All Experts
Cecilia Ford
Professor Emerita, English and sociology
Expert on sociolinguistics, specializing in conversation analysis, gender and language, and the uses of language in spoken interaction
Michael Notaro
Director and Scientist III, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research
Expertise: regional climate modeling, climate education, Great Lakes climate change, land-atmosphere interactions, lake-effect snow, ecological impacts of climate change, dust storms
Richard Halverson
Professor, educational leadership and policy analysis
Expert on K-12 school instructional leadership, technologies in education, and data-driven decision-making in schools
Marie-Louise Mares
Professor, communication arts
Expert on children and media, pro-social/educational TV, media use among older adults
David McDonald
Professor, history
Expert on history of imperial Russia, politics of contemporary Russia, intercollegiate athletics in relation to higher education
Joy Zedler
Professor Emerita, botany
Expert on wetland restoration and ecology, reestablishment of native plants, and the interaction of native and exotic species
Adrian Treves
Professor of environmental studies
Open Science, coexistence between people and wildlife worldwide, especially wolves, bears and big cats. Constitutional and public trust protections for the environment.
Tino Balio
Professor emeritus, communication arts; founding executive director, UW-Madison Arts Institute
Expert on history of American film industry
Vicki Bier
Professor, industrial and systems engineering; director, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis
Expert on risk analysis and decision analysis, as applied to nuclear power safety, homeland security and critical-infrastructure protection
Aaron Brower
Executive Director & Senior Associate Vice President, UW System; Professor, social work.
Expert on educational innovations; competency-based education; college student success and transition to college; college drinking; college student learning; small-group
Barry Burden
Professor, political science and Director, Elections Research Center
Expert on American politics
Dominique Brossard
Professor and Chair, Department of Life Sciences Communication
Expert on media, science and policy; science and social media; public understanding of science; risk communication; science and fake news
Scott Bachmeier
Research meteorologist, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies/Space Science and Engineering Center
Research and training with meteorological satellite imagery
Dietram Scheufele
Taylor-Bascom Chair in Science Communication and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Life Sciences Communication
Expert on misinformation, social media, science and technology, AI
Joanne Cantor
Professor emerita, communication arts; director, Center for Communication Research
Expert on the psychological impact of the media on the emotions and thoughts of children and adults
William Cronon
Professor emeritus, history, geography, environmental studies
Expert on history of environment, conservation and environmentalism, U.S. West, public lands
Timothy Van Deelen
Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Expert in conservation and management of large mammals and mammal communities in the Great Lakes region (e.g., deer, wolves and black bears).
Lisa Naughton
Professor, Geography
Expert on biodiversity conservation, land use and protected areas in tropics, protecting rain forests to slow climate change
Jenny Saffran
Professor, psychology; investigator, Waisman Center
Expert on infant learning, language acquisition, music perception
Tracey Holloway
Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Expert on air pollution, energy and environment, air quality and public health, and science careers
Susan Paskewitz
Professor, entomology
Expert on biology and control of insects that transmit human and animal diseases, including malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease
Stanley Temple
Professor emeritus, forest and wildlife ecology, environmental studies
Expert on birds, wildlife, endangered species, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, conservation biology, ecology and Aldo Leopold
Grant Petty
Professor, atmospheric science
Expert on satellite remote sensing of the atmosphere and atmospheric radiative transfer
Jonathan Martin
Professor, atmospheric and oceanic sciences
Expert on mid-latitude weather systems: snowstorms, severe thunderstorms, can comment on climate change and global warming
Patrick Remington
Professor Emeritus, Preventive Medicine Residency Program Director
Expert in public health, population surveillance and community health improvement
Clifford Thurber
Professor emeritus, geoscience
Expert on earthquakes and fault zones; volcanoes; and seismic monitoring of nuclear explosions
Bret Shaw
Professor, Life Sciences Communication; Environmental Communication Specialist, Division of Extension
Expert on social marketing and communication related to environmental campaigns, eHealth for disease management
James Leary
Professor emeritus, folklore and Scandinavian studies
Expert on the folklore/culture of diverse peoples in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest
Frank Pfefferkorn
Professor, mechanical engineering
Expert on advanced manufacturing processes and heat transfer
Jon Odorico
Professor, surgery
Expert on beta cell replacement therapies for type 1 diabetes, including stem cell therapies and islet transplants
Edward Bersu
Professor emeritus, anatomy
Expert on gross human anatomy and anatomical variations, human embryology
Kurt Sladky
Clinical professor and section head, zoological medicine, surgical sciences
Expert in zoological medicine (zoo animals, wildlife and non-domestic pets) and conservation medicine (ecosystem and global health)
Harry Brighouse
Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies
Political and moral philosopher with expertise on education and family policy
John (Jack) Williams
Professor, geography
Expert on global warming and ecological responses to climate change, past and future
Paul Smith
Professor emeritus, family medicine
Expert on literacy, health literacy and their impact on health and health care, and primary care practice-based research
Christopher Velden
Senior researcher, Space Science and Engineering Center
Expert on hurricane research, and environmental satellite techniques/applications to tropical cyclones