SOCIAL ISSUES - GAY MARRIAGE
Kathleen Hull is an associate professor of sociology and a widely known expert on the issue of gay marriage. She is the author of “Same-Sex Marriage: The Cultural Politics of Love and Law” which explores what marriage means to gays and lesbians in the United States.

Expertise:
Gay marriage history & politics
Culture & family
Social movements

SOCIAL ISSUES - GAY MARRIAGE
Ed Schiappa is is the chair of the communication studies department in the College of Liberal Arts.

Expertise:
Court cases & rulings
History
Pop culture

SOCIAL ISSUES - IMMIGRATION
Katherine Fennelly is a professor in the Humphrey Institute. Fennelly is bilingual in Spanish and English and has worked extensively throughout Latin America. Fennelly has served as consultant to scores of organizations ranging from the Kellogg Foundation to the Ministry of Health of Chile.

Expertise:
Immigration and public policy
Human rights of immigrants and refugees
Diversity and cross-cultural relations

(Note: a portion of this interview is in Spanish)

SOCIAL ISSUES - IMMIGRATION
Louis Mendoza is the interim chair for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. He recently returned from an 8,500 mile bike ride across North America to study attitudes and perceptions of modern immigration.

Expertise:
Immigration & public policy
Dream Act
Community engagement

SOCIAL ISSUES - IMMIGRATION
Erika Lee is an associate professor of history and Asian American studies. She is the author of the award-winning book, At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943.

Expertise:
Asian American immigration
Immigration history
American West

SOCIAL ISSUES - CHILD LABOR
Deborah Levison is an associate professor in the Humphrey Institute.

Expertise:
International child labor
Developing countries
Poverty

SOCIAL ISSUES - HUMAN RIGHTS
David Weissbrodt is a professor in the Law School. He established the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center and helped establish the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.

Expertise:
International human rights law
Human trafficking
Corporate and global responsibility

SOCIAL ISSUES - STEM CELLS
Meri Firpo is an assistant professor in the Stem Cell Institute and the Department of Medicine and Division of Endocrinology at the University of Minnesota, where she works on stem cell biology and transplantation therapies for diabetes.

Expertise:
Stem cell research