Our people are extraordinary.

Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.

select honors from our faculty

9 Elected Members of the National Academy of Sciences
18 Guggenheim Fellowship recipients
18 elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Richard Abrams​​

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Deniz Aksoy

Political Science

Kari Allen

Anthropology

Gaetano Antinolfi

Economics

Costas Azariadis

Economics

Ana Babus

Economics

Marlon M. Bailey

African and African-American StudiesWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Sarah Baitzel

Anthropology

​David Balota

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Darwin Baluran

Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay

Economics

Cynthia Barounis

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

​​John Baugh

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Barbara Baumgartner​​

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

​Lois Beck

Anthropology

Marcus Berliant

Economics

​Ryan Bogdan

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Michele Boldrin

Economics

Tim Bono

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​John Bowen

Anthropology

Zachary Bowersox

Political Science

​Pascal Boyer

Anthropology

Cindy Brantmeier

Global Studies

​Todd Braver

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Francisco Buera

Economics

​Julie Bugg

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Andrew C. Butler

Education

Daniel Butler

Political Science

Randall Calvert

Political Science

Carol Camp Yeakey

Education

Maria Canon

Economics

Taylor Carlson

Political Science

​Brian Carpenter

Psychological & Brain Sciences

David Carter

Political Science

Wenhui Chen

​Geoff Childs

Anthropology

Dino P. Christenson

Political Science

Hea-Young Chun

Emily Cohen-Shikora

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Caitlyn Collins

Sociology

Shelly Cooper

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Brian F. Crisp

Political Science

​David Cunningham

Sociology

​Talia Dan-Cohen

Anthropology

Nick Danis

Linguistics

Alfred Darnell

Political Science

​Ian Dobbins

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Maximiliano Dvorkin

Economics

​Mary Ann Dzuback​

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Rowhea Elmesky

Education

Ted Enamorado

Political Science

Tammy​ English

Psychological & Brain Sciences

René Esparza

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Miguel Faria-e-Castro

Economics

Steven Fazzari

Economics

Cynthia Feliciano

Sociology

Ian Fillmore

Economics

Justin Fox

Political Science

​Michael Frachetti

Anthropology

​David Freidel

Anthropology

​Andrea Friedman​

HistoryWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

​Gayle Fritz

Anthropology

Matthew Gabel

Political Science

George-Levi Gayle

Economics

James L. Gibson

Political Science

Lisa Gilbert

Education

Limor Golan

Economics

​Leonard Green

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Philipp Grübener

Bret​ Gustafson

Anthropology

​Sandra Hale

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Matthew Hayes

Political Science

Clarissa Rile Hayward

Political Science

Denise​ Head

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Patrick Hill

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Reem Hilu

Film and Media Studies

Steven J. Hirsch

Global Studies

Brett Hyde

PhilosophyPhilosophy-Neuroscience-PsychologyLinguistics

Patrick Ishizuka

Sociology

Joshua​ Jackson

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Grace Junhui Yan Johnson

Economics

Andrew Jordan

Economics

Aurora Kamimura

Education

​Tristram R. Kidder

Anthropology

Sukkoo Kim

Economics

Taewoong Kim

Allison King

Education

Wouter Kool

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Alan Lambert

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Seanna Leath

Psychological & Brain Sciences

SangMok Lee

Economics

Jiyoon Lee

Rebecca​ Lester

Anthropology

Oksana Leukhina

Economics

​Xia Liang​

​Xinyi Liu

Anthropology

Frank Lovett

Political Science

Christopher Lucas

Political Science

Zakiya Luna

Sociology

Bryn Lutes

Chemistry

Rodolfo Manuelli

Economics

​Lori Markson

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Fiona Marshall

Anthropology

Andrew Martin

Political Science

​Mark McDaniel

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Kathleen McDermott

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Erin McGlothlin

Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences

Krista Milich

Anthropology

Margot Moinester

Sociology

Jacob Montgomery

Political Science

Lucia Motolinia

Political Science

Natalie Mueller

Anthropology

​Joel Myerson

Psychological & Brain Sciences

John Nachbar

Economics

Jamie Newhard

​Linda Nicholson

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Diana Z. O'Brien

Political Science

Kyle G. Olson

Anthropology

Michael Olson

Political Science

Thomas Oltmanns

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Mikhail Palatnik

Sunita Parikh

Political Science

​Shanti Parikh

Anthropology

Dorothy Petersen

Economics

Bruce Petersen

Economics

Werner Ploberger

Economics

Thomas Cody Prang

Anthropology

Michelle Purdy

Education

​E.A. Quinn​

Anthropology

Zachariah Reagh

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Andrew Reeves

Political Science

​Henry Roediger​

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Brian Rogers

Economics

Guillermo Rosas

Political Science

​Jake Rosenfeld​

Sociology

Christopher Rozek

Education

Stephen Ryan

Economics

​Crickette Sanz​

Anthropology

​Ariela Schachter​

Sociology

Keith Schnakenberg

Political Science

Lyndsie Schultz

Yongseok Shin

Economics

Betsy Sinclair

Political Science

Global Studies

​Richard Smith

Anthropology

Steven S. Smith

Political Science

Rose Sommerhauser

Anthropology

​Mitchell Sommers​

Psychological & Brain Sciences

James F. Spriggs II

Political Science

​David Strait​

Anthropology

Michael Strube

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Jessie Sun

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Nicole Svobodny​

Global Studies

Eyal Tamir

Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Margit Tavits

Political Science

Renee Thompson​

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Rebecca Treiman​

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Erik Trinkaus​

Anthropology

​Kristin Van Engen

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Ping Wang

Economics

Jingyi Wang

​Wei Wang​

Rebecca Wanzo

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Carly Wayne

Political Science

Jonathan Weinstein

Economics

James​ Wertsch

Anthropology

Denise Wilfley

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Emily Willroth

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Adia Harvey Wingfield

Sociology

Helina Woldekiros

Anthropology

Emily Wroblewski

Anthropology

Kiara Wyndham

Sociology

Mano Yasuda

​Jeffrey Zacks

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Recent Faculty Grants & Awards

Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.

See what our faculty are working on now

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Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology, studies the intersection of race, work and sociology. In addition to writing regularly about such matters for The Atlantic, she also has written numerous scholarly articles and books, including No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Mens Work.

What is the key to a happy marriage?

A postdoctoral fellow in Psychological & Brain Sciences went back to the ’90s to study the fabric of long-lasting marital love.

Recognizing distinguished faculty

Arts & Sciences recently announced the 2025 Distinguished Faculty Award recipients, who will be celebrated at a reception in September. Each recipient made exceptional contributions to the university through service, leadership, or teaching. Congratulations to all the awardees!