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Ricki Colman

Ricki Colman

Associate scientist, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Expert on primate aging, caloric restriction and primate models

Joe Lauer

Joe Lauer

Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on corn production, transgenic crops and cropping systems in the Midwest U.S.

Kathleen Bartzen Culver

Kathleen Bartzen Culver

James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics; Director, Center for Journalism Ethics; Associate Professor

Expert in media ethics, journalism, strategic communication/marketing, First Amendment, free expression, emerging technologies, social media

James Danky

James Danky

Faculty associate, journalism and mass communication

Expert on alternative press in America, comics and the African American press. Founded and directed the Print Culture Center

Robert  Dempsey

Robert Dempsey

Chair and professor, neurological surgery; co-director, Stroke Program

Expert on neurosurgery of stroke, brain aneurysm, brain tumor, head injury

Robert Haveman

Robert Haveman

Professor emeritus, economics and La Follette School of Public Affairs

Expert in the economics of social and poverty policy and the application of benefit-cost analysis

David Vail

David Vail

Professor, veterinary medical oncology; director, Center for Clinical Trials and Research, School of Veterinary Medicine

Expert on clinical trials for novel cancer therapies with companion (pet) animals with natural cancers

Wan-Ju Li

Wan-Ju Li

Associate professor, orthopedics and rehabilitation, biomedical engineering

Expert on musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, adult stem cell therapy, and nanotechnology for biomaterials

Mark Markel

Mark Markel

Professor, chair, medical sciences; director, comparative orthopedic research lab; associate dean, vet school

Expert on bone and cartilage regeneration/healing and bone fracture. Also, focused on prevention of breakdown injuries in horses

Toni Ziegler

Toni Ziegler

Distinguished Scientist; Emeritus, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Expert on neuroendocrinology of male parental care in primates and on methods to measure neurologically active hormones

Richard Weindruch

Richard Weindruch

Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology

Expert on retarding the aging process by caloric restriction

Edwin Eloranta

Edwin Eloranta

Senior scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center

Expert in the design, construction and application of laser radars for studies of atmospheric boundary layers, aerosols, clouds and radiation

Robert Hamers

Robert Hamers

Professor, chemistry; director, Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology

Expert on nanotechnology, sustainability, renewable energy environmental science, surface and interface science

Patricia McConnell

Patricia McConnell

Adjunct associate professor, zoology; certified applied animal behaviorist

Expert on companion animal behavior and the biology and philosophy of human/animal relationships

John Witte

John Witte

Professor, political science and public affairs

Expert on education policy, tax and budget policy, and state and local government

James Sosman

James Sosman

Associate professor, medicine; associate director, HIV Care Program

Expert on HIV clinical care

Tally Moses

Tally Moses

Associate professor, social work

Expert on adolescents with mental health disorders, child and adolescent mental health services, stigma, labeling, adolescent social and family relationships

Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell

Emeritus professor, journalism and mass communication

Public broadcasting, not-for-profit media, media ethics

Diana Hess

Diana Hess

Dean, School of Education; Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

Expert on democratic education, social studies teaching and learning, the inclusion of controversial political and legal issues in schools

Sara Hotchkiss

Sara Hotchkiss

Professor, botany

Paleoecology and history of vegetation

Alan Knox

Alan Knox

Professor, educational leadership and policy

Expert in adult and continuing education

Robert Drechsel

Robert Drechsel

Professor Emeritus, journalism and mass communication

Expert on media law, particularly libel, privacy, access to information and First Amendment; secondary expertise in media ethics

Denise  Ney

Denise Ney

Professor, nutritional sciences; affiliate faculty, Waisman Center

Expert on nutrition and the gastrointestinal tract and nutritional management of phenylketonuria (PKU)

Greg Downey

Greg Downey

Professor, journalism and mass communication; library and information studies

Historian and geographer of information/communication technology and labor

Evelyn Howell

Evelyn Howell

Professor and chair, landscape architecture

Design, restoration, management and conservation of Midwestern native plant communities

Brian Ohm

Brian Ohm

Professor, planning and landscape architecture

Expert on land use and planning law

Elliott  Sober

Elliott Sober

Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies

Philosophy of science, particularly concerning evolutionary biology and probability

Janet Hyde

Janet Hyde

Professor emerit, psychology, gender and women's studies

Expert on psychology of gun violence and psychology of women

Michael Apple

Michael Apple

Professor, curriculum and instruction, and educational policy studies

Expert on the effects and politics of educational reform

Anne Eglash

Anne Eglash

Clinical associate professor, family medicine, breast feeding

Specialist in breast-feeding medicine

Sue Robinson

Sue Robinson

Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism

Expert on online journalism and citizen media

Aseem Ansari

Aseem Ansari

Professor, biochemistry; member, Genome Center of Wisconsin

Expert on gene regulation and genome targeting with natural and synthetic molecules

Paul Miller

Paul Miller

Clinical professor, comparative ophthalmology

Expert on animal vision and diseases affecting the animal eye

Bruce Wampold

Bruce Wampold

Emeritus professor of counseling psychology

Expert on the effectiveness of psychotherapy, mental health services, placebo effects and statistical methods in the social sciences

Stephen Small

Stephen Small

Professor, human development; director, Wisconsin IDEA Center on Families and Human Development

Expert on adolescent and adult development, parenting and prevention

Dorothy Farrar-Edwards

Dorothy Farrar-Edwards

Professor, Kinesiology, Occupational Therapy, Geriatric Medicine,

Expert on assessment of function and cognition in persons with stroke and Alzheimer's disease, health equity, recruitment and retention of minority individuals underrepresented in research

David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer

Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics; Data Philosopher, WCER; Director, Center for Research on Complex Thinking

Professor Shaffer founded the field of Quantitative Ethnography. He develops tools to study complex thinking using AI, statistics, and qualitative methods.

Simone Schweber

Simone Schweber

Professor, education and Jewish studies

Expert on teaching and learning about the Holocaust and genocide

Erica Halverson

Erica Halverson

Professor; Chair, Curriculum & Instruction

Halverson is an arts educator who studies how people learn in and through the arts.

Craig Albers

Craig Albers

Associate professor, educational psychology; principal investigator, WCER; chair, prevention sciences Program

Expert on educating students classified as English language learners; expert on prevention and early intervention education programs