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Dr. Elizabeth Majerus
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Director

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Education

  • M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • B.A. in English and Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Dr. Elizabeth Majerus is the Director of Uni High. She taught at Uni for twenty years before taking on the role of Interim Director for two years and was officially named Director in May of 2021.  Majerus previously served as Uni’s Executive Teacher in the department of English for seventeen years. As a Uni English teacher, she has taught Nonfiction Writing, Poetry, the Nineteenth-Century Novel, Utopias and Dystopias in Literature, Native American and Latino/a Literature, and Creative Writing. Dr. Majerus earned her B.A. in English and Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Mrs. Bridget Hughes
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Assistant Director for Student Life

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Education

  • MS in Information Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • MS in Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • BS In Elementary Education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    • Endorsements in Language Arts, General Science, Social Science, and K-12 Library Information Sciences

Bridget Hughes is the Assistant Director of Student Life at Uni High, officially stepping into that role in 2024. She has been an educator since first graduating from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010. She returned twice more to earn her MS in EPOL and her MS in Information Sciences, also from U. of I. As an educator she has served in many roles including areas of focus in general education, gifted education, language arts, science, arts education, technology, and CTE. She has served as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, library specialist, technology integrator, and administrator.