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Erica Slotter, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Erica Slotter, PhD, is an expert in social psychology and romantic relationships.

Romantic RelationshipsSocial PsychologyRelationships
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Paul Steege, PhD

Associate Professor of History | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Paul Steege, PhD, is a go-to expert on 20th-century Germany and researches the history of violence in everyday life.

World CupCold WarHistory of ViolenceHistory of SoccerNazi Germany
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Stephen M. Strader, PhD

Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Stephen Strader, PhD, is an expert on the interaction of climate change, natural hazards, and society.

TornadoesGeographic Information SystemsNatural Hazards Hazards and SocietySevere Weather
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Arash Tavakoli, PhD

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Prof. Arash Tavakoli, PhD, leads the Human Centered Cities Lab, focusing on human-centered city design and pedestrian safety.

Smart CitiesHuman Factors in Transportation EngineeringTransportation SafetyHuman Centered DesignNaturalistic Driving
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Charles Taylor, PhD

John A. Murphy Endowed Chair Professor of Marketing; Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Marketing and Consumer Insights | Villanova School of Business

Charles "Ray" Taylor, PhD, is a go-to source on advertising, international marketing, branding and consumer behavior.

Big Event AdvertisingBusinessBlack Friday MarketingAdvertising
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Thomas Toppino, PhD

Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Thomas Toppino, PhD, is an expert in practice in learning and memory, and visual perception of reversible ambiguous figures.

Practice in Learning and MemoryVisual Perception of Reversible Ambiguous FiguresPsychology
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Joseph Toscano, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Director, Cognitive Science Program | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Joseph Toscano, PhD, is an expert in human speech recognition and language comprehension through the study of brain and behavior.

PsychologyCognitive PsychologyPerception and LanguageSpeech CommunicationLanguage Development
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Robert Traver, PhD

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering | College of Engineering

Robert Traver, PhD, P.E., D. WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, is an expert on green stormwater infrastructure.

Stormwater ManagementGreen InfrastructureFlooding Urban WatershedsWater Resources
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Beth Vallen, PhD

Professor of Marketing and Business Law | Villanova School of Business

Beth Vallen, PhD, is an expert on consumer behavior, with a focus on health-related decision making.

Consumer BehaviorConsumer Goals/MotivationFood MarketingBusinessHealth-Related Decisions
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Héctor M. Varela Rios, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theology; Raquel and Alfonso Martínez-Fonts Endowed Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Héctor Varela Rios, PhD, specializes in Latinx theology, constructive theologies and religion and material culture.

Latinx TheologyTheories of ReligionConstructive and Lived TheologiesReligion and Material CulturePuerto Rican Culture