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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Meteorologist and Research Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Legal Director, State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development & Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Researcher, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Distinguished Teaching Faculty of Civil Society & Community Studies, Director of Global Health and Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Research Coordinator, Urban and Regional Food System Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Dean of the School of Human Ecology, Professor of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison