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select honors from our faculty
Psychological & Brain Sciences
William
Acree
Romance Languages and Literatures
Rachel
Adams
College Writing Program
Cassie
Adcock
Department of History
Ama Bemma
Adwetewa-Badu
Department of English
Nazmul
Ahsan
Department of Economics
Jami
Ake
Comparative Literature and Thought
W. Mark
Akin
Department of Music
Deniz
Aksoy
Department of Political Science
Mark G.
Alford
Department of Physics
Tazeen
Ali
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Elizabeth
Allen
Romance Languages and Literatures
Megan
Allen
College Writing Program
Sachiko
Amari
Department of Physics
Felix
Ampadu
Department of Anthropology
Jeffrey
Anderson
Department of Music
Kenneth (Andy)
Andrews
Department of Sociology
Gaetano
Antinolfi
Department of Economics
Nicola
Aravecchia
Department of Classics
Jennifer
Arch
Department of English
Raymond E.
Arvidson
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
G'Ra
Asim
Department of English
Costas
Azariadis
Department of Economics
Ana
Babus
Department of Economics
Aylin
Bademsoy
Comparative Literature and Thought
Marlon M.
Bailey
Department of African & 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
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Joe
Barcroft
Romance Languages and Literatures
Anne
Baril
The Department of Philosophy
Pamela
Barmash
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Jonathan
Barnes
Department of Chemistry
Cynthia
Barounis
Department of 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
John
Baugh
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Barbara
Baumgartner
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Anne Margaret
Baxley
The Department of Philosophy
Roger
Beachy
Department of Biology
Lois
Beck
Department of Anthropology
April
Bednarski
Department of Biology
Roya
Beheshti Zavereh
Department of Mathematics
Yehuda
Ben-Shahar
Department of Biology
Deanna
Benjamin
College Writing Program
Housni
Bennis
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Nancy
Berg
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Cory
Berkland
Department of Chemistry
Marcus
Berliant
Department of Economics
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
Joshua
Blodgett
Department of Biology
Kate
Bloomquist
College Writing Program
Eliot
Boden
Department of Mathematics
Stefanie
Boese
College Writing Program
Ryan
Bogdan
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Ian
Bogost
Program in Film and Media Studies
Michele
Boldrin
Department of Economics
Tim
Bono
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Daniel
Bornstein
Department of History
Arpita
Bose
Department of Biology
Carlos
Botero
Department of Biology
John
Bowen
Department of Anthropology
Zachary
Bowersox
Department of Political Science
Christina L.
Boyd
Department of Political Science
Alexander S.
Bradley
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Cindy
Brantmeier
Global Studies
Todd
Braver
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Rachel
Brown
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Eric
Brown
The Department of Philosophy
J. Andrew
Brown
Romance Languages and Literatures
J. Dillon
Brown
Department of English
William
Bubelis
Department of Classics
James H.
Buckley
Department of Physics
Francisco (Paco)
Buera
Department of Economics
Julie
Bugg
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Sebastian
Buhts
Department of Music
Patrick
Burke
Department of Music
Colin
Burnett
Program in Film and Media Studies
Andrew C.
Butler
Department of Education
Daniel
Butler
Department of Political Science
Paul
Byrne
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Randall
Calvert
Department of Political Science
Carol
Camp Yeakey
Department of Education
Tamara
Campbell
Department of Music
Tarrell
Campbell
College Writing Program
Maddalena
Canna
Department of Anthropology
Maria
Canon
Department of Economics
Amanda
Carey
Romance Languages and Literatures
Taylor
Carlson
Department of Political Science
Bruce
Carlson
Department of Biology
Anders E.
Carlsson
Department of Physics
Brian
Carpenter
Psychological & Brain Sciences
David
Carter
Department of Political Science
Flora
Cassen
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Jeffrey G.
Catalano
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Douglas
Chalker
Department of Biology
Heidi
Chambers
Romance Languages and Literatures
Shefali
Chandra
Department of History
Richard
Chapman
Program in Film and Media Studies
Robert
Charity
Department of Chemistry
Alex
Chen
Department of Physics
Jianqing
Chen
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Jiayi
Chen
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Likai
Chen
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Rong
Chen
Department of Chemistry
Wenhui
Chen
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Lingchei Letty
Chen
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Pallavi
Chhabra
Department of Education
Quo-Shin
Chi
Department of Mathematics
Elizabeth C.
Childs
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Geoff
Childs
Department of Anthropology
Dino P.
Christenson
Department of Political Science
Hea-Young
Chun
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Rebecca
Chung
Department of Music
Amy Eisen
Cislo
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Yannick
Coenders
Department of Sociology
Noah
Cohan
American Culture Studies
Emily
Cohen-Shikora
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Adam
Coleman
Department of Physics
Caitlyn
Collins
Department of Sociology
Erika
Conti
Romance Languages and Literatures
Cassidy
Cooley
Inside Arts & Sciences
Shelly
Cooper
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Rebecca
Copeland
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Becko
Copenhaver
The Department of Philosophy
Ramanath
Cowsik
Department of Physics
Michael
Crandol
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Carl F.
Craver
The Department of Philosophy
Brian F.
Crisp
Department of Political Science
Robert E.
Criss
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Tia
Crook
Religious Studies
Wilhelm
Cruz
Department of Biology
Lionel
Cuillé
Romance Languages and Literatures
Tili Boon
Cuillé
Romance Languages and Literatures
Rebeca
Cunill
Romance Languages and Literatures
David
Cunningham
Department of Sociology
Aliakbar
Daemi
Department of Mathematics
Elena
Dalla Torre
Romance Languages and Literatures
Talia
Dan-Cohen
Department of Anthropology
Kelly
Daniel-Decker
Department of Music
Bethany
Daniels
Department of English
Nick
Danis
Linguistics
Joanna Dee
Das
Performing Arts Department
Megan
Daschbach
Department of Chemistry
Steve
Davis
Department of Music
Kathryn
Davis
Department of English
Tansu
Daylan
Department of Physics
Maria
de la Cruz
Department of Chemistry
Tomas
de Oliveira
Department of Anthropology
Todd
Decker
Department of Music
Nicolas Esteban
Der Meguerditchian
Department of Economics
Bhupal
Dev
Department of Physics
Rachael
DeWitt
Center for the Humanities
Julien
Di Giovanni
Department of Anthropology
El Hadji Samba Amadou
Diallo
Department of African & African American Studies
Willem H.
Dickhoff
Department of Physics
Marina
DiMarco
The Department of Philosophy
Jimin
Ding
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Ram
Dixit
Department of Biology
Nathan
Dize
Romance Languages and Literatures
Ian
Dobbins
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Christopher
Douthitt
Department of Music
Mark
Dowell
Romance Languages and Literatures
Ben
Duane
Department of Music
Ian
Duncan
Department of Biology
Danielle
Dutton
Department of English
Maximiliano
Dvorkin
Department of Economics
Robert F.
Dymek
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Mary Ann
Dzuback
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Gerald
Early
Department of African & African American Studies
Jonathan
Eburne
Department of English
Lauren
Eldridge Stewart
Department of Music
Rowhea
Elmesky
Department of Education
Ted
Enamorado
Department of Political Science
Tammy
English
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Lee
Epstein
Department of Political Science
Chris
Erdman
Department of Classics
Matt
Erlin
Comparative Literature and Thought
Manel
Errando
Department of Physics
Ekrem M.
Esmer
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
René
Esparza
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Zachariah
Ezer
Performing Arts Department
Kerri
Fair
Department of Education
Miguel
Faria-e-Castro
Department of Economics
Nathaniel
Farrell
College Writing Program
Steven
Fazzari
Department of Economics
Bruce
Fegley, Jr.
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Cynthia
Feliciano
Department of Sociology
Jonathan
Fenderson
Department of African & African American Studies
Renato
Feres
Department of Mathematics
Francesc
Ferrer
Department of Physics
Nina
Ferrigno
Department of Music
José E.
Figueroa-López
Department of Statistics and Data Science
David A.
Fike
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Erin
Finneran
Department of English
Kathleen
Finneran
Department of English
André
Fischer
Comparative Literature and Thought
Douglas
Flowe
Department of History
Nadirah
Foley
Department of Education
Justin
Fox
Department of Political Science
Michael
Frachetti
Department of Anthropology
Steven
Frankel
Department of Mathematics
David
Freidel
Department of Anthropology
Hannah
Frey
Department of Music
Andrea
Friedman
Department of History
Gayle
Fritz
Department of Anthropology
Rebeca
Fromm Ayoroa
Romance Languages and Literatures
Eileen
G'Sell
College Writing Program
Matthew
Gabel
Department of Political Science
Amy
Gais
Comparative Literature and Thought
Linling
Gao-Miles
Global Studies
Javier
García Liendo
Romance Languages and Literatures
Martín
García-Vázquez
Department of Economics
Jason
Gardner
The Department of Philosophy
Jennifer
Gartley
Department of Music
George-Levi
Gayle
Department of Economics
Vickie
Gee
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
Andi
Ghaderi
Romance Languages and Literatures
James L.
Gibson
Department of Political Science
Lisa
Gilbert
Department of Education
Theresa
Gildner
Department of Anthropology
Jeffrey
Gillis
Department of Physics
Limor
Golan
Department of Economics
Jeremy
Goldbach
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Ursula
Goodenough
Department of Biology
Andrew
Gott
Department of Music
Kasey
Grady
College Writing Program
Seth
Graebner
Romance Languages and Literatures
Dominique
Green
Performing Arts Department
Leonard
Green
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Meg
Gregory
College Writing Program
R. Marie
Griffith
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Richard W.
Gross
Department of Chemistry
Michael L.
Gross
Department of Chemistry
Philipp
Grübener
Department of Economics
James
Gulledge
The Department of Philosophy
Bret
Gustafson
Department of Anthropology
Kathy
Hafer
Department of Biology
Kathryn
Haklin
Romance Languages and Literatures
Sandra
Hale
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Julie
Hamdi
Department of Chemistry
Kate
Hanes
Department of Biology
Elinor
Harrison
Performing Arts Department
Matthew
Hayes
Department of Political Science
Sophia E.
Hayes
Department of Chemistry
Clarissa Rile
Hayward
Department of Political Science
Allan
Hazlett
The Department of Philosophy
Xuming
He
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Denise
Head
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Jennifer
Heemstra
Department of Chemistry
John
Heemstra
Department of Chemistry
John
Heil FAHA
The Department of Philosophy
Rin
Henderson
Department of English
Leonard Green
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Meg Gregory
R. Marie Griffith
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Richard W. Gross
Chemistry
Michael L. Gross
Chemistry
Philipp Grübener
James Gulledge
Bret Gustafson
Anthropology
Kathy Hafer
Biology
Kathryn Haklin
Romance Languages and Literatures
Sandra Hale
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Julie Hamdi
Kate Hanes
Biology
Elinor Harrison
Performing Arts
Matthew Hayes
Political Science
Sophia E. Hayes
Chemistry
Clarissa Rile Hayward
Political Science
Allan Hazlett
Philosophy
Xuming He
Denise Head
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Jennifer Heemstra
Chemistry
John Heemstra
Chemistry
John Heil FAHA
Philosophy
Rin Henderson
English
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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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