Tag politics, government, public policy
Jennifer Gaddis
Associate Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies
Expert on school food politics and systems change in local, state, national, and international contexts
Dave Schroeder
National Security Research Strategist
Subject matter expert on information technology, cybersecurity, and cyber national security issues; Army Cyber Warfare Officer and intelligence professional; former Navy Information Warfare Officer.
Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Social and welfare policy; poverty; romantic and family relationships
Thomas (Tom) O'Guinn
Professor emeritus, marketing
Expert on branding, consumer behavior, advertising, social class and consumption, and institutional responses by marketers to social disruption such as wars, recessions, oil spills,
Lindsay Palmer
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Former journalist, current professor of global media ethics. Focuses on the safety of journalists in the field.
David O'Connor
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Associate Director, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
Study the interplay of genetics, immunology, and viral pathogenesis. Focus on HIV/AIDS and novel viral pathogen emergence in human populations.
Lewis Friedland
Journalism and Mass Communication, Sociology (affiliated)
Lew Friedland studies the role of civil society in democracy and how our social relations and cleavages affect our politics.
Carolina Sarmiento
Assistant professor, Civil Society and Community Studies, School of Human Ecology; affiliate faculty, Urban and Regional
Expert on community based planning, urban development, governance, and cultural spaces in working class communities
Robert Yablon
Associate Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, State Democracy Research Initiative
Expert on political and election law, federal and state constitutional law, and the federal and state court systems, including the U.S. Supreme Court
Timothy Smeeding
Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
Expert on social and economic mobility across generations; inequality of income, consumption and wealth; and poverty in national and cross-national contexts.
Yunji Kim
Assistant Professor, Planning & Landscape Architecture; Extension Specialist, Local Government Center
Expert on local government fiscal stress, local government revenues, local government services, and community wellbeing
Ramzi Fawaz
Romnes Professor of English
I study the relationship between popular culture and radical social movements.
Kimberly Caul
Clinical Associate Professor and Speech Language Pathologist; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Expert in providing patient-centered, speech language pathology services for stroke and brain injury survivors; and engaging in outreach and advocacy for patients and professionals
Alex Wiedenhoeft
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Botany
Specialist in the anatomy and function of wood, forensic wood science, and forensic botany
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.
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
Adena Rissman
Professor of the human dimensions of ecosystem management, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Expert on the social and policy aspects of natural resources management and conservation, including land protection, forestry, wildlife habitat, water quality
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
David Fields
Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies
Expert on U.S.-Korean relations, U.S.-East Asian relations, and American foreign policy
Daniel Hummel
Research Fellow (UW-Madison); Director of University Engagement (Upper House)
Expert on U.S.-Israel relations, American evangelicalism, and U.S. foreign policy.