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Name: Katherine Pearce Title: Assistant Professor Department: Mathematics and Statistics Describe your research in about 200 words. I develop and analyze randomized algorithms in numerical linear algebra to solve problems that frequently arise in data science, engineering, and many other scientific disciplines. Numerical linear algebra is a branch of mathematics focused on computational methods to […] Read More

Name: Kendall Lovely Title: Assistant Professor and Curator of Historic and Contemporary Indigenous Collections, Maxwell Museum Department: Native American Studies Describe your research in about 200 words. I am an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and public historian. I am bringing my interdisciplinary background in comparative literary study, cultural anthropology, and museum studies into […] Read More

Name: Alixandra Rael Title: Lecturer in Elementary and Secondary Education Department: Teacher Education and Educational Leadership and Policy Describe your research in about 200 words. My research sits at the intersection of history, gender studies, and educational leadership. I am interested in how historical contexts and evolving power structures—specifically regarding gender and diversity—shape the experiences […] Read More

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Name: Yuki Ishida Title: Assistant Professor Department: Languages, Cultures, and Literatures Describe your research in about 200 words. I explore how language and literature shape the way we see the world, arguing that this is most evident at sites of linguistic friction. Grounded in modern Japanese literature, criticism, and Russo–Japanese literary relations, I examine how […] Read More

Name:Rachel PetersenTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:AnthropologyDescribe your research in about 200 words.I combine long-term behavioral, demographic, and health data from humans and non-human primates with genomic analyses of tissue samples and targeted cell line experiments to investigate how social experiences across the life course become biologically embedded and shape reproductive function, evolutionary fitness, and health.What’s the most interesting […] Read More

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Name:Yung-Yu LeeTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Individual, Family, & Community EducationDescribe your research in about 200 words.My research interests include play therapy, school counseling, and quantitative research.What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student?As an international faculty member, navigating new languages and cultures has deepened my empathy for students’ diverse journeys and keeps me grounded in […] Read More

Name:Adriana LuceroTitle:Lecturer IIIDepartment:Individual, Family, and Community EducationDescribe your research in about 200 words.My scholarly pursuits have concentrated on educators’ motivation for instructing students with disabilities in inclusive settings, student motivation within inclusive environments, and assessment practices in the classroom.What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student?I have gained a deeper understanding of […] Read More

Name:Jessica MonnetTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Public AdministrationDescribe your research in about 200 words.My research generally examines how federal and state policies affect healthcare access and use in the United States, with a particular focus on maternal and reproductive healthcare and on healthcare access among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. I am interested in understanding how federal and […] Read More

Name:Alexander FertigTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:EconomicsDescribe your research in about 200 words.I am a development economist focusing broadly on topics related to migration and conflict. In my most recent work, I study the impacts of the internet and social media in conflict settings, while a second strand of my research investigates the impacts of international migration on migrant […] Read More

Name:Rosalia PachecoTitle:Assistant Professor in K-8 Literacy/ReadingDepartment:Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy (TEELP)Describe your research in about 200 words.My primary research interests are reading/literacy instructional practices and curriculum development, teacher preparation research, increasing Opportunity to Learn (OTL) through educational access and equity for all learners, integrating arts and storytelling as culturally sustaining teaching practices, bi-multilingual education, […] Read More

Name: Diego Bustos Title: Associated Director International Studies Institute Department: International Studies Institute Describe your research in about 200 words. My work examines how literature represents and helps produce middle-class identities, aspirations, anxieties, and forms of cultural authority across Latin America and the US–Mexico borderlands. Drawing on literary studies, history, economics, and archival research, I […] Read More