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

Randall Calvert

Political Science

Pannill Camp

Performing Arts

Carol Camp Yeakey

Education

Tarrell Campbell

College Writing Program

Tamara Campbell

Music

Maddalena Canna

Maria Canon

Economics

Amanda Carey

Romance Languages and Literatures

Maryse Carlin

Music

Taylor Carlson

Political Science

Bruce Carlson

Biology

Anders E. Carlsson

Physics

Brian Carpenter

Psychological & Brain Sciences

David Carter

Political Science

Flora Cassen

History

Jeffrey G. Catalano

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Douglas Chalker

Biology

Heidi Chambers

Romance Languages and Literatures

Shefali Chandra

History

Richard Chapman

Film and Media Studies

Robert Charity

Chemistry

Jiayi Chen

Likai Chen

Rong Chen

Chemistry

Lingchei Letty Chen

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Likai Chen

Mathematics

Jianqing Chen

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Wenhui Chen

Alex Chen

Physics

Pallavi Chhabra

Quo-Shin Chi

Mathematics

Geoff Childs

Anthropology

Elizabeth C. Childs

Art History and Archaeology

Dino P. Christenson

Political Science

Hea-Young Chun

Rebecca Chung

Music

Amy Eisen Cislo

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Rebecca Clouser

Global Studies

Yannick Coenders

Noah Cohan

American Culture Studies

Emily Cohen-Shikora

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Adam Coleman

Caitlyn Collins

Sociology

Erika Conti

Romance Languages and Literatures

Cassidy Cooley

Cassidy Cooley

Shelly Cooper

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Rebecca Copeland

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Becko Copenhaver

Philosophy

Ramanath Cowsik

Physics

Michael Crandol

Carl F. Craver

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Brian F. Crisp

Political Science

Robert E. Criss

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Tia Crook

Wilhelm Cruz

Biology

Tili Boon Cuillé

Romance Languages and Literatures

Lionel Cuillé

Romance Languages and Literatures

Rebeca Cunill

Romance Languages and Literatures

David Cunningham

Sociology

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.

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