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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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Michael Sanders

Fernando Sanjenís Gutiérrez

Crickette Sanz

Christine Sasse

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Sean Savoie

Paolo Scartoni

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Karl Schaefer

Maggie Schlarman

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Leigh Schmidt

Keith Schnakenberg

Nancy Schnurr

Lyndsie Schultz

David Schuman

Henry Schvey

Rebecca Sears

Alexander Seidel

Stephanie N. Shady

Christopher Shaffer

Toqeer Shah
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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