Notable A&S Faculty

Endowed and University Professorships

Endowed professorships are among the most prestigious honors bestowed by the University of Virginia. These professorships recognize distinguished faculty for extraordinary achievement in their fields and celebrate excellence in earlier stages of an academic career. The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences has a long tradition of honoring exceptional faculty members with these designations.

Chaired professors serve as sources of inspiration for students, colleagues, and other researchers and scholars, motivating them to strive for excellence and make their own significant contributions to their fields. When the University bestows this honor, it does so with the knowledge that the recognition also benefits the larger community.

See the UVA Today article on the Investiture Ceremony event on February 28, 2024: ‘The Biggest Honor of My Academic Career’: Endowed Professors Celebrated, and also the video below:

	Christa Acampora Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 515 New Cabell Hall PO Box 400772 Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] (434) 924-4648 Visit Website
	Sonia Alconini David A. Harrison III Professor of American Archaeology and Chair, Anthropology [email protected] Visit Website
	Joseph Allen Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology [email protected] Visit Website
	Simon Anderson Commonwealth Professor of Economics [email protected] Visit Website
	Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne John L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Lawrie Balfour James Hart Professor of Government [email protected] Visit Website
	Lawrence Band Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Sciences [email protected] Visit Website
	Melody Barnes W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement [email protected] Visit Website
	Ian Baucom Robert C. Taylor Professor of English and Executive Vice President and Provost [email protected] Visit Website
	Benjamin Bennett William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of German [email protected] Visit Website
	Asher Biemann Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Allison Bigelow Tom Scully Discovery Associate Professor of Spanish [email protected] Visit Website
	Nemata Blyden Armstead L. Robinson Professor of 19th Century African American History and Interim Chair, African American and African Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Alison Booth Brown-Forman Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Anna Brickhouse Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English Literature and Interim Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures 411 Bryan Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] 434-924-6609 Visit Website
	Edmund Brodie III B.F.D. Runk Professor of Botany and Director, Mountain Lake Biological Station [email protected] Visit Website
	Matthew Burtner Eleanor Shea Professor of Music [email protected] Visit Website
	David Cafiso Alfred Burger Professor of Biological and Medicinal Chemistry [email protected] Visit Website
	Jianhua 'JC' Cang Paul T. Jones Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Neuroscience [email protected] Visit Website
	Tamika Carey NEH Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professor and Associate Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Christopher Carter John L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Gordon Cates Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics [email protected] Visit Website
	James Ceaser Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs [email protected] Visit Website
	Steph Ceraso NEH Mayo Distinguished Teaching Professor, Associate Professor of English (Digital Writing & Rhetoric) [email protected] Visit Website
	Indrani Chatterjee John L. Nau III Bicentennial Distinguished Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Roger Chevalier W. H. Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy (Emeritus) [email protected] Visit Website
	Edith Clowes Brown-Forman Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures [email protected] Visit Website
	Linda Columbus Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry [email protected] Visit Website
	Linda Columbus Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and Interim Chair, Chemistry Room 106, Physical Life Sciences Building Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] 434-243-2123 Visit Website
	Anthony Corbeill Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics [email protected] Visit Website
	Stephen Cushman Robert C. Taylor Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Christa Dierksheide Brockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor [email protected] Visit Website
	Scott Doney Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor of Environmental Sciences [email protected] Visit Website
	Rita Dove Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing [email protected] Visit Website
	Laurent Dubois John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Mark Edmundson University Professor [email protected] Visit Website
	Kenneth Elzinga Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics [email protected] Visit Website
	Howard Epstein Sidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences Clark Hall Charlottesville , VA 22904 [email protected] (434) 924-4308 x688 Visit Website
	Aaron Evans John Downman Hamilton Professor of Astronomy [email protected] Visit Website
	Robert Fatton Ambassador Henry J. Taylor Professor of Politics [email protected] Visit Website
	Rita Felski William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Gary Ferguson Douglas Huntly Gordon Distinguished Professor of French [email protected] Visit Website
	Francesca Fiorani Commonwealth Professor of Art History [email protected] Visit Website
	Kathleen Flake Richard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Tatiana Flores Edgar Shannon Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Art History [email protected] Visit Website
	Kevin Gaines Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justice [email protected] Visit Website
	James Galloway Sidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences (Emeritus) [email protected] Visit Website
	Brie Gertler Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy, and UVA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs [email protected] Visit Website
	David Getsy Eleanor Shea Professor of Art History [email protected] Visit Website
	Robert Grainger W. L. Lyons Brown Professor of Biology [email protected] Visit Website
	K. Ian Grandison University Professor [email protected] Visit Website
	T. Brent Gunnoe Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry [email protected] Visit Website
	Grace Hale Commonwealth Professor of American Studies and History [email protected] Visit Website
	Paul Halliday Julian Bishko Professor of History [email protected] Visit Website
	W. Dean Harman William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry [email protected] Visit Website
	Claudrena Harold Edward R. Stettinius Professor of History [email protected] Visit Website
	Kevin Hart Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Eric Herbst Commonwealth Professor in the Departments of Chemistry, Astronomy & Physics [email protected] Visit Website
	William Hitchcock James Madison Professor of History [email protected] Visit Website
	Bruce Holsinger Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Charles Holt A. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economy [email protected] Visit Website
	James Hunter LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory [email protected] Visit Website
	Caroline Janney John L. Nau III Professor of the History of the American Civil War, and Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History [email protected] Visit Website
	Willis Jenkins John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Chair, Religious Studies S065 Gibson Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] Visit Website
	Robert Jones Jr. Francis H. Smith Professor of Physics [email protected] Visit Website
	Karen Kafadar Commonwealth Professor of Statistics [email protected] Visit Website
	Deborah Kang John L. Nau III Bicentennial Associate Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Raymond Keller Alumni Council Thomas Jefferson Professor of Biology [email protected] Visit Website
	Tiffany King Barbara and Joseph Glynn Research Professor in Democracy and Equity [email protected] Visit Website
	George Klosko Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Politics [email protected] Visit Website
	Fotini Kondyli NEH Horace W. Goldsmith Distinguished Teaching Professor of Art History [email protected] Visit Website
	Sarah Kucenas Owen R. Cheatham Professor of Biology and Director, Fundamental Neuroscience Program, and Co-Director, UVA Brain Institute [email protected] Visit Website
	Krishnan Kumar University Professor and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology [email protected] Visit Website
	James Landers Commonwealth Professor in the Departments of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Pathology [email protected] Visit Website
	Jennifer Lawless Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and Chair, Politics [email protected] Visit Website
	Seunghun Lee Commonwealth Professor of Physics [email protected] Visit Website
	Eric Leeper Paul Goodloe McIntire Professor of Economics [email protected] Visit Website
	Kevin Lehmann William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry [email protected] Visit Website
	J.E. Lendon William W. Corcoran Professor of History [email protected]
	Michael Levenson William B. Christian Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Xiaoyuan Liu David Dean 21st Century Chair in Asian Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Antonia LoLordo George C. and Clare F. Downing Memorial Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Philosophy [email protected] Visit Website
	Loren Lomasky Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy and Law [email protected] Visit Website
	Despina Louca Maxine S. and Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics and Chair, Physics [email protected] Visit Website
	Charles Marsh Commonwealth Professor of Religious Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Charles Mathewes Carolyn M. Barbour Professor of Religious Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Katharine Eisaman Maus James Branch Cabell Professor of English and American Literature [email protected] Visit Website
	Deborah McDowell Alice Griffin Professor of English Literature [email protected] Visit Website
	Karen McGlathery Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Environmental Studies and Director, UVA Environmental Institute [email protected] Visit Website
	Trenton Merricks Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy [email protected] Visit Website
	Elizabeth Meyer T. Cary Johnson, Jr., Professor of History [email protected] Visit Website
	Farzaneh Milani Raymond J. Nelson Professor of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures [email protected] Visit Website
	Sidney Milkis White Burkett Miller Professor of Government & Foreign Affairs [email protected] Visit Website
	John Miller Arthur F. and Marian W. Stocker Professor of Classics [email protected] Visit Website
	Amalia Miller Georgia S. Bankard Professor of Economics [email protected] Visit Website
	Julie Holland Mortimer Kenneth G. Elzinga Professor of Economics and the Law [email protected] Visit Website
	Alexander Motchoulski John L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Akemi Ohira Associate Professor and Director, Studio Art Program [email protected] Visit Website
	Jeffrey Olick William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and History [email protected] Visit Website
	Ken Ono Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics [email protected] Visit Website
	John Owen, IV Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics [email protected] Visit Website
	Michael Pace William W. Corcoran Professor of Environmental Sciences [email protected] Visit Website
	David Parichy Ivy-Pratt Foundation Distinguished Professor of Morphogenesis in Biology [email protected] Visit Website
	Brooks Pate William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry [email protected] Visit Website
	Charlotte Patterson Commonwealth Professor of Psychology [email protected] Visit Website
	John Pepper Merrill H. Bankard Professor of Economics [email protected] Visit Website
	Ivana Petrovic Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics and Chair, Classics [email protected] Visit Website
	Joseph Poon William Barton Rogers Professor of Physics [email protected] Visit Website
	Andrea Press William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Media Studies & Sociology and Chair, Media Studies 223 Wilson Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] (434) 243-8861 Visit Website
	Jahan Ramazani University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. Professor [email protected] Visit Website
	Andrei Rapinchuk Joseph Moore McConnell and David Meade Bernard Professor of Mathematics [email protected] Visit Website
	Issac Ariail Reed Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of Political and Social Thought and Professor of Sociology; Director, Political & Social Thought Program 221 Randall Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] (434) 924-7293 Visit Website
	Kristina Richardson John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Albert Rivero John L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Larry Sabato Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Government; University Professor; and Director, UVA Center for Politics [email protected] Visit Website
	Noah Salomon Irfan and Noreen Galaria Research Professor of Islam and Liberal Democracy [email protected] Visit Website
	Craig Sarazin W. H. Vanderbilt Professor in Astronomy [email protected] Visit Website
	Kurtis Schaeffer Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Len Schoppa Professor of Politics and Interim Director, East Asia Center [email protected] Visit Website
	Michael Suarez University Professor and Director, Rare Book School [email protected] Visit Website
	Teresa Sullivan University Professor and President Emerita [email protected] Visit Website
	Douglas Taylor Commonwealth Professor of Biology and Chair, Biology 157 Chemistry Building Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] Visit Website
	Alan Taylor Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History [email protected] Visit Website
	Michael Timko Lewis and Clark Professor of Biology [email protected] Visit Website
	Herbert (Chip) Tucker John C. Coleman Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Eric Turkheimer Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology [email protected] Visit Website
	Sarah Turner University Professor of Economics & Education, and Souder Family Professor in Arts & Sciences [email protected] Visit Website
	Elizabeth Hutton Turner University Professor [email protected] Visit Website
	Siva Vaidhyanathan Robertson Professor of Modern Media Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	Amrisha Vaish Pamela Feinour Edmonds and Franklin S. Edmonds Jr. Discovery Associate Professor in Psychology [email protected] Visit Website
	Eric Van Wincoop Robert P. Black Research Professor of Economics [email protected] Visit Website
	Elizabeth Varon Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History %[email protected] Visit Website
	Robert Trent Vinson Commonwealth Professor of African and African-American Studies, and Director, Carter G. Woodson Institute 108 Minor Hall, P.O. Box 400162 Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] Visit Website
	Penny Von Eschen William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in American Studies and Chair, American Studies 233 Nau Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] Visit Website
	Cynthia Wall William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English [email protected] Visit Website
	Weiqiang Wang Gordon Thomas Whyburn Professor of Mathematics [email protected] Visit Website
	Bruce Williams Ambassador Henry J. Taylor Professor of Media Studies [email protected] Visit Website
	William Wylie Commonwealth Professor of Art [email protected] Visit Website
	Philip Zelikow White Burkett Miller Professor of History [email protected] Visit Website
	Jarrett Zigon H. William Porterfield, M.D., and Linda Obenauf Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Anthropology [email protected] Visit Website

Endowed and University Professorships

Christa Acampora

Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Sonia Alconini

David A. Harrison III Professor of American Archaeology and Chair, Anthropology

Joseph Allen

Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology

Simon Anderson

Commonwealth Professor of Economics

Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne

John L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy

Lawrie Balfour

James Hart Professor of Government

Lawrence Band

Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Sciences

Melody Barnes

W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement

Ian Baucom

Robert C. Taylor Professor of English and Executive Vice President and Provost

Benjamin Bennett

William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of German

Asher Biemann

Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies

Allison Bigelow

Tom Scully Discovery Associate Professor of Spanish

Nemata Blyden

Armstead L. Robinson Professor of 19th Century African American History and Interim Chair, African American and African Studies

Alison Booth

Brown-Forman Professor of English

Anna Brickhouse

Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English Literature and Interim Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures

Edmund Brodie III

B.F.D. Runk Professor of Botany and Director, Mountain Lake Biological Station

Matthew Burtner

Eleanor Shea Professor of Music

David Cafiso

Alfred Burger Professor of Biological and Medicinal Chemistry

Jianhua 'JC' Cang

Paul T. Jones Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Neuroscience

Tamika Carey

NEH Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professor and Associate Professor of English

Christopher Carter

John L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of History and Principles of Democracy

Gordon Cates

Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics

James Ceaser

Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs

Steph Ceraso

NEH Mayo Distinguished Teaching Professor, Associate Professor of English (Digital Writing & Rhetoric)

Indrani Chatterjee

John L. Nau III Bicentennial Distinguished Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy

Roger Chevalier

W. H. Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy (Emeritus)

Edith Clowes

Brown-Forman Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Linda Columbus

Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry

Linda Columbus

Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and Interim Chair, Chemistry

Anthony Corbeill

Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics

Stephen Cushman

Robert C. Taylor Professor of English

Christa Dierksheide

Brockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor

Scott Doney

Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor of Environmental Sciences

Rita Dove

Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Laurent Dubois

John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy

Mark Edmundson

University Professor

Kenneth Elzinga

Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics

Howard Epstein

Sidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences

Aaron Evans

John Downman Hamilton Professor of Astronomy

Robert Fatton