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Michael Notaro

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

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

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

Harry Brighouse

Professor, philosophy; affiliate professor, educational policy studies

Political and moral philosopher with expertise on education and family policy

Julie Mead

Julie Mead

Professor emeritus, educational leadership and policy analysis

Expert on the legal aspects of K-12 education (school law)

Robert Enright

Robert Enright

Professor, educational psychology

Social science study of forgiveness

John Rudolph

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

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

Wren Singer

Associate Vice Provost, Academic and Career Success

Expert on the transitions in and out of college and the undergraduate academic experience.

John Witte

John Witte

Professor, political science and public affairs

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

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

Alan Knox

Alan Knox

Professor, educational leadership and policy

Expert in adult and continuing education

Michael Apple

Michael Apple

Professor, curriculum and instruction, and educational policy studies

Expert on the effects and politics of educational reform

David Williamson Shaffer

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

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

Beth Graue

Beth Graue

Chair and Sorenson Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Expert on kindergarten practice, readiness, class size reduction, home-school relations

James Wollack

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

Amy Bellmore

Amy Bellmore

Professor, educational psychology

Expert on adolescent peer relationships

Martha Alibali

Martha Alibali

Professor, psychology

Expert on cognitive development, mathematics learning and gesture

Mitchell Nathan

Mitchell Nathan

Professor, educational psychology; chair, learning sciences

Learning and instruction, especially in mathematics and engineering

Geoffrey Borman

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

Colleen Capper

Professor; Co-Director of National Leadership for Social Justice Institute

Expert on equity issues in K-12 schools

Clifton  Conrad

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

B. Bradford Brown

Professor, educational psychology

Expert on social development, social transitions, and social media use during adolescence and young adulthood.

Peter Miller

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

Aydin Bal

Assistant professor, rehabilitation psychology, special education

Expert on the role of culture in special education identification and services

Cindy Kuhrasch

Cindy Kuhrasch

Distinguished Faculty Associate, Kinesiology

Expert in development of movement skills in children, integrated learning, affective education and assessment

Paula White

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

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

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

Michael Bleicher

Professor emeritus, mathematics

Expert in mathematics: number theory and geometry, math education, standards and in-service training

William Reese

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

David Baum

Professor of Botany; Fellow Wisconsin Institute of Discovery

Researcher and educator specializing in evolutionary biology and origins of life.

Timothy Paustian

Timothy Paustian

Teaching Professor, bacteriollogy

Expert on teaching sciences and the development and use of multimedia and collaborative technology in the classroom, AI and AI-detectors

Steffen Lempp

Steffen Lempp

Professor, mathematics

Expert in mathematical logic, particularly computability theory, and mathematics education

James (Jim) Maynard

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

Jamie Henke

Distinguished Teaching Professor, Division of Continuing Studies; affiliate, Mead Witter School of Music

Expert in music theory and pedagogy, teaching and technology

Michelle Harris

Michelle Harris

Distinguished Faculty Associate, Biology Core Curriculum (Biocore)

Specialist in undergraduate biology instruction and K-12 outreach