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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Douglas Koshland

Douglas Koshland

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics

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Dept of Rhetoric

Classical Studies, classical reception studies, philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Auerbach, Jewish intellectual thought

Vernadette Gonzalez

Dept of Ethnic Studies

Asian American literacy and cultural studies, culture of U.S. Imperialism, gender and sexuality, Philippine and Filipino American studies, transnational American studies

Professor Michi Taga with Petri plate

Michi Taga

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

molecular biology, genetics, microbial biology, chemical biology, cofactors, nutrient exchange, microbial communities, bacteria

Cathy Park Hong standing with arms crossed as waist

Cathy Park Hong

Dept of English

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Kristen Whissel

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

film theory and history, digital media, aesthetics, critical theory, philosophy of history, technics, media theory and archaeology

Yang Dan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep

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Dept of Comparative Literature

Dept of English

African and Black diaspora literature, gender and sexuality, print culture, Festival and Carnival Studies

Dept of Economics

Haas School of Business

anti-trust economics, economics of networks and interconnection, design and use of patents, industrial organization economics

Saul Perlmutter sitting at a desk with figures drawn on a white board behind him.

Saul Perlmutter

Dept of Physics

cosmology, dark energy, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, supernovae, accelerating universe

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

Jake Kosek

Dept of Geography

cultural politics of nature and difference, cultural geography, Science and Technology studies, critical race theory, critical cartography, biopolitics, human and the non-human, environmental politics

Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures

classical Chinese poetry and poetics (3rd-11th centuries), traditional Chinese literary theory, phenomenology, translation, comparative literature, aesthetics, epistemology

Patrice Douglass

Patrice D. Douglass

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

Black feminist theory, Afro-pessimism, feminist philosophy, gender and sexual violence, feminist legal theory, legal theory, political philosophy, Black political thought

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Liz Gálvez

Dept of Architecture

design, architecture and environment, materials, heating and cooling, building technologies, sustainable design

Nicholas Vargas

Dept of Ethnic Studies

Juan David Rubio Restrepo

ethnomusicology, sound and music studies, Latin American Studies, theories of decolonization, critical race studies, Science and Technology studies, media technologies

School of Journalism

agriculture, environment, obesity, science, nutrition, journalism, food, cooking, gardening

Kaoru Saijo

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

neurodevelopmental disorders, neuropsychiatric disease, neurodegenerative disease, immunology, pathogenesis

Leti Volpp

citizenship, law and culture, identity (especially race and gender), immigration and migration, Asian American studies

James Quail leaning over a park sign that reads "QUAIL"

James Q. Davies

19th century music, political ecology, performance studies, pianism, vocal knowledge, medical anthropology, historical materialism

David Bates

Dept of Rhetoric

artificial intelligence, enlightenment, early Modern European intellectual history, 20th century European and American intellectual history, history and theory of media and technology, history of political thought

Damon Young standing in front of book shelves full of reading material

Damon Young

Dept of Film and Media

film theory, digital media, global art cinema, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory

Chris Martin with water in background

Christopher Martin

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolutionary biology, speciation, genomics, adaptation, craniofacial development