Motomi Kajitani
East Asian Languages and Cultures
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East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Roy Kasten
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Comparative Literature and Thought
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Department of Anthropology
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Department of History
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East Asian Languages and Cultures
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East Asian Languages and Cultures
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East Asian Languages and Cultures
Sukkoo Kim
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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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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