Faculty

Bringing History to the Surface

Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture, conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.

Café Conversations (Video)

In the virtual edition of the Penn Café series, faculty pairs discussed the timely topics of vaccine ethics and the light and dark sides of loving land.

Science, Politics, and Vaccine Acceptance

As the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed across the country, new research out of the Department of Philosophy shows that knowledge about the nature of science can combat political biases.

Life in the Screen

In two classes, Rahul Mukherjee, Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies, is looking at the big picture of our digital life.

OMNIA Q&A: Is Demography Destiny?

Michael Jones-Correa, President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science, discusses Latino voters’ complex role in the U.S. electorate.

Omnia Podcast: In These Times (Audio)

A six-episode podcast series that explores the forces that have shaped events in 2020.

New Social Norms During the Pandemic

Cristina Bicchieri, Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, says expectations fuel behavior modification.

New Faculty Join Penn Arts & Sciences

New members of the faculty for the 2020–2021 academic year

Lost and Found

Translation is an art that allows us to communicate across cultural difference.

Looking to Corporations to Learn About Religion

Jolyon Thomas, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, investigates the interdependent roles of corporations and religion.

Dialogue, Revisited

OMNIA looks back on books from three faculty whose contributions to the conversation on race and social justice have stood the test of time.

Agent of Change

Madeleine Joullié makes molecules and waves, leaving her mark in her specialty, her institution, and the lives of her students.

Plato Was Right. Earth Is Made, on Average, of Cubes.

Earth and Environmental Science’s Douglas Jerolmack and colleagues have found that the ancient Greek philosopher was onto something.

Faculty Honors

Recent recognitions and awards received by our faculty

We, the People

Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, is searching for the heart and soul of America.