Distinguished professorships recognize the outstanding research accomplishments of our faculty.
- William Henry Glasson ProfessorEconomics
- Ruth F. DeVarney ProfessorMathematics
- Anne Firor Scott Distinguished ProfessorSociology
- Anne Murnick Cogan Distinguished ProfessorArt, Art History & Visual Studies
- Peabody Family Distinguished ProfessorHistory
- Benjamin E. Powell Distinguished ProfessorBiology
- James B. Duke Distinguished ProfessorComputer Science
- Garonzik Family Professor of EconomicsEconomics
- James B. Duke ProfessorEnglish
- RJR Nabisco Professor of Computer ScienceComputer Science
- Robert F. Durden ProfessorBiology
- Pfizer, Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University ProfessorPolitical Science
- Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities ProfessorSlavic and Eurasian Studies
- Gilbert, Louis and Edward Lehrman ProfessorEnglish
- Arts and Sciences ProfessorPhysics
- Gilhuly Family ProfessorEconomics
- Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished ProfessorChemistry
- Katharine Everett Gilbert ProfessorEnglish
- Paul Kramer Professor of BiologyBiology
- R.J. Reynolds Professor of ChemistryChemistry
- James B. Duke Professor of BiologyBiology
- Juanita and Clifton Kreps ProfessorEconomics
- James B. Duke ProfessorSociology
- Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic StudiesReligious Studies
- Philip Griffiths ProfessorMathematics
- Mary Grace Wilson ProfessorEconomics
- Charles S. Syndor ProfessorComputer Science
- Edward M. Arnett ProfessorPsychology & Neuroscience
- Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of the HumanitiesLiterature
- William T. Miller Professor of ChemistryChemistry
- James B. Duke ProfessorMathematics
- James B. Duke ProfessorComputer Science
- Arts and Sciences Professor BiologyBiology
- Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of East Asian StudiesHistory
- Arts and Sciences ProfessorStatistical Science
- James B. Duke ProfessorMathematics
- James B. Duke Professor of PhilosophyPhilosophy
- Henry Newson ProfessorPhysics
- James B. Duke ProfessorLiterature
- Sara and Charles Ayres ProfessorStatistical Science
- Arts and Sciences Professor of EconomicsEconomics
- Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine in the School of MedicineHistory
- Mary D. B. T. and James H. Semans ProfessorMusic
- Knut Schmidt Nielsen ProfessorLiterature
- William T. Laprade ProfessorMathematics
- George V. Allen Professor of International RelationsPolitical Science
- Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Political SciencePolitical Science
- Fritz London ProfessorPhysics
- James B. Duke Professor of EconomicsEconomics
- The Gorter Family Professor of Islamic StudiesEconomics
- George Barth Geller Professor of ChemistryChemistry
- Reynolds Price Professor of Creative WritingEnglish
- William H. Chafe ProfessorHistory
- Pelham Wilder ProfessorComputer Science
- Vor Broker Family ProfessorPolitical Science
- Lawrence Richardson ProfessorCultural Anthropology
- James B. Duke Professor of MathematicsMathematics
- James B. Duke Distinguished ProfessorPolitical Science
- Arthur S. Pearse Professor of BiologyBiology
Mathew McCubbins
Ruth F. DeVarney ProfessorPolitical Science- Walter H. Annenberg ProfessorArt and Art History
- William H. Wannamaker ProfessorLiterature
- Newman Ivey White ProfessorBiology
- Nannerl O. Keohane University ProfessorPsychology & Neuroscience
- James B. Duke Professor of LiteratureLiterature
- James B. Duke Professor of PhysicsPhysics
- Jean Fox O'Barr Women's Studies Distinguished ProfessorGender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
- James B. Duke ProfessorAfrican & African American Studies
- John Franklin Crowell ProfessorBiology
- Mike and Ruth Mackowski Professor of EthicsPhilosophy
- Zelter Family Professor of Financial EconomicsEconomics
- Alice Mary Baldwin ProfessorEnglish
- John Spencer Bassett ProfessorArt and Art History
- James B. Duke ProfessorHistory
- John Carlisle Kilgo ProfessorBiology
- Arts and Sciences ProfessorMathematics
- A. Hollis Edens Professor of Computer ScienceComputer Science
- R. Taylor Cole Professor of PhilosophyPhilosophy
- Juanita M. Kreps ProfessorPsychology & Neuroscience
- Egan Family ProfessorSociology
- Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished ProfessorRomance Studies
- Hertha Sponer ProfessorPhysics
- Arts and Sciences ProfessorPhysics
- Chauncey Stillman Professorship in Practical EthicsPhilosophy
- Robert L. Wilson Professor of SociologySociology
- Crown University Professor in EthicsPhilosophy
- France Family ProfessorArt and Art History
- William Henry Glasson Professor of EconomicsEconomics
- William R. Kenan, Jr. ProfessorChemistry
- Norb F. Schaefer Professor of International StudiesEconomics
- Arts and Sciences Professor of MusicMusic
- James F. Bonk ProfessorPsychology & Neuroscience
- Iris Einheuser ProfessorComputer Science
- Ernestine Friedl Distinguished ProfessorPolitical Science
- R. Florence Brinkley ProfessorEnglish
- James B. Duke Professor of ChemistryChemistry
- Arts and Sciences ProfessorStatistical Science
- William B. Hamilton ProfessorArt and Art History
- Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer ProfessorPhilosophy
- Philip Handler Professor of ChemistryChemistry
- Braxton Craven ProfessorBiology