The University of Chicago Experts Guide
The University of Chicago Experts Guide allows local and national journalists to identify and connect with expert faculty, helping them create more compelling and authoritative stories. To find the ideal expert source for your story, use the search tools on the right-hand side of this page. For all other questions, or to arrange an interview with these or other faculty members, contact the News Office directly at 773-702-8360.
Featured Experts
Steven Levitt
Steven Levitt is one of the nation's leading micro-economists and has done pioneering and influential work on natural experiments in economics. He is also the co-author of the popular economics work Freakonomics, and he writes a popular blog on nytimes.com which is based on the book. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Martha McClintock
Martha McClintock is best known for her research on the relationship between mind, behavior and the functioning of the neural and endocrine systems. Her discoveries include the first conclusive, scientific evidence of human pheromones and their effects on the timing of ovulation. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Michael Dawson
Michael Dawson, one of the nation's leading experts on race and politics, was the founding director of the University's Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. He is the author of Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African-American Political Ideologies and Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Roger Myerson
Roger Myerson is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of
Economics at the University of Chicago. Professor Myerson has made
seminal contributions to the fields of economics and political science. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Neil Shubin
Neil Shubin seeks to understand the mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas. The philosophy that underlies his work is derived from the conviction that progress in the study of evolutionary biology results from linking research across diverse temporal, phylogenetic and structural scales. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)