Faculty Experts

Marcelo Bonini

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Associate Director for Education and Training (Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center)

Field: Aging, Cancer and Oncology, Pharmacology

Focus Areas: Breast Cancer, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Environmental Science, Immunology, STEM Education

Steven Franconeri

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, The Garage at Northwestern, 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 and Fake News, STEM Education

Dr. Michael Jewett

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Walter P Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Antibiotic Resistance, Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biotechnology, Climate Change, STEM Education, Therapeutics, Vaccines

Nancy Ruggeri

Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching

Director, Graduate and Postdoctoral Learning

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Data Science, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Educational Development, STEM Education

Reed Stevens

School of Education and Social Policy

Professor of Learning Sciences

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Childhood Education, Innovation, STEM Education

Ellen Wartella

School of Communication

Professor of Psychology

Field: Human Development, Psychology

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Childhood Development, Child Psychology, Obesity, STEM Education

Nicole Woitowich

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Director of the Center for Reproductive Science Research

Field: Obstetrics/Gynecology

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Gender Diversity and Equality, STEM Education

Christine V. Wood

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Sociology

Focus Areas: Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, LGBT Health, Social Networks, STEM Education