Steven Abrams' research focuses on the use of stable isotopes to determine mineral requirements and physiological turnover rates in infants and children. This includes mass spectrometric methods and analytical approaches allowing populations throughout the world to obtain critical data needed for food fortification strategies to be effective.
Richard Albert's research interests are constitutionalism, democracy, and the rule of law, with specific focus on constitutional reform, constitution-making, and comparative constitutionalism.
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
Kamran Ali's research centers on issues of health, gender, and urban issues in Egypt, and on ethnicity, class politics, urban space, cinema, sexuality and popular culture in Pakistan.
Ahmer Arif's research is in the field of human-computer interaction and social computing. He uses innovative combinations of computational analysis, participatory engagement, and traditional qualitative methodologies to address questions about the spread of mis- and disinformation.
Ben Bays' expertise lies in production, digital media, animation, immersive media, interactive/gaming, visual effects, and digital art/modeling/motion graphics.
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.
Anne Lewis' work centers on working class people fighting for social change. Lewis' expertise includes production, editing and post-production, documentary film making, and directing.
Krishan Malik’s research is focused on understanding the changes that have re-shaped the global oil economy, including the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the oil industry, the implications of privatization of national oil companies, the impact of the rapidly increasing presence of the major Chinese national oil companies in the international petroleum industry, and developments in international oil explorational and production agreements.
Ahmed Moin studies the history of the pre-modern Islamic world from comparative perspectives with a focus on concepts and practices of sovereignty. One of his projects focuses on ritual violence and kingship in late medieval and early modern world. Moin teaches courses on religious transformations in the early modern Islamic world, rituals and practice of sovereignty in Islam, and theory and method in the study of religion.
Aaron O'Connell's scholarly interests span three inter-related fields: 20th-century military history, U.S. foreign affairs, and the military's effects on contemporary U.S. culture and society. He teaches courses in military history, U.S. foreign policy, terrorism and insurgencies, and the U.S.' role in the world.
English, Asian American Studies, Humanities, Health and Medicine
Bassam Sidiki conducts research and teaching at the intersection of postcolonial studies, medical humanities, and disability studies. He also writes creative nonfiction and poetry.
Sara Stewart Stevens' research focuses on consumer perception and insights, the shopping experience, brand and brand marketing, functional and athletic apparel, organic fiber agriculture, and the relationship of consumers with apparel past the point of purchase.