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Dr. J. Brent Crosson: Researching religion and secularism in the Anglophone...
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Dr. Yasmiyn Irizarry: Closing the Achievement Gap
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Dr. Julie Minich: Understanding Nationalism, Citizenship and Disability
Dr. Julie Minich, assistant professor, Departments of English and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and the Center for Mexican American Studies, holds a PhD in Spanish and Portuguese from Stanford...
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Dr. Michael Rivera: Investigating the Driving Forces of Immigration Policy
Dr. Michael Rivera, assistant professor, Department of Government and Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, specializes in research on immigration policy and the intersection of race and...
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Dr. Esther Calzada: Getting to the Root of Mental Health Disorders
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Dr. Xavier Livermon: Examining LGBT Life in Sub-Saharan Africa
Last spring, Dr. Xavier Livermon, assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, debuted the university’s first African Queer Studies course that examines LGBT life in contemporary...
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Dr. Paoloa Canova: Exploring indigenous groups in Paraguay
Dr. Paola Canova, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Arizona. She is...
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