Tag arts/humanities
David McDonald
Professor, history
Expert on history of imperial Russia, politics of contemporary Russia, intercollegiate athletics in relation to higher education
Tino Balio
Professor emeritus, communication arts; founding executive director, UW-Madison Arts Institute
Expert on history of American film industry
Kelly Cherry
Professor emerita, English and humanities
Author of 19 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction (essay, memoir criticism) and translations of two classical dramas
William Cronon
Emeritus Professor, history, geography, environmental studies
Expert on history of environment, conservation and environmentalism, U.S. West, public lands
James Leary
Professor emeritus, folklore and Scandinavian studies
Expert on the folklore/culture of diverse peoples in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest
Harry Brighouse
Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies
Political and moral philosopher with expertise on education and family policy
Andrew Stevens
Curator of prints emeritus, drawings and photographs, Chazen Museum of Art
Expert on connoisseurship and history of prints
Christopher Kleinhenz
Professor emeritus, French and Italian
Expert on medieval Italian literature/culture and the Italian language.
Joseph Salmons
Professor, German; director, Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures
Language and immigration, German in North America, languages of Wisconsin, American dialects, historical linguistics
Finn Enke
Professor, history; gender and women's studies, LGBTQ studies
History of gender and sexuality in 19th-20th centuries, transgender studies, social movements and activism
Jonathan Kenoyer
Professor, anthropology; director, Center for South Asia
Indus civilization, archaeology/anthropology of South Asia (India, Pakistan, etc), ancient technology and trade, kendo, martial arts, gender, GLBT
Michael Schatzberg
Professor, political science
Expert on African politics, African international relations and comparative political culture
Ronald Numbers
Professor, history of science and medicine
Expert on the history of science, medicine and religion, especially creationism and intelligent design
Myra Ferree
Professor, sociology
Comparative studies of gender and politics, especially European and American feminist movements
Stephen Kantrowitz
Professor, history; affiliated faculty, American Indian Studies
Expert on 19th-century U.S. politics, slavery, reconstruction and white supremacy
Scott Straus
Professor, political science, international studies
Expert on African politics, genocide, human rights and civil war
James Danky
Faculty associate, journalism and mass communication
Expert on alternative press in America and now the African Diaspora. Founded and directed the Print Culture Center
Elliott Sober
Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies
Philosophy of science, particularly concerning evolutionary biology and probability
Simone Schweber
Professor, education and Jewish studies
Expert on teaching and learning about the Holocaust and genocide
Joseph Koykkar
Professor, music; music director, dance
Expert in music composition, music technology, and music for dance, film and media
Ahna Skop
Professor of Genetics
Expert on cell division in animal cells, characterized the midbody (new organelle), uses scientific art for outreach, coloring book author, social media and science engagement
Jonathan Gray
Professor, media and cultural studies, communication arts
Expert on contemporary television, audiences, comedy and convergence
Robin Valenza
Associate professor, English
Expert on 18th- and 19th-century British literature and culture, history of academic disciplines, digital humanities, graphic novel, 20th/21st-century comic books
Adam L. Kern
Professor of Japanese Literature and Visual Culture, Department of Asian Languages & Culture
Specializing in Japanese literature, visual culture, and popular culture, particularly manga (Japanese-styled comics) and haiku.
Susan Cook
Director, School of Music; professor, musicology
Expert on American music of all kinds and eras, gender and music, Wisconsin and campus musics
Jeff Smith
Professor, communication arts
Expert on postwar American cinema, music in film and the Hollywood blacklist
William Aylward
Professor, Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Expert on classical archaeology, ancient Greek and Roman civilization, and Troy and the Trojan War
Anja Wanner
Professor, English
Expert on the English language (grammar, standards, genres, academic writing, spelling, language change, language use on the Internet, "Grammar Badgers" website)
William Sethares
Professor, electrical and computer engineering
Expert on signal processing of sound, images and video
Marc Silberman
Professor and chair, German
Expert on 20th and 21st century German culture, literature, theater, cinema (1920s, Third Reich, postwar East/West Germany and post-unification)
Ellen Sapega
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Expert on contemporary Portuguese literature and culture
William Reese
Professor, educational policy studies and history
Expert in history of American education: history of high schools, reform movements, progressive education and testing
Frank Salomon
Professor emeritus, anthropology
Expert on Andean peoples, especially religion and writing systems
Mark Nelson
Associate professor, design studies
Expert in interior design, architecture and architectural illustration/digital visualization
Robert Skloot
Professor emeritus, theatre and drama, and Jewish studies
Expert on the theater and the Holocaust and the arts and genocide; teacher; theater director and playwright