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Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.
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Department of Anthropology
Claire Boyer
Department of English
Alexander S. Bradley
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Cindy Brantmeier
Global Studies
Stan Braude
Department of Biology
Todd Braver
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Virginia Braxs
Romance Languages and Literatures
Anne Brown
Department of Sociology
J. Dillon Brown
Department of English
Rachel Brown
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
J. Andrew Brown
Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
Eric Brown
The Department of Philosophy
Konner Bryant
Department of Classics
William Bubelis
Department of Classics
James H. Buckley
Department of Physics
Francisco (Paco) Buera
Department of Economics
Julie Bugg
Psychological & Brain Sciences
William Buhro
Department of Chemistry
Sebastian Buhts
Department of Music
Anna Bulleri
Arts & Sciences Computing
Patrick Burke
Department of Music
Colin Burnett
Program in Film and Media Studies
Andrew C. Butler
Department of Education
Daniel Butler
Department of Political Science
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Taylor Carlson, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Social Science Research Council Social Data Research Fellowship to study the extent to which user-generated content (i.e. comments) on social media platforms distorts information reported by mainstream news outlets. The fellowship comes with a $50,000 award.
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