Tag arts/humanities
![David McDonald](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjc3MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--eb76e0e5a4b990bfb286886cdfca04f4d09dafc9/image_faculty_dm400.jpg)
David McDonald
Professor, history
Expert on history of imperial Russia, politics of contemporary Russia, intercollegiate athletics in relation to higher education
![William Cronon](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTMyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ae2825e39681e0fa0f1990da1f91650fdf274498/Cronon_William_hs10_9567.jpg)
William Cronon
Professor emeritus, history, geography, environmental studies
Expert on history of environment, conservation and environmentalism, U.S. West, public lands
![James Leary](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjg3MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6953e4dcf0ad74a3207a60e69c818c8ba54aa167/Leary_Jim_portrait-with-CD.jpg)
James Leary
Professor emeritus, folklore and Scandinavian studies
Expert on the folklore/culture of diverse peoples in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest
![Harry Brighouse](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA1MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--bd03e066dfa99b728076c1192e907a8418ecd09a/HB3.jpg)
Harry Brighouse
Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies
Political and moral philosopher with expertise on education and family policy
![Andrew Stevens](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjkwMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7564c12e29a1c465bb6273de0708865499e697ea/Drew_Retires.jpg)
Andrew Stevens
Curator of prints emeritus, drawings and photographs, Chazen Museum of Art
Expert on connoisseurship and history of prints
![Christopher Kleinhenz](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTM2MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--94b2a450a8ed1c6374d8e72139bc31b9ef8176bd/kleinhenz_chris07_3834.jpg)
Christopher Kleinhenz
Professor emeritus, French and Italian
Expert on medieval Italian literature/culture and the Italian language.
![Joseph Salmons](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjkwOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e4e688d26adb490c08b42d36a1289e8efdd6d465/salmons_0.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTM3NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--a5f4f5e03c58e827b82a0c9dff3ef35989fff007/Finn_Cascade_R_sc.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTM3OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b066d9e2f0a8cbe3e0d5546694c0f4f1488cbbfa/kenoyer.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTM4NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8bc80f536026707ea00d2e482f854b11768abaa2/schatzberg.jpg)
Michael Schatzberg
Professor, political science
Expert on African politics, African international relations and comparative political culture
![Ronald Numbers](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTM4OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--a76f1aa1222c1e4bcc31237f2567be9c78dc51f7/Numbers_Ron_office09_3545.jpg)
Ronald Numbers
Professor, history of science and medicine
Expert on the history of science, medicine and religion, especially creationism and intelligent design
![Myra Ferree](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTM5MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--aa8b15e5dda776544be83830f239023c577e9727/myra.jpg)
Myra Ferree
Professor, sociology
Comparative studies of gender and politics, especially European and American feminist movements
![Stephanie Jutt](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQxNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--67966d86f724d6a5a2421fc31eace60d627cf857/Jutt_Stephanie09_7860.jpg)
![Stephen Kantrowitz](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQxOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--fcfaf3c4ac93f48d68ac9178017a366534580007/Kantrowitz_Steve_hs11_1477.jpg)
Stephen Kantrowitz
Professor, history; affiliated faculty, American Indian Studies
Expert on 19th-century U.S. politics, slavery, reconstruction and white supremacy
![Scott Straus](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQyMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--265cb91619174dc9e74af33e13d0c7a541909920/Straus_Scott_hs09_4989.jpg)
Scott Straus
Professor, political science, international studies
Expert on African politics, genocide, human rights and civil war
![James Danky](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzIzOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--09b55f55bbdcc6319fdf46885013fc28e28e4648/IMG_0673.jpg)
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
![Elliott Sober](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTUxMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f6519706712ad7698e75c290bf4b6f0228ea88c4/homepic.png)
Elliott Sober
Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies
Philosophy of science, particularly concerning evolutionary biology and probability
![Simone Schweber](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzAwOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e4348d55c4a8f43adf96bdf5e119b25a9277d3c8/Simone%20Schweber%20square-1.jpg)
Simone Schweber
Professor, education and Jewish studies
Expert on teaching and learning about the Holocaust and genocide
![Emily Auerbach](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTUyOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3b52f2df4fb1a4d31efd00e1c310a532f515d776/Auerbach_Emily_hs10_9642.jpg)
![Joseph Koykkar](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTU1NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--677d29ee41bc4e24a35a6a5c66c1e05e06414b53/photo1.jpg)
Joseph Koykkar
Professor, music; music director, dance
Expert in music composition, music technology, and music for dance, film and media
![Ahna Skop](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjY4NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--4d9c9e43c3db53fe719af0f6764a013ea3eeafa3/Ahna-SkopIFTHEN%20Headshot.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTYyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--4b01381cbaa4a545144810b4b55d1d386412860b/jagray3.jpg)
Jonathan Gray
Professor, media and cultural studies, communication arts
Expert on contemporary television, audiences, comedy and convergence
![Robin Valenza](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTYyMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7dd797e5452e8634c991607ddc884b0ad1504178/valenza.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY0MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--bbeed561cc792a53fa2d6cef0544e71d9a8fc838/kern_headshot.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY1NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--99389c4c0ac56db95776167e27bdf5fb64e07acd/Cookweb.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY1NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--59a0c53c00dcc2fc0edf5e0b4f82eaec622941e3/jpsmith8.jpg)
Jeff Smith
Professor, communication arts
Expert on postwar American cinema, music in film and the Hollywood blacklist
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![William Aylward](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA2MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b03ad98894c9fad61e89b5378a811a9d676e7568/color-UWcrest-print.png)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY4MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f30b1ee73a433ffe92dc45964a6431597ef827ad/anja_profile_best_of_two_worlds.jpg)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY4OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1de8a7ccf99285b3f9e01a80c6a47e03508cf078/sethares_william.gif)
William Sethares
Professor, electrical and computer engineering
Expert on signal processing of sound, images and video
![Marc Silberman](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcwMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--bd111d0ff720c5a2230b17a54a85395ecbc94f19/silberman.jpg)
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)
![Richard Young](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcwMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1af40c96b215af41656d39281a5275753643695d/Library.2005.03.jpg)
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Ellen Sapega
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Expert on contemporary Portuguese literature and culture
![William Reese](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcwNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ed1838e27eb2f54e90cb39ef6d9653f894bcec43/billReese.gif)
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](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcxMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c44f44575f4d5a62fa4b932cc21cde3a47798192/Salomon.jpg)
Frank Salomon
Professor emeritus, anthropology
Expert on Andean peoples, especially religion and writing systems
![Mark Nelson](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcxOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5b535b3bf3cec06c22a69c9bdc91ef8277669def/facstaffphoto1.gif)
Mark Nelson
Associate professor, design studies
Expert in interior design, architecture and architectural illustration/digital visualization
![Robert Skloot](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcyMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--75ff817c0b38891f405f408c815fc233b7de5e6a/Skloot_Bob_hs04_9257.jpg)
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
![Mario Ortiz-Robles](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0f07eace4fc4f2806851f107abdf95c48194e302/Ortiz.jpg)
Mario Ortiz-Robles
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, English
Literary Studies; Cultural History of Animals;
![Judith Mitchell](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcyNywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--d56e2b79bd064fe0b40ac30f685839d3d643b9ac/mitchellthumb.jpg)
Judith Mitchell
Associate professor, English; program in creative writing
Expert in fiction: novels and short stories