Vincent Varvel
Department of Music
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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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Madhavi Verma
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Grace Waitman
College Writing Program
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Department of Biology
Julia A. Walker
Department of English
Anika Walke
Department of History
William Wallace
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Dave Walsh
American Culture Studies
Jennifer Wang
Department of Biology
Xi Wang
Department of Physics
Alian Wang
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Ping Wang
Department of Economics
Jingyi Wang
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit
Department of Music
Kun Wang
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Wei Wang
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Rebecca Wanzo
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Geoff Ward
Department of African & African American Studies
David Warren
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Aileen Waters
College Writing Program
Lori Watson
The Department of Philosophy
Lori Watt
Department of History
Carly Wayne
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Department of Music
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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