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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)
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
Jennifer Lundquist
Professor of Sociology / Senior Associate Dean of Research & Faculty Development
Jennifer Lundquist examines the pathways through which racial, ethnic and gender inequalities are perpetuated in institutional settings.
Workplace Inequality Online Dating Behaviors Race and Ethnicity Inequality
Jared Starr
Sustainability Scientist in the College of Natural Sciences
Jared Starr's research analyzes how economic inequality shapes the distribution of environmental benefits and harms.
Economic Inequality Environmental Conservation Income Distribution Global Economy
Nilanjana Buju Dasgupta
Provost Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences
Nilanjana "Buju" Dasgupta studies how implicit or unconscious bias influences people’s first impressions and behavior toward others.
Women in STEM Implicit Bias STEM Education Social Identity Stereotypes Diversity in Science Gender Inequality in STEM Fields
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
Marta Vicarelli
Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Marta Vicarelli's research focuses on the risks and the socioeconomic impacts of climate variability and climate change.
Economics of Sustainability Political Economy of the Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Economics Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change
Matthew Lackner
Director of Wind Energy Center and Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy
Matthew Lackner studies offshore wind energy with a focus on the aerodynamics and structural control of floating offshore wind turbines.
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Renewable Energy Systems Wind Turbines Energy, Environment, and Water Offshore wind power
Richard Peltier
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Richard Peltier's research looks at how poor air quality affects human health.
Global Health Air Pollution and Health Environmental Health Face Masks Aerosol filtration Air Quality
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
Lynn Adler
Professor of Biology
Lynn Adler examines the interaction between flowers, pollinators and pathogens.
Pollinators Bees Floral Traits Plant-Animal Interactions Ecology and Evolution of Insect-Plant Interactions Bee-Pathogen Dynamics
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