Dr. Mathews is interested in spatial analysis, social networks, and social capital theories and methods and how they can be combined with geographic information systems to understand how communities and individuals respond to social, economic, and environmental shocks.
Dr. Ahmadisharaf’s research interests include flooding, surface water pollution, and climate change impacts.
Dr. Sengupta’s research interests are broadly situated at the intersection of learning, collaboration and care. She is interested in understanding how collaborative learning systems infused with AI can be envisioned to bolster inclusion and accessibility. In parallel to prepare for the coming AI age another arm of her research will focus on Responsible AI training tools and curriculum across multiple contexts and domains.
Dr. Moss-Pech's research examines how individuals navigate educational organizations and labor market institutions to better understand inequality and social mobility outcomes.
Dr. Chang’s research interests are global and transnational sociology, international migration, gender, work and labor, development, ethnography, qualitative methods, social theory, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Ku is a public administration researcher specializing in how government agencies collaborate with other sectors and civil society during emergencies. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing the impacts of government policies and technologies on cross-boundary collaboration and coordination to manage emergencies and risks.
Dr. Jackson’s research interests are local government, political control of bureaucracy, representative bureaucracy, intersectionality, organizational socialization, justice provision, policing, education, and quantitative methods.
Dr. Dimand’s research interests are public management, government contracting, environmental policy, sustainability, innovation, and collaborative governance.
Dr. Foster studies American political institutions using game theory and quantitative methods, with a particular substantive focus on executive power, Congress, the bureaucracy, and housing policy.
Dr. Chang is interested in investigating the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change, disturbance events, and elevated atmospheric CO2.
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