Tag education
Michael Notaro
Director and Scientist III, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research
Expertise: regional climate modeling, climate education, Great Lakes climate change, land-atmosphere interactions, lake-effect snow, ecological impacts of climate change, dust storms
Richard Halverson
Professor, educational leadership and policy analysis
Expert on K-12 school instructional leadership, technologies in education, and data-driven decision-making in schools
Aaron Brower
Executive Director & Senior Associate Vice President, UW System; Professor, social work.
Expert on educational innovations; competency-based education; college student success and transition to college; college drinking; college student learning; small-group
Harry Brighouse
Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies
Political and moral philosopher with expertise on education and family policy
Julie Mead
Professor emeritus, educational leadership and policy analysis
Expert on the legal aspects of K-12 education (school law)
John Rudolph
Professor, curriculum and instruction, history of science, educational policy studies
Expert on the history of science education in the United States, STEM education, why we teach science
Paul Williams
Professor emeritus, plant pathology; director, Wisconsin Fast Plants Program and Rapid Cycling Brassica Collection
Use of special plants as teaching vehicles in school and college, and in plants for research.
Wren Singer
Associate Vice Provost, Undergraduate Advising and Career Services
Expert on the transitions in and out of college and the undergraduate academic experience.
John Witte
Professor, political science and public affairs
Expert on education policy, tax and budget policy, and state and local government
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
Michael Apple
Professor, curriculum and instruction, and educational policy studies
Expert on the effects and politics of educational reform
David Williamson Shaffer
Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics, Educational Psychology; Data Philosopher, WCER
Professor Shaffer founded the field of Quantitative Ethnography. He uses artificial intelligence(AI), statistics, and qualitative tools to study equity in education and the social sciences.
Simone Schweber
Professor, education and Jewish studies
Expert on teaching and learning about the Holocaust and genocide
Erica Halverson
Professor; Chair, Curriculum & Instruction
Halverson is an arts educator who studies how people learn in and through the arts.
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
Beth Graue
Chair and Sorenson Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Expert on kindergarten practice, readiness, class size reduction, home-school relations
James Wollack
Associate professor, educational psychology; director, Testing and Evaluation Services, UW Center for Placement Testing
Expert on test security/cheating/academic misconduct, test development, placement testing, and educational measurement
Martha Alibali
Professor, psychology
Expert on cognitive development, mathematics learning and gesture
Mitchell Nathan
Professor, educational psychology; chair, learning sciences
Learning and instruction, especially in mathematics and engineering
Geoffrey Borman
Professor, educational leadership and policy analysis, educational psychology and educational policy studies
Expert on K-12 education policy, applied statistics and research methods
Colleen Capper
Professor; Co-Director of National Leadership for Social Justice Institute
Expert on equity issues in K-12 schools
Clifton Conrad
Professor emeritus, educational leadership and policy analysis
Higher education expert on equal educational opportunity and curriculum (student learning) at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
B. Bradford Brown
Professor, educational psychology
Expert on social development, social transitions, and social media use during adolescence and young adulthood.
Peter Miller
Assistant professor, educational leadership and policy analysis
Expert on community-based educational leadership, education in contexts of homelessness and school-community collaboration
Aydin Bal
Assistant professor, rehabilitation psychology, special education
Expert on the role of culture in special education identification and services
Cindy Kuhrasch
Distinguished Faculty Associate, Kinesiology
Expert in development of movement skills in children, integrated learning, affective education and assessment
Paula White
Senior administrative program specialist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Project manager of FLARE (Formative Language Assessment Records for ELLs), Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Lori Anderson
Clinical Professor, School of Nursing
Expert on school health and school nursing and on school-age children with chronic health conditions and their families.
Kris Olds
Professor, geography
Expert on globalization and urban change, globalization of higher education, forced evictions and the social impacts of mega events.
Michael Bleicher
Professor emeritus, mathematics
Expert in mathematics: number theory and geometry, math education, standards and in-service training
William Reese
Professor, educational policy studies and history
Expert in history of American education: history of high schools, reform movements, progressive education and testing
David Baum
Professor of Botany; Fellow Wisconsin Institute of Discovery
Researcher and educator specializing in evolutionary biology and origins of life.
Timothy Paustian
Faculty associate, bacteriology
Expert on teaching sciences and the development and use of multimedia and collaborative technology in the classroom
Steffen Lempp
Professor, mathematics
Expert in mathematical logic, particularly computability theory, and mathematics education
James (Jim) Maynard
Senior instructional Specialist, Chemistry; Director, Demonstration Lab
Expert on the preparation, research and performance of chemical demonstrations, chemistry video, and teaching chemistry.
Jamie Henke
Distinguished Faculty Associate, Division of Continuing Studies
Expert in music theory and pedagogy, teaching and technology
Michelle Harris
Distinguished Faculty Associate, Biology Core Curriculum (Biocore)
Specialist in undergraduate biology instruction and K-12 outreach