Ethiopia

Kerry Cook

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Kerry Cook's research centers on predicting and understanding climate change and climate variability around the world, including Africa, South America, and the central U.S. Her group uses numerical models of the climate system, including atmosphere, ocean, and vegetation components, along with observational analysis to improve understanding about processes at the earth's surface interact with atmospheric circulation and precipitation fields.

John Kappelman

Anthropology, Geological Sciences

John Kappelman's research focuses on hominoid evolution and human origins and evolution, with particular emphasis in paleoecology and functional morphology, and stratigraphy and geochronology. He conducts field and laboratory research in paleontology, stratigraphy, and paleomagnetism, and laboratory research in functional morphology and computer imaging.

Vijay Mahajan

Marketing

Vijay Mahajan's areas of expertise include marketing strategy, product diffusion, research methodology and the Global South.

Na'ama Pat-El

Middle Eastern Studies, Linguistics

Na'ama Pat-El is a linguist primarily working with classical Semitic languages. Her interests are historical linguistics, and language change, especially syntax, language contact, and dialectology.

Heath Prince

Public Affairs

Heath Prince is a research scientist and has written, published, and presented extensively on domestic and international employment, training programs and policies, post-secondary education, and poverty reduction.

Scott Tinker

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Bureau of Economic Geology

Scott Tinker’s academic training and professional work experience are in carbonate stratigraphy and reservoir characterization. More recently, his research efforts are centered on the interface between global energy supply and demand, environmental impacts of energy, and economic drivers and scale of energy.

Abigail Weitzman

Sociology, Latin American Studies

Abigail Weitzman is a sociologist with a particular interest in gendered family dynamics and the social psychology of demographic processes. Weitzman studies diversity in young women's sexual and fertility desires, how and why such desires evolve during the transition to adulthood, and their influence on young women's reproductive behaviors. Her research explores how different types of sexual relationships emerge and progress among young adults.

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