An award-winning professor, keynote speaker, trainer, and consultant, Dr. Moses Altsech has over 30 years’ teaching experience at the graduate and undergraduate level. As a consultant and researcher he has worked with dozens of clients …
Building Inclusivity
Nicole Bowman-Farrell
Nicole Bowman-Farrell (Mohican/Munsee), Ph.D. is an Evaluator & Researcher with the University of Wisconsin Madison’s (UW) Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). Dr. Bowman is a subject matter expert in culturally responsive research, policy, and …
Markus Brauer
Markus Brauer is professor in the Department of Psychology and in the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Born and raised in Germany, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado …
Harry Brighouse
Harry Brighouse has taught at UW–Madison since 1992. A well-known philosopher of education, and commentator on educational policy issues, he has advised policymakers at the state level in Wisconsin and the national level in his …
Jessica Calarco
Jessica (Jess) Calarco is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Calarco has published three books: Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School, A Field Guide to Grad School: …
Catherine Chan
Catherine Chan, Ph.D., is the assistant vice provost for high impact practices in the Division of Inclusive Excellence, where she provides administrative, operational, and strategic leadership for the division’s high-impact educational efforts. She leads the …
Catherine Compton-Lilly
LIMITED AVAILABILITY- Moved to North Carolina, but will be back in Madison throughout the year. Catherine Compton-Lilly is a Professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Compton-Lilly teaches courses in literacy …
James Franzone
Jim Franzone is Assistant Dean for the Wisconsin School of Business Undergraduate Program. Jim has worked for UW-Madison for 20+ years with experience in Residence Life and Academic Student Affairs. Jim’s work focuses on student …
Carey Gleason
Dr. Gleason is a clinical neuropsychologist and Alzheimer’s disease researcher. She leads the Inclusion of Under-Represented Groups Core of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and is a firm believer that diversity makes for better …
Ain Grooms
Dr. Ain Grooms is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She studies K-12 educational leadership and policy, with a particular focus on equity and access for students of color and students from traditionally …
Lisa Imhoff
Lisa Imhoff (she/her) serves as Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence at the School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Lisa has over 17 years of driving change, innovation, and growth among individuals, teams, and organizations. Through …
Baron Kelly
Baron Kelly is a four-time Fulbright Scholar who has worked nationally and internationally on Broadway, regional theatre, and in television and film. He trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and holds a Ph.D. …
Neil Klemme
Neil Klemme has been with the Division of Extension for the past 16 years and has been in his current role for the past 11 years. His programming focuses on community based civic engagement of …
Cindy Kuhrasch
Cindy Kuhrasch is a Distinguished Faculty Associate in the Department of Kinesiology. All of Cindy’s work is designed to develop caring and compassionate leaders who provide opportunities for children and youth to develop physical, cognitive, …
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and an internationally known expert in the field. She has won numerous honors and awards, is a member of the National Academy of Education, and …
Edna Ledesma
Dr. Ledesma is an assistant professor in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The corpus of her research, teaching, and mentoring focuses on understanding the development of the smart, …
Annie Lisowski
Annie Lisowski is a Professor of Youth Development in the Department of Extension. Lisowski’s work centers bringing youth and adults together in partnership to strengthen community assets and address community needs. She focuses her research …
Louis Macias
Louis Macias has worked in education for over twenty years at both the K-12 and higher education levels. His experience across many functional areas and professional situations has established a practical understanding about realizing organizational …
Doug Maynard
My general field is sociology. I taught and did research related to a subfield of sociology called Ethnomethodology an Conversation Analysis. Essentially, this involves research in everyday social settings, using audio and video recordings of …
Julie Mead
Julie Fisher Mead is a professor emerita in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis. Dr. Mead researches and writes about topics related to the legal aspects of education. Dr. Mead’s research centers on …
Alfonso Morales
Alfonso Morales, PhD (Northwestern), is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning (College of Letters and Sciences) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is originally from rural New Mexico with roots in family farming …
Ruben Mota
Ruben Mota serves as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, collaborating and coordinating with campus partners to ensure UW-Madison is continually striving for access and inclusivity for individuals with disabilities. Prior to this position, …
Marla Ramirez
Dr. Ramirez is a historian of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands with specialization in oral history, Mexican repatriation, social and legal histories of Mexican migrations, and gendered immigration experiences. She completed her doctoral degree at the University …
Janice Rice
Currently not accepting talk requests. Janice Rice is a member of Ho-Chunk Nation & is a retired librarian with a focus on American Indian resources, literature, culture, history, language preservation & revitalization. She received her …
Ryan Tsuchida
Dr. Ryan Tsuchida is the Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs for Health Professions Learners, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, and an assistant professor at the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine at the School of Medicine …
Jess Waggoner
Jess Waggoner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies and English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Waggoner’s research and teaching interests span U.S. literature and culture, feminist disability studies, queer …