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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
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
Loic Wacquant Loïc Wacquant
Dept of Sociology
sociology
headshot of Christine Wildsoet smiling Christine Wildsoet
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications
George A. Akerlof George A. Akerlof
Dept of Economics
macroeconomics, monetary theory, behavioral economics, sociology and economics, theory of unemployment, asymetric information, staggered contract theory, money demand, labor market flows, theory of business cycles, economics of social customs, measurement of unemployment, economics of discrimination
Neil Fligstein Neil Fligstein
Dept of Sociology
sociology
headshot of Jenna Nobles Jenna Nobles
Dept of Demography
human populations, migration, fertility and fecundity, environmental change
Chunyan Yang Chunyan Yang
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
Aila Matanock at work in Berkeley Aila Matanock
Dept of Political Science
post-conflict elections, policing, peace processes, civil conflict, foreign intervention, armed actor governance, armed actor social support, counterinsurgency, survey experiments, mixed-method research design, Central America, Colombia, Solomon Islands, West Africa
Joel Moore Joel Moore
Dept of Physics
physics, condensed matter theory, electron-electron interactions, zero-temperature phase transitions, interaction effects in nanoscale devices, quantum phase transitions
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
Lydia Sohn in lab Lydia Sohn
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
micro-nano engineering, bioengineering, biomedical devices biomedical numerical analysis, microfluidics and nanofluidics, bioanalytical separations and disease diagnostics, stem cells, cancer
Fei Xu Fei Xu
Dept of Psychology
cognitive development, language development, learning mechanisms, statistical learning and statistical inference, conceptual development, developmental psychology, word learning, physical reasoning, social cognition in infants and children, learning in infants and young children, computational models of cognitive development, cognitive development and AI models, psychology and philosophy
Claudio U Hail in outdoor setting Claudio Hail
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
nanophotonics, nanoengineered optical materials, micro/nano manufacturing
Scott Saul Scott Saul
Dept of English
20th and 21st century American literature, African American literature, cultural studies, drama, film
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Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
insect behavior, evolutionary biology, ants, genetics, genomics, Argentine ants, kidnapper ants, chemical ecology, pheromones, urban parks, East Bay Regional Parks
john powell at lectern john powell
Dept of African American Studies
Dept of Ethnic Studies
School of Law
Civil rights and civil liberties, structural racialization, racial justice and regionalism, concentrated poverty and urban sprawl, opportunity based housing, voting rights, affirmative action in the United States, South Africa and Brazil, racial and ethnic identity, spirituality and social justice, needs of citizens in a democratic society
Anil Aswani in outside setting Anil Aswani
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
machine learning and artificial intelligence, precision health, optimization, statistics
Mark Goble Mark Goble
Dept of English
American literature
Neil K. Razdan in outdoor setting Neil Razdan
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
catalysis, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics
Ajay Pillarisetti setting at desk with computer monitor and microphone in background Ajay Pillarisetti
School of Public Health
energy use, health effects of air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, global health, health impacts of energy use, heat and health, air pollution measurement, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
headshot of Gail Brager Gail S. Brager
Dept of Architecture
architecture, high-performance buildings, energy use, indoor environmental quality, post-occupancy evaluation, comfort and adaptation in buildings, natural ventilation and mixed mode
Sona Kang Sona Kang
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
metabolism, obesity, adipose tissue, epigenetics
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Dept of Art Practice
art, sculpture, photography, archives, social practice, craft, activism, material culture, ceramics, digital culture, zines, alternative publishing, libraries, museums, museum display, postcolonial studies, Asian American studies, empire, textiles, ethnography, 1904 World's Fair, Filipino and Filipino American studies, whiteness studies, camouflage, DIY culture
Sonia Katyal Sonia Katyal
School of Law
artificial intelligence, law and technology, intellectual property law, contemporary art and law, gender and sexuality
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