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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 Music

Noa Weinberg
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Jonathan Weinstein
Department of Economics

Kit Wellman
The Department of Philosophy

Timothy Wencewicz
Department of Chemistry

James Wertsch
Department of Anthropology

Ralf Wessel
Department of Physics

Corey Westfall
Department of Biology

Sarah Weston
Department of English

Robert Wexler
Department of Chemistry

William Whitaker
Performing Arts Department

Brett Wick
Professor of Mathematics

Mladen Wickerhauser
Department of Mathematics

Douglas A. Wiens
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Denise Wilfley
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Sidney Williams
Department of Biology


Emily Willroth
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Kathryn Wilson
Department of Classics

Elisabeth Windle
Department of English

Adia Harvey Wingfield
Assistant Vice Provost

Helina Woldekiros
Department of Anthropology

Liz Wolfson
Program in Public Scholarship

Claire Workinger
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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