Faculty Archive

In his new book, political scientist Donald Kettl argues that 20th-century government is no match for 21st-century problems.

Graduate student Lucia Peixoto investigates the molecular machinery of single cell parasites.

Physicist Andrea Liu discusses research into how systems of particles transition to jammed states.

Psychologist Robert DeRubeis searches for a better weapon in the battle against depression.

Historian Thomas Childers explores the complicated reality of the Greatest Generation's return from World War II.

English scholar Peter Conn presents a literary history of the American 1930s.

English scholar Wendy Steiner places enduring characters in new conversations at the cusp between opera and musical theater.

Historian Kathleen Brown's new book examines the evolution of body care in early America.

Historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book looks back to ready readers for the next chapter in American civil rights.

Biologist Ted Abel discovers a way to reverse cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation.

Psychologists Peter DeScioli and Robert Kurzban propose a new theory of human friendship.

Biologist Peter Petraitis and team discover rapid increases in shell size in the Atlantic dogwhelk.

Cosmologist Mark Devlin uses balloon-borne telescope to find the source of half the light in the universe.

Scientist Sarah Tishkoff pulls together a database of African populations—one DNA sample at a time.

In his new book, Sinologist Victor Mair explores tea's history and its impact on world history.

Philosopher Susan Schneider's new book examines age-old philosophical puzzles through the lens of science fiction.

Historian Joan DeJean's new book reveals the French origins of our comfort-driven lives.

Political scientist Jeffrey Green challenges the notion of vox populi.

Graduate student Aaron Mulvany studies competing narratives of flood and recovery in South Indian coastal communities.

Psychologist Michael Kahana identifies a type of brain cell that senses direction.