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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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Costas Azariadis
Department of Economics

Ana Babus
Department of Economics

Aylin Bademsoy
Program in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Marlon M. Bailey
Department of African and African-American Studies

Sarah Baitzel
Department of Anthropology

Thomas Bakupog
Department of Chemistry
Kara Baldus-Mehrmann
Department of Music

David Balota
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Darwin Baluran
Department of Sociology

Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay
Department of Economics

Mary Jo Bang
Department of English

Deanna Barch
Vice Dean of Research
Joe Barcroft
Romance Languages and Literatures

Anne Baril
The Department of Philosophy

Michael Barkasi
The Department of Philosophy
Pamela Barmash
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Jonathan Barnes
Department of Chemistry

Carolyn Barnes
Department of Anthropology

Cynthia Barounis
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Marisa Barragán-Peugnet
Romance Languages and Literatures

Heather Barton
Department of Biology

Colin Bassett
College Writing Program

Margaret Guinn Batten
Department of English
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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