Education: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Hayes Ferguson

McCormick School of Engineering

Clinical Professor and Director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Field: Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations, Marketing

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Equality, Innovation

Steven Franconeri

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, The Graduate School, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Psychology

Field: Education, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavioral Economics, Data Science, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Design Thinking, Influence and Persuasion, Misinformation, STEM Education

Jon Guryan

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School of Education and Social Policy

Lawyer Taylor Professor of Education and Social Policy

Field: Education, Human Development

Focus Areas: Cognitive Therapy, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Educational Development, Education Policy, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Labor Markets, Poverty

Amy J. Hauenstein

School of Communication

Office of the Provost, Director of Professional Programs

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Curriculum Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender Diversity and Equality, Higher Ed Administration, Intersectionality, Learning and Organizational Development, Organizational Change, Personality and Identity Construction, Social Justice

Michael Horn

McCormick School of Engineering, School of Education and Social Policy

Professor of Computer Science and Learning Sciences

Field: Computer Science, Education

Focus Areas: Human-Machine Interaction, STEM Education

Kirabo Jackson

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School of Education and Social Policy

Abraham Harris Professor Professor of Education and Social Policy, Human Development and Social Policy

Field: Economics, Education

Focus Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Educational Development, Education Policy, Gender Diversity and Equality, Labor Markets, Public Policy

Katherine Jackson

McCormick School of Engineering

Adjunct Lecturer

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits

Dr. Robert F. Kushner

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Medical Education

Field: Education, Preventive Medicine

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Lifestyle and Wellness, Nutrition, Obesity

David Rapp

School of Education and Social Policy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of psychology and of learning sciences

Field: Education, Psychology

Focus Areas: Data Visualization, Memory, Misinformation

Terri Sabol

School of Education and Social Policy

Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy

Field: Education, Human Development

Focus Areas: Childhood Development, Childhood Education, Family Dynamics, Parenting , Poverty, Public Policy

Ida R. Salusky

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Associate Professor at the Center for Community Health

Field: Education, Global Health, Human Development, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Community Health, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education Policy, Human Rights, Immigration, Mental Health, STEM Education

Ryan Smerek

School of Education and Social Policy

Associate Professor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Decision Making, Higher Ed Administration, Innovation, Learning and Organizational Development, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

Michael A. Spikes

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, School of Education and Social Policy

Lecturer, Department of Journalism

Field: Education, Journalism

Focus Areas: Broadcast News, Digital Media, Journalism Industry, Misinformation, Social Media, Teacher Development

Reed Stevens

School of Education and Social Policy

Professor of Learning Sciences

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Childhood Education, Innovation, STEM Education

Spencer Striker

Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Professor of Digital Media Design

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Education, History, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Educational Development, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Innovation, Sound Design, Technology Companies, Wearable Technology

Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor; Clinical Community Psychologist

Field: Education, Psychology

Focus Areas: ADD and ADHD, Child Psychology, Education Disparities, Health Equity and Disparities, Parenting , Teacher Development