Faculty & Staff

Dan Chen, assistant professor of political science, published an article in The China Quarterly titled, "Chinese Celebrities? Political Signalling on Sina Weibo," with co-author Gengsong Gao, associate professor of Chinese studies.

Gengsong Gao, associate professor of Chinese studies, published an article in The China Quarterly titled, "Chinese Celebrities? Political Signalling on Sina Weibo," with co-author Dan Chen, assistant professor of political science.

Sandra Joireman, professor of political science and Weinstein Chair of International Studies, published the book Peace, Preference, and Property: Return Migration after Violent Conflict.

Angie Hilliker, associate professor of biology, is the principal invesigator on a Howard Hughes Medical Institute $625,000 Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) grant. Working with an interdisciplinary team of faculty, the six-year program will study barriers to student inclusivity. Read more.

Crystal Hoyt, professor of leadership studies and psychology, published "The Implications of Mindsets of Poverty for Stigma Against Those in Poverty" in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 

Janelle S. Peifer, assistant professor of psychology, published the article "College students’ reduced cognitive empathy and increased anxiety, and depression before and during the COVID-19 pandemic" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Special Issue: Protective and Risk Factors of Mental Health and Well-Being in Adolescence and Adulthood during Pandemic Era.

Janelle S. Peifer, assistant professor of psychology, published the article "Pilot testing a brief partner-inclusive hybrid intervention for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs)" in Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Janelle S. Peifer, assistant professor of psychology, published the article "Heightened cognitive empathy and intercultural competence for individuals with historically marginalized identities" in International Journal on Social and Education Sciences.