John Shutske is a professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and serves as an Extension Agricultural Safety and Health Specialist. He holds an affiliate faculty appointment in the School of Medicine and Public Health. With a Ph.D. from Purdue University, he has over three decades of experience in agricultural safety and health, focusing on safe machinery design, worker education, and risk management. His research has tackled issues of respiratory hazards, dairy worker risks around antibiotic resistance, and stress/suicide prevention in farming communities. Before UW–Madison, he spent 18 years at the University of Minnesota and three at the Illinois Farm Bureau.