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

Bryce Sadtler

Chemistry

Kaho Sakaue

Luis Alejandro Salas

Classics

Jessica Samuel

Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Romance Languages and Literatures

Michael Sanders

Fernando Gutierrez

Crickette Sanz

Anthropology

Christine Sasse

Music

Armin Sauermann

Nick Savage

Sean Savoie

Performing Arts

Paolo Scartoni

Ariela Schachter

Sociology

Karl Schaefer

Mathematics

Maggie Schlarman

Biology

Wolfram Schmidgen

English

Leigh E. Schmidt

John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

Keith Schnakenberg

Political Science

Nancy Schnurr

Romance Languages and Literatures

Lyndsie Schultz

David Schuman

English

Henry I. Schvey

Performing Arts

Rebecca Sears

Classics

Alexander Seidel

Physics

Stephanie N. Shady

Christopher Shaffer

Biology

Toqeer Shah

Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

John Shareshian

Mathematics

Michael Sherberg

Romance Languages and Literatures

Ila Sheren

Art History and Archaeology

Vincent Sherry

English

Yongseok Shin

Economics

Matthew Shipe

English

Jenny Shrensker

Mathematics

Betsy Sinclair

Political Science

Julie Singer

Romance Languages and Literatures

Philip Skemer

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Elzbieta Sklodowska

Romance Languages and Literatures

Virginia Slachman

College Writing Program

Rachel Slaughter

College Writing Program

Cecil Slaughter

Performing Arts

Mattias Smangs

Craig Smith

Biology

Christi Smith

Global Studies

Jennifer R. Smith

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Richard J. Smith

Anthropology

Steven S. Smith

Political Science

William H. Smith

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Robert Snarrenberg

Music

Andrew Sobel

Global Studies

Lee Sobotka

Chemistry

Slava Solomatov

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Claire Sommers

English

Mitchell Sommers

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Yanli Song

Mathematics

James F. Spriggs

Political Science

Zoe Stamatopoulou

Classics

Christopher Stark

Music

Alexander Stefaniak

Music

Paul Steinbeck

Music

Paul Stein

Biology

Mary Ann Stenner

Ari Stern

Mathematics

Amanda Stewart

Music

Harriet Stone

Romance Languages and Literatures

Megan Stout

Music

David Strait

Anthropology

Joan Strassmann

Biology

Michael Strawbridge

Michael Strube

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Rami Stucky

Music

Gaylyn Studlar

Film and Media Studies

Ayuka Suemasa

Jessie Sun

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Qingyi Sun

Katya Jeanne Sussman

Education

Nicole Svobodny

Global Studies

Claudia Swan

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.

Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff

At a ceremony and reception held Sept. 11 in Holmes Lounge, members of the Arts & Sciences community gathered to recognize recipients of the annual faculty and staff awards. Each recipient made exceptional contributions to the university through service, leadership, or teaching. Congratulations to all the awardees!