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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 (87)
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
Andrew Lover
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Deputy Director, New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease
Andrew Lover is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose work focuses on malaria and other vector-borne diseases.
Tick-borne Diseases Infectious Disease Vector-Borne Diseases Drug Development Malaria
Lynne McLandsborough
Professor of Food Science
Lynne McLandsborough's research focuses on food safety including biofilm formation of pathogenic and spoilage organisms in food processing.
Food Safety Biofilm Formation and Removal Cleaning and Safety in the Food Industry
David Mednicoff
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy
David Mednicoff is an expert in law, politics and policy in the Middle East and other parts of the world.
Middle Eastern, Comparative, and International Law and Politics U.S. Foreign Policy Human Rights Refugee Politics
Scott Niekum
Associate Professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
Scott Niekum works to enable personal robots to be deployed in the home and workplace. He is an expert on the social implications of AI.
AI Human-Robot Interaction Robotic Manipulation AI Safety Reinforcement Learning Imitation Learning
Alissa Nolden
Assistant Professor of Food Science
Alissa Nolden is a sensory scientist whose research focuses on chemosensory perception in humans.
Human Responses to Food Chemosensory Receptor Biology Individual Differences Chemosensory Disorders Sensory Evaluation
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
Samuel Redman
Professor of History and Director of Public History Program
Sam Redman is best known for his work on the history of museums, especially the history of anthropology and archaeology.
History of Museums Public History Oral History Historical Research Methodology Memory and Cultural Heritage
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
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.
Polls Political Polling Voting Rights American Politics Civil Rights
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