Four U-M professors selected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

[Link]James Joyce

James Joyce, the C. H. Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy and professor of statistics, has research interests in rational choice theory, causal reasoning, Bayesian approaches to statistics and inductive inference, the use of "imprecise" probabilities to model belief states, and general philosophy of science.

[Link]Webb Keane

Webb Keane, the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology, has written about topics in social and cultural theory and the ethnography and history of Southeast Asia. His forthcoming book is about the ethical dilemmas posed by interactions with nonhumans and near-humans, including animals and artificial intelligence.

[Link]Alexandra (Sasha) Killewald

Alexandra (Sasha) Killewald is the Robert F. Schoeni Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, professor of sociology and director of the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics. She uses quantitative methods to study inequality in the contemporary United States, with a focus on the relationships among work, family, and money.

John Vandermeer

John Vandermeer, the Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, studies the role of biodiversity in the functioning of agroecosystems, especially multispecies systems common in tropical areas. His areas of expertise include the spatial ecology of coffee agroecosystems, small-scale sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and food sovereignty.