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 AcamporaBuckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences515 New Cabell Hall
PO Box 400772
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Sonia AlconiniDavid A. Harrison III Professor of American Archaeology and Chair, Anthropologysa9bz@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Joseph AllenHugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychologyallen@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Simon AndersonCommonwealth Professor of Economicssa9w@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Jacqueline Arthur-MontagneJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of DemocracyJAMontagne@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Lawrie BalfourJames Hart Professor of Governmentklb3q@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Lawrence BandErnest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Sciencesleb3t@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Melody BarnesW.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagementmcb2be@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Ian BaucomRobert C. Taylor Professor of English and Executive Vice President and Provostibb4n@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Benjamin BennettWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Germanbkb@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Asher BiemannEdgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studiesab5j@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Allison BigelowTom Scully Discovery Associate Professor of Spanishamb8fk@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Nemata BlydenArmstead L. Robinson Professor of 19th Century African American History and Interim Chair, African American and African StudiesNemata@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Alison BoothBrown-Forman Professor of Englishbooth@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Anna BrickhouseLinden Kent Memorial Professor of English Literature and Interim Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures411 Bryan Hall
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Edmund Brodie IIIB.F.D. Runk Professor of Botany and Director, Mountain Lake Biological Stationbbrodie@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Matthew BurtnerEleanor Shea Professor of Musicmburtner@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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David CafisoAlfred Burger Professor of Biological and Medicinal Chemistrycafiso@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Jianhua 'JC' CangPaul T. Jones Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Neurosciencecang@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Tamika CareyNEH Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professor and Associate Professor of Englishtlc9ec@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Christopher CarterJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of History and Principles of Democracywbk6gn@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Gordon CatesJesse W. Beams Professor of Physicsgdc4k@Virginia.eduVisit Website |
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James CeaserHarry Flood Byrd, Jr., Professor of Government and Foreign Affairsjwc2g@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Steph CerasoNEH Mayo Distinguished Teaching Professor, Associate Professor of English (Digital Writing & Rhetoric)slc7wd@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Indrani ChatterjeeJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Distinguished Professor of the History and Principles of Democracytta6uk@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Roger ChevalierW. H. Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy (Emeritus)rac5x@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Edith ClowesBrown-Forman Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatureseec3c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Linda ColumbusCommonwealth Professor of Chemistrycolumbus@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Anthony CorbeillBasil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classicsapc3m@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Stephen CushmanRobert C. Taylor Professor of Englishsbc9g@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Christa DierksheideBrockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation ProfessorCBD3G@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Scott DoneyJoe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor of Environmental Sciencesscd5c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Rita DoveHenry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writingrfd4b@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Laurent DuboisJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracylaurent.dubois@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Mark EdmundsonUniversity Professormwe@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Kenneth ElzingaRobert C. Taylor Professor of Economicselzinga@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Howard EpsteinSidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences and Chair, Department of Environmental SciencesClark Hall
Charlottesville ,
VA
22904
(434) 924-4308 x688 Visit Website |
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Aaron EvansJohn Downman Hamilton Professor of Astronomyae3f@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Robert FattonAmbassador Henry J. Taylor Professor of Politicsrf@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Rita FelskiWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Englishrf6d@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Gary FergusonDouglas Huntly Gordon Distinguished Professor of Frenchrgf3y@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Francesca FioraniCommonwealth Professor of Art Historyff6f@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Kathleen FlakeRichard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studieskf7dy@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Tatiana FloresEdgar Shannon Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Art Historypnz3ry@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Kevin GainesJulian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justicekkg2u@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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James GallowaySidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences (Emeritus)jng@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Brie GertlerCommonwealth Professor of Philosophy, and UVA Vice Provost for Academic Affairsgertler@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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David GetsyEleanor Shea Professor of Art Historydavid.getsy@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Robert GraingerW. L. Lyons Brown Professor of Biologyrmg9p@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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K. Ian GrandisonUniversity Professorigrandis@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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T. Brent GunnoeCommonwealth Professor of Chemistrytbg7h@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Grace HaleCommonwealth Professor of American Studies and Historygh5x@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Paul HallidayJulian Bishko Professor of Historyph4p@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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W. Dean HarmanWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistrywdh5z@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Claudrena HaroldEdward R. Stettinius Professor of Historycnh6g@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Kevin HartEdwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studieskjh9u@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Eric HerbstCommonwealth Professor in the Departments of Chemistry, Astronomy & Physicseh2ef@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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William HitchcockJames Madison Professor of Historyhitch@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Bruce HolsingerLinden Kent Memorial Professor of Englishbh9n@Virginia.EDUVisit Website |
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Charles HoltA. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economycah2k@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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James HunterLaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theoryjdh6c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Caroline JanneyJohn L. Nau III Professor of the History of the American Civil War, and Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War Historycej4b@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Willis JenkinsJohn Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Chair, Religious StudiesS065 Gibson Hall
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Robert Jones Jr.Francis H. Smith Professor of Physicsrrj3c@Virginia.EDUVisit Website |
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Karen KafadarCommonwealth Professor of Statisticskkafadar@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Deborah KangJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Associate Professor of the History and Principles of Democracysdkang@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Raymond KellerAlumni Council Thomas Jefferson Professor of Biologyrkeller@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Tiffany KingBarbara and Joseph Glynn Research Professor in Democracy and Equitytjk9b@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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George KloskoHenry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Politicsgk@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Fotini KondyliNEH Horace W. Goldsmith Distinguished Teaching Professor of Art Historyfk8u@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Sarah KucenasOwen R. Cheatham Professor of Biology and Director, Fundamental Neuroscience Program, and Co-Director, UVA Brain Institutesk4ub@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Krishnan KumarUniversity Professor and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociologykkumar@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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James LandersCommonwealth Professor in the Departments of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Pathologyjpl5e@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Jennifer LawlessLeone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and Chair, Politicsjll9jx@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Seunghun LeeCommonwealth Professor of Physicssl5eb@Virginia.EDUVisit Website |
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Eric LeeperPaul Goodloe McIntire Professor of Economicseml3jf@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Kevin LehmannWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistrykl6c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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J.E. LendonWilliam W. Corcoran Professor of Historylendon@virginia.edu |
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Michael LevensonWilliam B. Christian Professor of Englishmichael.levenson@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Xiaoyuan LiuDavid Dean 21st Century Chair in Asian Studiesxyliu@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Antonia LoLordoGeorge C. and Clare F. Downing Memorial Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Philosophyal4h@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Loren LomaskyCory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy and Lawlel3f@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Despina LoucaMaxine S. and Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics and Chair, Physicsdl4f@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Charles MarshCommonwealth Professor of Religious Studiescrm3p@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Charles MathewesCarolyn M. Barbour Professor of Religious Studiesctm9d@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Katharine Eisaman MausJames Branch Cabell Professor of English and American Literaturekem6v@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Deborah McDowellAlice Griffin Professor of English Literaturedem8z@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Karen McGlatherySherrell J. Aston Professor of Environmental Studies and Director, UVA Environmental Institutekjm4k@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Trenton MerricksCommonwealth Professor of Philosophymerricks@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Elizabeth MeyerT. Cary Johnson, Jr., Professor of Historyeam2n@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Farzaneh MilaniRaymond J. Nelson Professor of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Culturesfmm2z@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Sidney MilkisWhite Burkett Miller Professor of Government & Foreign Affairssmm8e@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Amalia MillerGeorgia S. Bankard Professor of Economicsam5by@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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John MillerArthur F. and Marian W. Stocker Professor of Classicsjfm4j@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Julie Holland MortimerKenneth G. Elzinga Professor of Economics and the Lawrrd9am@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Alexander MotchoulskiJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracyaam5jm@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Akemi OhiraAssociate Professor and Director, Studio Art Programao9s@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Jeffrey OlickWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and Historyjko3k@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Ken OnoMarvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematicsko5wk@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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John Owen, IVAmbassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politicsjmo4n@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Michael PaceWilliam W. Corcoran Professor of Environmental Sciencespacem@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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David ParichyIvy-Pratt Foundation Distinguished Professor of Morphogenesis in Biologydparichy@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Brooks PateWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistrybp2k@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Charlotte PattersonCommonwealth Professor of Psychologypatterson@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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John PepperMerrill H. Bankard Professor of Economicsjvp3m@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Ivana PetrovicHugh H. Obear Professor of Classics and Chair, Classicsip3k@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Joseph PoonWilliam Barton Rogers Professor of Physicssjp9x@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Andrea PressWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Media Studies & Sociology and Chair, Media Studies223 Wilson Hall
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
(434) 243-8861 Visit Website |
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Jahan RamazaniUniversity Professor and Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. Professorramazani@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Andrei RapinchukJoseph Moore McConnell and David Meade Bernard Professor of Mathematicsasr3x@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Issac Ariail ReedThomas C. Sorenson Professor of Political and Social Thought and Professor of Sociology; Director, Political & Social Thought Program221 Randall Hall
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
(434) 924-7293 Visit Website |
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Kristina RichardsonJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History and Principles of Democracydwc7rm@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Albert RiveroJohn L. Nau III Bicentennial Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracykpb5gs@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Larry SabatoRobert Kent Gooch Professor of Government; University Professor; and Director, UVA Center for Politicssabato@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Noah SalomonIrfan and Noreen Galaria Research Professor of Islam and Liberal Democracynsalomon@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Craig SarazinW. H. Vanderbilt Professor in Astronomysarazin@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Kurtis SchaefferFrances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studiesks6bb@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Len SchoppaProfessor of Politics and Interim Director, East Asia Centerljs2k@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Michael SuarezUniversity Professor and Director, Rare Book Schoolmichael.suarez@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Teresa SullivanUniversity Professor and President EmeritaTeresa.Sullivan@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Douglas TaylorCommonwealth Professor of Biology and Chair, Biology157 Chemistry Building
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Alan TaylorThomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of Historyast8f@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Michael TimkoLewis and Clark Professor of Biologympt9g@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Herbert (Chip) TuckerJohn C. Coleman Professor of Englishtucker@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Eric TurkheimerHugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychologyent3c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Elizabeth Hutton TurnerUniversity Professoreht5va@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Sarah TurnerUniversity Professor of Economics & Education, and Souder Family Professor in Arts & Sciencesset5h@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Siva VaidhyanathanRobertson Professor of Modern Media Studiessv2r@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Amrisha VaishPamela Feinour Edmonds and Franklin S. Edmonds Jr. Discovery Associate Professor in Psychologyav8u@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Eric Van WincoopRobert P. Black Research Professor of Economicsev4n@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Elizabeth VaronLangbourne M. Williams Professor of American History%20erv5c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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B. Jill VentonThomas Jefferson Professor of Chemistry and Chair, ChemistryRoom 108, Physical Life Sciences Building
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Robert Trent VinsonCommonwealth Professor of African and African-American Studies, and Director, Carter G. Woodson Institute108 Minor Hall, P.O. Box 400162
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Penny Von EschenWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in American Studies and Chair, American Studies233 Nau Hall
Charlottesville,
VA
22904
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Cynthia WallWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Englishwall@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Weiqiang WangGordon Thomas Whyburn Professor of Mathematicsww9c@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Bruce WilliamsAmbassador Henry J. Taylor Professor of Media Studiesbaw5n@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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William WylieCommonwealth Professor of Artww9b@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Philip ZelikowWhite Burkett Miller Professor of Historyzelikow@virginia.eduVisit Website |
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Jarrett ZigonH. William Porterfield, M.D., and Linda Obenauf Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Anthropologyjz8h@virginia.eduVisit Website |