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Patrick Sullivan
Director, Strategic Projects
Sullivan supports students in their internship search & coaches them on getting the most from their experiences.
Expert Areas: Career Development | Employment Trends | Higher Education | Hiring Trends | Internships | Interview Preparation | Job Hunting | Networking | Personal Development

Timo Thonhauser
Associate Professor of Physics
Thonhauser sees much potential for using hydrogen to power vehicles.
Expert Areas: Carbon Capture | Condensed Matter Physics | Hydrogen Storage | Metal Organic Frameworks | Physics | Quantum Physics

Barry Trachtenberg
Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History and Director of Jewish Studies Program
Trachtenberg can comment on the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a range of issues facing Jews around the world.
Expert Areas: American Jewish history | Antisemitism | immigration policy and Judaism | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Jewish identity and culture | Nazism | Race | The Holocaust | Yiddish culture and language | Zionism

Robert Whaples
Professor of Economics
Whaples is a strong advocate of eliminating the penny.
Expert Areas: Economic History of the U.S. | Economics of Climate Change | Economics of Natural Resources | Elimination of the Penny | Employment and Unemployment | History of Labor Markets | Minimum Wage | Walmart and Big Box Retailers

Eric G. Wilson
Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English
Wilson is a leading expert in the relationships between literature and psychology.
Expert Areas: American Culture and Mental Health | Film and Religion | Humanism and Technology | Literature and Psychology | The Gothic | Transatlantic Romanticism | Western Esoteric Traditions
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