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Name: David Hemmer
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Mathematics
Academic Title: Associate Professor
Academic Degrees: B.A., Dartmouth; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Chicago
Area of Special Interest: Representation theory
I was attracted to UB because it is an excellent research university. I also have lots of family nearby—I grew up in Syracuse and have family scattered up and down the Thruway. Western New York also has excellent schools and affordable housing.
Name: Harvey Palmer
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Political Science
Academic Title: Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Academic Degrees: B.A., University of Virginia; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Rochester
Areas of Special Interest: Public opinion formation, voting behavior, nature of economic reasoning, electoral control of government
I’m currently working on several research projects with implications for how citizens’ levels of sophistication condition their evaluation of macroeconomic performance, attitudes about political issues and voting behavior.
Name: Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
School: Law
Academic Title: Associate Professor
Academic Degrees: B.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago; M.Phil., Cambridge University; J.D., Yale University
Areas of Special Interest: Constitutional law
My work concerns the forms of meaning at stake in the changing cultural life of the law, especially in the connections between legal categories and forms of meaningful violence.