Thanks to the generosity of donors who support endowed chairs and professorships in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, we can honor exceptional faculty members, support their world-class research activities, and enhance the student experience by providing access to prominent scholars and experiential learning opportunities.
Alumni and friends of the College have established or committed to establish 14 endowed faculty professorships; five of those have been established since 2014.
Aetna Chair of Writing
Professor: Brenda Brueggemann
Department: English
Donor: Aetna Life & Casualty Foundation
Alan R. Bennett Honors Professor of Political Science
Professor: Jennifer Sterling-Folker
Department: Political Science
Donor: Alan R. Bennett
Doris and Simon Konover Family Foundation Chair of Judaic Studies
Professor: Avinoam Patt
Department: Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life
Appointment Begins: August 2019
Donor: Doris and Simon Konover Family Foundation
Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History
Professor: Sergio Luzzatto
Department: History
Appointment Begins: August 2019
Donor: Emiliana P. Noether
Harold S. Schwenk Sr. Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
Professor: Daniel Fabris
Department: Chemistry
Appointment Begins: January 2020
Donor: Harold S. Schwenk Jr. and Paula H. J. Schwenk
James Barnett Professor in Humanistic Anthropology
Professor: Richard Sosis
Department: Anthropology
Donor: Dennison J. Nash
James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History
Professor: Manisha Sinha
Department: History
Donor: James L. and Shirley A. Draper
Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Visiting Professor of British Literature
Professor: Geraldine Parsons
Department: English
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Paul Krenicki Professor of Chemistry
Professor: James F. Rusling
Department: Chemistry
Donor: John Krenicki Jr. and Donna M. Krenicki
Stuart and Joan Sidney Professor of Mathematics
Professor: Jerzy Weyman
Department: Mathematics
Donor: Daniel Sidney, Raymond Sidney, Lawrence Sidney, and Jennifer Silva
Future Chairs and Professorships
Arthur Wright Associate Professor
Department: Economics
Donor: David H. Ford
James and Carol Anderson Endowed Professor of Biology
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Donor: James B. and Carol P. Anderson
James and Eleanor Gibson Professor in Ecological Psychology
Department: Psychological Sciences
Donor: Anonymous
James T. and Iris E. Todd Professorship
Department: Psychological Sciences
Donor: James T. and Iris E. Todd
