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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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Kun Wang
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Wei Wang
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Rebecca Wanzo
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Geoff Ward
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David Warren
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Elyse Waterhouse
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Aileen Waters
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Lori Watson
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Lori Watt
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Carly Wayne
Mary Weber
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Timothy Weddle
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Gabrielle Weeden
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Noa Weinberg
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Jonathan Weinstein
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Addison "Rose" Wellenberger
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Kit Wellman
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Timothy Wencewicz
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James Wertsch
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Ralf Wessel
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Corey Westfall
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Sarah Weston
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Robert Wexler
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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