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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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Performing Arts Department

William J. Maxwell
Department of English

Cameron Maynard
Department of English

Thembelani (Themba) Mbatha
Department of African and African-American Studies

John E. McCarthy
Department of Mathematics

Mark McDaniel
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Kathleen McDermott
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Paige McGinley
Performing Arts Department

Erin McGlothlin
Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
Matt McGrath
The Department of Philosophy

William McKelvy
Department of English

William B. McKinnon
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Heather McPherson
Department of English

Edward McPherson
Department of English

Augusto Medeiros da Rosa
Department of Physics

James Mertens
Department of Physics

Alex Meshik
Department of Physics

Rebecca Messbarger
Romance Languages and Literatures

Justin Meyer
Department of Classics

Steven Meyer
Department of English

Roger Michaelides
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Melanie Micir
Department of English

Robert Milder
Department of English

Krista Milich
Department of Anthropology
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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