People

The Center for Law, Society, and Justice is the institutional home of the Legal Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Certificate Program.

The faculty of the Center for Law, Society and Justice come from a wide variety of disciplines. Many faculty have a primary affiliation with a tenure granting unit such as Law, History, Political Science, or Sociology.

The Core Faculty teach a combination of disciplinary courses with a law focus and courses specifically designed to be interdisciplinary. Their teaching includes the gateway courses in the Legal Studies curriculum (Legal Studies 131 and 217) and the Legal Studies core perspectives courses. Core Faculty members participate in curricular design and course development activities, set policies for students in the Center programs, and provide guidance to academic staff.

In addition to the Core Faculty, a number of Affiliated Faculty teach a variety of disciplinary courses that have a law or legal institution focus.

Core and Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Simon Balto

Position title: Assistant Professor, History

Email: sebalto@wisc.edu

Genevieve Bates

Position title: Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate

Email: genevieve.bates@wisc.edu

Dustin Brown

Position title: Legal Research & Writing Lecturer, Law

Email: dustin.brown@wisc.edu

Michael Caldwell

Position title: Senior Lecturer, Psychology and Senior Staff Psychologist

Email: mfcaldwell@wisc.edu

Pajarita Charles

Position title: Assistant Professor, Social Work

Email: paja.charles@wisc.edu

Patricia Coffey

Position title: Faculty Associate, Psychology

Email: pcoffey@wisc.edu

Joseph Conti

Position title: Associate Professor, Sociology

Email: jconti@ssc.wisc.edu

Martine Delannay

Position title: Program Administrator, CLSJ

Email: mcdelannay@wisc.edu

Anuj Desai

Position title: Voss Bascom Professor of Law

Email: anuj.desai@wisc.edu

Suzanne Eckes

Position title: Professor, Education Law, Policy and Practice

Email: seeckes@wisc.edu

Howard S. Erlanger

Position title: Emeritus Professor, Law and Sociology

Email: erlanger@ssc.wisc.edu

Sarah "Frankie" Frank

Position title: Faculty Lecturer, Sociology & CLSJ

Email: frankie.frank@wisc.edu

Ralph Grunewald

Position title: Associate Professor, English

Email: grunewald@wisc.edu

Dan Grupe

Position title: Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds

Email: grupe@wisc.edu

Kathryn Hendley

Position title: William Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Political Science

Email: khendley@wisc.edu

Kiara Hibler

Position title: Placement Advisor & Field Instructor, CLSJ

Email: khibler@wisc.edu

Alexandra Huneeus

Position title: CLSJ Director, Professor, Law

Email: huneeus@wisc.edu

Tana Johnson

Position title: Associate Professor, LaFollette

Email: tana.johnson@wisc.edu

Richard Keyser

Position title: Senior Lecturer, CLSJ

Email: rkeyser@wisc.edu

Carolyn Lesch

Position title: Program Administrator, CLSJ, Emeritus

Email: carolyn.lesch@wisc.edu

Michael Light

Position title: Professor, Sociology

Email: mlight@ssc.wisc.edu

Michael Massoglia

Position title: Professor, Sociology

Email: mmassoglia@wisc.edu

Josh Mayers

Position title: Faculty Associate, CLSJ

Email: jbmayers@wisc.edu

Jirs Meuris

Position title: Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources

Email: meuris@wisc.edu

Ion Meyn

Position title: Associate Professor, Law

Email: meyn@wisc.edu

David Pate

Position title: Visiting Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies and Consumer Science

Email: djpate@wisc.edu

Julie Poehlmann-Tynan

Position title: Professor, HDFS

Email: julie.poehlmanntynan@wisc.edu

Jordan Rosenblum

Position title: Professor, Center for Jewish Studies and Religious Studies

Email: jrosenblum@wisc.edu

Alan Rubel

Position title: Associate Professor, iSchool

Email: arubel@wisc.edu

Rosemary Russ

Position title: Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Email: rruss@wisc.edu

Jonathan Scharrer

Position title: Clinical Assistant Professor, Law

Email: jonathan.scharrer@wisc.edu

Micha Schwab

Position title: Program Administrator & Advisor, CLSJ

Email: micha.schwab@wisc.edu

Mitra Sharafi

Position title: Professor, Law

Email: mitra.sharafi@wisc.edu

Karl Shoemaker

Position title: Professor, History

Email: kbshoemaker@wisc.edu

Michaela Simmons

Position title: Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate

Email: mcsimmons@wisc.edu

Timothy Tansey

Credentials: Professor, Rehabilitation Counselor Education

Email: tntansey@wisc.edu