All Experts

Paul Robbins

Dean, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on environmental politics and conservation

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

Harkirat Kaur

Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Corn production agronomist, leading corn agronomy research and extension at UW-Madison, focusing on economical and sustainable corn production.

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.

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