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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
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Klaus E. Volpert, PhD

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics | College of Arts and Sciences

Klaus E. Volpert, PhD is an expert in mathematics of finance and economics, pricing of financial derivatives, and pedagogy of mathematics.

Mathematics of Income InequalityMathematics of Finance and EconomicsPricing of Financial DerivativesPedagogy of MathematicsDifferential Geometry
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Bridget Wadzuk, PhD

Edward A. Daylor Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Director of Sustainable Engineering | Director of the Villanova Center for Resilient Water Systems | Director of Strategic Initiatives | College of Engineering

Bridget Wadzuk, PhD, is an expert in water resources engineering, environmental fluid dynamics and stormwater wetlands.

Stormwater Green InfrastructureWater Resources EngineeringStormwater ManagementRain GardensEnvironmental Fluid Dynamics
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Randy Weinstein, PhD

Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning; Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Randy Weinstein, PhD, is an authority on chemical engineering and an expert on teaching and learning methods in higher ed.

Teaching and Learning MethodsTeaching and Learning in Higher Education Flipped LearningChemical Engineering ProblemsSurface Science
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Deena Weisberg, PhD

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

Deena Weisberg, PhD, studies imaginative cognition and scientific thinking in young children and adults.

Child DevelopmentImaginationPublic Understanding of Science‎Pretend PlayFictional Stories
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Kelly Welch, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Program Director, Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Kelly Welch, PhD, is an expert on racial and ethnic profiling, racial disparities in school discipline and public punitiveness toward crime.

CriminologyRacial Profiling School-to-Prison PipelineRace and JusticeSocial Justice