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Gloria Mark

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Chancellor's Professor Informatics

Gloria Mark's research area is human-computer interaction (HCI) studying how technology has impacted individuals, groups, and society.

Expertise

  • Information Technology
  • Email Interruptions
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Multi-Tasking

Bill Maurer

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Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor, Anthropology and Law

Bill Maurer is an anthropologist and expert on money’s artifacts and technologies, from cowries to credit cards and cryptocurrencies.

Expertise

  • Payments Industry
  • Law
  • Anthropology
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Money and Finance
  • Consumer Finance

Sara Mednick

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Professor of Cognitive Sciences

Sara Mednick is an expert in memory consolidation, sleep, aging and brain stimulation and author of “The Power of the Downstate.”

Expertise

  • Memory Consolidation
  • Aging
  • Sleep
  • Pharmacology
  • Cognitive Science

Michael Mendez

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Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy

Michael Mendez has experience in the public and private sectors, where he consulted and actively engaged in the policymaking process.

Expertise

  • Global climate change policy
  • Environmental Planning
  • Public Policy
  • Legislative Relations
  • Climate Change

Jessica Millward

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Associate Professor of History and African American Studies

Her research focuses on comparative slavery and emancipation, African American history, gender and the law.

Expertise

  • Anti-Black violence
  • African American History
  • Humanities
  • U.S. History
  • Juneteenth

David Neumark

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Distinguished Professor of Economics

David Neumark is a labor economist whose work focuses on minimum wages, discrimination in the work force, and worker compensation.

Expertise

  • Health Economics
  • Finance
  • Gender Inequality in Relationships
  • Economics
  • Demographics

Dr. Adey Nyamathi

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Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Dr. Nyamathi conducts studies among vulnerable groups, including homeless, drug-addicted and incarcerated persons and gay/bisexual youth.

Expertise

  • Vulnerable Populations
  • Tuberculosis
  • Role of Nursing
  • Hiv/Aids
  • Hepatitis

Candice Odgers

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Professor Psychological Science

Candice Odgers is a developmental psychologist who studies adolescents’ mental health and development.

Expertise

  • Early Adversity
  • Quantitative Psychology
  • Social Inequality
  • Technology and Young People
  • Digital Inequality
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescent Mental Health

Vincent Olivieri

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Professor of Sound Design

Vincent Olivieri has designed sound and composed music for theatrical productions around the world.

Expertise

  • Composition
  • Sound Design
  • Theatre

Virginia Parks

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Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Expertise

  • Clean Energy Transition
  • Urban Politics and Policy
  • Racial Inequality
  • Employment
  • Local Economic Development
  • Labor