Tag psychology/human behavior
Sarah Endicott
Clinical Professor
Gero-psych nurse practitioner practicing in rural Wisconsin; developed advance care plans for nursing home residents, educates paid and non-paid caregivers of people with dementia.
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Cortland Dahl
Research Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of well-being.
Melissa Rosenkranz
Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on mind-brain-body science, with a focus on the interactions among stress, emotion, and physical disease; impact of meditation practices on these interactions
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James Li
Associate Professor; Department of Psychology; Waisman Center
ADHD, antisocial behaviors, child development, genetics, parental and social influences, gene-environment interplay
Simon Goldberg
Assistant Professor, counseling psychology
Expert on mindfulness- and meditation-based interventions, psychotherapy, meta-analysis
Thomas Tobin
Senior Teaching & Learning Developer, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring
An internationally-recognized speaker and author on quality in technology-enhanced education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.
Sarah Short
Assistant professor and Dorothy King Chair in Educational Psychology, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert in neuroscience and early childhood brain development studying the role of stress and adversity on mental and physical well-being.
Katie Eklund
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology; Co-Director of the School Mental Health Collaborative
Expert on school mental health, behavior screening, social emotional learning, and school safety in preK-12 schools.
Pelin Kesebir
Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on well-being and happiness, character strengths and virtues (e.g., humility), and existential psychology
Dan (Danny) Willis
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor
Nurse scientist focusing on boys' and men's mental health (in the aftermath of trauma and abuse) child maltreatment, bullying, caring and healing, wellness
Cody Wenthur
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Expert on addiction, abused drugs, opioids, naloxone, psychoactive substances, psilocybin, psychedelics, stress and reward learning, vaccine design, drug development, glutamate
Art Walaszek
Professor, Psychiatry
Expert in the mental health of older adults, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and graduate medical education.
Nathan Seltzer
PhD Candidate, Sociology, Center for Demography and Ecology
Expert on the Demographic Consequences of U.S. Manufacturing Decline
Daniel Grupe
Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on the neuroscience of post-traumatic stress and mindfulness interventions for high-risk populations, including police officers and veterans
Chad McGehee
Director of Meditation Training at UW Athletics
Expert on training mindfulness and meditation in a range of audiences.
Jason Horowitz
Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Child Track, Psychology Internship
Expert in clinical child psychology, including treatment of mood, anxiety, OCD, tics, and behavior disorders.
Brooke Kwiecinski
Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Program Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
Corrine Voils
WARF Professor of Surgery
Expert on how we lose weight and keep it off; use genomic information to improve healthcare delivery; measure and improve medication adherence.
Shawn Robinson
Senior Research Associate; Wisconsin's Equity & Inclusion Laboratory
Expert on language and literacy development for students with dyslexia in special education, and the intersection of race, dyslexia and giftedness.
Mindi Thompson
Professor, Counseling Psychology
Vocational psychologist and licensed health service psychologist with expertise in social class, career development, unemployment, and mental health treatment
Alvin Thomas
Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow; Assistant Professor; Human Development and Family Studies
Expert on positive youth development–risks and protections for children, effects of father engagement, especially for boys. Explores outcomes including violence, academic performance, and well-being.
Douglas McLeod
Evjue Centenniel Professor
Expert on media coverage of social protest, media effects on public opinion, and strategy communication campaigns.
Max Besbris
Associate Professor of Sociology
Expert on how people make economic decisions and how economic decisions reproduce inequality.
Nan Li
Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Communication
Expert on visual communications of science, environment and agriculture; public opinion; audience psychology
Jennifer Van Os
Assistant Professor, Animal & Dairy Science; Extension Specialist, Animal Welfare
Understanding and improving the welfare (quality of life) of dairy cows and calves
Matthew Hirshberg
Postdoctoral research associate, Center for Helthy Minds
Positive teacher and student development.
Richard Davidson
William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry; Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds
Expert in neuroscience of emotion and methods to promote human flourishing, including meditation and related contemplative practices
Shanda Wells
Behavioral Health Manager for Primary Care
Expert on general and brief evidence-based interventions for therapy, integrated care, collaboration within systems and child psychology.
Sarah Jung
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Dr. Jung is a Learning Scientist focused on developing learner-centered training environments and studying how perceptions of the environment influence learning trajectories in medical education.
John Curtin
Professor/Psychology
Expert on substance use disorders and the use of AI and machine learning for precision mental healthcare and harm reduction
John Shutske
Professor Biological Systems Engineering and Director of UW Center for Agricultural Safety & Health
I am an agricultural safety and health specialist, focusing on issues of injury prevention; worker health; mental health; stress management; and risk assessment.
LB Klein
Assistant Professor
Expert on sexual and intimate partner violence prevention and LGBTQ+ health
Stav Atir
Assistant Professor, Management; Affiliate Faculty: Social Psychology
I study knowledge and expertise, overconfidence, conversations, and issues of gender in the workplace.
Jess Jones
Interim Director, Center for User Experience
Expert on how to understand people's needs around technology and how to design digital experiences that delight users and help people thrive
Brittany Travers
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Program in Kinesiology Department
Expert on sensorimotor features, daily living skills, and neuroimaging in autism
Chia-Jung Tsay
Bruce and Janice Ellig Professor in Management
Management scholar and social psychologist with a focus on the psychology of performance and negotiations
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
Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Expert on autism spectrum disorder and neurodevelopmental disabilities. Passionate about education and training of pre-service professionals.
Morgan Jerald
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Expert on how people learn about gender and race stereotypes from the media and subsequent effects on health.