Distinguished and Notable Faculty

André Aciman

Distinguished Professor

• French

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• Biography and Memoir

Kofi Agawu

Distinguished Professor

• Music

Andrea Alù

Director, Photonics Initiative

• Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor

• Physics

Sergei Artemov

Distinguished Professor

• Philosophy

Distinguished Professor

• Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

• Mathematics

Paul Attewell

Distinguished Professor

• Urban Education

Distinguished Professor

• Sociology

Distinguished Professor

• Social Welfare

Distinguished Professor

• Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Juan Battle

Executive Officer and Presidential Professor

• Nursing

Presidential Professor

• Sociology

Presidential Professor

• Urban Education

Presidential Professor

• Liberal Studies

Presidential Professor

• Social Welfare

Presidential Professor

• Africana Studies

Herman Bennett

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Global Early Modern Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Africana Studies

Director

• Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC)

Juliette Blevins

Presidential Professor

• Linguistics

Susan Buck-Morss

Distinguished Professor

• Political Science

Scott Burnham

Distinguished Professor

• Music

Noël Carroll

Distinguished Professor

• Philosophy

Distinguished Professor

• Film Studies

Patrizia Casaccia

Einstein Professor

• Biology

Einstein Professor

• Biochemistry

Einstein Professor

• Neuroscience

Director, Neuroscience Initiative

• Advanced Science Research Center

Vincent Crapanzano

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• Anthropology

Cathy N. Davidson

Founding Director

• Futures Initiative

Distinguished Professor

• English

Distinguished Professor

• Digital Humanities

Distinguished Professor

• Data Analysis and Visualization

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Director of HASTAC@CUNY

Michael Devitt

Distinguished Professor

• Philosophy

Michelle Fine

Distinguished Professor

• Urban Education

Distinguished Professor

• Psychology

Distinguished Professor

• Liberal Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Women's and Gender Studies

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

David Harvey

Distinguished Professor

• Anthropology

Distinguished Professor

• Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dagmar Herzog

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• Social Welfare

Distinguished Professor

• Women's and Gender Studies

Philip Kasinitz

Director

• Advanced Research Collaborative

Presidential Professor

• Sociology

Presidential Professor

• International Migration Studies

Presidential Professor

• Africana Studies

Thomas Kessner

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• Liberal Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Biography and Memoir

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Muhammad Ali Khalidi

Presidential Professor

• Philosophy

Wayne Koestenbaum

Distinguished Professor

• English

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• French

Distinguished Professor

• Film Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Biography and Memoir

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Victor Kolyvagin

Distinguished Professor

• Mathematics

Paul Krugman

Distinguished Professor

• Economics

Distinguished Scholar

• Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

Eric Lott

Distinguished Professor

• English

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Africana Studies

Setha Low

Distinguished Professor

• Psychology

Distinguished Professor

• Earth and Environmental Sciences

Distinguished Professor

• Anthropology

Distinguished Professor

• Women's and Gender Studies

Lev Manovich

Presidential Professor

• Data Science

Presidential Professor

• Computer Science

Presidential Professor

• Digital Humanities

Presidential Professor

• Data Analysis and Visualization

Leslie McCall

Associate Director

• Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

Presidential Professor

• Sociology

Presidential Professor

• Political Science

Presidential Professor

• Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Uday Singh Mehta

Distinguished Professor

• Political Science

Ruth Milkman

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• Sociology

Nancy K. Miller

Distinguished Professor

• French

Distinguished Professor

• English

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• Biography and Memoir

Distinguished Professor

• Women's and Gender Studies

John Mollenkopf

Director

• Center for Urban Research

Distinguished Professor

• Sociology

Distinguished Professor

• Political Science

Distinguished Professor

• International Migration Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Stephen Neale

Distinguished Professor

• Philosophy

Distinguished Professor

• Linguistics

James Oakes

Humanities Chair

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Africana Studies

Loraine K. Obler

Distinguished Professor

• Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Distinguished Professor

• Linguistics

Distinguished Professor

• Cognitive Neuroscience

Graham Priest

Distinguished Professor

• Philosophy

Jesse Prinz

Distinguished Professor

• Philosophy

Joan Richardson

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• English

Distinguished Professor

• Liberal Studies

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

David Rindskopf

Distinguished Professor

• Educational Psychology

Distinguished Professor

• Psychology

Distinguished Professor

• Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Tony Ro

Presidential Professor

• Psychology

Presidential Professor

• Biology

Director and Presidential Professor

• Cognitive Neuroscience

Presidential Professor

• Neuroscience

Helena Rosenblatt

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• French

Distinguished Professor

• Political Science

Distinguished Professor

• Biography and Memoir

David Savran

Vera Mowry Roberts Chair in American Theatre

• Theatre and Performance

Distinguished Professor

• English

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Paul Julian Smith

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• Film Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures

Domna C. Stanton

Distinguished Professor

• French

Distinguished Professor

• Biography and Memoir

Distinguished Professor

• Women's and Gender Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• Global Early Modern Studies

Joseph Straus

Distinguished Professor

• Music

John Torpey

Director

• Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Director

• European Union Studies Center

Presidential Professor

• Sociology

Presidential Professor

• History

David Waldstreicher

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• American Studies

Distinguished Professor

• Africana Studies

Thomas G. Weiss

Presidential Professor

• Political Science

Professor

• Liberal Studies

Douglas H. Whalen

Distinguished Professor

• Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Distinguished Professor

• Linguistics

Distinguished Professor

• Cognitive Neuroscience

Richard Wolin

Distinguished Professor

• Comparative Literature

Distinguished Professor

• History

Distinguished Professor

• Political Science