Tag psychology/human behavior
Darald Hanusa
Senior lecturer, social work
Expert in domestic violence, relationships, assertiveness/ communication skills, stress and anger management, child and adolescent behavior problems, parenting, mood disorders
Stephen Gammie
Associate professor, zoology, Neuroscience Training Program
Expert on maternal behaviors
Ramon Aldag
Professor, management and human resources; Glen A. Skillrud Family Chair in Business
Expert on decision making, entrepreneurship, leadership, organizational behavior and culture, change, stress and coping, computerized decision aids, and motivation.
Keith Kluender
Professor, psychology
Expert in perception, especially auditory perception of complex sounds such as speech
Judith Harackiewicz
Professor, psychology
Expert on achievement motivation, goal-setting, competition and performance evaluation
Jane Piliavin
Professor emerita, sociology
Knowledgeable in altruism and helping behavior, health consequences of community participation, the sociology of sport
Michael Caldwell
Lecturer, psychology
Expert on juvenile delinquency, callous/unemotional or psychopathic features in adolescents, treatment of violent juvenile offenders, risk assessment, transfer of juveniles to adult court.
Chuck Kalish
Professor and chair, educational psychology; faculty affiliate, psychology
Expert on the development of social cognition and categorization/inductive inference
Claudia Reardon
Professor, psychiatry
Expert on sport psychiatry, including diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in athletes and benefits of exercise for mental health
Gary Lupyan
Professor, Psychology
Effects of language on cognition and perception. How does learning a language transform human cognition. Does learning different languages cause us to think differently?
Robert Howard
Director, Digital Studies Initiative; associate director, Folklore Program; associate professor of communication
Expert on Internet communication and contemporary religious belief
C. Shawn Green
Professor, psychology
Expert on learning and transfer, in particular the effects of video gaming on perception and cognition
Markus Brauer
Professor, psychology
Expert in human social behavior, especially in questions related to diversity/discrimination/inclusion, effective group work, sustainability, and interventions to change behavior
Craig Berridge
Professor, psychology; member, Neuroscience Training Program
Expert on neuropharmacology and behavioral neuroscience
Angela Byars-Winston
Professor, Dept of Medicine
Cultural influences on academic and career development, especially for racial and ethnic minorities and women in science, engineering, and medicine.
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.
Nancy Wong
Professor, consumer science; Kohl's Chair in Retail Innovations
Expert on consumer decision making, cross-cultural research
Julie Poehlmann
Professor, human development and family studies
Internationally and nationally recognized for work on children with incarcerated parents. Currently working on the Healthy Brain and Child Development Study
Lauren Papp
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Associate Dean for Research, School of Human Ecology
Expert on intimate relationships and their connections with child, adult, and family health and well-being; Health behaviors and risks (including substance use)
Colleen Moore
Professor emerita, psychology, Nelson Institute
Expert on the effects of environmental pollutants on child development and risk perceptions of environmental hazards
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.
Christine Whelan
Clinical professor, consumer science, School of Human Ecology
Expert on how we try to buy happiness, find meaning & seek success. Purpose, thriving, wellness & well-being for Millennials, Gen Z, men/women, couples, families.
Julianne Zweifel
Clinical psychologist; clinical assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Clinical psychologist and expert in mental health issues surrounding infertility, pregnancy complications, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, and breastfeeding difficulties.
Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Social and welfare policy; poverty; romantic and family relationships
Thomas (Tom) O'Guinn
Professor, marketing; Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. Chair in Marketing Research
Expert on branding, consumer behavior, advertising, social class and consumption, and institutional responses by marketers to social disruption such as wars, recessions, oil spills,
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
Joseph Austerweil
Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science (affiliate)
I am a cognitive psychologist with expertise in human and machine learning. I focus on how and when people solve problems better than machines.
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
Karen Schloss
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, McPherson Eye Research Institute
Color cognition, color preferences, visual reasoning, information visualization
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.
Larissa Duncan
Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child & Family Well-Being and Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Expert on bringing mindful parenting and mindfulness/compassion practices into evidence-based healthcare and education models to promote equity and well-being.
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
Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick
assistant professor, social work; investigator, Waisman Center
Expert on adults on the autism spectrum
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
Margaret Kerr
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Expert on parents' emotions and experiences in parenthood, parent-child relationships, and attachment.
Jirs Meuris
Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources
Expert of financial wellness, compensation and benefits, and HR practices
Todd Newman
Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication
Expert on the intersection between science and society