Sofía Zaragocín, an Associate Professor of the Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science and Acting Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has research that examines the intersections of gender, territory, environmental change, and...
Bing Wang, an Assistant Professor for the Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies, and her research interests are Histories of Photography, Modern and Contemporary Chinese and East Asian Art and Visual Culture, Transnational Circulation of Images, Visual Motifs, and Media Forms, Chinese Studies: Historiography, Knowledge...
Stefan Vogler, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has research that uses feminist and queer theoretical perspectives to examine how sexualized subjects encounter legal and state institutions and the consequences of such interactions. In both his research and teaching, Vogler emphasize...
Suzie Telep, an Assistant Professor for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a linguistic and cultural anthropologist, jazz singer-songwriter, and Afro feminist scholar-performer working at the intersection of language, race, and artistic production in the African diaspora in...
Andiara Schwingel, an Associate Professor for the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Urbana-Champaign, directs the Aging and Diversity Lab (ADL), and teaches in the area of aging, women’s health, and global health. Her research informs public health policy and practice that can lead to...
Bailey Palmer became an Assistant Professor in the School of Labor & Employment Relations and Department of Economics in Fall 2026. She studies labor market issues in developing countries. Palmer received my PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley in May 2026. Prior to starting her PhD, she worked as a research assistant in the Industrial Relations...
Lisa Reyes Mason, a Dean and Professor for the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois, studies climate change and social justice through community-engaged and interdisciplinary research. Mason’s current interests include urban green infrastructure, health and financial impacts of weather extremes, and a...
Jina Lee, an assistant professor for the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a sociologist of evaluation, knowledge, and inequality. Her work asks: how do systems of evaluation determine whose contributions are recognized as original, authoritative, and credible? And how does inequality...
Lara Janson, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a sociologist specializing in gender, law, higher education, and mixed research methods and she is interested in researching and teaching about intersections of inequality. Janson obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from the...
Amanda Daniela Cortez, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a Mexican-American cultural anthropologist and received her MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Notre Dame. Before joining the department, she held postdoctoral research positions at the...