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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 English
David Ansari
Department of Anthropology
Gaetano Antinolfi
Department of Economics
Abir Arabi
Department of Economics
Nicola Aravecchia
Department of Classics
Jennifer Arch
Department of English
Iteoluwakiishi Arigbabu
Department of Sociology
Christine Armistead
Department of Music
Raymond E. Arvidson
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
G'Ra Asim
Department of English
Gennie Avellino
Inside Arts & Sciences
Costas Azariadis
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Department of Economics
Aylin Bademsoy
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
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Department of African and African-American Studies
Sarah Baitzel
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Thomas Bakupog
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Psychological & Brain Sciences
Darwin Baluran
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Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay
Department of Economics
Mary Jo Bang
Department of English
Deanna Barch
Vice Dean of Research
Joe Barcroft
Romance Languages and Literatures
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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