Assistant Professor

Stephen Oleszek

Dr. Oleszek’s research primarily focuses on the development of the American West during the 18th,19th, and 20th centuries, featuring specialized studies in political, social, and cultural movements.

Heath Marìa Maranges

Dr. Maranges’s research interests focus on understanding what facilitates personal well-being, cooperation, and morality. In particular, she studies the nature and implications of self-control, early developmental ecologies, and bias for individual and group flourishing.

Sarah Brown

Dr. Brown’s research interests include suicide risk, intervention, and prevention research. Dr. Brown's research aims to understand and prevent the progression from suicidal thoughts to suicidal behaviors by developing mechanistic interventions for suicidal behaviors.

He Zhao

Dr. Zhao’s research interest focuses on the study of exotic quantum phenomena and novel quantum properties of the quantum materials.