Ethics Center Staff

Kathleen Bartzen Culver

Director

Kathleen Culver joined the School of Journalism & Mass Communication in 1999 to help launch an innovative converged curriculum to prepare students for a changing media landscape. When Culver was advised early on that she was “preparing students for jobs that may not even exist yet,” she scarcely had a clue how quickly and massively the ground would shift. Read more.

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Kajsa Dalrymple

Honorary Fellow

Kajsa Dalrymple is a lecturer and honorary fellow in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dalrymple, founder of Dalrymple Advising, LLC and former associate professor at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is an award-winning educator with over 15 years of experience in research, education and leadership. Read more.

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Krista Eastman

Administrator & Communications Specialist

Krista Eastman is a writer and editor with expertise in university communications and external relations. As the administrator of the Center for Journalism Ethics, she assists with strategy, communication, event planning, and special projects.

 

2024-25 Fellows

Our student fellowship program welcomes exceptional UW–Madison students with a strong interest in creating a more ethical future for media. Over the course of one or two semesters, fellows work under the mentorship of our director, advisory board and administrator, to produce original reporting on the critical ethical issues of our time and to contribute to the life of the Center.

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Cat Carroll

Cat Carroll is a senior at UW–Madison majoring in journalism, international studies and German, with certificates in public policy, Middle East studies and Arabic.

She served as 2023-24 managing editor of The Badger Herald, where she now chairs the Board of Directors. Cat hopes to pursue a career in foreign correspondence, telling stories of migration and belonging in diasporic communities.

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Ava Menkes

Ava Menkes is a junior at UW–Madison, studying journalism and political science.  Currently, she is interning with Wisconsin Watch to report and fact-check on the upcoming election and primary races. Ava works as the Managing Editor at UW-Madison’s student newspaper The Daily Cardinal and previously served as the State News Editor, covering voter turnout, legislative maps, health care, rural areas and education. She is most interested in reporting on cultural identities and politics.

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Sophia Scolman

Sophia Scolman is a senior at UW–Madison studying journalism and history. As a junior, Sophia served as managing editor at The Badger Herald, one of UW’s student newspapers, where she covered topics related to law enforcement and student government. She currently works as the Herald’s advertising director. Sophia is also a proud recipient of the Evans Scholarship, which is awarded to golf caddies, and served as the vice president of communications for UW’s chapter as a junior. After graduation, Sophia hopes to carry her interest in government accountability into a career in law.