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Jennifer I. Manuel, Ph.D. profile photo

Jennifer I. Manuel, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Dean for ResearchUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Manuel's research addresses health disparities and transitions in youth care for substance use, mental health, and other critical needs.

Intervention ResearchMental DisordersSubstance Use‎Implementation ResearchBehavioral Health Systems
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Kelly Herd, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Herd focuses on creativity and product design as they relate to social cognition, identity, and emotions

EmotionsProduct DesignSocial CognitionConsumer BehaviorCreativity
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Michelle Zabel, MSS

Executive Director of Innovations InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Michelle Zabel and her team advance research-based, culturally responsive solutions for child, youth, and family-serving public systems.

Care CoordinationCrisis Response SystemsImplementation ScienceSustainable FinancingContinuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
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James Waller, Ph.D.

Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights PracticeUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Waller is an expert in Holocaust and genocide studies, perpetrator behavior, and genocide awareness and prevention

Social PsychologyGenocide and Genocide PreventionHuman RightsGenocide StudiesHolocaust Studies
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Amanda Cooper, Ph.D.

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Cooper's research interests fall at the intersection of interpersonal, family, and health communication.

Transitions Across the LifespanCommunication at the End of LifeCommunication and AgingInterpersonal, Health, and Family CommunicationFamily Caregiving
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Elizabeth Hintz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of CommunicationUniversity of Connecticut

Elizabeth Hintz’s research examines how individuals manage complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions.

Interpersonal, Family, and Health CommunicationMedically unexplained symptoms Chronic PainMedical GaslightingVoluntary Childlessness
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Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.

History/MemoryModern KoreaModern JapanTerritorial DisputesJapan-Korea Relations
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Heather Battaly, Ph.D.

Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Battaly works in epistemology and ethics, with a focus epistemic virtue.

ProcrastinatorsSlackersClosed-Mindedness Human CharacteristicsDogmatism
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Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D.

Professor-in-Residence of Mathematics, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial ResearchUniversity of Connecticut

Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D. is an expert in applied actuarial research projects such as calculating healthy years left in life.

Small BusinessesActuarial ResearchStatisticsMathematicsLife Insurance
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Fred Carstensen, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Fred Carstensen is an expert in the areas of public policy, economic history and economics.

FinancePublic PolicyEconomic HistoryEconomics