Bell teaches in the Athletic Training program and serves as the director of the Wisconsin Injury in Sport Laboratory. His research focuses on identifying risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries, with a special focus on sport specialization in children.
Budge’s (she/her) research focuses on emotional and coping processes for transgender and nonbinary (TNB) youth and adults, with an emphasis on wellness. She also conducts research on the effectiveness of medical and psychotherapeutic treatments for TNB clients. She is particularly interested in understanding how to address oppression in the context of psychotherapy.
As an artist, Lee examines the morphological nature of language. She is interested in how language inherently changes — over time, across cultures, and in physical form. Lee reifies her bilingual experience as a second generation Chinese-American in a fluid material that similarly embodies a state of flux. Lee states, “I write in glass, which …
Percival Matthews is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology whose interests focus on the ways the people learn about math and number. The bulk of his research is organized around two primary goals: (1) understanding the basic underpinnings of human mathematical cognition and …
Ruppar’s research focuses on equity and inclusion for students with extensive support needs (who are typically labeled with intellectual disability, autism, or multiple disabilities). Her work particularly centers on teachers, and how their decisions affect students’ educational opportunities and outcomes. Most recently, Ruppar has been examining how ableism — discriminatory assumptions about individuals with disabilities …
Russ examines how teachers and learners conceptualize knowledge and learning across a variety of contexts. Her work assumes the types of knowledge people use during sensemaking about the world depends critically on how they understand themselves as learners (or not). In doing so, she expands traditional notions of who counts as learners and what counts …
Walker is a multi-hyphenate contemporary dance and performance artist. Rooted in “Resistance Aesthetics,” Walker’s work draws upon the danced rituals, mas traditions, and embodied performance history of the African diaspora. The founding artistic director of OMAI/First Wave, Walker developed the First Wave Process. His research intersects dance choreography for the concert stage with collaborations with …