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Christopher Blake

Economics

Labor Market

Christopher D. Blake teaches at Oxford College at Emory University and researches regional labor market outcomes and labor market-related policies, those that affect worker employment options, compensation, and skills-development. His work has ranged from studies of worker compensation and productivity across states, to inflation effects, to the impact of legal marijuana sales on college admissions outcomes.

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Kristin Bonnie

Psychology

Undergraduate Education

Kristin Bonnie is senior associate dean of academic affairs and professor of psychology at Oxford College at Emory University. She is an expert in undergraduate education.

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Irene Brown

Sociology

Race and Ethnic Relations

Irene Brown is an associate professor in the department of sociology and the director of graduate studies at Emory University. Her areas of expertise include race and ethnic relations; race/class/gender intersectionality; public policy; and immigration.

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Clifford Carruba

Political Science

Quantitative Theory and Methods

Clifford Carrubba, PhD, is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Quantitative Theory and Methods and Political Science. He has written extensively about judicial, legislative and bureaucratic politics, both in the U.S. and the European Union. Dr. Carrubba was the founding director of the Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods, and now serves as the chair of the Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods.

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Ken Carter

Psychology

Thrill Seekers

Kenneth Carter, PhD, serves as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology at Oxford College at Emory University. He is an expert on the psychology of thrill seekers, extreme sports, and high sensation seeking personalities.

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Chelsea Hagopian

Nursing

Chelsea O. P. Hagopian, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and serves as Executive Director for the Georgia Nursing Workforce Center, which focuses on using data and community building to tell and actively shape the story of nursing in Georgia.

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Nick Fesette

Theater

Prison Performance

Nick Fesette, PhD, is an associate professor of theater at Oxford College at Emory University. He is an expert in prison performance and the history of racism in U.S. prisons. His research focuses on theater and performance in carceral America.

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Devon Goss

Sociology

Race and Sport

Devon Goss is an assistant professor of sociology at Oxford College at Emory University. Her expertise is in race and sport.

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Ellen Idler

Sociology

Health

Ellen L. Idler, PhD, is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology at Emory University. She also serves as the director of Emory University's Religion and Public Health Collaborative. She is a Fellow and previously served as Chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America. Her research focuses on the influence of social connections on health, the effect of self-ratings of health on mortality and disability, and the impact of religious participation on health and the timing of death. 

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Nitya Jacob

Biology

Applied Biology

Nitya Jacob, PhD, is a professor of biology and chair of the Natural Science and Mathematics division at Oxford College at Emory University. Her expertise includes plant biotechnology, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, and applied biology.

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Shinsaeng (Shinn) Ko

International Student and Scholar Services

As Assistant Vice Provost, Shinsaeng (Shinn) Ko leads a team of dedicated professionals who serves Emory University’s diverse, vibrant international community through advocacy, collaboration, education, intercultural competency and leadership training, programming, policy consultation, and U.S. immigration regulatory/policy expertise.

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Dorian Lamis

Psychology

Behavioral Sciences

Dorian Lamis, PhD, ABPP, is a Board Certified Licensed Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. His research focuses on mood disorders, substance use and suicidal behaviors in a variety of populations, including adolescents, African Americans and patients with serious mental illnesses.

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Kelley Lips

Psychology

Enrollment Services

Kelley Lips, EdD, is assistant vice provost & dean of Enrollment Services at Oxford College at Emory University. She has expertise in enrollment services, admissions and financial aid.

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Annette Neuman

Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Annette Neuman, PhD, is an associate professor of chemistry at Oxford College at Emory University. She has expertise in medicinal chemistry; specifically how new drugs and medicines work in the body. She is also an expert on anti-viral drugs, developing methods for new chemical reactions, and organic chemistry.

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Stephen O'Connell

Economics

Social Protection in Developing Countries

Stephen O’Connell, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University. His expertise is in the design and analysis of social protection and social welfare programs in developing countries. He studies employment, entrepreneurship, forced displacement, and gender, and has worked or conducted fieldwork in India, Brazil, Lebanon, and Iraq, among others.

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Lyn Pace

Ethics, Religion

Public Theology

The Rev. Dr. Lyn Pace serves as the Chaplain for Oxford College at Emory University. He is an expert in town/gown relationships, understanding community, as well as contemplative practices and social justice, spirituality of college students, and public theology.

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Zachary Peskowitz

Political Science

American Politics

Zachary Peskowitz completed his PhD in political economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012. Peskowitz's primary research focus is American politics, with a particular interest in how elections affect policy outcomes. His articles have been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and other journals. 

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Emorja Roberson

African American History

Gospel Music

Emorja Roberson, DMA, is an assistant professor of music and African American studies at Oxford College at Emory University. Roberson is an expert in African American sacred music with a specialization in gospel music.

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Walter C. Rucker

African American History

African American Studies

Walter C. Rucker, PhD, is a Professor of African American Studies and History and Director of Graduate Studies for the new doctoral program in African American Studies at Emory University. He recently served as a Co-Chair for the "Visions of Slavery" Mellon Sawyer Seminar. His research specialty is in the early Atlantic African diaspora and African American history. Approaching history from an ethnohistorical perspective, he focuses on the generative nexus between slavery, resistance, and ritual cultures in the Black Atlantic.

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