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Curtis Olson

Curtis Olson

Assistant professor, medicine

Expert on using education to improve quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of medical care

Joan Ershler

Joan Ershler

Program director, Waisman Early Childhood Program

Expert on early childhood development and education, services to young children with special needs

Peter Lalley

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

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

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

Philip O'Leary

Professor, Engineering Professional Development

Expert on landfills and solid waste disposal, engineering continuing education

Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith

Faculty associate, Engineering Professional Development

Expert on applications of telecommunications, distance education

Christine Schwartz

Christine Schwartz

Assistant professor, sociology

Expert on changes in partner choice in the United States, particularly with respect to educational attainment.

C. Shawn Green

C. Shawn Green

Professor, psychology

Expert on learning and transfer, in particular the effects of video gaming on perception and cognition

Xueli  Wang

Xueli Wang

Assistant professor, educational leadership and policy analysis

Expert on college student success, community colleges, transfer students in higher education

Mark Connolly

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

Edward Hubbard

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Expert on human brain functions, brain development, perception and cognition, and brain imaging

Haley Vlach

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

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

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

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

Julie Underwood

Professor, School of Education and Law School

Expert on school law, policy, and funding

Jeffrey Russell

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

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

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

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

Kevin Niemi

Kevin Niemi

Emeritus Director of Outreach Programs at WiScience

Expert on K-12 science education

Dipesh Navsaria

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

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

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

Eric Grodsky

Professor, sociology and educational policy studies

Expert on inequality in higher education, school attendance, research-practice partnerships in education

Matthew Hora

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

Nicholas Hillman

Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis; Director, SSTAR Lab

Expert on higher education finance and student financial aid policy.

Bradley Carl

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

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

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

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

Carren Martin

Assistant dean/director, Center for the First-Year Experience

Expert on transition to college and the first-year experience

Madeline Hafner

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

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

Daniel Gold

Director, International Academic Programs

Expert on study abroad and international education

Rebekah Pare

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

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

Jennifer Gaddis

Associate Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies

Expert on school food politics and systems change in local, state, national, and international contexts