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

Zhao​ Ma

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Richard Mabbs

Chemistry

Phillip Maciak

English

Edward Macias

Chemistry

Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp

John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

Deirdre Maitre

Music

​Ron Mallon

PhilosophyPhilosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology

Liz Mallott

Biology

Zachary Manditch-Prottas

American Culture Studies

Ben Mansfeld

Rodolfo Manuelli

Economics

Raven Maragh-Lloyd

African and African-American Studies

​David Marchant

Performing Arts

Marvin​ Marcus

East Asian Languages and Cultures

​Lori Markson

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Fiona Marshall

Anthropology

Henri Martikainen

Mathematics

Andrew Martin

Political Science

Beth Martin

Environmental Studies

Claire Masteller

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Jeffery Matthews

Performing Arts

William J. Maxwell

EnglishAfrican and African-American Studies

Cameron Maynard

Thembelani Mbatha

John E. McCarthy

Mathematics

​Mark McDaniel

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Kathleen McDermott

Psychological & Brain Sciences

​Paige McGinley

Performing Arts

Erin McGlothlin

Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences

Matt McGrath

Philosophy

​William McKelvy

English

William B. McKinnon

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Edward McPherson

English

Heather McPherson

English

Augusto Medeiros da Rosa

Physics

Alex Meshik

Physics

Rebecca Messbarger

Romance Languages and Literatures

Justin Meyer

Roger Michaelides

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Melanie Micir

English

Krista Milich

Anthropology

Angela Miller

Art History and Archaeology

Kathryn Miller

Biology

Allison Milner

Kevin Moeller

Chemistry

Margot Moinester

Sociology

Peter Monahan

College Writing Program

Debashis Mondal

Diana J. Montaño

History

Jacob Montgomery

Political Science

Alicia Moore

Molly Moore

​Timothy Moore

Classics

Rick Moore

Mabel Moraña

Romance Languages and Literatures

Robert Mark​ Morgan

Performing Arts

Ayami Morita

Lucia Motolinia

Political Science

Natalie Mueller

Anthropology

Shankar Mukherji

Physics

Jose'-Maria Munoz

Kater Murch

Physics

Sowande’​ Mustakeem

HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies

Mungai Mutonya

African and African-American Studies

Jonathan Myers

Biology

​Joel Myerson

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Recent Faculty Grants & Awards

Jeffrey M. Zacks, associate chair and professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences and professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $250,000 grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to study event cognition “in the wild.” This project will take the research into the world, where people actually experience events. Key to the research is “Unforgettable,” an infrastructure developed over the past decade by collaborator Simon Dennis, of the University of Melbourne, which helps people enrich and better understand their own memories while collecting data for a scientific exploration of event comprehension and memory.

See what our faculty are working on now

More from The Ampersand
Wingfield

Three Questions with Adia Harvey Wingfield

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!