Meet the faculty who joined us in AY 2024-25!
A very warm welcome to all new ²ÊÃñ±¦µä faculty as you join a community where our groundbreaking faculty are dedicated to teaching, research, creative work, and leadership in the service of the public good. Our faculty teach and learn with over 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students on our beautiful campus. The Office of Faculty Affairs strives to support faculty members through each stage of their career, from hiring to retiring.
Fruzsina Agocs, Assistant Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
Scholarly Area:
Scientific computing, numerical analysis, cosmology
Siddhant Agrawal, Assistant Professor
Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT), Spain
Scholarly Area:
Partial differential equations, fluid dynamics
Chris Akers, Assistant Professor
Physics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, MIT
Scholarly Area:
Quantum gravity, black holes, information
Julie Alexander, Assistant Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Scholarly Area:
Organizational behavior, professional effectivenessÌý
Tess Amram, Assistant Teaching Professor
University Libraries
University Libraries
Recent Affiliation:
Boston College
Scholarly Area:
Cataloging and gender diversity
Albert Angiolillo, Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Exercise physiology, anatomy, biomechanics, nutrition
Ramin Ayanzadeh, Assistant Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Georgia Tech
Scholarly Area:
Quantum computing
Kelvin Bates, Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Air quality, atmospheric chemistry, & climate
Nicole Bienert, Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Scholarly Area:
Remote sensing and computational photography
Jonathon Booth, Associate Professor
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
Harvard University
Scholarly Area:
Legal history of criminal law
Karin Buer, Assistant Teaching Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Music theory, piano performance
Audrey Burba, Assistant Teaching Professor
French & Italian
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Medical humanities, French literatureÌý
Grace Burleson, Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Scholarly Area:
Design science and human-centered design
James Byrne, Assistant Teaching Professor
Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
US Air Force Academy
Scholarly Area:
History of pre-modern science
Alexander Cauley, Assistant Teaching Professor
Economics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Jocelyn Chi, Assistant Professor
Applied Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Rice University
Scholarly Area:
Scalable statistical computing, randomized algorithms
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Ruscha Cohen, Scholar in Residence
ATLAS Institute
Research & Innovation Office
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Eve Cooper, Assistant Teaching Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
New York University
Scholarly Area:
Ecology, evolution, animal behavior
Stephanie Couey, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Composition, creative writing, English literature
Rachel Cox, Associate Teaching Professor
Applied Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Shannon Curry, Associate Professor
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Dipto Das, Assistant Teaching Professor
Information Science
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Human-computer interaction, social computing
Veronica Derricks, Assistant Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Scholarly Area:
Identity, stigma, health equity, psychology
Rodrigo Dias, Assistant Professor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Duke University
Scholarly Area:
Consumer behavior, financial decision making
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Scholarly Area:
Regulation of the pharmaceutical industry
Coreen Duffy, Associate Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
University of Montana
Scholarly Area:
Conducting, composing, Jewish music research/performance
Kelsie Eichel, Assistant Professor
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Stanford University
Scholarly Area:
Neuronal cell biology
Corrina Espinosa, Assistant Teaching Professor
Art & Art History
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Carly Fabian, Assistant Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Scholarly Area:
Communication and rhetorical studies
Jon Featherstone, Assistant Teaching Professor
Information Science
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
Waikato University, New Zealand
Scholarly Area:
15+ years as a Microsoft Technical trainer
Anna Flynn, Assistant Teaching Professor
University Libraries
University Libraries
Recent Affiliation:
Denver Public Library
Scholarly Area:
TBA
River Frank, Assistant Teaching Professor
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Gallaudet University
Scholarly Area:
ASL pedagogy, curriculum development, linguistics
Trevor Franklin, Assistant Teaching Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Cornell University
Scholarly Area:
Chemical engineering, engineering education
Leah Frederick, Assistant Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Scholarly Area:
Music theory and analysis, mathematical approaches to music theory
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Michael Gazarik, Scholar in Residence
Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado
Scholarly Area:
Engineering management
Jeff "JC" Gillette, Assistant Teaching Professor
Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Creative thinking, creative coaching/teaching
Jason Gnerre, Assistant Teaching Professor
Critical Media Practices
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Immersive media, XR applications
Lillian Gordis, Assistant Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
Oberlin ConservatoryÌý
Scholarly Area:
Performance, interpretation, recording and historically informed practiceÌý
LoriBeth Greenan, Associate Teaching Professor
Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
Fairfield University
Scholarly Area:
Corporate communication, brand storytelling, crisis
Juan Grisales, Assistant Teaching Professor
Environmental Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
Laboratory of Urban Biodiversity, Colombia
Scholarly Area:
Environmental design, tropicality, biogeography, research
Michael Gropper, Assistant Professor
Finance
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
Scholarly Area:
Household savings and retirement
Curry Guinn, Associate Teaching Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Scholarly Area:
Artificial intelligence, computer science education
James Harper, Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Realize Research
Scholarly Area:
Globally-informed human centered design
Josh Herrington, Assistant Teaching Professor
University Libraries
University Libraries
Recent Affiliation:
Denver Public Library and Auraria Library
Scholarly Area:
Information literacy
Matthew Higgins, Assistant Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Central New Mexico Community College
Scholarly Area:
Teaching and research on resilience
Jennifer Hill, Assistant Professor
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
BioFrontiers
Scholarly Area:
Research microbiome diabetes biology
Lisa Hiura, Assistant Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Social bonding, neurodevelopment, neuroendocrinology
Charles Hoke, Associate Teaching Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Canberra, Austraila
Scholarly Area:
Education focused academic, engineering design
Brooke Huibregtse, Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Scholarly Area:
Introducing psychology undergraduates statistical genetics
Nicole Hunter, Associate Teaching Professor
Finance
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Scholarly Area:
Economics, finance, experiential learning
Pooja Iyer, Assistant Professor
Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
Scholarly Area:
Big data/privacy regulation in advertising
José "Joe" Izaguirre, Assistant Professor
Communication
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Scholarly Area:
Economics, finance, experiential learning
Emily Jensen, Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of California - Berkeley
Scholarly Area:
TBA
Kelsey Dayle John, Assistant Professor
Ethnic Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Arizona
Scholarly Area:
Native American human and horse relationships
Rebekah Jones, Assistant Teaching Professor
Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Angelica Kalika, Assistant Teaching Professor
Journalism
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Researcher, documentarian, journalism
Azza Kamal, Associate Teaching Professor
Environmental Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Florida
Scholarly Area:
Housing policy, sustainable development, resilient planning, participatory research, and geospatial modeling
Kelly Kandra Hughes, Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Norfolk Library
Scholarly Area:
Behavior change, flourishing, and minimalism
John Kennedy, Assistant Professor
Spanish & Portuguese
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Western Carolina University
Scholarly Area:
Directing, mentoring, researching, traveling, sharing
WooJin Kim, Assistant Professor
Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
UIUC / CU boulder Advertising, PR, & Media design
Scholarly Area:
AI advertising, AI marketing, prosocial behavior
Tamar Kodish, Assistant Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of California - Los Angeles
Scholarly Area:
Youth mental health disparitiesÌý
Michelangelo Landgrave, Assistant Professor
Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Legislative studies, state & local politics, migration politics
Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Strategy
Sangwook Lee, Assistant Professor
Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
Penn State University
Scholarly Area:
Human-AI interaction in strategic communication
Derek LeFebre, Assistant Teaching Professor
Education
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Educational historian, teacher, and researcher
Pamela Macias, Assistant Teaching Professor
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Nesrine Mansour, Assistant Professor
Environmental Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
South Dakota State UniversityÌý
Scholarly Area:
Architecture, sacred spaces, artificial intelligence, digital technology, spirituality
Marayna Martinez, Assistant Professor
Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Princeton University
Scholarly Area:
K12 policy, race and ethnicity politics
Susan Massey, Associate Teaching Professor
Environmental Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Kathryn Materna, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences/CIRES
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey
Scholarly Area:
Geophysics, tectonics, space geodesy
Daryl Maude, Assistant Professor
Asian Languages & Civilization
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Duke University
Scholarly Area:
Japanese literature, queer theory, Okinawa
Meghan McCarroll, Assistant Teaching Professor
Environmental Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Denver
Scholarly Area:
Community centered research and teaching
Elizabeth McNichols, Assistant Teaching Professor
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Kristella Montiegel, Assistant Professor
Communication
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Language and social interaction, conversation analysis
Dinfin Mulupi, Assistant Professor
Journalism
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Maryland - College Park
Scholarly Area:
Journalism, feminist theories, mixed methods, active learning
Megan Neely, Assistant Professor
Sociology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Copenhagen Business School
Scholarly Area:
TBA
Kathryn O'Harra, Assistant Teaching Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Alabama
Scholarly Area:
Molecular design and transdisciplinary engineering education
Matthew Olm, Assistant Professor
Integrative Physiology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Stanford University
Scholarly Area:
Computational microbiology, human microbiome
Keri Olson, Assistant Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Front Range Community College
Scholarly Area:
TBA
MartÃn Paddack, Associate Teaching Professor
Environmental Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
Howard University
Scholarly Area:
Architecture, art, color, poetry, equity
Alexandra Palmer, Assistant Teaching Professor
Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Judicial politics
Nicholas Perna, Associate Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
Mississippi College
Scholarly Area:
Voice pedagogy, acoustics, podcasting, opera
Loni Peterson, Assistant Teaching Professor
Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
College of Media, Communication & Information
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Experiential marketing, non-profit development
Albert "Al" Pisano, Assistant Teaching Professor
Organizational Leadership & Information Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
John Ploumitsakos, Assistant Teaching Professor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Joseph Porter, Assistant Teaching Professor
Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
DePauw University
Scholarly Area:
Philosophy, politics, and economics
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
Scholarly Area:
American Indian law
Karen Riley, Associate Teaching Professor
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Undergraduate teaching molecular/cell biology
Isaac Rivera, Assistant Professor
Geography
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Latinx & Indigenous geographies, digital geographies, environmental justice
Ernesto Rivera Mora, Assistant Professor
Economics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Cowles Foundation
Scholarly Area:
Research economic theory and teachingÌý
Esther Rolf, Assistant Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Harvard University
Scholarly Area:
Geo-spatial and statistical machine learning
Travis Rupp, Assistant Teaching Professor
Classics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Justin Saxby, Assistant Teaching Professor
English
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Teaching, religion, literature, American Transcendentalists
Emily Schell, Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Stanford University
Scholarly Area:
Cultural psychology, qualitative methods, inclusive pedagogy
Andrew "AJ" Schiera, Assistant Professor
Education
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scholarly Area:
Preparing justice-oriented social studies teachers
Justin Schwartz, Chancellor/Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Scholarly Area:
Nuclear engineering
Andrea Segar, Assistant Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
Brandeis University
Scholarly Area:
Violin
Jaquetta Shade-Johnson, Assistant Professor
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Missouri - Columbia
Scholarly Area:
Rhetoric and writing, Indigenous studies
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
South Texas College of Law Houston
Scholarly Area:
Writing center director, legal historian
Jianmin Shao, Assistant Professor
Women & Gender Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Scholarly Area:
LGBTQ health in sociocultural contexts
Katherine Siegel, Assistant Professor
Geography/CIRES
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Scholarly Area:
Conservation science, environmental data science
Chahat Deep Singh, Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Maryland - College Park
Scholarly Area:
Robotics and computer vision
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Scholarly Area:
Legal research and librarianship
Richard Logan Sorey, Assistant Teaching Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Vishnu Sridharan, Assistant Professor
Philosophy
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of California - Los Angeles
Scholarly Area:
Law, race, and social justice
Ryan St. Laurent, Assistant Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Scholarly Area:
Evolutionary biology of insects
Elizabeth "Beth" Stubblefield, Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Kalpana Subramanian, Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Scholarly Area:
Experimental film and media arts
Wren Suess, Assistant Professor
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Stanford University
Scholarly Area:
Observational extragalactic astrophysics
Ryo Suzuki, Assistant Professor
Computer Science/ATLAS
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Calgary
Scholarly Area:
Human-computer interaction and augmented reality
Elizabeth Tetu, Assistant Teaching Professor
Education
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Justice-centered teacher educator & researcher
Jason Thatcher, Professor
Information Management & Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Temple University
Scholarly Area:
Innovation, technology diffusion, social media, IT strategy
Joan Tisdale, Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrated Design Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
TBA
Molly Todd, Assistant Teaching Professor
International Affairs/Sociology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Virginia Tech
Scholarly Area:
TBA
Jen Triplett, Assistant Professor
Sociology
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Scholarly Area:
Historical, cultural, and political sociology; Cuba
Jillian Turanovic, Associate Professor
Sociology/IBS
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Florida State University
Scholarly Area:
Criminology, victimization, violence, and incarceration
Michael Uy, Associate Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
Harvard University
Scholarly Area:
History of arts funding/philanthropy
Ethan Waddell, Assistant Professor
Asian Languages & Civilization
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Scholarly Area:
Popular music and Korean literature
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Denver
Scholarly Area:
Legal research and drafting
Rachel Wood, Assistant Teaching Professor
English
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
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Scholarly Area:
Creative writing: Poetry & experimental
Xiaobo Yu, Assistant Professor
Finance
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Columbia University
Scholarly Area:
Corporate finance theory
Donghyeon Yun, Assistant Professor
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Indiana University Bloomington
Scholarly Area:
Audiology, hearing sciences, hearing aids, digital signal processing
Ying Zeng, Assistant Professor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Scholarly Area:
Judgement and decision making