The University of Chicago Experts Guide
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Featured Experts
Edward Laumann
Edward Laumann is one of the nation's leading authorities on the sociology of sexuality. He recently advised a panel of scholars who conducted the "Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors," a survey based on interviews with 27,500 men and women aged 40-80 in 30 countries worldwide. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Kenneth Warren
Kenneth Warren specializes in African-American literature and 19th- and 20th-century American literature and critical theory. His work has ranged from studying such major 20th-century writers as Leon Forrest and Ralph Ellison to such 19th-century critics as William Dean Howells, and he is a member of the editorial boards of the Cambridge Series of American Literature and American Literary History. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
David Bevington
David Bevington, one of the world's foremost Shakespearean scholars, has written or edited more than 30 volumes on Shakespeare and his contemporaries. His scholarship has engaged him with all aspects of medieval and Renaissance drama. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Shadi Bartsch
Shadi Bartsch is a leading expert in Roman literature and culture. Among her many honors and awards are the University's Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, and being among "40 under Forty" in Crain's Chicago Business Journal. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)