Administration
Deans
Provosts
William S. Simmons , 7th Provost (1998–99); Professor of Anthropology[ 2] [ 3] Robert Zimmer , 9th Provost (2002–06); 13th President of the University of Chicago [ 4] David Kertzer , 10th Provost (2011–14), Paul Dupee, Jr., University Professor of Social Science Mark Schlissel , 11th Provost (2011–14), Professor of Biology ; 14th President of the University of Michigan Vicki Colvin , 12th Provost (2014–15), Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry and Engineering Richard M. Locke , 13th Provost (2015–), Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Humanities
Shadi Bartsch , W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics (2008–09)Rey Chow , Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Shaye J. D. Cohen , Samuel Ungerleider Professor of Judaic Studies (1991–2001)Beshara Doumani , Mahmoud Darwish Professor of Palestinian Studies, [ 5] Birzeit University Joel Feinberg , (1955–7)[ 6] Leela Gandhi , John Hawkes Professor of the Humanities and English Hans Kurath , Professor of Germanics and Linguistics Jacob Neusner , Professor of Judaic Studies (1968–89), Ungerleider Distinguished Scholar in Judaic Studies [ 7] [ 8] Adrienne Keene , Assistant Professor of American Studies David Pingree , Professor of History of Mathematics and Classics Chinua Achebe , David and Marianna Fisher University Professor, Professor of Africana Studies, author of Things Fall Apart [ 9] Ama Ata Aidoo , Visiting Professor of Africana Studies B. Anthony Bogues , Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Director, Center of the Study of Slavery and Justice Charles E. Cobb Jr. , Visiting professor of Africana Studies Sylviane Diouf , Visiting Scholar Lewis Gordon , Chair , Department of Africana Studies (2001–03)George Lamming , Visiting Professor Ibram X. Kendi , Visiting Assistant Professor (2014)[ 10] Tricia Rose , Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies ; Director , Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America Ruth Simmons , Professor of Comparative Literature and Africana Studies (2001–)[ 11] Greg Tate , Visiting Professor
English and Literary Arts
Amanda Anderson , Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English Robert Creeley , Distinguished Professor (2002–05)[ 12] Brian Evenson , Professor of Literary Arts (2003–15)Carlos Fuentes , Professor-at-Large Forrest Gander , A.K. Seaver Professor Emeritus of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature , recipient of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Michael S. Harper John Hawkes , Professor of English (1958–88)[ 13] Adrienne Kennedy ,Visiting Associate Professor (1979–80)Arnold Weinstein , Richard and Edna Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature John Edgar Wideman , Asa Messer Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies and Literary Arts Erin Cressida Wilson Carolyn D. Wright
History
Omer Bartov , John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History Deborah Cohen , Professor of History (2002–10)Harold J. Cook , John F. Nickoll Professor of History Natalie Zemon Davis , Assistant Professor (1959-63)Timothy J. G. Harris , Munro, Goodwin, Wilkinson Professor of European History David Herlihy , Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor and Professor of History [ 14] Evelyn Hu-DeHart , Professor of History and American Studies H. Stuart Hughes , (1940–41)[ 15] Forrest McDonald , Professor of History (1958-67)Edmund Morgan , Professor of History (1946–55)Tara Nummedal , Professor of History and Italian Studies James T. Patterson , Ford Foundation Professor Emeritus Joan L. Richards , Professor Emerita of History Joan Wallach Scott , Nancy Duke Lewis University Professor (1980–85)Gordon S. Wood , Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University, recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History
Philosophy
Linda Martín Alcoff Nomy Arpaly , Professor of Philosophy Jason Brennan , Assistant Professor of Philosophy Roderick Chisholm , Romero Elton Professor of Natural Theology (1958–), Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities (1975–)David Estlund , Lombardo Professor of the Humanities Mary Louise Gill , David Benedict Professor of Classics and Philosophy Paul Guyer , Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy Jaegwon Kim, William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Martha Nussbaum , David Benedict Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Classics, and Comparative Literature (1987–89)Wesley C. Salmon , Professor of Philosophy (1955–1963)[ 16] Ernest Sosa , Professor of Philosophy (1964–2007)Richard Taylor , William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy (1959–62)[ 17]
Archeology
Ariella Azoulay , Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture and Media Tina Campt , Owen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and Professor of Modern Culture and Media [ 18] Wendy Hui Kyong Chun , Professor of Modern Culture and Media (2010–18)Joan Copjec , Professor of Modern Culture and Media Mary Ann Doane , George Hazard Crooker Professor of Modern Culture and Media (1979–2011)Bonnie Honig , Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science
Sciences
Biology
David E. Cane , Vernon K. Krieble Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry John Donoghue , Founder , Carney Institute for Brain Science Mark Schlissel , 11th Provost (2011–14), Professor of Biology ; 14th President of the University of Michigan Anne Fausto-Sterling , Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology and Gender Studies [ 19] Diane Lipscombe , Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director , Carney Institute for Brain Science ; Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of ScienceKenneth R. Miller , Professor of Biology [ 20] Masatoshi Nei , Professor of Biology (1971–72)[ 21] Arto Nurmikko , L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering
Physics
Chemistry
Computer Science
Eugene Charniak , Chair, Department of Computer Science (1991–97); University Professor of Computer Science (2006–)[ 26] Andries van Dam , Thomas J. Watson Jr. University Professor of Technology and Education, Professor of Computer Science Pedro Felipe Felzenszwalb , Professor of Engineering and Computer Science Maurice Herlihy , An Wang Professor of Computer Science Leslie P. Kaelbling , Professor of Computer Science (1991–99)Paris Kanellakis , Professor of Computer Science (1990–95)Shriram Krishnamurthi , Professor of Computer Science Michael L. Littman , Professor of Computer Science (2012–)
Medicine and Public Health
Eli Y. Adashi Patrick Aebischer Seth Berkley David Berson Mary Carskadon Esther Choo , Assistant Professor Braden Fleming , Lucy Lippitt Professor of Orthopaedics, Professor of Engineering Donald S. Gann , Chair of Surgery (1979–88)Ashish Jha , Dean of the School of Public Health (2020–)[ 28] Peter D. Kramer , Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior David C. Lewis , Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community Health, Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies Simin Liu , Professor of Epidemiology , Surgery , and Medicine [ 29] Megan Ranney , Professor of Emergency Medicine George Davis Snell , Instructor in Zoology, recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Peter A. Stewart , Professor Emeritus of Medical Science (1965–83)Benjamin Waterhouse , Professor of Natural History (1784–1791), co-founder of Harvard Medical School [ 30]
Political science and International Affairs
J. Brian Atwood , Visiting Fellow for International and Public Affairs , Watson Institute Richard Boucher , Senior Fellow, Watson Institute Fernando Henrique Cardoso , Professor-at-Large, Watson Institute ; 34th President of Brazil [ 31] Lincoln Chafee , Distinguished Visiting Fellow , Watson Institute [ 32] James Der Derian Richard Holbrooke , Professor-at-Large ; U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan , 22nd U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. David Kennedy , David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations Sergei Khrushchev , Senior Fellow, Watson Institute Stephen Kinzer , Senior Fellow, Watson Institute ,Margaret Levi , Senior Fellow, Watson Institute
Ricardo Lagos Romano Prodi Galina Starovoitova , Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor Michael Steele Robert Wade , Professor of Political Science and International Political Economy (1996–2000)Thomas G. Weiss , Research Professor, Watson Institute Darrell M. West , John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy (1982–2008)Ashutosh Varshney , Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and Political Science [ 33]
Mathematics
Thomas Banchoff , Professor Emeritus Mary Cartwright , Visiting Professor (1968–69)Philip J. Davis , Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics Herbert Federer , Professor Emeritus (1946–85)[ 34] William Feller , Associate Professor of Mathematics (1939–45)[ 35] David Gale , Chair, Department of Mathematics (1950–65)[ 36] Stuart Geman , James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics Ulf Grenander , L. Herbert Ballou University Professor (1966–?)[ 37] Joe Harris , (–1988)Harold J. Kushner , Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics Solomon Lefschetz , Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics ; Founder , Lefschetz Center for Dynamical SystemChia-Chiao Lin , Associate Professor (1945–47)[ 38] Marston Morse , Assistant Professor (1925–1926)David Mumford , Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics, recipient of the Fields Medal (1974)Otto E. Neugebauer , Florence Pirce Grant University Professor Emeritus [ 39] Jill Pipher , Elisha Benjamin Andrews Professor of Mathematics, Vice President for Research George Pólya , Visiting Professor of Mathematics (1940–42)[ 34] Kavita Ramanan , Roland George Dwight Richardson University Professor of Applied Mathematics Chi-Wang Shu , Stowell University Professor of Applied Mathematics [ 40] Joseph H. Silverman , Professor of Mathematics
Engineering
Linda Abriola , Joan Wernig and E. Paul Sorensen Professor of Engineering (2021–)[ 41] Yuri Bazilevs , E. Paul Sorensen Professor of Engineering Vicki Colvin , Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry and Engineering Daniel C. Drucker , (1946–68)[ 42] Pedro Felipe Felzenszwalb , Professor of Engineering and Computer Science Huajian Gao , Walter H. Annenberg Professor Emeritus of Engineering [ 43] Lawrence Larson , Sorensen Family Dean of the School of Engineering (2011–)James R. Rice , L. Herbert Ballou Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1973–81); Professor of Engineering (1970–81)[ 44] Shih Choon Fong , Professor Subra Suresh , Professor of Engineering; 9th President of Carnegie Mellon University
Arts
Education
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Nadje Sadig Al-Ali , Robert Family Professor of International Studies Carol Delaney , Visiting Professor in Religious Studies (2006–07)Shirley Brice Heath , Professor-at-Large [ 46] David Kertzer , Paul Dupee, Jr., University Professor of Social Science Louise Lamphere , Professor (1985-86)Catherine Lutz , Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Professor Emerita of Anthropology and International Studies Kay Warren , Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Economics
Mark Blyth , William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics Phillip D. Cagan , Professor of Economics ( 1959-1961)John Friedman , Professor of Economics; Chair, Department of EconomicsOded Galor , Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics Herschel Grossman , Merton P. Stoltz Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics [ 47] Alvin Hansen , (1916–19)[ 48] J. Vernon Henderson , Eastman Professor Emeritus of Political Economy Rafael La Porta Glenn Loury , Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs (–2004)Hyman Minsky , Assistant Professor (1949–58)[ 49] Emily Oster , Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs William Poole , Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics (1974–88)[ 50] Jesse Shapiro Roberto Serrano , Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics Vernon L. Smith , Professor of Economics (1967–68), co-recipient of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences [ 51] George Stigler Nancy Armstrong
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