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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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Robert Snarrenberg
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Kwok Wai (Ben) So
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Andrew Sobel
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Lee Sobotka
Slava Solomatov
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Claire Sommers
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Evan Sommers
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Mitchell Sommers
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Minjeong Son
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Xiangyu Song
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Yanli Song
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Tyrell Spencer
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James F. Spriggs II
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Zoe Stamatopoulou
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Christopher Stark
Alexander Stefaniak
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Paul Steinbeck
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Paul Stein
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Mary Ann Stenner
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Ari Stern
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Amanda Stewart
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Charlie Stewart
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Charlie Stewart
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.
See what our faculty are working on now
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