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Sarah Clayton

Sarah Clayton

Professor, Anthropology

Archaeologist specializing in everyday life in early cities; migration; rural-urban interaction; community formation and persistence. Director of the Chicoloapan Viejo Archaeology Project in central Mexico.

Sage Goellner

Sage Goellner

Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies

French literature; adult language learning

James Brown

James Brown

Assistant professor of English

Research covers rhetoric and digital culture, Wikipedia, networked software, blogging and wikis

Heather Willis Allen

Heather Willis Allen

Assistant professor, French and second language acquisition

Expert in second language learning and teaching

Matthew Bakkom

Matthew Bakkom

Assistant professor, photography and art

Internationally established contemporary artist with special interests in material cultural, political expression and aesthetic psychology.

Daniel Grabois

Daniel Grabois

Assistant professor of horn, school of music

Expert on contemporary music, brass playing, French horn.

Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson

Assistant professor, communication arts

Expert on media industries, creative collaboration, and the production of popular culture

Brigitte Fielder

Brigitte Fielder

Associate Professor

Expert in nineteenth-century US literature, early African American literature; children's literature; race, gender, and sexuality studies.

Lori Lopez

Lori Lopez

Associate Professor

Expert within media studies on race/ethnicity and activism

Jeremy Morris

Jeremy Morris

Assistant professor, media and cultural studies, communication arts

Expert on the current state of the music industry, digital music technologies, music and the Internet

Shuxing Fan

Shuxing Fan

Assistant professor, scene Design, Theatre and Drama

25 years experience in theatrical scenic design, TV sets, themed events and entertainment set design, and fine art painting

Jordan Rosenblum

Jordan Rosenblum

Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Expert on rabbinic Judaism, food and Judaism, food and religion, and Jewish History

Henry Drewal

Henry Drewal

Evjue-Bascom Professor, art history and Afro-American Studies; adjunct curator, Chazen Museum of Art

Expert on African and African Diaspora arts and cultures; African American arts

Laura McClure

Professor and chair, Classics

Expert on Athenian drama, women and gender in classical antiquity, classical reception

Stephen Hilyard

Stephen Hilyard

Professor, digital arts

Professional multimedia visual artists working with digital and traditional media with a focus on landscape and the sublime.

Andrew Ruis

Andrew Ruis

Associate Director for Research, Epistemic Analytics (WCER); Fellow, Department of Medical History and Bioethics

Expert on histories of medicine/public health, food/nutrition, and education; school lunch; health services research

Matthew Edney

Matthew Edney

Director, History of Cartography Project, Department of Geography

Expert on maps, cartography, their history, and their cultural, social, and technical relations. The theory of representation.

Leslie Eisenberg

Leslie Eisenberg

Honorary fellow, Anthropology; Archaeologist, WI Historical Society; Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds

Expert on prehistoric archaeology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, trauma reconstruction, mass disasters

Mark Hetzler

Mark Hetzler

Associate professor, music

Expert in trombone, contemporary and experimental music and recording arts

Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor

Professor, music

Concert pianist

Martha Fischer

Martha Fischer

Professor, piano and collaborative piano, School of Music

Expert in piano performance, particularly in collaboration with other instruments and voice

Lori  DiPrete Brown

Lori DiPrete Brown

Associate director, Global Health Institute, Director, 4W Initiative, Distinguised Faculty Associate, SOHE

Global health expert focusing on women, children and highly vulnerable populations. Works to improve quality of health and social services from a human rights perspective.

David Perry

David Perry

Professor of Violin; Artist-in-Residence, Pro Arte Quartet

Violin performance and chamber music

Stefania Buccini

Stefania Buccini

Professor, French and Italian

Expert of Italian literature and culture:1600-1800

Sarah Marty

Sarah Marty

Director, Bolz Center for Arts Administration

Arts entrepreneur, arts management educator, performing arts professional, nonprofit arts and cultural leadership, production manager for campus and community events

Joshua Calhoun

Joshua Calhoun

Associate professor, English; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Culture, History, and Environment

Expert on Shakespeare, the history of papermaking, and the environmental history of books

Vlad Dima

Vlad Dima

Assistant Professor, French & Italian Department

Expert on West African, French, and Hollywood cinemas.

Laura Buyan Dent

Laura Buyan Dent

Associate Professor of Neurology

Treats movement disorders, works with artists affected by neurological conditions that affect performance

Ramzi Fawaz

Ramzi Fawaz

Romnes Professor of English

I study the relationship between popular culture and radical social movements.

Leslie Smith III

Leslie Smith III

Associate Professor, Art

Expert on art, with particular interest in modern abstraction and contemporary trend in both representational and abstract painting.

Caroline Druschke

Caroline Druschke

Assistant Professor, English

Focus on public engagement with freshwater restoration, dams, wetlands, and trout.

Jennifer  Ratner-Rosenhagen

Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Merle Curti and Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor

Expert on American intellectual and cultural history, from the founding to the present.

Craig Werner

Craig Werner

Professor emeritus of Afro-American Studies

Expert on African American and American popular music from the 1950s to the present.

David Fields

David Fields

Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies

Expert on U.S.-Korean relations, U.S.-East Asian relations, and American foreign policy

Sami Schalk

Sami Schalk

Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women's Studies

Expert on disability, blackness, and gender in contemporary American literature, media and culture

Daniel Hummel

Daniel Hummel

Research Fellow (UW-Madison); Director of University Engagement (Upper House)

Expert on U.S.-Israel relations, American evangelicalism, and U.S. foreign policy.

Anna  Andrzejewski

Anna Andrzejewski

Professor, Art History Department

Expert on American art, American material and visual culture, and North American vernacular architecture and landscape history

Sandra  Adell

Sandra Adell

Professor of literature, Department of Afro-American Studies

Expert on Black literature, including Afro-American, Black Francophone, (African, Caribbean) and African American Dramatic Literature and Theater History

James McMaster

James McMaster

Assistant Professor, Gender and Women's Studies and Asian American Studies

Expert on LGBTQ and Asian American politics and cultural production.

Nina Varsava

Nina Varsava

Assistant Professor, Law School

Expert on legal ethics and bioethics, procedure, and courts.