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Dr. Barter focuses on Southeast Asian politics, civilians in war, as well as autonomous areas and conflict resolution.
Interests:
Minorities, Separatism, Indonesia, Conflict Resolution, Southeast Asia, Civil War
Dr. Busenberg focuses on environmental policy.
Interests:
Environmental Policy, Environmental Management
Dr. Feasel is president of Soka University of America.
Interests:
Foreign Aid, Economic Growth, Economic Outcomes and Societal Values
Dr. Golden’s teaching and creative interests include composition and jazz improvisation, music and ecology, and music and peace building.
Interests:
Music and Ecology, World Music, Composition (including computer music)
Dr. Heffron is a development scholar whose focus is the cultural and intellectual history of education nationally and transnationally.
Interests:
US Relations in Asia and the Pacific, Development History, Educational History
Dr. Mazeroll focuses on the behavioral ecology of fishes.
Interests:
Ecology of Amazonian Fishes, Population Genetics, Fish Ecology
Dr. Penprase is Dean of Faculty and a Professor of Science.
Interests:
Quasar Absorption, Line Spectroscopy, Archaeoastronomy
Dr. Takaku’s research interests focus on cross-cultural examinations of people’s apology- (and excuse-) giving behavior
Interests:
Cross-Cultural Research on Apology and Forgiveness, Social Psychology
Dr. Thomas is an Emerita Professor of Sociology who specializes in the analysis of higher education.
Interests:
Mentoring and Empowering Youth
Dr. Weiner is Vice President for Academic Affairs, Interim Dean of Faculty, and a Professor of East Asian History and International Studies.
Interests:
Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan, Japan’s Minorities