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Joseph Soares
Professor of Sociology
Soares is a driving force behind the national movement to rethink college admissions and adopt test-optional admissions policies.
Expert Areas: Sociology | Standardized Tests | National Educational Policies | Social Discrimination | Privilege in Society | Societal Trends
Patrick Sullivan
Director, Strategic Projects
Sullivan supports students in their internship search & coaches them on getting the most from their experiences.
Expert Areas: Job Hunting | Networking | Career Development | Personal Development | Higher Education | Employment Trends | Hiring Trends | Internships | Interview Preparation
Timo Thonhauser
Associate Professor of Physics
Thonhauser sees much potential for using hydrogen to power vehicles.
Expert Areas: Condensed Matter Physics | Carbon Capture | Physics | Quantum Physics | Hydrogen Storage | Metal Organic Frameworks
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: Yiddish culture and language | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Nazism | Race, immigration policy and Judaism | American Jewish history | The Holocaust | Antisemitism | Jewish identity and culture | Zionism
Robert Whaples
Professor of Economics
Whaples is a strong advocate of eliminating the penny.
Expert Areas: Economic History of the U.S. | Employment and Unemployment | History of Labor Markets | Minimum Wage | Walmart and Big Box Retailers | Economics of Climate Change | Economics of Natural Resources | Elimination of the Penny
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 | Literature and Psychology | Film and Religion | Western Esoteric Traditions | Humanism and Technology | Transatlantic Romanticism | The Gothic
Ron Wright, J.D.
Professor of Law
Wright is a former trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice who empirically researches prosecutors and criminal procedure.
Expert Areas: Empirical Research | Presecution | Evidence | Jury Selection | White-Collar Criminal Cases | Antitrust | Police Oversight | Racial Justice | Criminal Prosecutors | Sentencing | Criminal Justice | Criminal Procedure | Criminal Law | Trial Lawyer
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