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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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Martin Jacobs
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Meera Jain
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Sara Jay
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Lance Jenott
Classics
Christine Johnson
History
Sarah Johnson
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Nathaniel B. Jones
Art History and Archaeology
Vincent Jouane
Romance Languages and Literatures
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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