Heather Vrana
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Heather Vrana's research explores student and social movements, Central America, disability and history of medicine and nationalisms.
Youth and Childhood Social and Student Movements Latin American Studies Disability
Nina Caputo
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Nina Caputo is a scholar of medieval Jewish history and interfaith relations in medieval Europe.
Jewish-Christian Relations in the Middle Ages Medieval History Medieval Jewish History Medieval Spain
Michael Perfit
Distinguished Professor · University of Florida
Michael Perfit’s research focuses on the petrogenesis of mid-ocean ridge basalts, island arc lavas and oceanic spreading centers.
Volcanology Marine Geology Geochemistry Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers and Seamounts
Bernard Whiting
Professor · University of Florida
Bernard Whiting’s research interests include theoretical and experimental approaches to the understanding of gravitational waves.
Gravitational Waves Astrophyics LIGO Black Holes
Margaret Galvan
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Margaret Galvan is a scholar of contemporary visual culture interested in how images are used for purposes of social justice.
Women in Print Movement Queercore Riot Grrrl Grassroots Print Culture Digital Humanities
Rebecca Hanson
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Rebecca Hanson conducts research on participatory democratic neighborhood experiments and police militarization.
Venezuelan Politics Socialism Political Theory Latin American Studies Citizen Security and Policing
Nancy Rose Hunt
Professor · University of Florida
Nancy Rose Hunt’s work focuses on the history and anthropology of medicine in Africa.
Medical History Vernacular Archives Archives Childbirth History and Anthropology of Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Paul Ortiz
Director · University of Florida
Paul Ortiz works in the fields of African American history, Latino studies, Social Movement Theory, U.S. history and documentary studies.
Unites States South Social Movement Theory Labor Studies African Diaspora African American History
Kate Ratliff
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Kate Ratliff’s research investigates implicit biases and other barriers to diversity and inclusion.
Race Attitudes Implicit Bias Diversity & Inclusion Gender Attitudes Prejudice & Stereotyping
Sadie Ryan
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Sadie Ryan is a medical geographer and disease ecologist.
Climate-health Dengue Global change and disease Malaria Ticks
Yujie Hu
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Yujie Hu is a geographer with research and teaching interests in urban transportation, human mobility and accessibility.
GIScience Health Services Research Human Mobility Network Science Spatial Accessibility
Vincent Vatter
Professor · University of Florida
Vincent Vatter's research focuses on combinatorics, graph theory, and AI.
Combinatorics Graph Theory Mathematics
Olivier Walther
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Olivier Walther focuses on cross-border trade and transnational political violence in North and West Africa.
Africa Borders Cities Conflict Regional Integration
Darragh Devine
Professor/Director · University of Florida
Darragh Devine investigates the neurobiological basis of pathological behaviors that are co-morbid in autism.
Neurobiology Neurobiology of Self Injury Neuroscience and the Brain Mental Health Psychology
Susan Gillespie
Professor · University of Florida
Susan Gillespie is an anthropological archaeologist specializing in the pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Guatemala).
Pre-Columbian Civilizations Indigenous Peoples of Mexico and Guatemala Mesoamerican Archaeology
Amy J. Williams
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Amy J. Williams is searching for habitable environments and microbial life on Mars and outer world moons.
Space Persverance Rover NASA Mars Missions Mars Missions Mars
Barbara Mennel
Professor/Chair/Director · University of Florida
Barbara Mennel’s research interests are transnational cinematic practices and the intersection of urban studies and film studies.
Urban Studies and Film Feminist Theory Humanities Film Studies German Studies
Crystal Marull
Lecturer · University of Florida
Crystal Marull's research is in bilingualism and second language acquisition.
Distance/Online Learning Pedagogy Second Language Pedagogy Heritage Language Acquisition Education Second Language Processing
David Wei
Associate Professor · University of Florida
David Wei's team works to discover novel electronic and optical properties of metallic and semiconductor nanomaterials.
Solar Energy Conversion Surface Chemistry
Imre Bartos
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Imre Bartos’ research interests include extreme cosmic explosions related to the formation and evolution of black holes.
Multimessenger Astronomy Astrophysics LIGO Black Holes Gravitational Waves