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Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of French
the novel, sexuality studies, comparative literature, French, French literature, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, British literature and culture, social and literary theory, cultural studies of music, studies of language in use, linguistic anthropology, theories of practice, twentieth-century American literature
Jonathan Wurtele Jonathan Wurtele
Dept of Physics
physics, stability, plasma theory, advanced accelerator concepts, intense laser-plasma interaction, the basic equilibrium, radiation properties of intense charged particle beams, simulation and the development of proof-of-principle experiments
headshot of Ann Swidler Ann Swidler
Dept of Sociology
religion, culture, Africa, AIDS, political sociology, theory, development, NGOs, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Luba Golburt Luba Golburt
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Russian poetry from the 18th century to contemporary, lyric theory, nature lyric, Pushkin, Russian literature and art of the 18th and 19th centuries, Derzhavin, Turgenev, history and literataure, historical novel
Photo of Joshua Gang Joshua Gang
Dept of English
20th century Irish and British literature, literature and philosophy, 20th century literature, history of literary theory, the novel, literature and the sciences of mind, close reading, philosophy of literature, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy
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Dept of Film and Media
Cinema and technological change, cinema and modernity, computer-generated images and contemporary cinema, digital visual effects, stereoscopic 3D cinema and media, the history and theory of special effects, cinema in transition, American film history, modernity and early cinema, cinema and globalization, cinema and the environment/elements
Sharad Chari Sharad Chari
Dept of Geography
geography as history of the present and as earthly/oceanic writing, social theory, political economy, development, agrarian studies, labor, racial/sexual capitalism, Black radical tradition, biopolitical struggle, oceanic studies, photography, South Asia, South Africa, Indian Ocean
Kosa Goucher-Lambert Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
design theory and methods, automation, decision-making applied to engineering teams and individuals, ideation and creativity, analogical reasoning in design, preference modeling and design attribute optimization, design cognition, neuroimaging methods applied to design, sustainable design, New product development, crowdsourcing and collaboration
Alice M. Agogino Alice M. Agogino
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
intelligent learning systems, information retrieval and data mining, multiobjective and strategic product design, nonlinear optimization, probabilistic modeling, intelligent control and manufacturing, sensor validation and fusion and diagnostics, wireless sensor networks, multimedia and computer-aided design, design databases, design theory and methods, MEMS Synthesis and CAD, artificial intelligence and decision and expert systems, gender equity
Abigail De Kosnik Abigail De Kosnik
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
new media, performance studies, performance theory, performance, media studies, fan studies, digital culture, social networks, film, television, social media, Internet culture, digital humanities, data science, race/ethnicity, gender and sexuality, nationality, transnationalism, Filipino American studies, Asian American studies, archives, cultural memory, piracy, distribution
Seth M. Holmes Seth M. Holmes
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
immigration and migration, medical anthropology with foci on social theory and ethnography, social studies of medicine and science, social difference related to race, social difference related to socioeconomic status, social difference related to citizenship, social difference related to gender, social difference related to sexuality, the naturalization and normalization of social hierarchies and health disparities, social suffering and symbolic violence, urban and rural Latin America and North America, population health with focus on global health, population health with focus on health disparities, population health with focus on social determinants of health
Stephen Collier Stephen Collier
Dept of City & Regional Planning
urban vulnerability and resilience, insurance and climate change, Soviet urban planning and post-Soviet urban and social welfare transformation, infrastructure and politics, neoliberalism and governmental rationality, emergency government in the United States
headshot of Jonathan Gould Jonathan S. Gould
School of Law
politics and law, Congress
Teresa Head-Gordon standing with hands crossed in front Teresa Head-Gordon
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
Computational chemistry, machine learning, chemical physics, biophysics, biomolecules, materials, catalysis, computational science
Richard E. Borcherds Richard Borcherds
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, lie algebras, vertex algebras, automorphic forms
Ethan Ligon @ Blue Oak Ranch Ethan Ligon
Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics
economics, insurance, agricultural contracts, risk sharing, intra-household allocation, welfare, demand analysis
James Robinson, Professor of Health Economics James Robinson
School of Public Health
industrial policy in the life sciences, pharmaceutical pricing, regulation of medical devices, comparative health systems
David Eisenbud David Eisenbud
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, computation
Neil Gilbert Neil Gilbert
School of Social Welfare
social welfare, comparative welfare state analysis, child welfare, evaluation research, family policy, social security
headshot of Laurie Wilkie 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
Neil Fligstein Neil Fligstein
Dept of Sociology
sociology
Dmitry Taubinsky Dmitry Taubinsky
Dept of Economics
behavioral economics, tax policy, soda taxes, payday loans, household consumption and portfolio choice, energy policy, health, gambling, state-run lotteries, inflation expectations, nudges
Benjamin Handel Benjamin Handel
Dept of Economics
health economics, industrial organization, behavioral economics
headshot of Yasunori Nomura in outside setting Yasunori Nomura
Dept of Physics
quantum gravity, cosmology, Theoretical Particle Physics, quantum information
Yury Kolomensky in his lab Yury Kolomensky
Dept of Physics
particle physics, precision measurements, electroweak interactions, neutrino physics, QCD, BaBar, E158, CUORE, Mu2e
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