POLICY - ENVIRONMENT
Steven Taff is an associate professor and agricultural economist in the department of Applied Economics. A former county extension agent and regional planner, Taff is widely known for his attempts to bring economic science to bear on practical policy making.

Expertise:
Environmental policy & regulation
Ethanol & renewable energy
Greenhouse gas reducation policy
Agricultural policy & land use

POLICY - EDUCATION
Joe Nathan is the director of the Center for School Change at the Humphrey Institute. He is a regular media contributor and has testified before Congress.

Expertise:
Charter & public schools
Parent & community involvement
School choice programs
Public education reform
Education legislation

POLICY - EDUCATION
Kyla Wahlstrom is the director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement in the College of Education and Human Development.

Expertise:
K-12 education
No Child Left Behind

POLICY - ENERGY
Elizabeth Wilson is an assistant professor of energy and environmental policy at the Humphrey Institute.

Expertise:
Emerging energy solutions
Climate change
Energy legislation

POLICY - HEALTH
Stephen Parente is the director of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute at the Carlson School of Management.

Expertise:
Health savings accounts
Health insurance
Economics of health care

POLICY - HEALTH
Lynn Blewett is an associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health

Expertise:
Health insurance access
State health policy
Universal health care

POLICY - HEALTH
Linda Bearinger is a professor in the School of Nursing and director of Center for Adolescent Nursing.



Expertise:
Sex education
Adolescent health
Maternal child health

POLICY - HEALTH
Carrie Ann Terrell is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School. 



Expertise:
Abortion policy
Women's reproductive rights

POLICY - HEALTH
Michael Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and a professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. He has led numerous investigations of outbreaks of hepatitis B and the HIV infection in healthcare workers.

Expertise:
Bioterrorist threats
Infectious disease & bird flu
Food & water safety

POLICY - HOUSING MARKET
Jeff Crump is an associate professor in the department of design, housing and apparel in the College of Design.

Expertise:
Foreclosures
Subprime lending
Housing policy & urban politics

POLICY - SUPREME COURT
David Stras is a professor in the Law School and a frequent media commnetator.

Expertise:
Justices
Nominations
Federal Court System

POLICY - INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRICITY & TRANSPORTATION
Massoud Amin is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, holds the Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership and is the director of the university’s Center for the Development of Technological Leadership. He is an internationally renowned expert in his field and frequent media commentator.

Expertise:
Energy transportation infrastructure & security
Smart Grid and Intelligent transportation systems
Emerging technologies