Nicole Svobodny
Global Studies
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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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Claudia Swan
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Eyal Tamir
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Xiang Tang
Department of Mathematics
Younasse Tarbouni
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Lynne Tatlock
Comparative Literature and Thought
Margit Tavits
Department of Political Science
Terri Taylor
College Writing Program
John-Stephen Taylor
Department of Chemistry
Tamara Taylor
College Writing Program
Victoria Thomas
Department of English
Renee Thompson
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Blake Thornton
Department of Mathematics
Mikhail Tikhonov
Department of Physics
Manuela Topalbegovic
Department of Music
Rebecca Treiman
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Corinna Treitel
Department of History
Erik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology
Andrea Urice
Performing Arts Department
Brian Vaccaro
Department of Music
Mark Valeri
Religious Studies
Abram Van Engen
Department of English
Kristin Van Engen
Psychological & Brain Sciences
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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