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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.
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Michael Rawlins
Extension Associate Professor and Associate Director, Climate System Research Center
Michael Rawlins seeks to connect and understand water, energy and carbon cycling across the earth's land, atmosphere and ocean domains.
Climatology Hydrology Arctic Science Climate Hydrology of Arctic Environments Climate Change
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 Modelling Flu forecasting COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Biostatistics Influenza Pandemics COVID-19 (Coronavirus) forecast models COVID-19 forecasting
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
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 Press The First Amendment Journalism History Journalism Literary Journalism Media and Civil Rights History
Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow
Associate Professor of History and Public Policy and Director of Faculty Research, Institute for Social Science Research
Libby Sharrow examines the ways public policy has shaped understandings of gender, race, sexuality, disability and class in U.S. politics.
Politics of College Athletics Title IX Title IX and Sports Public Policy and Disability Politics of Sex and Gender Transgender Athletes Politics of Sport History of Title IX
Rebecca Spencer
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Rebecca Spencer is one of the nation's leading researchers exploring the relationship between sleep and brain function.
Children and Napping Sleep and Learning Learning and Memory Children and Sleep Cognition Sleep Memory and Learning Napping
Rachel A. Volberg
Research Professor of Epidemiology
Rachel Volberg is one of the world's leading experts on the social and economic aspects of gambling, sports betting and problem gambling.
sports betting Economic Impact of Gambling Gambling Problem Gambling Societal Impacts of Gambling Sports Gambling
Nefertiti Walker
Professor of Sport Management and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Equity for the UMass System
Nefertiti Walker's research centers on sports culture and developing diverse and inclusive cultures in sports and other organizations.
Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Intercollegiate Sports Gender in organizations Gender in sport Organizational Diversity and inclusion Sexism in Sports Sports Culture Women & Leadership in Sport Organizations
Weiai (Wayne) Xu
Associate Professor of Communication and Affiliated Faculty at Computational Social Science Institute
Wayne Xu studies what he calls the "three Ds" on internet platforms: discord, distrust and dishonesty.
Disinformation on social media plaforms China’s Digital Public Diplomacy Operations during the COVID-19 Crisis. Disinformation Dishonesty on internet platforms Computational communication
Ethan Zuckerman
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication and Information
Ethan Zuckerman's work focuses on building alternatives to the commercial internet.
Social Media Governance Technology and Social Change Digital Public Infrastructure Online Community Governance Social Media
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