Pablo Beramendi, Newman Ivey White Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Pablo Beramendi's work focuses on different aspects of the political economy of inequality and redistribution. He has paid particular attention to the territorial dimension of distributive conflicts, trying to understand why some political unions redistribute more than others around the world. A second line of work focuses on the origins of the fiscal capacity of the state and its implications for distributive politics today. Within this line of inquiry, he is particularly interested in the causes and consequences of different tax structures across space and time. He also has a long standing interest in the linkages between economic and political inequalities, particularly focused on the political economy of electoral turnout.
Emily R. Derbyshire, Pelham Wilder Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Emily Derbyshire's research uses both chemical tools and biological methods to uncover novel aspects of malaria parasite biology with the ultimate aim of identifying druggable targets. Projects range from developing assays for phenotypic and target-based screens to exploring biological pathways and identifying small molecules with potential therapeutic value. Her interdisciplinary collaborative program integrates chemical biology, molecular biology and biochemistry to globally interrogate parasite biology.
Paul B. Jaskot, France Family Distinguished Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Paul Jaskot is the Co-Director of the Digital Art History & Visual Culture Research Lab (formerly, the Wired! Lab). His scholarly work focuses on the political history of Nazi art and architecture as well as its postwar cultural impact. He was a founding member of the ongoing Holocaust Geography Collaborative, exploring the use of GIS and other digital methods to analyze the spatial history of the Holocaust. Currently, he is continuing his collaborative work in an NEH-funded analysis of the spaces of the Nazi ghettos of Occupied Europe as well as a solo-researched project on the history of the construction industry in Germany, 1914–1945.
Kevin S. LaBar, Robert L. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Kevin S. LaBar's research focuses on understanding how emotional events modulate cognitive processes in the human brain. He aims to identify brain regions that encode the emotional properties of sensory stimuli, and to show how these regions interact with neural systems supporting social cognition, executive control, and learning and memory. To achieve this goal, he uses a variety of cognitive neuroscience techniques in human subject populations. These include psychophysiological monitoring, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), machine learning, and behavioral studies in healthy adults as well as psychiatric patients. This integrative approach capitalizes on recent advances in the field and may lead to new insights into cognitive-emotional interactions in the brain.
Edmund Malesky, Oscar L. Tang Family Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Edmund Malesky is a specialist on Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. Currently, his research agenda is very much at the intersection of Comparative and International Political Economy, falling into three major categories: 1) Authoritarian political institutions and their consequences; 2) The political influence of foreign direct investment and multinational corporations; and 3) Political institutions, private business development and formalization.
Lillian Beatrix Pierce, Anne Firor Scott Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Lillian Beatrix Pierce's work focuses on questions in mathematics spanning from analytic number theory to harmonic analysis. She is a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics and a recipient of both a Simons Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Jerome P. Reiter, Henry W. Newson Distinguished Professor of Statistical Science
Jerome P. Reiter's primary areas of research include methods for preserving data confidentiality, for handling missing values, for integrating information across multiple sources, and for the analysis of surveys and causal studies. He enjoys collaborating on data analyses with researchers who are not statisticians, particularly in the social sciences and public policy.
For a complete list of Duke’s Distinguished Professors, please visit the Provost’s Office website.
