Tag politics, government, public policy

Doug Maynard
Professor, sociology
Using audio and video recordings, I study the practices of talk and interaction in legal, medical and other settings

Dhavan Shah
Professor, mass communication and political science
Expert on social psychology of media influence, especially communication effects on political judgment, public opinion, civic participation and electoral engagement

Edward Friedman
Professor emeritus, political science
Expert on Chinese politics, US-Asian relations, international political economy, democratization

James LaGro Jr.
Professor, urban and regional planning, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert on urban planning and design, land use policy, and sustainably built environments

Kenneth Streit
Clinical associate professor (emeritus), law
Criminal justice systems, arrest statistics, prison, and jail

Volker Radeloff
Professor, forest and wildlife ecology
Expert on conservation biology, threats to biodiversity by land use and especially housing development, wildland fire

Kathleen Bartzen Culver
James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics; Director, Center for Journalism Ethics; Associate Professor
Expert in media ethics, journalism, strategic communication/marketing, First Amendment, free expression, emerging technologies, social media

Robert Haveman
Professor emeritus, economics and La Follette School of Public Affairs
Expert in the economics of social and poverty policy and the application of benefit-cost analysis

John Witte
Professor, political science and public affairs
Expert on education policy, tax and budget policy, and state and local government

Jack Mitchell
Emeritus professor, journalism and mass communication
Public broadcasting, not-for-profit media, media ethics

Diana Hess
Dean, School of Education; Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Expert on democratic education, social studies teaching and learning, the inclusion of controversial political and legal issues in schools

Robert Drechsel
Professor Emeritus, journalism and mass communication
Expert on media law, particularly libel, privacy, access to information and First Amendment; secondary expertise in media ethics


David Weimer
Professor, public affairs and political science
Expert on cost-benefit analysis, policy analysis and health policy

Jack Huddleston
Professor emeritus, urban and regional planning
Expertise in local government finance, development finance, energy analysis and policy, regional economic development

Susan Yackee
Professor, public affairs and political science, Director of La Follette School of Public Affairs
Expert on bureaucratic politics, federal government, social policy and policymaking process

Mark Copelovitch
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs
Expert on international trade, money, and finance; international organizations and governance; European Union

Thomas Oliver
Professor, population health sciences; director, master of public health program
Expert on health policy, politics and system reform

Jon Pevehouse
Professor, political science and public affairs
Expert on American foreign policy, international relations and international trade policy

Kris Olds
Professor, geography
Expert on globalization and urban change, globalization of higher education, forced evictions and the social impacts of mega events.