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Faculty Achievements

When Professors Are Your Neighbors

Professors Fély Catan and Amanda Louise Johnson are ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½â€™s Faculty-in-Residence in 2025–26, and their goal is to cultivate a living-learning environment for students.

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• Faculty
• Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
• English and World Literature

Organization

• Division of Student Affairs
• Residence Life

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Washington Post Spotlights Keeley on Conspiracies

Professor of Philosophy Brian Keeley introduced conspiracy theories into the field of philosophy; now the Post asked for his help in understanding why these theories thrive in U.S. politics

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How an AI Bot Can Help Mental Health Workers

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Professor Marcus Rodriguez’s research team received a Claremont Graduate University grant to develop a bot to help early-career therapists remember foundational principles.

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• Faculty
• Psychology
• Technology

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Seeing Concepts in Real Time: An Intercultural Immersion in Japan

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Professor Linus Yamane has facilitated the Tomodachi Inouye Scholars Program, a Japan-U.S. youth exchange program for students in his co-taught class Trans-Pacific Japan: Love & Money.

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• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue
• Faculty
• Around the Mounds
• Asian American Studies
• Economics
• Study Abroad
• Students

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What Do They Think of Russia?

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ faculty receive Department of Defense grant to study how Russia's war against Ukraine has impacted public opinion in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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• Faculty
• Sociology

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Introducing New Faculty in Humanities and STEM at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½

New professors start teaching and current faculty receive promotions in 2024–25

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• Faculty
• Economics
• Media Studies
• Biology
• Africana Studies
• Philosophy
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Environmental Analysis
• STEM

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Professor Ethan Van Arnam Awarded NIH Grant to Seek Disease-Fighting Molecules

Ethan Van Arnam and his lab have been awarded a three-year, $400,000+ R15 grant from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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• Awards
• Chemistry
• Science

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

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Professor Tessa Solomon-Lane Awarded CAREER Grant by National Science Foundation

Solomon-Lane’s CAREER grant, titled Early-Life Social Environments Drive Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Development, will fund a five-year research project beginning in May 2024.

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• Awards
• Neuroscience
• Faculty
• Science

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Professor Expands Mental Healthcare Globally With Friendship Bench Zimbabwe

Rodriguez and his students have led virtual trainings for Friendship Bench Zimbabwe’s lay health workers to integrate dialectical behavior therapy and crisis response strategies into their practices

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• Health
• Faculty
• Psychology

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Menna Bizuneh Chosen as First American Council on Education Fellow from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½

Professor Menna Bizuneh tapped for the American Council on Education Fellows Program—a highly prestigious and competitive program that immerses recipients in intensive training to grow as leaders in higher education.

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• Faculty
• Education