Steering Committee
Meet the inaugural Wisconsin Exchange committee
A steering committee assembled from faculty and staff in a range of disciplines has been key to guiding the creation and launch of the Wisconsin Exchange. The project will be further developed and sustained through ongoing engagement with the campus community.
- Barry Burden, Lyons Family Professor, American Politics and Political Methodology, Department of Political Science
- Jeffrey Church, Professor, Political Theory, Department of Political Science
- Kathy Cramer, Professor and Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science, American Politics, Department of Political Science
- Lynn Glueck, Program Director, The Discussion Project
- Annie Jones, Professor, Organization Development and Tribal Nations Specialist, Division of Extension, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology; UC Chair, University Committee
- Cecelia Klingele, Professor of Law; Director, Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, Law School
- Percival Matthews, Special Advisor for Access and Community, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, School of Education; Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
- Allison Prasch, Nancy Obin Sukenik Professor and Associate Professor, Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture, Department of Communication Arts
- Michelle Schwarze, Associate Professor, Political Theory, Department of Political Science
- Ananth Seshadri, Director of Masters in Financial Economics; Professor, Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Distinguished Chair; Director, Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE), Department of Economics
- Alex Tahk, Associate Professor, Political Methodology and American Politics, Department of Political Science
- Susannah Tahk, Professor of Law, Law School
- Dan Tokaji, Fred W. and Vi Miller Dean and Professor of Law, Law School
- Mike Wagner, William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea and Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Amber Wichowsky, Associate Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs; Leadership Wisconsin Endowed Chair, Division of Extension
- Eric Wilcots, Dean, College of Letters & Science
- Susan Yackee, Director and Collins-Bascom Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- John Zumbrunnen, Interim Provost, Office of the Provost
Open dialogue and constructive debate are essential to the university’s core mission — the search for truth. The Wisconsin Exchange is a welcome initiative toward that end, and I hope it will help strengthen intellectual inquiry and broaden the range of perspectives on campus.
Alex Tahk, professor, Department of Political Science; Wisconsin Exchange steering committee member
Among the things we aim to do in the classroom is create opportunities to learn from each other and be willing to consider other points of view. Sometimes this helps us sharpen our existing opinions, and other times we change our minds. The launch of the Wisconsin Exchange is an exciting opportunity to bring more intentionality to this work across the university, in and out of the classroom.
Allison Prasch, professor, Department of Communication Arts; Wisconsin Exchange steering committee member