Faculty
The faculty members at Princeton University are highly respected and known for their innovative thinking on a global scale. Below, I have listed a few who have made their mark on the academic community.
These are some of Princeton’s faculty.
Kristina Olson, professor of psychology and public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School
Clifford Brangwynne, professor of physics and electrical engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Science
Eddie Glaude Jr., a political science professor at the Woodrow Wilson School
Kristina Olson
Kristina Olson is a professor of psychology and education at the University of Washington. She is a leading expert on the development of gender identity. She has served as an advisor to several federal agencies on issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and mental health. She was honoured as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2018.
Olson is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Her research has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), American Psychological Association Foundation for Research Award Program (APAFRAP) Grant Program; Office for Victims of Crime Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment Act Grant Program; William Toddeley Endowment Fund at University Of Washington School Of Medicine Psychiatry Department; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center For Advanced Studies In Sexuality And Gender Identity Issues At University Of California At San Francisco School Of Medicine Behavioral Health Services Research Center For Excellence – Center For HIV Prevention Studies And Policy Analysis At Emory University School Of Public Health Atlanta Georgia United States Department Of Health Human Services Administration Centers For Disease Control Prevention Atlanta Georgia United States Department Of Health Human Services Administration
Clifford Brangwynne
Clifford Brangwynne is a professor of molecular biology in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, where he also serves as director of graduate studies. After completing his undergraduate degree, he continued his studies at Harvard University and earned both a Master’s and a PhD. He also underwent postdoctoral training at Rockefeller University. After completing his doctorate, he joined the faculty at Princeton University in 1998 before becoming a full professor there in 2005.
Professor Brangwynne has been active on several editorial boards, including those for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and eLife (2016-present). In addition to serving as editor-in-chief for Current Opinion in Plant Biology from 2010 until 2014, he has served on numerous other editorial boards, including PLOS Genetics since 2009; Plant Cell since 2006; Plant Physiology since 2002; Plant Journal since 2000; Trends in Plant Science since 1999; Trends in Biochemical Sciences since 1997
Eddie Glaude Jr.
Eddie Glaude Jr. is a professor of religion and African-American studies at Princeton University. The individual wrote two works, “What Trayvon Martin’s Death Tells Us About America” and “In the Wake: On Blackness and Being.” The former delves into the discussions surrounding race relations in the United States after Trayvon Martin’s shooting death in 2012.
Glaude delivered a lecture at Princeton on Feb. 7 titled “Black Lives Matter: What it Means for All Americans,” which was live-streamed by The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook Live; more than 1 million people viewed it within 24 hours (at press time).
Janet Currie
Janet Currie is a professor of economics and the dean of faculty. She serves as the vice provost for faculty development and diversity, director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing, co-director of Princeton University’s Science Education Program (with David Lee), and chairwoman of Princeton’s Economics Department.
Currie’s research focuses on social networks, mainly how they affect people’s health outcomes; she has also studied how individuals’ cognitive abilities shape their behaviour in markets. Currie is a busy academic who teaches courses in microeconomics, public finance policy analysis (Econ 741), and advanced econometrics techniques (Econ 742) at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Jamal
Jamal is a professor of politics and international affairs. He teaches African American studies, politics, and law at Princeton. Jamal received his B.A. in political science from UC Berkeley, his M.A., PhD, and JSD in political science from Princeton University, and an LLM degree from Harvard Law School (JSD). His research focuses on the politics of race/ethnicity and gender within the United States. He pays special attention to the intersectionality of these issues with class status, particularly about social inequality or injustice based on one’s identity group membership, such as race/ethnicity.