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Mukhtar H Ali
Lecturer
mhali@illinois.edu
Miki Chase
Postdoctoral Research Associate
mchase@illinois.edu
Jonathan H Ebel
Head, Professor
jebel@illinois.edu
Richard A Layton
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor
rlayton@illinois.edu
Alexander Mayer
Associate Professor
amayer@illinois.edu
Leonard Cornell McKinnis II
Assistant Professor
leonardm@illinois.edu
Rini Bhattacharya Mehta PhD.
Associate Professor
rbhttchr@illinois.edu
Adam L Newman
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor
anewman4@illinois.edu
Stephanie Thurston
Postdoctoral Research Associate
smthurst@illinois.edu
Dov Weiss
Associate Professor
dyweiss@illinois.edu
Alexia Williams
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor
alexiaw@illinois.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Christopher Thane Callahan
Teaching Assistant Professor
ctc@illinois.edu
Xiomara Verenice Cervantes-Gómez
Assistant Professor
vdc@illinois.edu
Justine S. Murison
Associate Professor
jmurison@illinois.edu
Anna Tosato
Visiting Scholar
tosato@illinois.edu
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Valerie J. Hoffman
Professor Emerita
vhoffman@illinois.edu
Robert McKim
Professor Emeritus
rmckim@illinois.edu
Rajeshwari V Pandharipande
Professor Emerita
raj-pan@illinois.edu
Wayne T Pitard
Professor Emeritus
wpitard@illinois.edu
Gary Porton
Professor Emeritus
gporton@illinois.edu
william schoedel
Professor Emeritus
schoedel@illinois.edu
In Memoriam
Bruce Rosenstock
Professor
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