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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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Romance Languages and Literatures

Ila Sheren
Department of Art History and Archaeology

Vincent Sherry
Department of English

Yongseok Shin
Department of Economics

Matthew Shipe
Department of English

Betsy Sinclair
Department of Political Science

Julie Singer
Romance Languages and Literatures

Philip Skemer
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Elzbieta Sklodowska
Romance Languages and Literatures

Virginia Slachman
College Writing Program

Rachel Slaughter
College Writing Program

Cecil Slaughter
Performing Arts Department

Mattias Smangs
Department of Sociology

Steven S. Smith
Department of Political Science


Craig Smith
Department of Biology

Richard Smith
Department of Anthropology

Jennifer R. Smith
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

William Smith
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Robert Snarrenberg
Department of Music

Andrew Sobel
Global Studies

Lee Sobotka
Department of Chemistry

Slava Solomatov
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Rose Sommerhauser
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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