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Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is a nationally recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.
Experts (56)
Andrew Danylchuk
Professor of Fish Conservation
Andrew Danylchuk’s research seeks to understand the factors that influence the life history and ecology of fish and other aquatic organisms.
Fish Conservation Impacts of Climate Change on Fish and Aquatic Ecosystems Behavior and Survival of Coastal Fisheries Best Practices for Managing Recreational Fishing
Amanda Paluch
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Amanda Paluch is a physical activity epidemiologist and kinesiologist with a focus on advancing the measurement of physical activity.
Step Tracking Physical Activity Wearables Physical Behavior Measurement Chronic Disease Prevention Fitness Epidemiology
Isaac Larsen
Associate Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
Geoscientist Isaac Larsen has made groundbreaking discoveries about the rate, extent and causes of soil erosion in the American Midwest.
Soil Erosion Landsacape Evolution Megafloods Geomorphology Agriculure and Soil Erosion
Cameron Awkward-Rich
Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program
Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.
Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature Poetry
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 behavior Young drivers' behavior Smart Communities and Infrastructure Driving behavior
Katherine Reeves
Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Katherine Reeves' research focuses on modifiable factors that may mediate breast cancer risk
Forever Chemicals Endocrine Disruption Breast Cancer Women's Health Cancer Epidemiology
Ofer Sharone
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ofer Sharone is a nationally recognized expert on unemployment, work and career transitions.
Unemployment Career Transitions Sociology of Work Sociology of Aspirations American Society
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.
Powassan Vector-Borne Diseases Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases Parasitic diseases Malaria Research Zoonotic Diseases Alpha-gal Lyme Disease
Arindrajit Dube
Provost Professor of Economics
Arin Dube’s research focuses on labor economics, fiscal policy, minimum wage policies, income inequality and the economics of conflict.
Unemployment Benefits Public Finance Labor Economics Fiscal Policy Minimum Wage Policies Income Inequality Labor Unions Unemployment
Toussaint Losier
Associate Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
Toussaint Losier's research focuses on grassroots responses to the postwar emergence of mass incarceration in Chicago and other areas
Mass Incarceration Grassroots Responses to Mass Incarceration Criminal Justice Policy Incarceration and Racial Disparity
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