The faculty below have been honored for their excellent research and commitment in teaching and mentoring undergraduates and currently hold a named chair.
Active Chairs
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Emily Derbyshire, Eads Family Chair in Chemistry
Craig Rawlings, Fuchsberg-Levine Family Chair in Sociology
Aarthi Vadde, E. Blake Byrne Chair in English
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Henry Pfister, Jeffrey N. Vinik Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Sarah Gaither, Nicolas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience
Esther Kim Lee, Frances Hill Fox Professor in Theater Studies, International Comparative Studies, and History, and Director of Asian American & Diaspora Studies
Kevin Welsher, Robert R. and Katherine B. Penn Associate Professor in Chemistry
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Sina Farsiu, Anderson-Rupp Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science
Michael Lynch, W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Mark Borsuk, James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Manoj Mohanan, Creed C. Black Professor in Public Policy
NICHOLAS SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Xavier Basurto, Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Associate Professor
SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Deondra Rose, Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Louise Meintjes, Marcello Lotti Professor
Cynthia Rudin, Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Harris Scott Solomon, Fred W. Shaffer Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropology
James Gregory Chappel, Gilhuly Family Associate Professor in History
Lamonte Aidoo, Kiser Family Associate Professor in Romance Studies
Charmaine DM Royal, Robert O. Keohane Professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, Global Health, and Family Medicine & Community Health
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Michael Howard Bergin, Sternberg Family Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Joel Collier, Theodore Kennedy Professor of Biomedical Engineering
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Jun Yang, Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor in Computer Science
Gregory Russell Samanez-Larkin, Jack H. Neely Associate Professor in Psychology & Neuroscience
Shelia N. Patek, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Professor in Biology
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Brenton D. Hoffman, James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Christine K. Payne, Yoh Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Joseph Richard Winters II, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Associate Professor in Religious Studies
Jed W. Atkins, E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor in Classical Studies
Felipe De Brigard, Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor in Philosophy
David R. Sherwood, Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor in Biology
Jen'nan Read, Sally Dalton Robinson Professor in Sociology
Darren Gobert, William and Sue Gross Professor in Theater Studies
Maurizio Forte, William and Sue Gross Distinguished Professor in Classical Studies Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
NICHOLAS SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Jennifer Jo Wernegreen, Lee Hill Snowdon Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences and Policy
Fellows
The full listing of Bass Society of Fellows are cataloged below.
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Pankaj K. Agarwal, RJR Nabisco Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Susan C. Alberts, Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of Biology
Anne Allison, Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Lee D. Baker, Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Sarah Beckwith, Katherine Everett Gilbert Distinguished Professor of English
Gary G. Bennett, Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Emily S. Bernhardt, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor in Biology
Stephen L Craig, William T. Miller Distinguished Professor of Chemistr
Alvin L. Crumbliss, University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Chemisty
Bruce Randall Donald, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Christine M. Drea, Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Peter D. Feaver, Professor of Political Science
Thomas J. Ferraro, Professor of English
Katherine J. Franz, Chair of the Department of Chemistry
Esther Gabara, Professor of Romance Studies
Michael A. Gillespie, Professor of Political Science
Bryan Gilliam, Professor Emeritus of Music
Mark S. Goodacre, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies
Malachi H. Hacohen, Professor of History
Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature
Alexander J. Hartemink, Professor of Computer Science
Scott Huettel, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Richard Jaffe, Professor of Religious Studies
Andrew Janiak, Professor of Philosophy
Lisa A. Keister, Professor of Sociology
Mark C. Kruse, Professor in the Department of Physics
Scott A. Lindroth, Professor of Music
Jie Liu, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Paul S. Manos, Professor in the Department of Biology
Robert Edward Mitchell, Professor of English
James Moody, Professor in the Department of Sociology
Michael C. Munger, Professor of Political Science
Thomas J. Nechyba, Professor of Economics
Lenhard Lee Ng, Professor of Mathematics
H. Frederik Nijhout, John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor of Biology
Mohamed A. F. Noor, Professor of Biology
Gunther W. Peck, Associate Professor of History
Thomas Pfau, Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor of English
Lillian Beatrix Pierce, Professor of Mathematics
Charles D. Piot, Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Janice A. Radway, Professor Emeritus of Literature
Michael C. Reed, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Jerome P. Reiter, Professor of Statistical Science
James W. Roberts, Professor of Economics
Thomas Robisheaux, Professor of History
Orin Starn, Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Rebecca L. Stein, Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Philip J. Stern, Associate Professor of History
Qiu Wang, Professor of Chemistry
NICHOLAS SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Richard B. Forward, Professor Emeritus of Zoology in Marine Science and Conservation
Emily M. Klein, University Distinguished Service Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences
M. Susan Lozier, Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnson Emerita Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Joel Meyer, Professor of Environmental Genomics in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Lincoln F. Pratson, Gendell Family Professor of Energy and Environment
Daniel Rittschof, Norman L. Christensen Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences
Erika S. Weinthal, Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Wilkins Aquino, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Roger C. Barr, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
David J. Brady, Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Photonics
Steven A. Cummer, William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering
John Everett Dolbow, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Aaron D. Franklin, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Henri P. Gavin, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Warren M. Grill, Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Claudia K. Gunsch, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Heileen Hsu-Kim, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brian Mann, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Barry S. Myers, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Wanda Krassowska Neu, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Kathryn Radabaugh Nightingale, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Marc A. Sommer, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Daniel J. Sorin, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gregg E. Trahey, Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Adam P. Wax, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Stefan Zauscher, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Michael Zavlanos, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Pei Zhong, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Nicholas W. Carnes, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Kristin Anne Goss, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Judith Kelley, Dean of Duke Sanford School
Robert Korstad, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy