Sheng Lu
Professor, Fashion and Apparel Studies
Prof. Lu's research focuses on the economic and business aspects of the global textile and apparel industry.
Textile and Apparel IndustryFashion apparel supply chainInternational TradeSustainability IssuesTrade Policy
Yasser Payne
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana Studies
Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.
Gun ViolenceStreet EthnographySchool Violence and School-To-Prison PipelineExperiences With PoliceEthnographic Field Research
Philip Gable
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Prof. Gable has expertise in emotion and motivational science; our sense of time, and neuroscience
Emotional TheoryMotivationNeuroscienceSocial PsychologyAutism
Aaron Kupchik
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Professor Kupchik studies school policing, school punishment, and racial inequality.
School SafetySchool PolicingSchool Discipline and PunishmentRacial Inequality in EducationPolicing and Punishment of Youth in Communities
Tricia Wachtendorf
Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice
Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.
evacuationsMulti-organizational coordination and responses in disastersTransnational crisesImprovisation and adaptationCommunity-based approaches to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
Jaehee Jung
Professor, Fashion and Apparel Studies
Prof. Jung examines the psychology of clothing and consumer behavior across cultures.
Consumer BehaviorBeauty StandardsFashion StudiesFashionLuxury Brands
Dannagal Young
Professor, Communication
Prof. Young's research interests include political media effects, media psychology, public opinion and the psychology of misinformation.
Psychology of Political BeliefsPublic OpinionPolitical Media EffectsMedia PsychologyIntersection of Entertainment and Information
Jennifer Trivedi
Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Core Faculty Member, Disaster Research Center
Prof. Trivedi's research explores disaster vulnerability, response, recovery, resilience and decision-making.
Disaster ResilienceDisaster ResponseDisaster VulnerabilityDisaster RecoveryHurricanes
Sarah DeYoung
Associate Professor, Sociology & Criminal Justice
Prof. DeYoung's expertise is in maternal and child health in crisis and disaster settings, with a focus on infant feeding in emergencies.
Evacuation Decision-makingCompanion Animals in DisastersMaternal & Infant Health in DisastersRefugee & Immigrant Well-beingPsychological Sense of Community
Alice Ba
Associate Chair and Professor, International Relations and Comparative Politics
Prof. Ba researches US-China-Southeast Asia relations; institutional cooperation/competition in Asia; and regionalism.
International Relations of East and Southeast AsiaASEANSoutheast Asian PoliticsChinese Foreign Policy & RelationsInternational Relations
