Name:Felipe Garibaldi de AlmeidaTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:MusicDescribe your research in about 200 words.My research and creative interests cross boundaries between disciplines, musical styles, and traditions. As a music performer, creator, and educator, I approach my instrument, the guitar, as a vessel for exploring diverse cultural worlds and creative possibilities, leading to both intimate artistic expression and collaborations […] Read More
Name:Katherine PearceTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Mathematics and StatisticsDescribe 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 work with arrays of numbers, such as […] 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 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 of leaders within educational systems […] Read More
Name:Yuki IshidaTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Yuki Ishida, Languages, Cultures, and LiteraturesDescribe 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 languages, literatures, and cultural concepts […] 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
Name: Ellen Lalk Title: Assistant Professor Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a biogeochemist, meaning I am interested in the ways that microbial life and the physical environment shape (and are shaped) by the chemical make-up of Earth. My research program addresses questions about how the sources, […] Read More
Name: Peter Thurston Carrera Title: Assistant Professor Department: Marketing, Information, and Decisions Sciences Describe your research in about 200 words. My research within the field of operations management focuses on leveraging learning and organization practices to drive service quality performance. I study how service organizations learn from and make decisions about their experiences (knowledge creation) […] Read More
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
