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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Robert P. Merges

antitrust, intellectual property, property rights, patent law, law and economics, copyright law, digital content, online contracts

Molly Van Houweling

Molly Van Houweling

intellectual property, technology policy

Eric Stover

human rights, war, International Criminal Law, Forensic Sciences, International Criminal Justice

environmental law, natural resource law, law and science, biodiversity conservation, public and private land management, property rights

Picture of Professsor Bacchetta

Paola Bacchetta

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

transnational feminist and queer theory, decolonial feminist and queer theory, activisms / artivisms / practices / movements /alliances / right-wings, geographic specializations: U.S.; France; India; Italy; Brazil

Khiara Bridges standing in an outdoor setting.

Khiara M. Bridges

race, class, reproductive rights

intellectual property, privacy, copyright, artists' rights, free expression, notice and takedown, free and open source licensing, defensive patent licensing, DMCA, patent, how technical and policy design affect privacy and other social values

John Wright

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

quantum state learning, quantum complexity theory, property testing, approximation algorithms

Susan Maslan in crowded interior space

French, early modern French literary, political history, the enlightenment, human rights

photo of Hanoch Dagan in outside environment

contract and commercial law, jurisprudence, property

Peter S. Menell

intellectual property, property law, environmental law & policy, entertainment law, law and economics, federal courts

Kathryn Abrams standing in outside setting.

law, feminist jurisprudence, voting rights, constitutional law

criminal law, international law, human rights, International Criminal Law

evidence law, criminal procedure, privacy, intellectual property protection

Oscar Dubon

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

magnetic, optical materials, processing, properties in electronic

Ian Haney Lopez

Ian F. Haney Lopez

constitutional law, race relations, civil rights, race in politics, Latinos

Dan Fletcher holding equipment

Daniel Fletcher

Dept of Bioengineering

bioengineering, optical and force microscopy, microfabrication, biophysics, mechanical properties of cells

School of Social Welfare

aging, caregiving, long-term care, workplace rights, health policy, LGBTQ+

Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Dept of History

Modern German and European History, Human Rights and Internationalism, global urban history, critical theory

Joseph Orenstein in lab

Joseph Orenstein

Dept of Physics

optical properties of quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity, spin transport

artificial intelligence, law and technology, intellectual property law, contemporary art and law, gender and sexuality

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

bacterial envelope properties, biogenesis, stress responses

artificial intelligence, intellectual property law, law and technology, criminal justice

Dept of History

20th century U.S. history, with a focus on political economy, civil rights, education, law, the west

john powell at lectern

john powell

Dept of African American Studies

Dept of Ethnic Studies

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