Scholar Spotlight
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Scholar Spotlight: Cecily P. Bernard
“I introduce students to and broaden their knowledge of the American world beyond North America, including South and Central America and the Caribbean.” Cecily P. BernardTeaching Assistant ProfessorDepartment of World Languages and Cultures I equip them with new lenses to view and interpret the world they inhabit, building language skills and cultural competencies relevant to…
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Scholar Spotlight: J. Leigh Garcia
“I’m an artist who uses printmaking, hand papermaking, and sculpture to explore aspects of my biracial Latina identity and familial history.” J. Leigh GarciaAssociate ProfessorSchool of Art As a seventh-generation Texan of European descent on my mom’s side and granddaughter of Mexican immigrants on my dad’s, I have followed the roots of my own ancestry…
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Scholar Spotlight: Andrew Taeho Kim
“I study how labor markets create inequality and what social forces shape people’s economic opportunities.” Andrew Taeho KimAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Sociology Using large-scale survey data and quantitative methods, I study how factors such as education, occupation, household work arrangements, and geographic context shape economic inequality. Much of my work examines racial and ethnic stratification in…
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Scholar Spotlight: Yangseung Jeong
“I study human remains to reconstruct identity, life history, and circumstances of death.“ Yangseung JeongAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Anthropology My research aims to improve the accuracy of forensic anthropological analyses by developing population-specific standards for biological profile reconstruction and integrating 3D technologies. In particular, my recent work focuses on developing methods to sort commingled skeletal remains…
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Scholar Spotlight: Sherwood Richers
“I study some of the most energetic explosions in the universe—those caused by stars collapsing at the ends of their lives, and those resulting from the violent collisions of neutron stars. I focus on how neutrinos drive these explosions and determine how they enrich the universe with many types of elements.” Sherwood RichersAssistant ProfessorDepartment of…
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Scholar Spotlight: Xinyue (Evelyn) Zhao
“I use mathematics to understand how things change and grow, like how tumors expand, how ice melts, or how diseases spread. My work helps predict what might happen in these systems so scientists and doctors can make better decisions.” Xinyue (Evelyn) ZhaoAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Mathematics I study partial differential equations, especially free boundary problems, motivated…
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Scholar Spotlight: Natalia Doan
“I study the influence of samurai on people and ideas outside Japan.” Natalia DoanAssistant ProfessorDepartment of History My most recent project examines how a teenage samurai became a national celebrity in the United States before the American Civil War, and, in doing so, challenged many of the ideas and values of antebellum American culture. Much…
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Scholar Spotlight: Jie Sun
“I use mass spectrometry to ‘take pictures’ of proteins within our cells so we can see how they look when they work and how they change in disease.” Jie SunAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology My lab develops mass spectrometry-based structural proteomics, such as chemical footprinting approaches, to study the structure and…
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Scholar Spotlight: Mojca Kuplen
“I explore various ways that art engages our minds and, thereby, fosters self-understanding and empathy for others.” Mojca KuplenTeaching Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Philosophy My research reflects overlapping interests in the philosophy of art, contemporary aesthetics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. I am interested in how and why we come to appreciate artistic (and aesthetic)…
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Scholar Spotlight: Anna Marshall
“As a fluvial geomorphologist I study how rivers shape the landscape and how people, in turn, shape rivers.” Anna MarshallAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Geography and Sustainability My research explores physical processes that sustain ecosystem functions in rivers and what it means for rivers when those processes are lost due to legacies of human activity. I identify…