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Professor, Sociology; Director, Director of the Southwest Institute on Religion, Culture, and Society
Richard L. Wood, professor of Sociology, most recently served as interim provost at UNM and previously as president of the Faculty Senate, co-chair of the Committee on Governance, chairperson of the Department of Sociology, director of the Religious...
Professor, Anthropology, Interim Assistant Vice President for Research
Professor Melissa Thompson's research focuses on interactions of ecology, health, reproduction, and behavior in apes and humans. Seeks to better understand the sources of variation in life history within and between species as a way of...
Distinguished Professor and Regents' Lecturer, Civil Engineering
Mahmoud Taha is a distinguished professor and Regents’ Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering.
Taha, who has been at UNM for 10 years, specializes in structural engineering and materials, bridges, concrete structures and materials, pre-stressed concrete,...
Associate Professor, Honors College; Faculty Director Lobo Scholars Program
Ph.D. in history from Georgetown University in 2008.
Attended Point Loma Nazarene University and California State University, Fullerton.
Authored "When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a 'National Pastime,"
His...
