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Demand Accountability

From People in Power

Letters Sent by Our Team

5 letters

Every letter this archive has sent, listed oldest first. Select a letter to read it in full.

  1. 01Oct 1, 2026
  2. 02Oct 6 & 12, 2026
  3. 03Oct 13, 2026
  4. 04Oct 14, 2026
  5. 05Oct 16, 2026

The people in power are responsible for preventing hazing, assault and rape at fraternities, and for punishing the perpetrators when prevention fails. They have the authority, the rules and the resources. Every unpunished act of abuse and sexual assault repeats the cycle. We must hold them to their job.

Hold Them to Their Job

Every name listed below has the authority to act, to investigate, to suspend, to charge, to change the rules that let this happen. Write to them. Call them. Tell them what happened and ask what they have done about the September 23 hazing incident, and about preventing future hazings and sexual assaults.

Write to them

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102 selected

Police, Prosecutors, City and State Officials

University Administration

Office of Student Conduct — Staff

School of Human Ecology

Department of Political Science

Elected State Officials — Wisconsin's U.S. Senators and Representatives

Brayden J. Klein's Employers

  • Sposna.ai — Sposna.ai · no published email — write via the official contact form →
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The law, the city and the county

Police, Prosecutors and City Officials

  • Police Department

    Madison Police Department

    Municipal police — leads the criminal investigation into the September 23 incident. Phone is non-emergency dispatch; email is the public records desk.

    pdrecords@cityofmadison.com608-255-2345

  • Mayor's Office

    Satya Rhodes-Conway

    Mayor of the City of Madison — no official response on this case

    madisonmayor@cityofmadison.com608-266-4611

    City Communications

    Dylan Brogan

    City Communications Manager — plans and coordinates the City's communications and outreach, and is a key spokesperson for the City.

    dbrogan@cityofmadison.com608-267-1998

  • Police Chief

    John Patterson

    Chief of Police, Madison Police Department — offered the permanent post by the Police and Fire Commission in fall 2025

    No published email608-266-4022

  • Captain

    Kipp Hartman

    Captain, Madison Police Department — spoke for MPD at the September 24 press conference. Phone is MPD's public information line.

    No published email608-266-4897

  • District Attorney

    Ismael R. Ozanne

    Dane County District Attorney — decides whether to file charges, and which ones

    danecoda@da.wi.gov608-266-4211

The administration

University Administration

His school

School of Human Ecology

Consumer Behavior and Marketplace Studies, the major listed for Brayden J. Klein, is a program of the School of Human Ecology. The school is the academic authority for students in that program.

  • Dean

    Soyeon Shim

    Dean of the School of Human Ecology since 2012 — reappointed to a further term in August 2026. Email is the Dean's Office inbox.

    deansoffice@sohe.wisc.edu608-262-4847

  • Academic Dean's Services

    School of Human Ecology

    Handles personal and academic concerns for Human Ecology undergraduates — the school's route for a concern about a student in its program.

    deansservices@sohe.wisc.edu608-262-2608

  • Academic & Career Center

    School of Human Ecology

    Advising and enrollment for Human Ecology majors, including Consumer Behavior and Marketplace Studies.

    advising@sohe.wisc.edu608-262-2608

Faculty — 39 professors

His school

Department of Political Science — College of Letters & Science

Political Science, the major listed for Samuel N. Vane, is a department of the College of Letters & Science, the university's largest academic unit. The department and the college are the academic authority for students in that program.

  • Department Chair

    Nadav Shelef

    Chair, Department of Political Science — Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations. Email is the department office.

    info@polisci.wisc.edu608-263-2414

  • Undergraduate Studies

    Amy Gangl

    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science — the department's route for a concern about a political science major.

    info@polisci.wisc.edu608-263-2414

  • Interim Dean

    Kristin R. Eschenfelder

    Interim Dean of the College of Letters & Science since May 17, 2026 — the college that houses the Department of Political Science.

    dean@ls.wisc.edu608-263-2303

  • Associate Dean for Social Sciences

    Lori Lopez

    Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Letters & Science — the division the Department of Political Science sits in.

    lklopez@wisc.edu608-263-2303

  • Academic Advising

    L&S Academic Advising Services

    Advising for Letters & Science undergraduates, including political science majors.

    advisingaas@ls.wisc.edu608-262-5858

Faculty — 35 professors

  • Genevieve Bates

    Assistant Professor — International Relations, Political Methodology

    genevieve.bates@wisc.edu

  • Rikhil R. Bhavnani

    Professor — Comparative Politics, Political Methodology

    bhavnani@wisc.edu

  • Steven Brooke

    Associate Professor — Comparative Politics

    sbrooke@wisc.edu

  • Barry Burden

    Lyons Family Professor — American Politics, Political Methodology

    bcburden@wisc.edu

  • Jeffrey Church

    Professor — Political Theory

    jchurch4@wisc.edu

  • Mark Copelovitch

    Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs — International Relations

    copelovitch@wisc.edu

  • Katherine J. Cramer

    Vilas Research Professor and Virginia Sapiro Professor — American Politics

    kathy.cramer@wisc.edu

  • Marty Davidson

    Assistant Professor — American Politics, Political Methodology

    No individual email published

  • Kathryn Hendley

    Professor — Comparative Politics

    khendley@wisc.edu

  • Soeren Henn

    Assistant Professor — Comparative Politics, Political Methodology

    sjhenn@wisc.edu

  • Yoshiko M. Herrera

    Professor — Comparative Politics, International Relations

    yherrera@wisc.edu

  • Tana Johnson

    Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science — International Relations

    tana.johnson@wisc.edu

  • Daniel Kapust

    Professor — Political Theory

    djkapust@wisc.edu

  • Andrew Kydd

    Professor — International Relations, Political Methodology

    kydd@wisc.edu

  • Keisha Lindsay

    Associate Professor — Political Theory

    knlindsay@wisc.edu

  • Adeline Lo

    Associate Professor — Political Methodology, Comparative Politics

    aylo@wisc.edu

  • Lisa Martin

    Professor — International Relations, Political Methodology

    lisa.martin@wisc.edu

  • Ana Oaxaca Carrasco

    Assistant Professor — American Politics

    oaxacacarras@wisc.edu

  • Jon C. W. Pevehouse

    Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor — International Relations

    jcpevehouse@wisc.edu

  • Matthew Pietryka

    George and Carmella Edwards Associate Professor — American Politics

    mpietryka@wisc.edu

  • Rebecca Ploof

    Assistant Professor — Political Theory

    No individual email published

  • Eleanor Neff Powell

    Associate Professor — American Politics, Political Methodology

    eleanor.powell@wisc.edu

  • Jonathan Renshon

    Professor — International Relations, Political Methodology

    renshon@wisc.edu

  • Nils Ringe

    Professor — Comparative Politics

    ringe@wisc.edu

  • Michelle Schwarze

    Associate Professor — Political Theory

    mschwarze@wisc.edu

  • Marwa Shalaby

    Associate Professor — Comparative Politics

    marwa.shalaby@wisc.edu

  • Nadav Shelef

    Department Chair — Professor, Comparative Politics, International Relations

    shelef@wisc.edu

  • Erica Simmons

    Booth Fowler Professor — Comparative Politics, Political Methodology

    essimmons@wisc.edu

  • Anton Strezhnev

    Assistant Professor — Political Methods

    strezhnev@wisc.edu

  • Alexander Tahk

    Associate Professor — Political Methodology, American Politics

    atahk@wisc.edu

  • Andrew Trexler

    Assistant Professor — American Politics, Political Communication

    atrexler@wisc.edu

  • Aili Mari Tripp

    Vilas Research Professor of Political Science

    atripp@wisc.edu

  • Andres Uribe

    Assistant Professor — Comparative Politics

    andres.uribe@wisc.edu

  • Jessica L. P. Weeks

    Professor — International Relations

    jweeks@wisc.edu

  • John Zumbrunnen

    Professor — Political Theory

    zumbrunnen@wisc.edu

Documents & Evidence

Materials

Every record and image this archive is built on, in one place. Nothing here originates with this site — each item is a public record or published reporting, linked to where it was released.

Not available yet
  • Court filings — no formal charges had been filed as of September 25, 2026.
  • Photographs of the two arrested students — none has been released by police or the university.
  • University disciplinary outcome — the conduct office investigation was still open.
  • Photos or video from inside the basement — only the blurred image MPD released.

Items are added only when they come from police records, the university or published reporting.

Case File

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