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Samuel  Aguirre

Samuel Aguirre

Director of WIDA Español/Assistant Director of Consortium Relations

Tim Boals

Tim Boals

WIDA Founder and Director

Mark Chapman

Mark Chapman

Senior assessment innovation manager, WIDA

Laurene Christensen

Laurene Christensen

Assessment researcher, WIDA

Rita MacDonald

Rita MacDonald

Academic English language researcher, WIDA

Ngoc-Diep Nguyen

Ngoc-Diep Nguyen

Director of WIDA Professional Learning

Jon  Nordmeyer

Jon Nordmeyer

WIDA International Programs Director

Moses Altsech

Moses Altsech

Teaching professor of marketing

Expertise in marketing and business topics; experience as a professor, consultant, trainer and public speaker over 30 years with clients in dozens of industries.

Lindsay McCary

Lindsay McCary

Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Expert on autism spectrum disorder and neurodevelopmental disabilities. Passionate about education and training of pre-service professionals.

Laura Houser

Laura Houser

Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Primary Care Physician, Director of Advocacy for Department of Pediatrics

Taylor Odle

Taylor Odle

Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies

Expert on college access and success, state and federal higher education policy, and program evaluation

Shilagh Mirgain

Shilagh Mirgain

Distinguished Psychologist, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Clinical Psychologist specializing in Health and Sport Psychology who has expertise in mind-body skills to foster well-being, optimal health and peak performance.

McLean Gunderson

Lecturer; Comparative Biosciences

Expert in foundational veterinary education

Robert Benjamin

Visiting Professor, UW-Madison Astronomy; Professor, UW-Whitewater Physics

Astronomer. Expertise on interstellar matter and the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy

Ben Fisher

Ben Fisher

Associate Professor, Civil Society and Community Studies

Expert on school safety, police in schools, school security and surveillance, and school discipline, including racial inequality in these areas

Priya Mukherjee

Priya Mukherjee

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Expert in the economics of health, education, and governance in low income countries, with a focus on India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal.

Melinda Soares-Furtado

Melinda Soares-Furtado

Professor, astronomy and physics

Expert in stellar clusters, stars, exoplanets, and exomoons. Draws insights from ground-based and space-based observational data, as well as stellar/substellar evolutionary models.

Gina Mode

Gina Mode

Researcher, Center for Dairy Research

Passionate about butter and cheese making, grading, judging, and history – particularly in Wisconsin.

Basil Tikoff

Basil Tikoff

Professor, Geology

Expert on Structural Geology and Tectonics; Geology of Western United States

Mayra Oyola

Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Expert on Atmospheric Physics/Satellite Meteorology/Weather