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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 Biology
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Alyssa Larson
Department of English
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Asha-Marie Larson-Baldwin
Department of Sociology
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Seanna Leath
Psychological & Brain Sciences
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Silvia Ledesma Ortiz
Romance Languages and Literatures
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SangMok Lee
Department of Economics
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Wonseok Lee
East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Ji-Eun Lee
East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Jiyoon Lee
East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Carole Lemire-Bowman
Department of Music
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William Lenihan
Music
Jillian Lepek
Department of Art History and Archaeology
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Rebecca Lester
Department of Anthropology
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Oksana Leukhina
Department of Economics
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Petra Levin
Department of Biology
Carter W. Lewis
Performing Arts Department
Diane Wei Lewis
Program in Film and Media Studies
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Guangqi Li
Department of Economics
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Ruiyuan Li
Department of Political Science
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Wanlin Li
Department of Mathematics
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Jiayi Li
Department of Political Science
Yihao (Rayna) Li
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Huiyun Liang
Department of Music
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Xia Liang
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
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