Named professorships recognize the outstanding research and teaching accomplishments of our faculty.
| Faculty Member Name | Professorship | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Anthony Neal | James B. Duke Professor | African & African American Studies |
| Mark Antliff | Anne Murnick Cogan Professor | Art and Art History |
| Neil McWilliam | Walter H. Annenberg Professor | Art and Art History |
| Richard Powell | John Spencer Bassett Professor | Art and Art History |
| Kristine Stiles | France Family Professor | Art and Art History |
| Annabel Wharton | William B. Hamilton Professor | Art and Art History |
| Susan Alberts | Robert F. Durden Professor | Biology |
| Philip Benfey | Paul Kramer Professor of Biology | Biology |
| Xinnian Dong | Arts and Sciences Professor Biology | Biology |
| Sally Kornbluth | Jo Rae Wright University Professor | Biology |
| David McClay | Arthur S. Pearse Professor of Biology | Biology |
| Thomas Mitchell-Olds | Newman Ivey White Professor | Biology |
| Frederik Nijhout | John Franklin Crowell Professor | Biology |
| Mark Rausher | John Carlisle Kilgo Professor | Biology |
| Anne Yoder | Braxton Craven Professor | Biology |
| David Beratan | R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Stephen Craig | William T. Miller Professor of Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Jie Liu | George Barth Geller Professor of Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Michael Therien | William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor | Chemistry |
| Warren Warren | James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Weitao Yang | Philip Handler Professor of Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Gregson Davis | Andrew W. Mellon Research Professor of Humanities | Classical Studies |
| Pankaj Agarwal | RJR Nabisco Professor of Computer Science | Computer Science |
| Vince Conitzer | Kimberly J. Jenkins University Professor of New Technologies | Computer Science |
| Bruce Donald | James B. Duke Professor | Computer Science |
| Bruce Maggs | Pelham Wilder Professor | Computer Science |
| John Reif | A. Hollis Edens Professor of Computer Science | Computer Science |
| Robert Calderbank | Charles S. Syndor Professor | Computer Science |
| Carlo Tomasi | Iris Einheuser Professor | Computer Science |
| J. Lorand Matory | Lawrence Richardson Professor | Cultural Anthropology |
| Patrick Bayer | Gilhuly Family Professor | Economics |
| Tim Bollerslev | Juanita and Clifton Kreps Professor | Economics |
| Craig Burnside | Mary Grace Wilson Professor | Economics |
| Joseph Hotz | Arts and Sciences Professor of Economics | Economics |
| Rachel Kranton | James B. Duke Professor of Economics | Economics |
| Timur Kuran | The Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies | Economics |
| Andrew Patton | Zelter Family Professor of Financial Economics | Economics |
| George Tauchen | William Henry Glasson Professor of Economics | Economics |
| Duncan Thomas | Norb F. Schaefer Professor of International Studies | Economics |
| David Aers | James B. Duke Professor | English |
| Nancy Armstrong | Gilbert, Louis and Edward Lehrman Professor | English |
| Sarah Beckwith | Katharine Everett Gilbert Professor | English |
| Nathaniel Mackey | Reynolds Price Professor of Creative Writing | English |
| Thomas Pfau | Alice Mary Baldwin Professor | English |
| Priscilla Wald | R. Florence Brinkley Professor | English |
| Elizabeth Grosz | Jean Fox O'Barr Professor | Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies |
| Margaret Humphreys | Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine in the School of Medicine | History |
| Laura Edwards | Peabody Family Professor | History |
| Prasenjit Duara | Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of East Asian Studies | History |
| Nancy MacLean | William H. Chafe Professor | History |
| Sumathi Ramaswamy | James B. Duke Professor | History |
| Rey Chow | Anne Firor Scott Professor | Literature |
| Mark Hansen | James B. Duke Professor | Literature |
| Fredric Jameson | Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor | Literature |
| Walter Mignolo | William H. Wannamaker Professor | Literature |
| Toril Moi | James B. Duke Professor of Literature | Literature |
| Robert Bryant | Philip Griffiths Professor | Mathematics |
| Ingrid Daubechies | James B. Duke Professor | Mathematics |
| Richard Durrett | James B. Duke Professor | Mathematics |
| Alexander Kiselev | William T. Laprade Professor | Mathematics |
| Arlie Petters | Benjamin E. Powell Professor | Mathematics |
| Michael Reed | Arts and Sciences Professor | Mathematics |
| Stephen Jaffe | Mary D. B. T. and James H. Semans Professor | Music |
| Larry Todd | Arts and Sciences Professor of Music | Music |
| Owen Flanagan | James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy | Philosophy |
| Wayne Norman | Mike and Ruth Mackowski Professor of Ethics | Philosophy |
| Alexander Rosenberg | R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy | Philosophy |
| Gopal Sreenivasan | Crown University Professor in Ethics | Philosophy |
| Walter Sinnott-Armstrong | Chauncey Stillman Professorship in Practical Ethics | Philosophy |
| David Wong | Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer Professor | Philosophy |
| Haiyan Gao | Henry Newson Professor | Physics |
| Ashutosh Kotwal | Fritz London Professor | Physics |
| Berndt Mueller | James B. Duke Professor of Physics | Physics |
| Christoph Schmidt | Hertha Sponer Professor | Physics |
| Kate Scholberg | Arts and Sciences Professor | Physics |
| John Aldrich | Pfizer, Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Professor | Political Science |
| Herbert Kitschelt | George V. Allen Professor of International Relations | Political Science |
| Jack Knight | Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Political Science | Political Science |
| Melanie Manion | Vor Broker Family Professor | Political Science |
| Mathew McCubbins | Ruth F. DeVarney Professor | Political Science |
| David Rohde | Ernestine Friedl Professor | Political Science |
| Avshalom Caspi | Edward M. Arnett Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Harris Cooper | Hugo L. Blomquist Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Mark Leary | Garonzik Family Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Terrie Moffitt | Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| David Rubin | Juanita M. Kreps Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Michael Tomasello | James F. Bonk Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Marc Brettler | Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic Studies | Religious Studies |
| Edna Andrews | Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor | Slavic and Eurasian Studies |
| Eduardo Bonilla-Silva | James B. Duke Professor | Sociology |
| Linda Burton | James B. Duke Professor of Sociology | Sociology |
| Martin Ruef | Egan Family Professor | Sociology |
| Lynn Smith-Lovin | Robert L. Wilson Professor of Sociology | Sociology |
| James Berger | Arts and Sciences Professor | Statistical Science |
| Amy Herring | Sara and Charles Ayres Professor | Statistical Science |
| Michael West | Arts and Sciences Professor | Statistical Science |
| David Dunson | Arts and Sciencs Professor | Statistical Science |