative director. She has worked with numerous advertising agencies on clients including M&M/Mars, Cadillac, Kellogg’s, HBO, Oscar Mayer, Kraft, Jack Daniel’s, Campbell’s, and Keebler. Kranenburg received an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication from Roosevelt University and a B.S. in Advertising from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Since coming to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2006, Kranenburg has taught Advertising Campaigns, Advertising Copywriting and Layout, Advanced Advertising Creative, Foundations of Advertising, Publication Layout, Electronic Media Copywriting, and Publication Photography. Kranenburg oversees the Communication Department’s advertising interns and is the advisor for the Whitewater Advertising Association. In her spare time she enjoys doing pro-bono advertising work for churches, schools, and non-profit organizations.
Thank you for being our Featured Faculty for this Friday Kris Kranenburg! Check back next week to see who the next featured faculty will be.