Dr. Anatoli Afanasjev is a Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University. He is interested in the studies of the properties of superheavy nuclei, where proton- and neutron-rich nuclei play an important role in astrophysical processes, the physical properties of atomic nuclei at normal and extreme conditions, and the response of nuclei to fast rotation.…

Dr. Rachel Allison is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on gender and intersectionality across societal institutions characterized by women's increased representation, including education, medicine, and sport. Dr. Allison's past research has examined racial and gender stratification in medical specialization and college students'…

As an atomic molecular optical (AMO) physicist, Dr. Ariunbold's research primarily focuses on experimental and theoretical studies of collective behaviors of quantum particles. These results help better understand how to create and maintain a macroscopic quantum coherence in quantum materials under practical conditions. Additionally, his research involves development and applications of label-…

Mr. Banik is an instructor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He also serves as the undergraduate advising coordinator. His primary teaching area is in differential equations. He is available for commentary and analysis on these and related topics. 

Dr. Mitchell Berman is a Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs. His research interests include aggressive and self-injurious behavior in humans, including the role of social, personality, and biological influences. His clinical interests focus on cognitive-behavioral treatments for adult disorders, including anxiety disorders and aggression. His laboratory,…

Dr. Bickle is a professor of Philosophy at Mississippi State University. His research focuses on the philosophy of neuroscience. From the late 1980s into the early 2000s he defended a view he labeled “new wave psychoneural reduction,” which was heavily influenced by the work of Paul and Patricia Churchland. Starting in the early 2000s, over the next decade his focus turned away from more…

LaToya Bogard is an Instructor of Composition and Writing Coordinator at Mississippi State University. She is available for commentary and analysis on these and related topics. 

Dr. Tony Boudreaux is an archaeologist whose research has focused on late pre-Contact and Contact period Native American societies of the southeastern United States, especially complex societies of the Mississippian and Late Woodland periods. His research has explored what public and domestic architectural differences can tell us about ancient communities, how social groups interacted to…

Dr. Stephen Brain is an associate professor in the Department of History and a co-editor of Environmental History, the journal of the American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society. His research focuses on Soviet/Russian history, environmental history, and forest history as well as war, power, and international affairs. He is available to comment on the Russian-…

Dr. Brain is an associate professor of history at Mississippi State University. His research interests include Soviet and Russian History, Environmental History, and Forest History. He is available for commentary and analysis on these and related topics. 

Dr. Mike Brown is the state climatologist for Mississippi and a professor of meteorology/climatology in the Department of Geosciences.  His research interests include land-surface-atmosphere interactions and severe local storms, public perception of warnings, tornado damage paths and enhanced convection, lightning probabilities at NCAA stadiums, and thermodynamic characteristics of severe…

Gil Carter (Ph.D., The University of Alabama) is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Mississippi State University. Dr. Carter researches and teaches rhetoric, political communication, and persuasion. Before coming to MSU, Dr. Carter was a state-championship-winning director of debate and an assistant instructional professor at the University of Florida and…

Dr. James Chamberlain is an Associate Professor of Political Science, specializing in political theory. Chamberlain earned his PhD in Political Science at the University of Washington in December 2013, an MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex (UK), and a BA in French and Philosophy from the University of Bristol (UK). Since moving to Mississippi State…

Dr. Renee Clary is a Professor and Director of the Dunn-Seiler Museum in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University (MSU). Her principal area of research is geoscience education. She co-founded EarthScholars Research Group with the late Jim Wandersee (LSU) in 2002 and has served as Director of the 15 Degree Laboratory since 2014. Her primary focus is the integration of…

Dr. Benjamin Crider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University. His research focuses on experimentally studying the structure of atomic nuclei with large (or small) proton-to-neutron ratios. These so-called “exotic” nuclei often display many unexpected properties and exist for a short amount of time before decaying. Therefore,…

Dr. Padmanava Dash is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University (MSU). He specializes in remote sensing and water biogeochemistry. His broad research interests include investigating the conditions under which water quality issues develop, assessing their ecological impacts, and developing visualizations for their management and mitigation. His…

Dr. DeShong an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on using the five-factor model of general personality to conceptualize, distinguish, and better understand personality disorders and personality constructs like psychopathy and Machiavellianism. She also investigates how personality can influence engagement in adaptive and maladaptive behaviors and…

Dr. Mary Dozer is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology.  Her research interests include geropsychology, hoarding disorder, and behavioral interventions to address psychopathology across the lifespan. Her current research focuses on hoarding disorder in older adults. She is available for commentary and analysis on these and related topics.
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Dr. Lamiaa El Fassi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University. Her research focuses on 1. unraveling the dynamics of strongly interacting particles, hadrons, and their elementary constituents, quarks and gluons, via the study of the hadronization and fragmentation processes that probe the dynamics of quark propagation and hadron…

Dr. Nick Fitzkee is a professor in the Department of Chemistry whose research focuses on using a combination of physical chemistry, molecular biology, modeling, and NMR spectroscopy to understand the relationship between protein structure and function. Currently, our research is centered around three main projects: bacterial biofilms, protein-nanoparticle interactions, and structure and…

Dr. Ryan Folk is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and is the university's herbarium curator. His research interests include interspecific hybridization, reconstruction of ancestral niche and species distributions, evolution of symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and automated extraction of plant traits from biodiversity literature. In addition, he leads the…

Dr. Rinat Gabitov is an Associate Professor in the Department Geosciences at Mississippi State University (MSU). His research interests lie in the area of experimental geochemistry. The focus of Gabitov’s research is to understand the fundamental controls on elemental and isotope partitioning between minerals and fluid, to use that knowledge to: i) Assess the risks of…

Dr. Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso is an Assistant Professor of TESOL and Linguistics in the Department of English at Mississippi State University and a Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center, where she leads the Science Literacy for Excellence (SL4E) Research Collaboratory. She is a systemic functional linguist specializing in science literacy for multilingual students. Dr. Cardozo-…