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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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Psychological & Brain Sciences

Barbara Baumgartner
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Anne Margaret Baxley
The Department of Philosophy
Roger Beachy
Department of Biology

Kurt Beals
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Lois Beck
Department of Anthropology

Monique Bedasse
Department of History

April Bednarski
Department of Biology
Roya Beheshti Zavereh
Department of Mathematics

Yehuda Ben-Shahar
Department of Biology

Isaac Bendon
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Deanna Benjamin
College Writing Program

Housni Bennis
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Nancy Berg
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Marcus Berliant
Department of Economics

Elizabeth Bernhardt
Romance Languages and Literatures

Iver Bernstein
Department of History

Ruth Berson
College Writing Program

Timm Betz
Department of Political Science

Anna F. Bialek
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

Vladimir Birman
Department of Chemistry

John Bleeke
Department of Chemistry

Joshua Blodgett
Department of Biology

Kate Bloomquist
College Writing Program
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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Isaacowitz wins mid-career award from the Society for Affective Science
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