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
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)
Linda Waite
Linda Waite has conducted a pioneering study on marriage, which argues that marriage changes people's behavior in ways that promote economic, emotional and physical well-being. She also has studied the decision to cohabit, the transition from cohabitation to marriage and the characteristics of cohabiting unions. (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)
Tom Smith
Tom W. Smith is an internationally recognized expert in survey research specializing in the study of social change and survey methodology. Since 1980 he has been a co-principal investigator of the National Data Program for the Social Sciences and director of its General Social Survey (GSS). (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)
Sidney Nagel
Sidney Nagel's work has drawn attention to phenomena that scientists have regarded as outside the realm of physics, such as the science of drops, granular materials and jamming. Nagel's honors include election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003 and the American Physical Society's Oliver Buckley Prize in 2003. (Bio and Citations | Arrange an Interview)