Media Resources

William G. Howell is an expert on the American presidency. He is the author of Relic: How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government—and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency (2016).

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.

Harold Pollack has published widely at the interface between poverty, policy and public health. He is co-director of The University of Chicago Crime Lab.

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 President of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Rachel Bronson oversees management of the Doomsday Clock and the bulletin's work on nuclear risk, climate change and disruptive technologies.

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

Austin L. Wright researches and leverages microlevel data to study the political economy of conflict and crime in Afghanistan, Colombia, Indonesia, and Iraq.

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. 

Paul Poast studies international relations, with a focus on the economics of war, the politics of alliances, and the NATO's role in European security. 

David Nirenberg is a prolific scholar that has focused his research on the ways in which Jewish, Christian and Islamic societies have interacted with and thought about each other. 

Peter Buisseret studies relative performance of parliamentary and presidential systems, reform strategies and the durability of international agreements in the shadow of domestic elections.

Fiona Burling studies energy and environmental economics, with a focus on the developing world. Her recent research examines the impacts of rural electrification in India,

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

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. 

Faculty 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. 

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.

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. 

Allen Sanderson is an authority on sports and economics, and studies the economic impact of big ticket events such as the Olympics, the Super Bowl and the World Cup. 

Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, Robert Pape specializes in international security affairs and is a leading expert on suicide terrorism.

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 M. Flores co-authored a 2018 report that found rampant neglect and abuse in detention centers for migrant children.  

The executive director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, Susan Gzesh studies migration policy as it relates U.S. - Mexico relations. 

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

Randal Picker teaches classes in antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate reorganizations, network industries and secured transactions. 

Monika Nalepa's research interests include transitional justice, parties and legislatures, and game-theoretic approaches to comparative politics, with a focus on post-communist Europe.

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.

Jennifer Nou specializes in administrative law, separation-of-powers, and legal interpretation. She has clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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. 

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.

Darnell N. Motley leads research on sexual and reproductive health among LGBTQ communities. His research examines how structural factors attempt to limit the experiences of sexual and gender minorities.

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

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

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.)