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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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Joel Vanderheyden
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Froggi VanRiper
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Vincent Varvel
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Fiona Vaughn
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Lauris Veips
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Madhavi Verma
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Abhay Vidwans
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Richard Vierstra
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Grace Waitman
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Elise Walck-Shannon
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Julia A. Walker
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Anika Walke
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William Wallace
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Margaret Wallace
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Dave Walsh
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Mitchelle Wambua
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Letao Wang
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Xi Wang
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Jennifer Wang
Alian Wang
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Jingyi Wang
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Julia Wang
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Ping Wang
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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