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Gerald Westheimer Gerald Westheimer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation
Yang Dan Yang Dan
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep
Joni Wallis Joni Wallis
Dept of Neuroscience
prefrontal cortex, neurophysiology, executive control, decision making
Doris Tsao Doris Tsao
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
visual perception
headshot of Michael DeWeese Michael DeWeese
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Physics
machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics
Woman with blond hair standing in an art gallery next to books, a video monitor, and wall text. Jill Miller
Dept of Art Practice
visual arts
David Whitney David Whitney
Dept of Psychology
cognitive neuroscience, cognition, attention, visual perception, vision, visually guided action, human factors
Richard K Hernandez Richard K. Hernandez
School of Journalism
journalism, new media, Mobile, visual storytelling, virtual reality, film/video production, photojournalism
Rowland Taylor in lab Rowland Taylor
School of Optometry
mammalian visual system, retinal function
Niklaus Largier sitting in office Niklaus Largier
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of German
theology, anthropology and literature, literature and the visual arts, philosophical anthropology, ritual and religion, religious practice, literature
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
Levine standing in front of Fern Pines Gregory Levine
Dept of History of Art
Buddhist visual culture, Eco Art History
Bruno Olshausen Bruno Olshausen
Dept of Neuroscience
School of Optometry
visual perception, computational neuroscience, computational vision
Deborah Orel-Bixler Deborah Orel-Bixler
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, visual abilities in infants, children and special-needs population, visual evoked potentials, vision screening, photorefraction
Dennis Levi wearing optical machinery Dennis M. Levi
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, pattern vision, abnormal visual development
headshot of Robert T. Knight Robert Thomas Knight
Dept of Psychology
cognitive neuroscience, language, physiology, memory, attention, psychology, working memory, neuropsychology, human prefrontal cortex, neural mechanisms of cognitive processing, sensory gating, sustained attention, ad novelty detection
Michael Silver Michael Silver
Dept of Neuroscience
School of Optometry
cognitive neuroscience, pharmacology, psychedelics, learning, attention, visual perception, neuroimaging
Kevin Weiner Kevin Weiner
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Psychology
visual perception, face processing, comparative neuroanatomy, development, translational applications for patient populations
Leigh Raiford headshot Leigh Raiford
Dept of African American Studies
social movements, visual culture, memory, photography, African American history and culture
Anneka Lenssen Anneka Lenssen
Dept of History of Art
global modern art, the Middle East, theories of decolonization, visual culture, contemporary art
Laura E. Pérez Laura E. Pérez
Dept of Ethnic Studies
Chicana/Latina feminist & queer literary, visual, performance arts, US women of color thought, decolonial aestetics and decolonial spiritualities
Elisa Tamarkin Elisa Tamarkin
Dept of English
American literature to 1900, American painting and visual arts, literature and philosophy, nineteenth century intellectual history
Michael Iarocci in outside environmental setting Michael Iarocci
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
modern Spanish literature and culture, critical theory, geopolitics of literature, aesthetics, transatlantic Hispanic studies, theory of the lyric, visual culture
headshot of Dora Silva Santana Dora Silva Santana
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Black trans studies, Black queer and trans feminist theory, global south epistemologies, Black poets, visual culture - media - and technology
Shari Huhndorf Shari Huhndorf
Dept of Ethnic Studies
interdisciplinary Native American studies, Alaska Native studies, cultural studies, gender studies, American studies, literary and visual culture
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