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 Research Conversations
Faculty Books
Marx's Ethical Vision
August 9, 2024
Philosophy Professor Vanessa Wills shows that the founder of historical materialism held nuanced views about the role that morality played in political struggle.
The Price of Empire
August 4, 2024
Political Science Professor Eric Grynaviski shows how American entrepreneurs manipulated the United States into pursuing imperial projects in the Pacific.
Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science
May 15, 2024
Anthropology Professor Bernard Wood explores the role of non-human primates in human societies, particularly in regions where modern humans and primates co-exist.
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