List of University of California, Davis faculty

This page lists notable faculty (past and present) of the University of California, Davis.

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• Francisco X. Alarcón, lecturer in Spanish
• Berni Alder, Professor Emeritus of Applied Science, National Medal of Science recipient
• Diane Marie Amann, Professor of Law (now at Georgia Tech)
• Vikram Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (School of Law), constitutional law scholar
• David Amaral, Professor of Psychiatry
• Robert Arneson, professor of ceramics, artist of the Eggheads sculptures scattered through the UC Davis campus
• Kandiah Arulanandan, Professor of Civil Engineering (late)
• Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Professor of Bioengineering
• Larry Austin, Professor of Music (later at South Florida and North Texas)
• Daniel I. Axelrod, Professor of Botany (late)
• Anna Maria Busse Berger, Chair of Music Department
• Charles Berger, Professor of Communication
• Nicole W. Biggart, Professor of Management and Sociology
• Matthew Bishop, Professor of Computer Security
• Marc Blanchard, Professor of Critical Theory and Comparative Literature
• Fred L. Block, Professor of Sociology
• Andy Bloom, Olympic shot putter
• Edgar Bodenheimer, Professor of Law (late)
• Richard M. Bohart, Professor of Entomology (late)
• Gerard Bond, Professor of Geology
• David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History
• Alan Brownstein, Professor of Law; Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality
• Steve Carlip, Professor of Physics
• Colin Carter, Professor of Agricultural Economics
• Carol Cartwright, former Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Cultural studies
• Gregory Clark, Professor of Economics
• Joshua Clover, Associate Professor of English
• Ruby Cohn, Professor of Comparative Drama (late)
• Lucy Corin, Professor of English
• William Vere Cruess, Professor of Food Science (late)
• Steven C. Currall, Dean of Graduate School of Management
• Joel Dobris, Professor of Law
• Theodosius Dobzhansky, Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Biology, 1971–1975
• Richard C. Dorf, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Jesse Drew, Acting Director of Technocultural Studies
• Gerald Dworkin, Professor of Philosophy
• Jonathan Eisen, Professor of Evolution and Ecology
• Andrew A. Frank, Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
• Stanley Barron Freeborn, UC Davis chancellor and entomologist, namesake of Freeborn Hall and the mosquito species Anopheles freeborni
• Lynn Freed, Professor of English
• John Freeman, Visiting Professor of International Relations, 1985–1990
• Dmitry Fuchs, Professor of Mathematics
• Sandra Gilbert, Professor Emerita of English, former President of the Modern Language Association
• M. R. C. Greenwood, Professor Emerita of Nutrition, President of the University of Hawaii
• James R. Griesemer, Professor of Philosophy
• William W. Hagen, Professor of History
• Darrell Hamamoto, Professor of Asian American Studies
• Gordie C. Hanna, Professor of Agronomy (late)
• Andrew Hargadon, Professor of Technology Management
• Alan Hastings, Professor of Ecology
• Gregory M. Herek, Professor of Psychology
• Lynn Hershman Leeson, Professor of Technocultural Studies
• Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
• Ralph Hexter, Professor of Classics and Provost
• Robert W. Hillman, Professor of Law
• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Professor Emerita of Anthropology
• Theodore L. Hullar, former Chancellor
• Lucille Shapson Hurley, (1922-1988), former Professor of Nutrition
• Lincoln Hurst, Professor of Religious Studies (late)
• Edward Imwinkelried, Professor of Law (Co-author, Scientific Evidence)
• Kevin Johnson, Dean, School of Law
• Suad Joseph, Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies
• Theodore Cyrus Karp, Professor of Music (moved to Northwestern before retirement)
• Linda P.B. Katehi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; UC Davis chancellor (2009–)
• Lynn Kimsey, Professor of Entomology
• Edwin G. Krebs, Founding chairman and professor of the Department of Biological Chemistry 1968–1977, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Leah Krubitzer, Professor of Psychology
• Greg Kuperberg, Professor of Mathematics
• Robert Laben, Professor of Animal Sciences (late)
• Brian Launder, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (now at the University of Manchester)
• Smadar Lavie, Professor of Anthropology
• Julie A. Leary, Professor of Chemistry
• John Lofland, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
• Amina Mama, Professor and Director of Women and Gender Studies
• Zeev Maoz, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, director of the Correlates of War Project, and international relations expert
• Peter Robert Marler, Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
• Norman Matloff, Professor of Computer Science
• Henry McHenry, Professor of Anthropology; UC Davis Prize; Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
• Sandra McPherson, Professor Emerita of English
• Miguel Méndez, Professor of Law
• Barbara D. Metcalf, Professor Emerita of History
• Paul Moller, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
• Eldridge M Moores, Professor Emeritus of Geology
• Stanton R. Morrison, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Engineering; Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Emil M. Mrak, Professor of Food Science; UC Davis chancellor (1959–69)
• Manuel Neri, Professor Emeritus of Art (1965–1990)
• Ann C. Noble, Professor of Food Science, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel"
• Harold Olmo, Professor of Viticulture
• Jacob K. Olupona, Professor of African and African American studies (now at Harvard)
• Bob Ostertag, Professor of Technocultural Studies
• Rhacel Parrenas, Professor of Sociology (now at Brown)
• Rex R. Perschbacher, Professor of Law
• Washek Pfeffer, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
• Philip Power, Professor of Chemistry, Royal Society
• Arvind Raghunathan, Assistant Professor, accomplished fundamental research on computing, Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, Fellow of the Institute for Combinatorics
• Andrés Reséndez, historian
• Cruz Reynoso, Professor of Law; associate justice, California Supreme Court (1982–1987); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
• Phillip Rogaway, Professor of Computer Science (RSA Award 2003)
• Simon Sadler, Professor of Art History
• Marc B. Schenker, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
• Ivan R. Schwab, Professor of Ophthalmology
• Albert Schwarz, Professor of Mathematics
• Arthur Shapiro, Professor of Entomology, Evolution and Ecology
• Randolph Siverson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, pioneer of selectorate theory
• Gary Snyder, Professor Emeritus of English, Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
• Robert Sommer, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
• G. Ledyard Stebbins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, National Medal of Science
• Tracy I. Storer, Professor Emeritus, founder of Department of Zoology
• Alan Taylor, Professor of History, Pulitzer Prize
• George Tchobanoglous, Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Wayne Thiebaud, Professor Emeritus of Art, National Medal of Arts
• William Thurston, Professor of Mathematics (moved to Cornell), Fields Medalist
• Craig Tracy, Professor of Mathematics, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Pólya Prize, Norbert Wiener Prize
• Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Director of the C.N. Gorman Museum
• Jessica Utts, Professor of Statistics (moved to Irvine)
• Larry N. Vanderhoef, Professor, College of Biological Sciences; UC Davis chancellor (2004–2009)
• Geerat J. Vermeij, Professor of Geology, MacArthur Fellowship
• Joe Wenderoth, Associate Professor of English
• Martha West, Professor Emerita of Law
• Roger J.-B. Wets, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
• William T. Wiley, former art professor
• Charles W. Woodworth, Professor Emeritus of Entomology (1891-1930), founder of UCB Entomology Division, credited with founding the Dept. of Entomology at the Agricultural Experiment Station
• Aram Yengoyan, Professor of Anthropology

See also

• List of University of California, Davis alumni
• University of California, Davis

References

External links

• UC Davis Faculty on the Davis Wiki