Education :: UW–Madison Experts

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

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 emeritus, chemistry; director of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy

Expert on chemical education, science outreach, and communicating science to the public; noted science demonstrator

Kevin Niemi

Emeritus Director of Outreach Programs at WiScience

Expert on K-12 science education

Dipesh Navsaria

Professor of Pediatrics; Clinical Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

Expert on early literacy in children, child health advocacy & policy, public health, medical education, and early care and 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

Research Scientist, WCER; Associate Director, Center for Research on Complex Thinking

Expert on environmental and climate change education, history of school lunch and public health nutrition policy, and quantitative ethnography

Eric Grodsky

Sociology Department Chair; 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.

Carren Martin

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

Expert on transition to college and the first-year experience

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

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

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