Prof. Ahn's research focuses on marketing and understanding consumer behavior. A class favorite is the 'garbology' assignment, which prompts students to develop consumer profiles based on each other's trash.
Prof. Anderson-Connolly researches topics in comparative sociology and teaches courses on social problems, social order and human freedom, criminology, social stratification, and international political economy.
Prof. Austin publishes regularly, serves on the boards of two international scholarly organizations, and won a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship.
Prof. Barkin is a cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on Indonesia and Southeast Asia. His work has focused on mass media, religion, and nationalism, and now explores the intersections of study abroad and neoliberalism.
With research in planetary astronomy, space technology, and the solar system, Prof. Bates teaches and presents widely on space exploration, the search for alien life, and astronomical phenomena.
