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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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Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Elzbieta Sklodowska
Romance Languages and Literatures

Virginia Slachman
College Writing Program

Rachel Slaughter
College Writing Program
Cecil Slaughter
Performing Arts Department

Mattias Smangs
Department of Sociology

Richard Smith
Department of Anthropology

Steven S. Smith
Department of Political Science

Jennifer R. Smith
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Christi Smith
Global Studies

Craig Smith
Department of Biology

William Smith
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Robert Snarrenberg
Department of Music

Andrew Sobel
Global Studies

Lee Sobotka
Department of Chemistry
Slava Solomatov
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Claire Sommers
Department of English

Mitchell Sommers
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Yanli Song
Department of Mathematics

James F. Spriggs II
Department of Political Science

Zoe Stamatopoulou
Department of Classics

Christopher Stark
Department of Music
Alexander Stefaniak
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Paul Steinbeck
Department of Music
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
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