Steven Weber Dept of Political Science School of Information political science, international security, international political economy, information science
Jonathan Weigel Haas School of Business political economy, state capacity, development, corruption, taxation, religion
Kevin Weiner Dept of Psychology visual perception, face processing, comparative neuroanatomy, development, translational applications for patient populations
Rhona S. Weinstein Dept of Psychology community psychology, educational inequality and the achievement gap, teacher expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies, classroom and school reform
David Weisblat Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution
Charles D. Weisselberg School of Law law reform, criminal procedure, police interrogation, federal prisons
Dan Weisz Dept of Astronomy observational astrophysics, galaxies, stars, cosmology, early Universe, dark matter
Matthew Welch Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Rhiannon Noel Welch Dept of Italian Studies Italian literature, film and media, Italian colonialism, critical theories of race and racialization, borders and mobilities, biopolitics, postcolonial and decolonial theory.
Jonas Wellendorf Dept of Scandinavian Old Norse language and literature, Scandinavian mythology, Scandinavian cultural history (Viking Age and Middle ages)
David E. Wemmer Dept of Chemistry nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleic acids, biophysical chemistry: proteins, NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance methods, structure of proteins and DNA, conformational fluctuations, biopolymers
Gerald Westheimer Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation
K. Birgitta Whaley Dept of Chemistry quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics
Martin White Dept of Astronomy Dept of Physics cosmology, formation of structure in the universe, dark energy, expansion of the universe, cosmic microwave background, quasars, redshift surveys
William White Dept of Anthropology historical archaeology, African American archaeology, historic preservation, heritage conservation, community based participatory research
Noah Whiteman Dept of Integrative Biology Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology adaptation, evolutionary biology, genomics, genetics, toxicology, insect biology, plant biology, microbiology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Sytske Wijnsma Haas School of Business supply chain management, sustainable sourcing, circularity, illicit supply chains, social and environmental impact
Martha Wilfahrt Dept of Political Science African politics, political economy of development, redistributive politics
Michelle Wilkerson School of Education K-12 math and science education, science education, mathematics education, computing education, design-based research, computers in K-12 education, data literacy, data science education
Laurie Wilkie Dept of Anthropology anthropology, historical archaeology, oral history, material culture and ethnic identity, family and gender relations; North America, Northern California, Caribbean. Bahamas, African consumerism, creolization, multi-ethnic community
David C. Wilson Goldman School of Public Policy political psychology, politics, race and public policy, race, racial justice