Faculty Appointments
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The following faculty members were appointed to distinguished service and named professorships during academic year 2015–16.
Distinguished Service Professors
Luc Anselin, the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology and the College
Graeme I. Bell, the Kovler Family Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Medicine
John Birge, the Jerry W. and Carol L. Levin Distinguished Service Professor, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Philip Bohlman, the Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish History, Department of Music and the College
Eric D. Isaacs, the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Physics and the College
John List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Economics and the College
Angela Olinto, the Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
Konstantin Sonin, the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Named Professors
Daniel Abebe, the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor, Law School
Sian Beilock, the Stella M. Rowley Professor, Department of Psychology and the College
Christopher Blattman, the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Diane Brentari, the Mary Werkman Professor, Department of Linguistics and the College
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, the Sydney Stein Jr. Professor, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Kathryn A. Colby, Louis Block Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Nicolas Dauphas, Louis Block Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College
Justin Driver, the Harry N. Wyatt Professor, Law School
Oeindrila Dube, the Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Michael Franklin, Liew Family Professor, Department of Computer Science and the College
Robert D. Gibbons, the Blum-Riese Professor, Department of Medicine
Melissa L. Gilliam, the Ellen H. Block Professor in Health Justice, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gary Herrigel, the Paul Klapper Professor, Department of Political Science and the College
Aziz Huq, the Bernice J. Greenberg Professor, Law School
Christopher Kennedy, the William H. Colvin Professor, Department of Linguistics and the College
David Meltzer, the Fanny L. Pritzker Professor, Department of Medicine
Jason Merchant, the Lorna Puttkammer Straus Professor, Department of Linguistics and the College
James Robinson, University Professor and the Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Andrey Rzhetsky, the Edna K. Papazian Professor, Department of Medicine
Haresh Sapra, the Leon Carroll Marshall Professor, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Amir Sufi, the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Gary Tubb, the Anupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
Nir Uriel, the Rabbi Esformes Professor, Department of Medicine
Angela Olinto, the Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
Amir Sufi, the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Gary Tubb, the Anupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
Melissa L. Gilliam, the Ellen H. Block Professor in Health Justice, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty Highlights
Data science specialist Michael Franklin to lead computer science at UChicago
Department of Chemistry and IME welcome Jiwoong Park to faculty
James Robinson, expert in global conflicts, named faculty director of The Pearson Institute
The Pearson Institute names inaugural faculty members
Profs. Melissa Gilliam and David Meltzer elected to National Academy of Medicine
Juan de Pablo elected to National Academy of Engineering
Five faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences elects two UChicago faculty members
President Obama honors two scholars as extraordinary early-career scientists
Sloan Foundation awards research fellowships to five UChicago scholars
Four faculty members earn Guggenheim fellowships
Physical sciences faculty members collect multiple honors
University of Chicago Press honors Prof. Amir Sufi for book on Great Recession
Student experiences inspire scholars
Connecting with graduate students
Sidney Nagel to present ‘Reflections on a Liquid Drop’ during April 20 Ryerson Lecture
Prof. Emeritus Michael J. Murrin to receive Norman Maclean Faculty Award
Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships
UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships