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Kathleen Belew is a leading expert on white nationalism. Her first book, Bring the War Home, explored how white power activists leveraged the aftermath of the Vietnam War to build their movement.

The director of the International Human Rights Clinic at UChicago, Claudia Flores co-authored a 2018 report that found rampant neglect and abuse in detention centers for migrant children.  

Bruce Cumings is one of the world's leading experts on Korea, 20th-century international history, U.S.-East Asian relations, East Asian political economy and American foreign relations.

Eric Posner is a nationally recognized legal scholar whose research includes financial regulation, international law and constitutional law. His opinion pieces run regularly in the New York Times. 

Aziz Huq studies constitutional law, criminal procedure, federal courts, and legislation with a focus on the interaction of constitutional design with individual rights and liberties. 

Robert Gulotty is an expert in international trade and studies the effects of domestic institutions on foreign economic policymaking. He is the author of the book "Governing Trade Beyond Tariffs."

The interim director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Michael Albertus studies egalitarian reforms, political regime transitions and politics under dictatorship in Latin America. 

As the Director of the Energy Policy Institute, Michael Greenstone leads large‐scale projects to estimate and mitigate the economic costs of climate change.

Steven Davis is known for his influential work using longitudinal data to explore job creation and destruction and their relationship to economic performance.

Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism, Robert Pape specializes in international security affairs. He offered his most recent thinking on US strategy in Afghanistan in an op-ed in the Boston Globe. 

The co-director of the SAND Lab (Systems, Algorithms, Networking and Data), Heather Zheng’s work focuses on mobile systems and data-driven research. 

William Baude is a leading legal scholar who studies federal courts and constitutional law. He earned his JD from Yale Law School and clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.

James Schrager studies why some companies fail and others succeed with an eye toward the way strategy affects the outcomes and is a frequent expert commentator on business strategy.

David Archer uses simulations to understand the balance between past carbon dioxide levels in the oceans and atmosphere to better predict the impact that changing levels will have on future climate.

The founder of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, Maria Woltjen is one of the nation's foremost experts on the intersection of children's rights and immigration law. 

Ben Zhao’s research focuses on data-driven models of user behavior/interactions, security of online and mobile communities, and wireless systems and protocols. 

Lainie F. Ross is a medical ethics expert, who has worked on complex issues involving organ transplantation, genetic testing, pediatrics and human-subject protections.

The director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic and a research affiliate of the Energy Policy Institute, Mark Templeton is a leading expert in environmental law, policy and environmental disasters.

A leading scholar in the economic analysis of health policy, Katherine Baicker studies public and private health insurance, with a focus on finance and the effect of reforms on quality of care. 

Mary Anne Case is a law professor and a leading expert on feminist jurisprudence, sex discrimination and the legal regulation of sexuality, marriage and family.

David Awschalom is one of the world’s leading scientists in quantum information engineering. He works to understanding quantum's potential applications in computing, imaging and encryption. 

Blase Ur specializes in computer security, privacy and human-computer interaction. The founder of the UChicago SUPERgroup, he works to help users make better security and privacy decisions.

The director of the UChicago Center in Beijing, Dali Yang is a leading expert on the politics of China’s development, particularly regulation, governance and state-society relations. 

Austin Carson specializes in secrecy and intelligence, with a focus on how governments reveal and conceal what they do and the relationship between “front stage” and “back stage” of international politics.

Alison Siegler is the founder and director of the law school’s Federal Criminal Justice Clinic (FCJC), the nation’s first legal clinic solely devoted to representing indigent clients charged with federal felonies.

Faith Hillis studies Ukrainian history and modern Russia. She is the author of Children of Rus’: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation that details the rise of Russian nationalism.

As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Selwyn Rogers is a surgeon and public health expert who leads an interdisciplinary team of specialists. (Availability may be limited.)