Endowed Professors

The success of Penn Arts & Sciences rests unquestionably on its ability to attract and retain faculty of the highest caliber. Endowed professorships enable the School to recognize stellar academic achievement and support distinguished scholars. This investment ensures our faculty will continue to be leaders and innovators in perpetuity.

Wale Adebanwi

Wale Adebanwi

Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies

Robert Aronowitz

Robert Aronowitz

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences

Eiichiro Azuma

Eiichiro Azuma

Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History

Mia Bay

Mia Bay

Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History

Herman Beavers

Herman Beavers

Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies

Gary Bernstein

Gary Bernstein

Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Cristina Bicchieri

Cristina Bicchieri

Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics

Vaughn Booker

Vaughn Booker

George E. Doty, Jr. and Lee Spelman Doty Presidential Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Anthea Butler

Anthea Butler

Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought

Vance Byrd

Vance Byrd

Presidential Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Camille Charles

Camille Charles

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences

Paul M. Cobb

Paul M. Cobb

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Rita Copeland

Rita Copeland

Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of Humanities

Margo Crawford

Margo Crawford

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of Faculty Excellence

Peter Decherney

Peter Decherney

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Chair in the Humanities

Mark Devlin

Mark Devlin

Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Francis Diebold

Francis Diebold

Paul F. Miller, Jr., and E. Warren Shafer Miller Professor of Social Sciences

André Dombrowski

André Dombrowski

Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor of 19th Century European Art

Ron Donagi

Ron Donagi

Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics

Irma Elo

Irma Elo

Tamsen and Michael Brown Presidential Professor of Sociology

Jed Esty

Jed Esty

Vartan Gregorian Professor of English

Roxanne Euben

Roxanne Euben

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences

Martha Farah

Martha Farah

Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences

Joseph Farrell

Joseph Farrell

M. Mark and Esther K. Watkins Professor in the Humanities

Hannah Feldman

Hannah Feldman

Katherine Stein Sachs, CW’69, and Keith L. Sachs, W’67, Associate Professor of History of Art

Steven J. Fluharty

Steven J. Fluharty

Dean and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience

Paula Fromby

Paula Fromby

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences

Daniel Q. Gillion

Daniel Q. Gillion

Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Professor of Political Science

Mark Goulian

Mark Goulian

Charles and William L. Day Distinguished Professor in the Natural Sciences

Guy Grossman

Guy Grossman

David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations

Wei Guo

Wei Guo

Hirsch Family President’s Distinguished Professor of Biology

Amy Gutmann

Amy Gutmann

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in Penn Arts & Sciences; and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication

Emily Hannum

Emily Hannum

Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the Social Sciences

Emma Hart

Emma Hart

Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History

Julia Hartmann

Julia Hartmann

Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor in Mathematics

Gary Hatfield

Gary Hatfield

Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy

Peter Holquist

Peter Holquist

Ronald S. Lauder Endowed Term Associate Professor of History

Daniel Hopkins

Daniel Hopkins

Julie and Martin Franklin Presidential Professor of Political Science

Aman Husbands

Aman Husbands

Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology

Sara Jaffee

Sara Jaffee

Class of 1965 Term Professor of Psychology

Bhuvnesh Jain

Bhuvnesh Jain

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences

Douglas Jerolmack

Douglas Jerolmack

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of Earth and Environmental Science

Joseph Kable

Joseph Kable

Jean-Marie Kneeley President’s Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Randall Kamien

Randall Kamien

Vicki and William Abrams Professor in the Natural Sciences

Charles Kane

Charles Kane

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics

Sonal Khullar

Sonal Khullar

W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of South Asian Studies

Junhyong Kim

Junhyong Kim

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology

Joshua Klein

Joshua Klein

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of Physics and Astronomy

I. Joseph Kroll

I. Joseph Kroll

Robert I. Williams Endowed Term Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Dirk Krueger

Dirk Krueger

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences

John Lapinski

John Lapinski

Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science

Melissa M. Lee

Melissa M. Lee

Klein Family Presidential Associate Professor of Political Science

So-Rim Lee

So-Rim Lee

Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Michael Leja

Michael Leja

James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of the History of Art

Mark Liberman

Mark Liberman

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Linguistics

M. Susan Lindee

M. Susan Lindee

Janice and Julian Bers Professor of the History and Sociology of Science

Beth Linker

Beth Linker

Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences

Shannon Mattern

Shannon Mattern

Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Cinema and Media Studies

Justin McDaniel

Justin McDaniel

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Religious Studies

Eugene Mele

Eugene Mele

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics

Yoichiro Mori

Yoichiro Mori

Calabi-Simons Professor in Mathematics and Biology

Jennifer Morton

Jennifer Morton

Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor of Philosophy

Rahul Mukherjee

Rahul Mukherjee

Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies

Diana Mutz

Diana Mutz

Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication

Anne Norton

Anne Norton

Stacey and Henry Jackson President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Aurélie Ouss

Aurélie Ouss

Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences

Joshua B. Plotkin

Joshua B. Plotkin

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences

Philip A. Rea

Philip A. Rea

Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun Distinguished Director of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management

Karen Redrobe

Karen Redrobe

Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Endowed Professor in Film Studies

Lauren Ristvet

Lauren Ristvet

Associate Professor of Anthropology & Dyson Associate Curator, Near East Section, Penn Museum

Paul Saint-Amour

Paul Saint-Amour

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities

Masao Sako

Masao Sako

Arifa Hasan Ahmad and Nada Al Shoaibi Presidential Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Paul Schmidt

Paul Schmidt

Patricia M. Williams Term Professor of Biology

David Silverman

David Silverman

Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. Professor and Curator of Egyptology

Holger Sieg

Holger Sieg

Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics

Joshua Teplitsky

Joshua Teplitsky

Joseph Meyerhoff Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History; and Ruth Meltzer Director of the Jewish Studies Program

Peter Struck

Peter Struck

Vartan Gregorian Professor of Humanities; and Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences

Tariq Thachil

Tariq Thachil

Director, Center for Advanced Study of India, Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India

Petra Todd

Petra Todd

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Economics

Mark Trodden

Mark Trodden

Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics

Eve Troutt Powell

Eve Troutt Powell

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History and Africana Studies

Michael Weisberg

Michael Weisberg

Bess W. Heyman President’s Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

Liliane Weissberg

Liliane Weissberg

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences

Steven Weitzman

Steven Weitzman

Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literature; Ella Darivoff Director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

Beth Wenger

Beth Wenger

Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History

Erik Wibbels

Erik Wibbels

Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Political Science

Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson

College for Women Class of 1963 Term Professor in the Humanities

Simone White

Simone White

Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English

Dagmawi Woubshet

Dagmawi Woubshet

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of English

Mantha Zarmakoupi

Mantha Zarmakoupi

Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture