Tag Wisconsin issues and topics
Michael Childers
Professor, Department of Labor Education
Expert specializing in labor unions, collective bargaining, production standards, and labor/management relations in union environments.
Michelle Miller
Associate Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Expert on regional food systems and food supply chains, including food transportation, labor and governance.
Steven Deller
Professor and Community Development Specialist, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Economic growth and development with a focus on smaller more rural economics. Entrepreneurship, social capital, public finance.
Micaela SULLIVAN-FOWLER, M.S., M.A.
Head of Marketing & Communications for Ebling Library; Curator of Rare Books & Special Collections
Public Historian/Librarian who recently installed an exhibition on WW1 & the Pandemic of 1918. Knowledgeable about national & UW experience with 1918 Pandemic.
Chris McCahill
Managing Director, State Smart Transportation Institute
Expert in transportation engineering and urban planning. Focused on sustainable practices and data-driven policies.
Erica Turner
Associate Professor
Expert on educational policy, racism & inequality in education, school district policy making and implementation, socio-political and economic contexts of public schools
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
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.
John Eason
Associate Professor/Sociology
My research interest challenges existing models and develops new theories of community, health, race, punishment, and rural/urban processes.
Theresa Delgadillo
Professor of English and Chican@ and Latin@ Studies
I study Latinx literatures and visual cultures.
Grace Wilkinson
Assistant Professor, Center for Limnology, Integrative Biology
Expert on lakes and reservoirs with a focus on water quality, algal blooms, ecosystem resilience, and how lakes are linked to the surrounding landscape
Michal Engelman
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Expert on social, economic, racial/ethnic, and geographic disparities in life expectancy and health at older ages.
Ross Milton
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs
Expert on state and local public finance, school finance, state spending and taxes, federal tax policy, property tax
Zach Feiner
Research scientist, Center for Limnology
Expert on fish and fisheries, aquatic ecology, and climate change impacts on Wisconsin waters
Laura Houser
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Primary Care Physician, Director of Advocacy for Department of Pediatrics
Taylor Odle
Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies
Expert on college access and success, state and federal higher education policy, and program evaluation
Shilagh Mirgain
Distinguished Psychologist, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Clinical Psychologist specializing in Health and Sport Psychology who has expertise in mind-body skills to foster well-being, optimal health and peak performance.
Thomas DuBois
Halls-Bascom Professor, Department of German, Nordic and Slavic+
Expert on Nordic folklore, Nordic immigration to the Upper Midwest, Wisconsin folklore, and food traditions
Robert Benjamin
Visiting Professor, UW-Madison Astronomy; Professor, UW-Whitewater Physics
Astronomer. Expertise on interstellar matter and the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy