Endowed Chairs and Professorships
Thanks to the generosity of donors who support endowed chairs and professorships, the College can honor exceptional faculty members, support their world-class research, and enhance the student experience by providing access to prominent scholars. Alumni and friends of the College have established or committed to establishing 16 endowed faculty professorships.
Current Endowed Chairs and Professors
Aetna Chair of Writing
Professor: Brenda Brueggemann
Department: English
Donor: Aetna Life & Casualty Foundation
Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor: Mark Urban
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Donor: Anonymous
James Barnett Professor in Humanistic Anthropology
Professor: Richard Sosis
Department: Anthropology
Donor: Dennison J. Nash
Alan R. Bennett Honors Professor of Political Science
Professor: Matthew Singer
Department: Political Science
Donor: Alan R. Bennett
James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History
Professor: Manisha Sinha
Department: History
Donor: James L. and Shirley A. Draper
Doris and Simon Konover Family Foundation Chair of Judaic Studies
Professor: Avinoam Patt
Department: Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life
Donor: Doris and Simon Konover Family Foundation
Paul Krenicki Professor of Chemistry
Professor: James F. Rusling
Department: Chemistry
Donor: John Krenicki Jr. and Donna M. Krenicki
Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Visiting Professor of British Literature
Professor: Kevin Morrison
Department: English
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History
Professor: Sergio Luzzatto
Department: History
Donor: Emiliana P. Noether
Harold S. Schwenk Sr. Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
Professor: Daniele Fabris
Department: Chemistry
Donor: Harold S. Schwenk Jr. and Paula H. J. Schwenk
Stuart and Joan Sidney Professor of Mathematics
Professor: Jerzy Weyman
Department: Mathematics
Donor: Daniel Sidney, Raymond Sidney, Lawrence Sidney, and Jennifer Silva
Recently Established Endowed Chairs and Professors
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
Rosalind Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Donor: Anonymous
James T. and Iris E. Todd Professorship
Department: Psychological Sciences
Donor: James T. and Iris E. Todd
Arthur Wright Associate Professor
Department: Economics
Donor: David H. Ford