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Samera Esmeir Samera Esmeir
Dept of Rhetoric
critical theory, Middle Eastern Studies, Legal and political thought, law and humanities, law and society, legal histories, colonialism and post-colonialism, anti-colonialism
Headshot of Gul Dolen Gül Dölen
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Psychology
behavioral and systems neuroscience, psychedelics, critical periods, octopus, social behavior, evolution, synaptic plasticity, extracellular matrix, oxytocin and stroke, Fragile X, autism, PTSD, addiction
Karen Feldman Karen Feldman
Dept of German
critical theory, aesthetics, literary theory, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin, 18th-20th century German thought, Hegel, Adorno
Kent Puckett Kent Puckett
Dept of English
critical theory, narrative & the novel, 19th century British literature, poetry, film, literary theory, sociability, psychoanalysis
Judith Butler Judith Butler
Dept of Comparative Literature
critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, comparative literature, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, social and political thought, philosophy and literature
Shannon Steen Shannon Steen
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
critical race theory, performance theory, American studies, U.S. histories of popular performance, U.S. urban development, globalization studies
Meg Mills-Novoa's photo Megan Mills-Novoa
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
climate change adaption, energy transitions, political ecology of global change, critical development studies, water justice, participatory mixed methods, Latin America
headshot of Alane Suhr Alane Suhr
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, computer vision, computational linguistics
Professional photograph of Rizvana Bradley Rizvana Bradley
Dept of Film and Media
aesthetic theory, art history, Black studies, contemporary art, contemporary film theory, critical theory, moving image installation, postcolonial studies, race and the philosophy of media
Mahesh Srinivasan Mahesh Srinivasan
Dept of Psychology
flexible and pragmatic uses of language, representation of abstract concepts, linguistic relativity, social cognitive development in different cultural contexts
headshot of Luis Ceferino Luis Ceferino
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
multi-hazard risk analysis, reliability of critical infrastructure systems, climate adaptation and disaster resilience, structural engineering, extreme event modeling
Abe smiling while standing by an oak tree near the music department building. Marié Abe
Dept of Music
sound and space, ethnography, human geography, sound studies, music and social movements, affect and the body, Japanese popular performing arts, critical ocean studies, public ethnomusicology
Celeste Langan Celeste Langan
Dept of English
19th century British literature, critical theory, disability studies, poetry, Wordsworth, Carlyle, Hardy, Rousseau, the French Revolution, Marxist theory
headshot of Debarati Sanyal Debarati Sanyal
Dept of French
Border studies, race, postcolonialism, politics of aesthetic form, nineteenth-century French studies, memory studies, World War Two, Holocaust studies, critical refugee studies, contemporary fiction and film
headshot of Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre
Dept of Geography
geospatial representation, political economy, critical environments, social mapping, political ecology, historical and political geography, environmental history, indigenous/campesino ontologies and epistemologies, Latin American geographies, videography
Daniella Cádiz Bedini standing in outside setting Daniella Cádiz Bedini
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
hemispheric American literature, literary exchanges, anticolonial activism, migration, border crossings, translation, linguistic exchange
Andrew Leong Andrew Way Leong
Dept of English
19th century American literature, 20th and 21st century American literature, Asian American, Pacific, critical theory, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies
Nathaniel Wolfson Nathaniel Wolfson
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
Brazilian literature and culture, Latin American literature and culture, Latin American Art History, media studies, critical theory, environmental humanities, Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, visual studies
Charles L Briggs Charles L Briggs
Dept of Anthropology
social cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, folklore and performance, racialization, linguistic anthropology
Ahmad Diab Ahmad Diab
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Arabic literature, translation studies, Arabic philology, postcolonial studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern Cinema
Elora Shehabuddin Elora Shehabuddin
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
transnational feminism, history and politics of feminist movement, activism, critical approaches to development, political economy, South Asia, Middle East, Global South, United States
Daena Funahashi Daena Funahashi
Dept of Anthropology
Political anthropology, democratic theory, critical theory, Crisis of Legitimacy, stress, Burnout, death, the uncanny, economy of excess, scientific authority, Nordic Welfare, Southeast Asia
Zamansele Nsele standing in outdoor setting Zamansele Nsele
Dept of History of Art
modern & contemporary African diaspora visual art, modern & contemporary African visual art, Black art, Black & African feminisms, critical theories of Blackness, African modernism, theories of nostalgia and melancholia, visual activism
Jeffrey Knapp Jeffrey Knapp
Dept of English
English literature, Shakespeare, English renaissance, Spenser, drama, theater, American film history, film theory and production, critical theory, imperialism, nationalism, mass entertainment, authorship
Anne-Lise Francois Anne-lise Francois
Dept of English
Dept of French
popular culture, English, comparative literature, the modern period, comparative romanticisms, lyric poetry, the psychological novel, novel of manners; gender, critical theory; literature, philosophy; fashion
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