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Daniel Hausman

Daniel Hausman

Professor, philosophy, medical history and bioethics

Works on issues at the boundaries between philosophy and economics: causation, rationality, ethics, methodology

David Schwartz

David Schwartz

Professor, chemistry, genetics

Expert in high-speed mapping and sequencing of DNA

Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Professor, chemical and biological engineering

Expert on flow phenomena, particularly at small scales, including microfluidic devices and swimming microorgranisms

Michael Caldwell

Michael Caldwell

Lecturer, psychology

Expert on juvenile delinquency, callous/unemotional or psychopathic features in adolescents, treatment of violent juvenile offenders, risk assessment, transfer of juveniles to adult court.

Michael  Flaherty

Michael Flaherty

Emeritus lecturer, Life Sciences Communication

Expert on the media, the role of journalism in public policy debate, public relations and its role in public dialogue

Joseph Dillard

Joseph Dillard

Associate professor, medical microbiology and immunology

Expert on gene transfer and infection by the bacteria that cause gonorrhea and meningitis

Quentin Carpenter

Quentin Carpenter

Senior lecturer, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert in wetland flora and fauna

Peter Muir

Peter Muir

Associate professor, orthopedics

Expert on small-animal veterinary orthopedics and neuronal regulation of skeletal adaptation

Karen Holden

Karen Holden

Professor emerita, consumer science and public affairs

Expert on the economic status of the older population and on financial literacy

Jane Hutchison

Jane Hutchison

Professor emerita, art history

Expert on Dutch and German painting and graphic art of the 15th through 17th centuries; history of museums and collecting.

Chuck Kalish

Chuck Kalish

Professor and chair, educational psychology; faculty affiliate, psychology

Expert on the development of social cognition and categorization/inductive inference

Julia Murray

Julia Murray

Professor emerita, art history, E. Asian studies, & religious studies

Scholar of Chinese pictorial art in historical & cultural contexts, particularly as related to Confucian ideology

Enid Montague

Enid Montague

Assistant professor, industrial and systems engineering

Expert on trust in health systems, human-computer interaction and trust in health technologies

Victoria Rendell

Victoria Rendell

Assistant professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Shawn  Peters

Shawn Peters

Lecturer, Center for Educational Opportunity

Expertise in religion and law (First Amendment), Catholicism, marginal religions, homeschooling, pedagogical innovation.

Hongrui Jiang

Hongrui Jiang

Associate professor, electrical and computer engineering

Expert on microsystems

Kenneth Mayer

Kenneth Mayer

Professor, political science; affiliate faculty, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Expert on the American presidency and presidential powers, legislative redistricting, campaign finance reform, election law and administration and defense policy

Jordan Ellenberg

Jordan Ellenberg

Professor, mathematics

Mathematics, both contemporary pure math and mathematical aspects of news stories and public policy.

Mariana Pacheco

Mariana Pacheco

Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise in language and literacy learning, schooling of language minority students, English Learners, bilingual education

Severino Albuquerque

Severino Albuquerque

Professor, Portuguese; director, Brazil Initiative

Expert on Brazilian literature and culture

David Canon

David Canon

Professor, political science

Expert on U.S. Congress, legislative redistricting, and racial representation.

Yaohui Xu

Yaohui Xu

Assistant professor, dermatology

Expert on detection and treatment of skin cancer, skin surgery and laser surgery, general skin concerns

Sigan Hartley

Sigan Hartley

Associate professor, human development and family studies

Expert on neurodevelopmental conditions and family

Peter McIntyre

Peter McIntyre

Associate professor, Center for Limnology

Expert on global lakes and rivers, fish diversity, fisheries, Great Lakes, and water resource management issues.

Claudia Reardon

Claudia Reardon

Professor, psychiatry

Expert on sport psychiatry, including diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in athletes and benefits of exercise for mental health

Nam Kim

Nam Kim

Professor, Anthropology

Origins of war, ancient urbanism/civilizations, early Vietnam

Ian Baird

Ian Baird

Associate professor, geography

Expert on Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Hmong, Southeast Asia, environmental policy, natural resource management, hydroelectric dams, land concessions, political ecology

Yehui Han

Yehui Han

Assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering

Expert on power electronics and renewable energy

Aparna Lakkaraju

Aparna Lakkaraju

Assistant professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences

Expert in cell biology of the retinal pigment epithelium, retinal degenerative diseases and developing treatment strategies

Ellen Damschen

Ellen Damschen

Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Expert on terrestrial ecology, conservation biology and restoration ecology within grassland and savanna ecosystems.

Michelle Ciucci

Michelle Ciucci

Assistant professor, communicative disorders, surgery-otolaryngology, Neuroscience Training Program

Neuroscientist and speech-language pathologist, neural control of movement for voice and swallowing disorders, expertise on Parkinson disease

David Peterson

David Peterson

Assistant faculty associate, program director, Engineering Professional Development

Expert on continuing education in railroad engineering and operations

Lee Wilke

Lee Wilke

Professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Surgical Oncology

Expert in benign/malignant diseases of the breast, sentinel lymph-node mapping, neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer, laparoscopic abdominal surgery

E Jason Abel

E Jason Abel

Assistant Professor

Expert on genitourinary oncology

Jingshan Li

Jingshan Li

Associate professor, industrial and systems engineering

Expert on manufacturing, service and health care systems engineering

Catalina Toma

Catalina Toma

Assistant professor, communication arts

Expert on the social and psychological effects of communication technologies (online dating, social networking sites, email, instant messaging, etc.)

Justin Sydnor

Justin Sydnor

Associate professor, actuarial science, risk management and insurance

Expert in behavioral economics with expertise in areas of insurance decisions and health care.

Gary Lupyan

Gary Lupyan

Professor, Psychology

Effects of language on cognition and perception. How does learning a language transform human cognition. Does learning different languages cause us to think differently?

Robert Howard

Robert Howard

Director, Digital Studies Initiative; associate director, Folklore Program; associate professor of communication

Expert on Internet communication and contemporary religious belief

Leonard Polzin

Leonard Polzin

Dairy Markets and Policy Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Division of Extention

Agricultural economist specializing in dairy markets, policy analysis, risk management, and farm financial management.