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Sarah Marty

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

Dr. Rebecca Sippel

Dr. Rebecca Sippel

Associate professor, surgery; Chief, Endocrine Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nationally recognized leader in field of endocrine surgery, specializing in the treatment of problems of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands

Heather Kirkorian

Heather Kirkorian

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Expert on infant/child development and the impact of screen media on infants, young children, and families

Walter Stern

Walter Stern

Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies

Expert on history of American education, school segregation/desegregation, urban change

Erika Bullock

Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Expert on equity in mathematics and STEM education, African American students in mathematics, mathematics and STEM curriculum and policy

Maxine McKinney de Royston

Maxine McKinney de Royston

Assistant Professor/Curriculum & Instruction

Expert on race, identity, and learning in mathematics classrooms and schools

Cigdem Unal

Cigdem Unal

Director, UW-Madison Office of Campus Child Care and Family Resources

I am an expert on early childhood education, preschool administration and leadership.

Martina Rau

Martina Rau

Associate Professor; Educational Psychology

Expert on adaptive educational technologies, learning with visualizations in STEM, physical and virtual manipulatives, analytical and intuitive processes, visual misinformation, misleading graphs

Kimberly Caul

Kimberly Caul

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kimberly has worked as a Speech Language Pathologist in medical and school settings with a diverse client population of children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics.

Alyson  Eith

Alyson Eith

Clinical Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Expert in the field of Speech and Language Pathology

Kimber  Wilkerson

Kimber Wilkerson

Professor, special education; director, Teacher Education

Expert on Teacher Education

Jo Handelsman

Jo Handelsman

Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Vilas Research Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, and Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Amy Wagner

Amy Wagner

Executive Director of the UW Child Development Lab

Expert on child development, early childhood education, and special education, including treatment of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Gina Bryan

Gina Bryan

Clinical Professor; Director, Post Graduate Psychiatry Program

Psychiatric advanced practice registered nurse; frequent state and national policy advisor on opioids, nursing scope of practice, and access to mental healthcare

Wendy Halm

Wendy Halm

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Family Nurse Practitioner; Expert on retail and convenient care clinics.

Sarah Kemp

Sarah Kemp

Researcher

K-12 enrollment projections modeling, rural school district issues, and impact of housing on school enrollment.

DeVon Wilson

DeVon Wilson

Associate Dean for DEI

DeVon worked in the areas of strategic organizational change planning, enrollment management, high-impact educational practices, strategic fundraising to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities.

Gavin Luter

Gavin Luter

Director, UniverCity Alliance

Expert about university/community partnerships, with an emphasis on K-12 schools, including place-based anchor institution partnership development and how to assess their impact

Jirs Meuris

Jirs Meuris

Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources

Expert of financial wellness, compensation and benefits, and HR practices

Tracy Saladar

Tracy Saladar

Clinical Associate Professor

DNP-prepared pediatric nurse practitioner also certified as pediatric primary mental health specialist practicing at a federally qualified health center

Thomas Tobin

Thomas Tobin

Senior Teaching & Learning Developer, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring

An internationally-recognized speaker and author on quality in technology-enhanced education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.

Katie Eklund

Katie Eklund

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology; Co-Director of the School Mental Health Collaborative

Expert on school mental health, behavior screening, social emotional learning, and school safety in preK-12 schools.

Dan (Danny) Willis

Dan (Danny) Willis

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor

Nurse scientist focusing on boys' and men's mental health (in the aftermath of trauma and abuse) child maltreatment, bullying, caring and healing, wellness

Christian Franck

Christian Franck

Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Expert on mechanics of materials, biological cells and tissues, traumatic brain injury, concussions

Art Walaszek

Art Walaszek

Professor, Psychiatry

Expert in the mental health of older adults, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and graduate medical education.

Chad McGehee

Chad McGehee

Director of Meditation Training at UW Athletics

Expert on training mindfulness and meditation in a range of audiences.

Alex Nelson

Alex Nelson

Violence Prevention Specialist, Prevention, UHS

Expert on violence prevention, sexual assault, dating violence, consent, coercion, bystander intervention, primary prevention, PAVE, first-year programming, anti-oppression frameworks

Julie Stamm

Julie Stamm

Clinical Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Expert on the consequences of repetitive head impacts and concussions in children through contact sports. Also CTE, concussion management and education, repetitive concussions, anatomy, neuroanatomy.

Christopher Kirchgasler

Christopher Kirchgasler

Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Global Studies

Expertise in historical and contemporary transnational school reforms, particularly those relating the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa

Amy Claessens

Amy Claessens

Associate Professor, Gulbrandsen Distinguish Chair in Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy Studies

Expert on child academic and socio-emotional development in early childhood settings including child care, preschool, and kindergarten.

Mary Beth  Collins

Mary Beth Collins

Executive Director, UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies

Executive Director of the UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies. Experience as an Attorney, Nonprofit Professional, and Instructor.

Erika Marin-Spiotta

Erika Marin-Spiotta

Professor, geography; Faculty Co-Director Women In Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)

Soil carbon; tropical forests; workplace climate; sexual harassment; bullying; diversity, equity and inclusion

Brian  McInnes

Brian McInnes

Civil Society and Community Studies

Expert on P-12 Indigenous Education policy and practice, world language immersion education, Indigenous environmental stewardship, and Ojibwe/Potawatomi languages and culture.

Vanessa Herald

Vanessa Herald

Senior Farm to Institution Outreach Specialist, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Expert on linking local and regional foods with the cafeteria setting

Michael Childers

Michael Childers

Professor, Department of Labor Education

Expert specializing in labor unions, collective bargaining, production standards, and labor/management relations in union environments.

Shawn  Robinson

Shawn Robinson

Senior Research Associate; Wisconsin's Equity & Inclusion Laboratory

Expert on language and literacy development for students with dyslexia in special education, and the intersection of race, dyslexia and giftedness.

Lorena Mancilla

Lorena Mancilla

Director of WIDA Early Years

Expert in family engagement, language development, multicultural education, and professional learning.

Lennon Rodgers

Lennon Rodgers

Director, Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab

Mindi Thompson

Mindi Thompson

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Vocational psychologist and licensed health service psychologist with expertise in social class, career development, unemployment, and mental health treatment

Janis Tupesis

Janis Tupesis

Faculty, Emergency Medicine; Associate Director - UW Madison Global Health Institute

Works in the fields of global emergency care and global emergency health systems, with a focus on post-graduate medical education programs.