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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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Motomi Kajitani
Aurora Kamimura
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Hyeok Hweon Kang
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Mona Kareem
Jaclyn Kaslovsky
Roy Kasten
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Peter Kastor
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Jonathan I. Katz
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Andreas Kautt
Cathy Keane
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Tom Keeline
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John E. Kelly
Angela K. Kelly
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Kenneth F. Kelton
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Matt Kerr
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Katherine Kerschen
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Tristram R. Kidder
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Hillel J. Kieval
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Mijeong Mimi Kim
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Sukkoo Kim
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Taewoong Kim
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Allison King
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Chris King
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David Kinney
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Christine Kirmaier
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Caroline Kita
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John Klein
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Kristina Kleutghen
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Marshall Klimasewiski
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Krister Knapp
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Gregory Knese
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Wouter Kool
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Randy L. Korotev
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Nic Koziolek
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Steven G. Krantz
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Robert Kranz
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Elena V. Kravchenko
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Henric Krawczynski
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Michael J. Krawczynski
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Scott Krummenacher
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Todd Kuffner
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Barbara Kunkel
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Mariia Kurbak
Esther Viola Kurtz
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Jeffrey Kurtzman
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Uluğ Kuzuoğlu
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Jonathan Kvanvig
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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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