Category: Faculty

News featuring La Follette School faculty members.

New faculty Q&A: Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski

Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski joined the La Follette School's faculty in fall 2024. She discusses her research, teaching, and more.

New faculty Q&A: Amber Wichowsky

Amber Wichowsky joined the La Follette School's faculty in fall 2024. She discusses her research, teaching, and more.

Teodoro’s book wins prestigious Caldwell Prize

The American Political Science Association awarded the 2024 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize to Manny Teodoro and his co-authors for their 2022 book, “The Profits of Distrust"

Reed Lei departs La Follette for Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Lei is now an associate professor of political science at their School of International and Public Affairs.

2024 faculty awards

Several La Follette School faculty members received prestigious awards, honors, and grants this year.

The opioid crisis complicates a healthcare system already troubling Wisconsinites

Christine Durrance explains the opioid epidemic, its impact on children and families, and how Wisconsin residents are affected.

Chicago’s participatory budgeting a positive, but incomplete, step toward inclusion

A new study finds that distrust in government was common among both those who voted in the participatory budgeting election and those who refused to vote.

Recent heat waves underscore the urgency of climate technology investment

La Follette’s Morgan Edwards and Zachary Thomas of the Nelson Institute explore innovative methods for mitigating climate change as momentum for climate action in Wisconsin is growing.

Researchers convene to discuss social genomics during second annual conference

Over a hundred community members and researchers from around the world gathered to discuss the quickly growing field of social genomics during The Advances in Social Genomics Conference.

La Follette faculty, students co-author landmark report on carbon dioxide removal

Researchers from the La Follette School and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies helped author the 2024 State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report.