Doctor Ruth Benca is the director of the Center for Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She talks about research into sleep and teenagers.
Commentator and Lake Effect contributor Liam Callanan teaches creative writing at UW-Milwaukee, and sees his students express their struggles in their writing. His latest novel is All Saints.
Lake Effect contributor Dr. Shaili Jain is a psychiatrist with Aurora Behavioral Health Services and a professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She wrote a book about the relationship between physicians and drug companies, and she maintains a website about doctors’ bedside manners. She discussed the significance of mirror neurons.
Essayist Kurt Chandler is senior editor at Milwaukee Magazine, a regular Lake Effect contributor, and the author of the book Shaving Lessons: A Memoir of Father and Son. He lives in Wauwatosa.
Vlada Kleyman has degrees in psychology and social work, and runs Milwaukee’s Winds of Change Lifecoaching. She spoke with us about maintaining balance in turbulent economic times.