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Rhys Williams

Professor

Disciplines

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Place and Environment

Research Interests

  • Professor Williams’ current research examines these themes in two different projects. One is a study of the involvement of religious groups in progressive political causes – with two collaborators he recently published Religion and Progressive Activism (New York University Press, 2017). The second is an examination of the public attitudes and political language about immigration and immigrants in contemporary American politics, and how they use images of national identity.

Heather Wheeler

Associate Professor

Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Computer Sciences

Research Interests

  • Genome-wide analyses of the past few years have revealed that a substantial portion of the genetic control of complex traits is exerted through the regulation of gene expression. Much of the genetic variation associated with complex traits falls outside the protein coding regions of genes. Mechanistic understanding of how this variation contributes to phenotype is lacking, but gene regulation is thought to play a major role. We develop and apply methods that fully harness gene regulation within complex trait association and prediction studies.

Discipline

    1. Business 25
    2. Psychology 23
    3. English Language and Literature 23
    4. Nursing 19
    5. Education 18

Research Interest

    1. globalization 3
    2. Catholic school leadership development 2
    3. Modern Europe 2
    4. Philosophy of Education 2
    5. Public History 2

Organization

    1. Quinlan School of Business 26
    2. Department of Psychology 23
    3. Department of English 20
    4. School of Education 19
    5. Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing 18

Position

    1. Faculty Member 294
    2. Emeritus Faculty 6
    3. Adjunct Faculty Member 5
    4. Librarian 4
    5. Non-Academic Position 2