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Hiba Baroud
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.
Climate Change Flood Mitigation Natural Disasters Resilience modeling Interdependent Systems Data Analytics Critical Infrastructure Modeling Risk Analysis Risk-informed decision analysis Statistical Modeling climate and climate change Disaster Recovery Flooding
Vanessa Beasley
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of Residential Faculty and Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Expert in presidential rhetoric, U.S. political communication and rhetorical criticism and theory.
Rhetorical Criticism and Theory Political Rhetoric Presidential Rhetoric Political Communication
Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin
Mike Curb Professor of Health Policy
Expert in health policy, particularly insurance and health care financing issues.
State and Local Health Policy Payment Reform Medicare Health Economics Health Care Spending Medicaid Insurance
Jeffrey Bennett
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.
Queer Healthcare Queer vernacular LGBTQ Health HIV Prevention HIV & AIDS PrEP Diabetes Rhetoric and HIV Rhetoric and Disease Rhetoric of Diabetes Management Rhetoric Medical Humanities
Brett Benson
Associate Professor of Political Science
Expert in Chinese and East Asian politics and international relations, as well as economic and military alliances.
Religious Bias among U.S. Voters East Asian Relations International Relations Chinese Politics Military Alliances
Michael Burcham
Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship
Expert in the business of healthcare and entrepreneurial development.
Business Economics Startup Incubators Healthcare business strategy Entrepreneurship Venture Capital
Erin Calipari
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Expert in the neuroscience of mental illness and addiction, including gender differences.
maladaptive processes neural signals Pharmacology associative learning Addictive Behavior Brain Neuroscience Addiction Opiods Medicine and Drugs Brain Behavior Addiction and Recovery Dopamine self-administered drugs adaptive processes
Janey Camp
Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert on climate change and interactions of nature and infrastructure.
Global Warming Land use GIS Precipitation Stem Flooding flood management STEM education in high schools Infrastructure management Hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling Climate change and the impact on flooding GIS for demographic studies Risk Management Climate change adaptation Human Behavior floods coastal flooding Environment Infrastructure STEM curriculum Climate Change
Ken Catania
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences
Expert on sensory systems' impact on animal behavior, particularly naked mole rats, star-nosed moles, cockroaches and eels.
spatial maps rodents Biological Sciences neural processing mammals Nature star-nose mole naked mole rats Animal Behavior Eels Cockroaches Moles Animal sensory systems star-nosed mole electric eels Evolution visual cortex evolution of mammals Foraging sensory cortex
Amanda Clayton
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Expert in gender and politics, with a focus on the impact of women legislators and candidates and public perception of women leaders.
Political Institutions gender quotas Gender Political Methodology Gender and Politics Comparative Politics Public Policy female leaders Women in Politics
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