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Curtis Olson
Assistant professor, medicine
Expert on using education to improve quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of medical care
Joan Ershler
Program director, Waisman Early Childhood Program
Expert on early childhood development and education, services to young children with special needs
Peter Lalley
Emeritus professor, physiology
Expert in brain and spinal cord control of respiration; autonomic nervous system; neurotransmitters and control of respiration, effects of ageing on respiratory nervous system.
Mariana Pacheco
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Expertise in language and literacy learning, schooling of language minority students, English Learners, bilingual education
Linn Posey-Maddox
Assistant professor, educational policy studies
Expert on urban education, education and urban policy, and family-school relationships (particularly in demographically-shifting contexts).
Philip O'Leary
Professor, Engineering Professional Development
Expert on landfills and solid waste disposal, engineering continuing education
Thomas Smith
Faculty associate, Engineering Professional Development
Expert on applications of telecommunications, distance education
Christine Schwartz
Assistant professor, sociology
Expert on changes in partner choice in the United States, particularly with respect to educational attainment.
C. Shawn Green
Professor, psychology
Expert on learning and transfer, in particular the effects of video gaming on perception and cognition
Xueli Wang
Assistant professor, educational leadership and policy analysis
Expert on college student success, community colleges, transfer students in higher education
Mark Connolly
Senior Professional Development Specialist
Studies college teaching, postsecondary faculty, academic careers, and student learning at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Edward Hubbard
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Expert on human brain functions, brain development, perception and cognition, and brain imaging
Haley Vlach
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Expert on children's learning and development; memory development, language development, generalization of knowledge, and concept learning and development.
Travis Wright
Associate professor, Department of Counseling Psychology; Faculty director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service
Expert on schooling in highly-stressed communities; teaching students who have experienced trauma; student-teacher relationships; early childhood education
Matthew Berland
Assistant professor, digital media, curriculum & instruction
Expert on how people learn with and about computer science and engineering.
Michael Cardiff
Associate Professor, Geoscience and Geological Engineering (CEE)
Expert in monitoring and modeling of environmental issues related to ground water, water supply, and water quality
Dorothea Salo
Distinguished Teaching Faculty III, Information School
Expert on personal privacy and security online, online surveillance, information and media literacy (including "fake news"), data ethics, publishing industries, libraries, censorship and book banning.
Julie Underwood
Professor, School of Education and Law School
Expert on school law, policy, and funding
Jeffrey Russell
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Dean, Division of Continuing Studies; Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning
Professional civil engineer with experience in construction management, engineering education, and lifelong learning
Kris Saha
Associate Professor, biomedical engineering; Retina Research Foundation Kathryn and Latimer Murfee Chair; WID
Leads research lab in biotechnology (gene therapy, cell therapy, gene editing, CRISPR, stem cell bioengineering) and leader in science policy and bioethics
Mark Millard
Director of Learning Design & Technologies; lecturer, Engineering Professional Development
Expert in teaching and learning, instructional design, online learning, technology-enhanced collaboration and learning, information literacy, and emerging learning technologies.
Bassam Shakhashiri
Professor, chemistry; director, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy
Expert on chemical education, science outreach, and communicating science to the public; noted science demonstrator
Dipesh Navsaria
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Clinical Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Expert on early literacy in children, child health advocacy, public health and medical education.
Rob Meyer
Research professor, education and public affairs; director, Value-Added Research Center
Expert on value-added, educator effectiveness, assessment, education reform, education policy, psychometrics, teacher evaluation, human capital management, and education analytics
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
Eric Grodsky
Professor, sociology and educational policy studies
Expert on inequality in higher education, school attendance, research-practice partnerships in education
Matthew Hora
Associate Professor, Adult & Higher Education; Director, Center for Research College-Workforce Transitions
Expert on college-workforce transitions, with focus on internships, "soft" or "21st century skills," and postsecondary teaching from a cultural, historical and learning sciences perspective.
Nicholas Hillman
Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis; Director, SSTAR Lab
Expert on higher education finance and student financial aid policy.
Bradley Carl
Co-Director, Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative
Expert on district/school accountability systems, "early warning" systems to identify students at risk, and educator evaluation systems.
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 Kaplan
Professor, educational psychology
Expert on education statistics and international large scale education assessments. Member of OECD/PISA Context Questionnaire Expert Group.
Yang Sao Xiong
Assistant Professor, Social Work, Asian American Studies
Expert on social movements, race and ethnicity, immigrants and refugees, English Learners, American political institutions, Hmong Americans
Carren Martin
Assistant dean/director, Center for the First-Year Experience
Expert on transition to college and the first-year experience
Madeline Hafner
Associate Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Expert on racial disparities in educational access and outcomes, closing opportunity gaps, equity-focused leadership, and research-practice partnerships.
David Gagnon
Researcher, Wisconsin Center for Education Research; Director, Field Day Lab
Expert on educational video games, location-based video games, mixed reality (VR, AR), museum video games and big-data analysis of games
Daniel Gold
Director, International Academic Programs
Expert on study abroad and international education
Rebekah Pare
Assoc Dean & Executive Director, UW-Madison Letters & Science Career Initiative and SuccessWorks
Expert on Letters & Science career outcomes, careers for liberal arts students, career development, student development.
Steve Kimball
Assistant scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Expertise in teacher and principal evaluation, compensation innovations and strategic management human capital management in education.
Jennifer Gaddis
Associate Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies
Expert on school food politics and systems change in local, state, national, and international contexts