30 Arts & Sciences faculty honored with endowed professorships
Faculty excellence
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A&S Communications
9/10/2020
Walter F. LaFeber Professor
Government
Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science
History, Science and Technology Studies
John L. Wetherill Professor
Government, Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Hardis Family Assistant Professor
Government
Tisch Family Distinguished University Professor
Physics
L. Sanford and Jo Mills Reis Professor of Humanities
Comparative Literature, German Studies, Society for the Humanities
Laurie B. and Eric M. Roth Professor of Modern European Jewish History
History, Jewish Studies Program, Religious Studies Program
Richards Family Assistant Professor
Literatures in English
James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Physics
Marie Underhill Noll Professor of American History
American Studies Program, History, Religious Studies Program
Frank Spitzer and Narahari Umanath Prabhu Associate Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Economics
Economics
James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences; Director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics; Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
Physics
Paul and Berthe Hendrix Memorial Professor
Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Jewish Studies Program, Medieval Studies Program, Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies Program
Dr. David and Dorothy Joslovitz Merksamer Professor of Biological Science
Neurobiology and Behavior
Joyce A. Yelencsics Rosevear '65 and Frederick M. Rosevear '64 Assistant Professor
Physics
Barbara and Richard T. Silver ’50, MD ’53 Assistant Professor, Director of Winds
Music
John Stambaugh Professor of History
History, Near Eastern Studies
Clinton Rossiter Professor in American Institutions
Government
Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Class of 1916 Professor of English
Comparative Literature, Literatures in English
Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters
Africana Studies and Research Center, American Studies Program, Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Literatures in English
Dick & Dale Reis Johnson Assistant Professor
Physics
James John Professor of Medieval Studies
Literatures in English, Medieval Studies Program
Horace White Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Neurobiology and Behavior
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James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences Director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
Physics
Paul and Berthe Hendrix Memorial Professor
Classics, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Jewish Studies Program, Medieval Studies Program, Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies Program, Society for the Humanities
Dr. David and Dorothy Joslovitz Merksamer Professor of Biological Science Emeritus
Neurobiology and Behavior
Barbara & Richard T. Silver ‘50, MD ‘53 Associate Professor, Director of Winds
Music
John Stambaugh Professor of History
History
Clinton Rossiter Professor in American Institutions
Government
Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Class of 1916 Professor of English
Comparative Literature, Literatures in English
The Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Humane Letters, Emerita
Africana Studies and Research Center, American Studies Program, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Literatures in English
James John Professor of Medieval Studies
Comparative Literature, Literatures in English, Medieval Studies Program
Horace White Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Neurobiology and Behavior
Associate Professor, Stephen H. Weiss Junior Fellow
Mathematics
