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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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Aurora Kamimura
Education
Hyeok Hweon Kang
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Mona Kareem
Jaclyn Kaslovsky
Roy Kasten
College Writing Program
Peter Kastor
History
Jonathan I. Katz
Physics
Andreas Kautt
Catherine Keane
Classics
Tom Keeline
Classics
John E. Kelly
Kenneth F. Kelton
Physics
Matt Kerr
Mathematics
Katherine Kerschen
Comparative Literature and Thought
Tristram R. Kidder
Anthropology
Hillel J. Kieval
HistoryJewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Taewoong Kim
Young Whun Kim
Mijeong Mimi Kim
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Sukkoo Kim
Economics
Tamsin Kimoto
Allison King
Education
Chris King
College Writing Program
David Kinney
Gabi Kirilloff
English
Kari Kirk
Stephanie Kirk
Amanda Kirkpatrick
Music
Christine Kirmaier
Chemistry
Caroline Kita
Germanic Languages and Literatures
John Klein
Art History and Archaeology
Kristina Kleutghen
Art History and Archaeology
Marshall Klimasewiski
English
Krister Knapp
History
Gregory Knese
Mathematics
Matthew Knisley
Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal
Performing Arts
Xenia Knoesel
Sarah Koellner
Hannah Kofman
Bronwen Konecky
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Wouter Kool
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Randy L. Korotev
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Nic Koziolek
Philosophy
Steven G. Krantz
Mathematics
Robert Kranz
Biology
Elena V. Kravchenko
Religious Studies
Henric Krawczynski
Physics
Michael J. Krawczynski
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Scott Krummenacher
Environmental Studies
Todd Kuffner
Kenneth Kulosa
Music
Mitchell Kundel
Biology
Barbara Kunkel
Biology
Mariia Kurbak
Esther Viola Kurtz
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Jeffrey Kurtzman
Music
Uluğ Kuzuoğlu
History
Jonathan Kvanvig
Philosophy
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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