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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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Eloísa Palafox
Romance Languages and Literatures
Nelson Pardiño
Romance Languages and Literatures
Timothy Parsons
HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies
Anca Parvulescu
English
Amy Pawl
English
Mark Gregory Pegg
History
Dolores Pesce
Music
Carl Phillips
English
Steven Pijut
College Writing Program
Annamaria Pileggi
Performing Arts
Stephanie Pippin
English
Anya Plutynski
Philosophy
Alessandro Poletto
East Asian Languages and Cultures
John Powers
Film and Media Studies
Jane Price
Music
Sarah Price
Music
Philip Purchase
Comparative Literature and Thought
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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