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Assistant Research Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Associate, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Research Fellow of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University; University of New England
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Scientist in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
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Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder