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Darald Hanusa

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

Stephen Gammie

Associate professor, zoology, Neuroscience Training Program

Expert on maternal behaviors

Ramon Aldag

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

Keith Kluender

Professor, psychology

Expert in perception, especially auditory perception of complex sounds such as speech

Judith Harackiewicz

Judith Harackiewicz

Professor, psychology

Expert on achievement motivation, goal-setting, competition and performance evaluation

Ladan Mostaghimi

Ladan Mostaghimi

Clinical assistant professor, dermatology

Expert on psychocutaneous medicine

Jane Piliavin

Jane Piliavin

Professor emerita, sociology

Knowledgeable in altruism and helping behavior, health consequences of community participation, the sociology of sport

Michael Caldwell

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

Chuck Kalish

Professor and chair, educational psychology; faculty affiliate, psychology

Expert on the development of social cognition and categorization/inductive inference

Claudia Reardon

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

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

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

C. Shawn Green

Professor, psychology

Expert on learning and transfer, in particular the effects of video gaming on perception and cognition

Markus Brauer

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

Paula Niedenthal

Paula Niedenthal

Professor, psychology

Expert on human emotions and emotion-cognition interaction

Craig Berridge

Craig Berridge

Professor, psychology; member, Neuroscience Training Program

Expert on neuropharmacology and behavioral neuroscience

Angela Byars-Winston

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

Edward Hubbard

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Expert on human brain functions, brain development, perception and cognition, and brain imaging

Haley Vlach

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

Nancy Wong

Professor, consumer science; Kohl's Chair in Retail Innovations

Expert on consumer decision making, cross-cultural research

Julie Poehlmann

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sarah Halpern-Meekin

Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies

Social and welfare policy; poverty; romantic and family relationships

Thomas (Tom) O'Guinn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick

assistant professor, social work; investigator, Waisman Center

Expert on adults on the autism spectrum

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

Margaret Kerr

Margaret Kerr

Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Studies

Expert on parents' emotions and experiences in parenthood, parent-child relationships, and attachment.

Jirs Meuris

Jirs Meuris

Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources

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

Todd Newman

Todd Newman

Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication

Expert on the intersection between science and society