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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Mark Bevir

Dept of Political Science

social and political theory

Dept of Demography

demography, social networks, quantitative methodology

Anna Stilz

Dept of Political Science

history of political thought, nationalism, collective agency, migration, environmental and climate justice

Brandi Catanese

Brandi Wilkins Catanese

Dept of African American Studies

Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

critical race theory, African American theater, non-traditional casting, racial performativity, gender studies, sexuality studies, American popular culture

Cihan Tugal

Dept of Sociology

political sociology, social movements, religion, Islam and the Middle East, culture, poverty and class, social theory, ethnography

Image of a white disabled woman in her forties. She is speaking into a microphone giving a presentation. Image is of Sunaura Taylor.

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

disability studies, disability crip theory, ableism, animal studies, animal ethics, multispecies justice, environmental humanities, ecofeminism, environmental justice

Anna Livia Brand

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

urban planning, urban design, community development, environmental planning, racial geographies, race and urban development, citizen participation

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Gina Garcia

School of Education

educational equity, educational justice, organizational theory

Michael Mascarenhas

Michael Mascarenhas

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental justice, critical race theory, Post-colonial theory, Science and Technology studies

Ken Goldberg in front of a projection of robotic arm

Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

robotics, art, social media, new media, automation

Kevin J. O'Brien

Dept of Political Science

social movements, Chinese politics, peasant politics

Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz

Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz

Dept of Sociology

race and ethnicity, sociology of knowledge and culture, Latinx politics and identify, political sociology, Du Boisian sociology, ethnographic methods, qualitative methods, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

Haas School of Business

social networks, entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy

Samuel Lucas at podium

Dept of Sociology

research methods, demography, sociology, social stratification, sociology of education, research statistics

Dylan John Riley

Dylan John Riley

Dept of Sociology

political sociology, comparative historical sociology, social theory

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

globalization, sustainability, labor and environmental policy, supply chains, consumers, information-based regulation, environmental justice, sustainability transitions, disruptive innovation

John Efron

Dept of History

Cultural and social history of German Jewry

Dept of City & Regional Planning

urban and regional economics, social and spatial inequality, urbanization, segregation, quantitative methods

Dept of Economics

economics, experimental economics, behavioral economics, networks, microeconomic theory, social learning

School of Education

resilience, risk, culture, teacher wellness, school climate, school violence and school climate, children and adolescents, mental health, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

Katherine Newman

Dept of Sociology

Goldman School of Public Policy

low wage labor markets, social mobility, inequality

C. Greig Crysler

C. Greig Crysler

Dept of Architecture

architecture, geopolitics of architectural discourse, globalization and social production of the built environment, architecture and identity

Xin Liu

Dept of Anthropology

history and/of anthropology, contemporary trends in social theory, social/cultural anthropology, comparative societies, capitalism and culture, America and China/East Asia

Prasad Krishnamurthy

Prasad Krishnamurthy

financial regulation, consumer finance, antitrust and competition policy, law and economics, distributive justice

Photo of Kim Voss

Kim Voss

Dept of Sociology

sociology, labor, social movements, inequality, higher education