List of University of California, Davis faculty

This page lists notable faculty (past and present) of the University of California, Davis.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arts and music

• Robert Arneson, professor emeritus of art, known for ceramics, artist of the Eggheads sculptures scattered through the UC Davis campus^[1]
• Larry Austin, professor of music, composer, and later taught at University of South Florida and University of North Texas^[2]
• Ross Bauer, professor emeritus of music^[3]
• Anna Maria Busse Berger, chair of music department
• Ruby Cohn, professor of comparative drama (late)
• Roy De Forest, professor emeritus of art, painter, and sculptor^[4]
• Jesse Drew, professor in cinema and technocultural studies
• Lynn Hershman Leeson, filmmaker, professor of technocultural studies
• Ruth Horsting, professor emerita of art (taught from 1959–1971), known for sculpture^[5]
• Theodore Cyrus Karp, professor of music (moved to Northwestern before retirement)
• Manuel Neri, professor emeritus of art, taught 1965–1990
• Bob Ostertag, professor of technocultural studies
• Richard Swift, professor emeritus, founder of Department of Music
• Wayne Thiebaud, professor emeritus of art, awarded the National Medal of Arts
• Richard Aaker Trythall, professor of music, Guggenheim Fellow (1967)
• William T. Wiley, former art professor^[6]

Biological sciences

• Daniel I. Axelrod, professor of botany (late)
• Richard M. Bohart, professor of entomology (late)
• George Delahunty, professor of biology
• Theodosius Dobzhansky, professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, 1971–1975
• Jonathan Eisen, professor of evolution and ecology
• Stanley Barron Freeborn, UC Davis chancellor and entomologist, namesake of Freeborn Hall and the mosquito species Anopheles freeborni
• Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology
• Paul Knoepfler, professor of cell biology and human anatomy
• Robert Laben, professor of animal sciences (late)
• Johanna Schmitt, botanist and professor of evolution and ecology
• Arthur Shapiro, professor of entomology, evolution and ecology
• Tracy I. Storer, professor emeritus, founder of Department of Zoology
• Charles W. Woodworth, professor emeritus of entomology (1891–1930), founder of UCB Entomology Division, credited with founding the Dept. of Entomology at the Agricultural Experiment Station
• Pamela Ronald, distinguished professor of plant pathology

Chemistry

• R. David Britt, professor of chemistry
• Edwin G. Krebs, founding chairman and professor of the department of biological chemistry 1968–1977, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Julie A. Leary, professor of chemistry
• Philip Power, professor of chemistry, Royal Society

Communications and media

• Charles Berger, professor of communication

Earth sciences

• Gerard Bond, professor of geology
• Alan Hastings, professor of ecology
• Louise H. Kellogg, professor of earth and planetary sciences
• Isabel P. Montañez, professor of earth and planetary sciences
• Eldridge M. Moores, professor emeritus of geology, now the earth and planetary sciences
• Donald L. Turcotte, professor emeritus of earth and planetary sciences
• Geerat J. Vermeij, professor of geology, MacArthur Fellowship

Economics

• Colin Carter, professor of agricultural economics
• Gregory Clark, professor of economics
• Alan M. Taylor, professor of economics and finance

Engineering

• Kandiah Arulanandan, professor of civil engineering (late)
• Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, professor of bioengineering
• Jeannie Darby, professor of civil and environmental engineering
• Richard C. Dorf, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering
• Andrew A. Frank, professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
• M. Saif Islam, professor of electrical and computer engineering^[7]
• Linda P.B. Katehi, professor of electrical and computer engineering; UC Davis chancellor (2009–2016)
• Brian Launder, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (now at the University of Manchester)
• Paul Moller, professor emeritus of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
• Stanton R. Morrison, professor emeritus of agricultural engineering; Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Jinyi Qi professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• George Tchobanoglous, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering

English

• Joshua Clover, associate professor of English
• Lucy Corin, professor of English
• Lynn Freed, professor of English
• Sandra Gilbert, professor emerita of English, former president of the Modern Language Association
• Sandra McPherson, professor emerita of English
• Karl Shapiro, professor, English Department, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1945
• Gary Snyder, professor emeritus of English; Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
• Joe Wenderoth, associate professor of English

Food sciences

• William Vere Cruess, professor of food science (late)
• M. R. C. Greenwood, professor emerita of nutrition, president of the University of Hawaii
• Gordie C. Hanna, professor of agronomy (late)
• Lucille Shapson Hurley, (1922–1988), former professor of nutrition
• Emil M. Mrak, professor of food science; UC Davis chancellor (1959–1969)
• Ann C. Noble, professor of food science, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel"
• Harold Olmo, professor of viticulture

History

• David Brody, professor emeritus of history
• William W. Hagen, professor of history
• Barbara D. Metcalf, professor emerita of history
• Andrés Reséndez, historian
• Simon Sadler, professor of art history

Law and government

• Diane Marie Amann, professor of law (now at Georgia Tech)
• Vikram Amar, associate dean for academic affairs (School of Law), constitutional law scholar
• Edgar Bodenheimer, professor of law (late)
• Alan Brownstein, professor of law; Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality
• Joel Dobris, professor of law
• Robert W. Hillman, professor of law
• Edward Imwinkelried, professor of law (co-author, Scientific Evidence)
• Kevin Johnson, dean, School of Law
• Miguel Méndez, professor of law
• Rex R. Perschbacher, professor of law
• Cruz Reynoso, professor of law; associate justice, California Supreme Court (1982–1987); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
• Martha West, professor emerita of law

Mathematics

• Dmitry Fuchs, professor of mathematics
• Greg Kuperberg, professor of mathematics
• Washek Pfeffer, emeritus professor of mathematics
• Albert Schwarz, professor of mathematics
• Joseph Teran, professor of applied mathematics
• William Thurston, professor of mathematics, later moved to Cornell University, Fields Medalist award
• Craig Tracy, professor of mathematics, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Pólya Prize, Norbert Wiener Prize
• Jessica Utts, professor of statistics, later moved to University of California, Irvine
• Roger J.-B. Wets, professor emeritus of mathematics

Medicine

• David Amaral, professor of psychiatry
• Richard Coss, emeritus professor of psychology
• Gregory M. Herek, professor of psychology
• Leah Krubitzer, professor of psychology
• Peter Robert Marler, professor emeritus of neurobiology
• Jonna Mazet, professor of epidemiology, director of the UC Davis One Health Institute
• A. Hari Reddi, distinguished professor of orthopedic surgery
• Marc B. Schenker, professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
• Ivan R. Schwab, professor of ophthalmology
• Robert Sommer, professor emeritus of psychology
• G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus of genetics, National Medal of Science
• Ross Thompson, distinguished professor of psychology
• Larry N. Vanderhoef, professor, College of Biological Sciences; UC Davis chancellor (2004–2009)
• Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Rachel Whitmer, professor of epidemiology

Physics

• Steve Carlip, professor of physics
• Veronika Hubeny, professor of physics

Social sciences, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies

• Nicole W. Biggart, professor of management and sociology
• Fred L. Block, professor of sociology
• Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, professor of Chicana/o studies and cultural studies
• Darrell Hamamoto, professor of Asian American studies
• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology
• Lynne Isbell, primatologist, professor of anthropology
• Suad Joseph, professor of anthropology and women and gender studies
• Smadar Lavie, professor of anthropology
• John Lofland, professor emeritus of sociology
• Henry McHenry, professor of anthropology; UC Davis Prize; elected fellow, California Academy of Sciences
• Zoila S. Mendoza, professor and chair of Native American studies^[8]
• Jacob K. Olupona, professor of African and African American studies, later at Harvard University
• Rhacel Parrenas, professor of sociology, later at Brown University
• Robyn Rodriguez, professor in Asian American studies
• Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, assistant professor of Native American studies and director of the C.N. Gorman Museum
• Aram Yengoyan, professor of anthropology

Other

• Francisco X. Alarcón, lecturer in Spanish
• Berni Alder, professor emeritus of applied science, National Medal of Science recipient
• Marc Blanchard, professor of critical theory and comparative literature
• Andy Bloom, Olympic shot putter
• Carol Cartwright, former vice chancellor for academic affairs
• Steven C. Currall, dean of graduate school of management
• Gerald Dworkin, professor of philosophy
• John Freeman, visiting professor of international relations, 1985–1990
• James R. Griesemer, professor of philosophy
• Andrew Hargadon, professor of technology management
• Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor of environmental and occupational health
• Ralph Hexter, professor of classics and provost
• Theodore L. Hullar, former chancellor
• Lincoln Hurst, professor of religious studies (late)
• Amy Block Joy, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Emeritus
• Amina Mama, professor and director of women and gender studies
• Zeev Maoz, distinguished professor of political science, director of the Correlates of War Project, and international relations expert
• Norman Matloff, professor of computer science
• Prasant Mohapatra, distinguished Professor in Computer Science and Vice Chancellor for Research
• Phillip Rogaway, professor of computer science (RSA Award 2003)
• Robert Torrance, professor of comparative literature
• Keith David Watenpaugh, professor of human rights studies

See also

• List of University of California, Davis alumni

References

1. Hagen, Charles (1992-11-05). "Robert C. Arneson Is Dead at 62; Sculptor of Whimsical Portraits". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
2. "Larry Austin". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
3. Richard Swift (2001). "Bauer, Ross". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47309.
4. Smith, Roberta (2007-05-23). "Roy De Forest, 77, Painter of Colorful, Comic Scenes, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
5. Redfern, Cathy (1 December 2000). "Founder of Mount Madonna Center, Ruth Johnson Horsting, dies at 81". Newspapers.com. Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
6. Solomon, Deborah (2021-05-05). "William T. Wiley, 'Funk Artist' Who Spurned Convention, Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
7. "Prof. Saif Islam". University of California, Davis. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
8. "Zoila S. Mendoza". UC Davis Critical Theory. Retrieved June 25, 2023.

External links

• UC Davis Faculty on the Davis Wiki