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Richard Dees
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics
Richard Dees' research and teaching interests are in public health ethics, neuroethics, and political philosophy.
Public Health Ethics
Political Philosophy
David Dodell-Feder
Assistant Professor of Psychology
David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.
Behavioral Methods
Psychotic Spectrum Disorders
Neuroimaging
Relationship Psychology
Jack Downey
John Henry Newman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, Professor of Religion and Classics
Downey studies self-immolation as reistance, forms of protest, Roman Catholicism
Social Justice
Christianity
Roman Catholicism
self-immolation
Marvin Doyley
Wilson Professor of Electronic Imaging; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Imaging Sciences
Marvin Doyley researches novel imaging methods for detecting disease more quickly through imaging
Therapeutic and Diagnostic Imaging
James Druckman
Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of Political Science
Druckman is an expert in American political behavior and survey methodology.
Political Divides
American Political Culture
Trust in Science
Survey Methodology
Paul Ellickson
Professor of Economics and Marketing at the Simon Business School
Paul Ellickson researches quantitative marketing and industrial organization and has expertise in supermarkets, supercenters, and strategy
Pricing
Supermarkets
Big Box Retailers
Walmart and Big Box Retailers
James Fienup
Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Fienup is a leading expert in the use of phase retrieval algorithms to carefully align mirrors on NASA satellites once they are in orbit.
Webb Telescope
Imaging with Sparse and Segmented-Aperture Systems
Image Reconstruction
Phase Retrieval
David Figlio
Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education
Figlio is an expert on educational, public, and social policy, including the link between health and education.
School Choice
Community Engagement
Teaching
K-12 Education
Robert Foster
Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies, Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities
Robert Foster is an expert on globalization and material culture. His focus has been on Papua New Guinea
Melanesia
Commercial Media
Globalization
Material Culture
Adam Frank
Professor of astrophysics, science commentator, and popular author
Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and how they die, as well as civilizations before humans
Space Travel
Science and Religion
Evolution of Stars and Planets
Physics and Astronomy
