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Nicholas Reich

Nicholas Reich

Professor of Biostatistics / Director of Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence

Nicholas Reich's research focuses on infectious disease modeling and optimizing design and analysis for cluster-randomized studies.

Infectious Disease ModellingFlu forecastingCOVID-19 (Coronavirus)BiostatisticsInfluenza Pandemics
Jesse Rhodes

Jesse Rhodes

Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the UMass Poll

Jesse Rhodes is a leading expert in social policy, voting rights, inequality, and political behavior.

PollsPolitical PollingVoting RightsAmerican PoliticsCivil Rights
Stephen Rich

Stephen Rich

Professor of Microbiology and Director of the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC)

Stephen Rich studies zoonotic diseases, with a focus on tick-borne diseases and human malaria. He is the director TickReport.

PowassanVector-Borne DiseasesTicks and Tick Borne DiseasesParasitic diseasesMalaria Research
Shannon Roberts

Shannon Roberts

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Shannon Roberts is an expert in understanding how technology and infrastructure guide the design of driver-vehicle interactions.

Technology and driving behaviorYoung drivers' behaviorSmart Communities and InfrastructureDriving behavior
Kathy Roberts Forde

Kathy Roberts Forde

Professor of Journalism

Kathy Roberts Forde studies the Black freedom struggle and the press, First Amendment, literary journalism and history of book culture.

African American Freedom Struggle and the PressThe First AmendmentJournalism HistoryJournalismLiterary Journalism
Erica Scharrer

Erica Scharrer

Professor of Communication

Erica Scharrer is an expert in the study of media content, opinions of media, media effects and media literacy.

Media and ChildrenMedia LiteracyMedia EffectsOpinions of MediaMedia Content
Jack Schneider

Jack Schneider

Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor of Education and Director of the Center for Education Policy

Jack Schneider studies what is effective and important in education with a particular interest in looking beyond standardized test scores.

Educational AssessmentStandardized TestsStandardized TestingMeasuring School Quality
Gregor Semieniuk

Gregor Semieniuk

Assistant Research Professor at the Political Economy Research Institute and the Department of Economics

Gregor Semieniuk is an expert on the political economy of policy-induced structural change required to transition to a low-carbon economy.

Low Carbon EconomyClimate ChangeEconomic GrowthPolitical EconomyRenewable Energy
Amilcar Shabazz

Amilcar Shabazz

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies

Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.

Reparations for SlaveryJuneteenthAfrican American Educational History and Public PolicyAfro-Americans in the Caribbean, Central and South AmericaAfrican American Biography
Ofer Sharone

Ofer Sharone

Associate Professor of Sociology

Ofer Sharone is a nationally recognized expert on unemployment, work and career transitions.

UnemploymentCareer TransitionsSociology of WorkSociology of AspirationsAmerican Society
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