People Type: Affiliates

Research areas Race/ethnicity Biography Dr. Lopez’s research examines the way that minority groups use media in the fight for social justice, particularly focusing on Asian American communities and media cultures.

Biography Marie-Louise Mares (PhD, UW–Madison) is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts. She has served as a consultant to Sesame Workshop, WGBH children’s media, and Common Sense Media. Research areas Media use and identity development, including family dynamics with regard to children’s and teens’ developing identities. A focal area of interest includes LGBTQ …

Biography Dr. Erika Marín-Spiotta (she/her) is Professor of Geography at UW–Madison where she leads the Biogeochemistry and Biogeography Lab. She is Faculty Co-Director of the Wisconsin Inclusion in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute, Faculty Director of the Community of Graduate Research Scholars fellowship program, and co-Director of the new Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change …

Biography Erik Mayer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance, Investment and Banking at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research interests are financial institutions, household finance, labor and finance, and corporate finance. Professor Mayer’s research on the financial system’s influence on economic mobility and inequality in the U.S. has been published in top …

Biography Mollie McQuillan is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Their research examines the intersection of educational policy, leadership, school climates, and health of LGBTQ+ and other gender-expansive people in PK-12 schools. Dr. McQuillan has a PhD in Human Development and Social Policy from …

Biography Jirs Meuris is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Human Resources Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a courtesy appointment in Sociology. His work sits at the intersection of behavioral science, human resource management, and public policy and explores the role of work and organizations in the emergence, persistence, and ending of …

Biography Paula Niedenthal received her PhD from the University of Michigan and was on the faculty of the departments of psychology at Johns Hopkins University and Indiana University. Paula was a member of the National Centre for Scientific Research in France for more than a decade and is now the Howard Leventhal Professor of Psychology …

Biography I am a UW–Madison professor of nursing, the Louis J. and Phyllis Clark Jacobs Professor in Mental Health, and a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. I am a Veteran. My BS degree was awarded by the California State University Chico, Masters of Science in Nursing at Boston University, and PhD from The University of …

Biography Taylor Odle is an Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies at UW–Madison, where he is am also a faculty affiliate in Data Science, the Institute for Research on Poverty, and the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Statistics …

Biography Susan Racine Passmore, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing. Trained as a medical anthropologist, Dr Passmore’s work focuses upon the social construction of trust and the practical application of this knowledge to create innovative approaches for building researcher “trustworthiness.” This is the foundation of an R21 from National Human Genome Research …