R. Bruce Hitchner
Roman history, archaeology, North Africa in Antiquity, Ancient History, Balkans and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and International Relations
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Roman history, archaeology, North Africa in Antiquity, Ancient History, Balkans and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and International Relations
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Islamic art and architecture, the illustrated Arabic book, medieval Art of the Mediterranean, The portable arts.
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British Romantic poetry and prose Feminist/Gender Theory Visual and Material Culture
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Land use planning; urban redevelopment; urban design; big data; shrinking cities
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Creative writing (nonfiction), expository writing, journalism, memoir, environmental writing, hybrid forms.
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International university civic engagement
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Fiction, poetry, Latinx literature, Colombian literature
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Scientific computing and numerical analysis; Parallel multigrid and multilevel methods for large-scale coupled systems; Efficient numerical methods for reservoir simulation, fluid-structure interaction, and other applications.
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Machine learning : probabilistic models, Bayesian inference, variational methods, time-series analysis, semi-supervised learning Clinical informatics : electronic health record analysis
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Christian Studies
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Premodern and modern Japanese literature, figurality and the development of modern consciousness, gothic studies, realism, lyricism, animism, and eschatology.
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Macroeconomics
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Children's Literature
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The psychology of mathematical thinking, teachers' and students' understanding and use of inscriptions, multiplicative reasoning, applications of psychometric modeling for assessment and research in mathematics education.
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human-computer interaction, new interaction modes and techniques, implicit brain-computer interfaces, user interface software
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Child and family policy program evaluation
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Microeconomic topics in environmental health and human capital in lower-income countries.
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Dr. Jahanfar is a reproductive epidemiologist with a grounding in public health and biostatistics. Her research focuses on reproductive health, maternal-child health, and genetic versus environment studies. She has worked with several twin studies in Australia, Malaysia, Canada, and the USA. Her research interests are reproductive health, maternal-child health, global health, HIV/AIDS, opioid use, and twin studies. She is working on WHO-funded projects related to reasons for Cesarean sections, family planning, and assisted vaginal birth. As a Cochrane trainer, reviewer, author, and current Director of the Cochrane Affiliate at Tufts with US Network, she is keen to connect Tufts with the Cochrane Collaboration. She is also the co-director of the Pregnancy and Childbirth US Satellite with Cochrane. She actively seeks interested students and researchers to collaborate on Cochrane's work, twin studies, and reproductive health research projects. Dr. Jahanfar is working with Maternal and Perinatal Health, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization.
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ACTFL OPI testing Translating (English into Arabic & vise versa) Consecutive Interpreting (English to Arabic & vise versa) Communicative Method Approach in teaching Arabic Online Education Online Arabic Language and Culture curriculum designed & development
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South Asia, the Muslim World
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Music, ritual, and trance; music and underrepresented minorities; musics of North Africa, Sufism, and Islam; rhythmic theory; global jazz
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Urban and neighborhood politics; social welfare; community development
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Urban Analytics; Big Data Analytics; Urban Planning and Science; Spatial Data Science; Urban mobility;
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American literature; postwar movements in U.S.; arts and culture; the Beat generation; feminist theory; studies of 20th century women; intersectionality
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Adolescence and young adulthood; identity development; civic development and engagement; youth contribution; critical consciousness; quantitative methods (including mixture models such as latent class and latent profile analyses); positive youth development
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Twentieth Century, Women Writers, Russian film, literature, culture and language
