Faculty Appointments

The following faculty members were appointed to distinguished service and named professorships during academic year 2019–20.

Distinguished Service Professors

László Babai, Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mathematics, and the College

Joy Bergelson, James D. Watson Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College

Cathy Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science and the College

Martha Feldman, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Music, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the College

Erik Hurst, Frank P. and Marianne R. Diassi Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Anil Kashyap, Stevens Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Chad Syverson, George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Matthew Tirrell, Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Named Professors

Ufuk Akcigit, Arnold C. Harberger Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College

Vineet Arora, Herbert T. Abelson Professor, Department of Medicine

Sliman J. Bensmaia, James and Karen Frank Family Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the College

Stéphane Bonhomme, Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College

Daniel Brudney, Florin Harrison Pugh Professor, Department of Philosophy and the College

Eric Budish, Steven G. Rothmeier Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Ronald Burt, Charles M. Harper Leadership Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

René Caldentey, Eli B. and Harriet B. Williams Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Christopher Faraone, Edward Olson Professor, Department of Classics and the College

Nick Feamster, Neubauer Professor, Department of Computer Science and the College

Frances Ferguson, Mabel Greene Myers Professor, Department of English Language and Literature and the College

Lucy Godley, Hospira Foundation Professor, Department of Medicine

Zhiguo He, Fuji Bank and Heller Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Günter Hitsch, Kilts Family Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Richard Hornbeck, V. Duane Rath Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Valluvan Jeevanandam, Cynthia Chow Professor, Department of Surgery

Boaz Keysar, William Benton Professor, Department of Psychology and the College

Stuart Kurtz, George and Elizabeth Yovovich Professor, Department of Computer Science and the College

Diane Lauderdale, Louis Block Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and the College

Catriona MacLeod, Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor, Department of Germanic Studies and the College

Armando Maggi, Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in Western Civilization, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the College

Christine Mehring, Mary L. Block Professor, Department of Art History and the College

Brent Neiman, Edward Eagle Brown Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Mark Payne, Chester D. Tripp Professor, Department of Classics, Department of Comparative Literature, John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, and the College

Robert Ritner, Rowe Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College

Haresh Sapra, Charles T. Horngren Professor, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Azeem Shaikh, Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College

Matthew Stephens, Ralph W. Gerard Professor, Department of Statistics, Department of Human Genetics, and the College