Climate Change and the Thawing Permafrost
In a conversation with CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck, Geography's Dmitry Streletskiy discusses the impact of climate change on the overall sustainability of the Arctic.
Faculty Research
Columbian College faculty are prolific authors, award-winning scholars and noted innovators and artists. They are recipients of Guggenheims, Pulitzers and NEH fellowships, cited in top media outlets, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, published in leading scholarly journals like Nature and Science, and affiliated with prestigious academic centers, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Faculty are also integral to GW's membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU), the top tier of research universities in North America.
Faculty Research Conversations
Addressing Suicide Risks Among Black Youths
In a conversation with Dean Paul Wahlbeck, Psychology's Sherry Molock discusses her work to address rising suicides rates among African American adolescents.
Faculty Books
Inclusive STEM: Transforming Disciplinary Writing Instruction for a Socially Just Future
September 23, 2024
Co-edited by Chemistry's LaKeisha McClary, the book encompasses a diversity of STEM education contexts and offers instructional strategies and assignments for creating equitable, inclusive classrooms.
Fundraising: Principles and Practice
September 10, 2024
TSPPPA Professor Michael Worth offers an updated comprehensive introduction to fundraising that focuses on both theory and practice.
Interior Design is Not Decoration And Other Ideas
September 6, 2024
Corcoran's Stephanie Travis explores interior design with snappy set of 100 entries, showcasing its importance and proves that interiors are vital to our lived experience.
Inside Faculty Research
Columbian College Faculty Out Front
With prestigious fellowships, our community of faculty scholars are making an impact across the sciences, the social sciences, the arts and the humanities.
Faculty Grants & Awards
Major research grants from such institutions as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are helping to propel the work of Columbian College faculty in significant ways.
Research Support
At Columbian College, faculty take advantage of a variety of internal and external funding opportunities to facilitate research while encouraging scholarship and cross-disciplinary innovation.
Research Resources & Updates
The Columbian College Office of Research strives to provide opportunities and support to faculty participating in research activities. Visit their site to find updates, policies, events and more.
"We could be pushing the edge of what's thought to have been possible. We could be going beyond all of our boundaries."
Evangeline Downie
Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Physics