List of University of California, Davis faculty

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

Arts and music

Robert Arneson, professor emeritus of art, known for ceramics, artist of the Eggheads sculptures scattered through the UC Davis campus^[1]
Larry Austin, professor of music, composer, and later taught at University of South Florida and University of North Texas^[2]
Ross Bauer, professor emeritus of music^[3]
Anna Maria Busse Berger, chair of music department
Ruby Cohn, professor of comparative drama (late)
Roy De Forest, professor emeritus of art, painter, and sculptor^[4]
Jesse Drew, professor in cinema and technocultural studies
Lynn Hershman Leeson, filmmaker, professor of technocultural studies
Ruth Horsting, professor emerita of art (taught from 1959–1971), known for sculpture^[5]
Theodore Cyrus Karp, professor of music (moved to Northwestern before retirement)
Manuel Neri, professor emeritus of art, taught 1965–1990
Bob Ostertag, professor of technocultural studies
Richard Swift, professor emeritus, founder of Department of Music
Wayne Thiebaud, professor emeritus of art, awarded the National Medal of Arts
Richard Aaker Trythall, professor of music, Guggenheim Fellow (1967)
William T. Wiley, former art professor^[6]

Biological sciences

Daniel I. Axelrod, professor of botany (late)
Richard M. Bohart, professor of entomology (late)
George Delahunty, professor of biology
Theodosius Dobzhansky, professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, 1971–1975
Jonathan Eisen, professor of evolution and ecology
Stanley Barron Freeborn, UC Davis chancellor and entomologist, namesake of Freeborn Hall and the mosquito species Anopheles freeborni
Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology
Paul Knoepfler, professor of cell biology and human anatomy
Robert Laben, professor of animal sciences (late)
Johanna Schmitt, botanist and professor of evolution and ecology
Arthur Shapiro, professor of entomology, evolution and ecology
Tracy I. Storer, professor emeritus, founder of Department of Zoology
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
Pamela Ronald, distinguished professor of plant pathology

Chemistry

R. David Britt, professor of chemistry
Edwin G. Krebs, founding chairman and professor of the department of biological chemistry 1968–1977, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Julie A. Leary, professor of chemistry
Philip Power, professor of chemistry, Royal Society

Communications and media

Charles Berger, professor of communication

Earth sciences

Gerard Bond, professor of geology
Alan Hastings, professor of ecology
Louise H. Kellogg, professor of earth and planetary sciences
Isabel P. Montañez, professor of earth and planetary sciences
Eldridge M. Moores, professor emeritus of geology, now the earth and planetary sciences
Donald L. Turcotte, professor emeritus of earth and planetary sciences
Geerat J. Vermeij, professor of geology, MacArthur Fellowship

Economics

Colin Carter, professor of agricultural economics
Gregory Clark, professor of economics
Alan M. Taylor, professor of economics and finance

Engineering

Kandiah Arulanandan, professor of civil engineering (late)
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, professor of bioengineering
Richard C. Dorf, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering
Andrew A. Frank, professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
M. Saif Islam, professor of electrical and computer engineering^[7]
Linda P.B. Katehi, professor of electrical and computer engineering; UC Davis chancellor (2009–2016)
Brian Launder, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (now at the University of Manchester)
Paul Moller, professor emeritus of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
Stanton R. Morrison, professor emeritus of agricultural engineering; Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Jinyi Qi professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering
George Tchobanoglous, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering

English

Joshua Clover, associate professor of English
Lucy Corin, professor of English
Lynn Freed, professor of English
Sandra Gilbert, professor emerita of English, former president of the Modern Language Association
Sandra McPherson, professor emerita of English
Karl Shapiro, professor, English Department, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1945
Gary Snyder, professor emeritus of English; Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
Joe Wenderoth, associate professor of English

Food sciences

William Vere Cruess, professor of food science (late)
M. R. C. Greenwood, professor emerita of nutrition, president of the University of Hawaii
Gordie C. Hanna, professor of agronomy (late)
Lucille Shapson Hurley, (1922–1988), former professor of nutrition
Emil M. Mrak, professor of food science; UC Davis chancellor (1959–1969)
Ann C. Noble, professor of food science, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel"
Harold Olmo, professor of viticulture

History

David Brody, professor emeritus of history
William W. Hagen, professor of history
Barbara D. Metcalf, professor emerita of history
Andrés Reséndez, historian
Simon Sadler, professor of art history

Law and government

Diane Marie Amann, professor of law (now at Georgia Tech)
Vikram Amar, associate dean for academic affairs (School of Law), constitutional law scholar
Edgar Bodenheimer, professor of law (late)
Alan Brownstein, professor of law; Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality
Joel Dobris, professor of law
Robert W. Hillman, professor of law
Edward Imwinkelried, professor of law (co-author, Scientific Evidence)
Kevin Johnson, dean, School of Law
Miguel Méndez, professor of law
Rex R. Perschbacher, professor of law
Cruz Reynoso, professor of law; associate justice, California Supreme Court (1982–1987); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
Martha West, professor emerita of law

Mathematics

Dmitry Fuchs, professor of mathematics
Greg Kuperberg, professor of mathematics
Washek Pfeffer, emeritus professor of mathematics
Albert Schwarz, professor of mathematics
Joseph Teran, professor of applied mathematics
William Thurston, professor of mathematics, later moved to Cornell University, Fields Medalist award
Craig Tracy, professor of mathematics, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Pólya Prize, Norbert Wiener Prize
Jessica Utts, professor of statistics, later moved to University of California, Irvine
Roger J.-B. Wets, professor emeritus of mathematics

Medicine

David Amaral, professor of psychiatry
Richard Coss, emeritus professor of psychology
Gregory M. Herek, professor of psychology
Leah Krubitzer, professor of psychology
Peter Robert Marler, professor emeritus of neurobiology
Jonna Mazet, professor of epidemiology, director of the UC Davis One Health Institute
Marc B. Schenker, professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Ivan R. Schwab, professor of ophthalmology
Robert Sommer, professor emeritus of psychology
G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus of genetics, National Medal of Science
Ross Thompson, distinguished professor of psychology
Larry N. Vanderhoef, professor, College of Biological Sciences; UC Davis chancellor (2004–2009)
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Rachel Whitmer, professor of epidemiology

Physics

Steve Carlip, professor of physics
Veronika Hubeny, professor of physics

Social sciences, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies

Nicole W. Biggart, professor of management and sociology
Fred L. Block, professor of sociology
Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, professor of Chicana/o studies and cultural studies
Darrell Hamamoto, professor of Asian American studies
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology
Lynne Isbell, primatologist, professor of anthropology
Suad Joseph, professor of anthropology and women and gender studies
Smadar Lavie, professor of anthropology
John Lofland, professor emeritus of sociology
Henry McHenry, professor of anthropology; UC Davis Prize; elected fellow, California Academy of Sciences
Zoila S. Mendoza, professor and chair of Native American studies^[8]
Jacob K. Olupona, professor of African and African American studies, later at Harvard University
Rhacel Parrenas, professor of sociology, later at Brown University
Robyn Rodriguez, professor in Asian American studies
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, assistant professor of Native American studies and director of the C.N. Gorman Museum
Aram Yengoyan, professor of anthropology

Other

Francisco X. Alarcón, lecturer in Spanish
Berni Alder, professor emeritus of applied science, National Medal of Science recipient
Marc Blanchard, professor of critical theory and comparative literature
Andy Bloom, Olympic shot putter
Carol Cartwright, former vice chancellor for academic affairs
Steven C. Currall, dean of graduate school of management
Gerald Dworkin, professor of philosophy
John Freeman, visiting professor of international relations, 1985–1990
James R. Griesemer, professor of philosophy
Andrew Hargadon, professor of technology management
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor of environmental and occupational health
Ralph Hexter, professor of classics and provost
Theodore L. Hullar, former chancellor
Lincoln Hurst, professor of religious studies (late)
Amy Block Joy, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Emeritus
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
Norman Matloff, professor of computer science
Prasant Mohapatra, distinguished Professor in Computer Science and Vice Chancellor for Research
Phillip Rogaway, professor of computer science (RSA Award 2003)
Robert Torrance, professor of comparative literature
Keith David Watenpaugh, professor of human rights studies

References

^ Hagen, Charles (1992-11-05). "Robert C. Arneson Is Dead at 62; Sculptor of Whimsical Portraits". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ "Larry Austin". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ Richard Swift (2001). "Bauer, Ross". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47309.
^ Smith, Roberta (2007-05-23). "Roy De Forest, 77, Painter of Colorful, Comic Scenes, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ Redfern, Cathy (1 December 2000). "Founder of Mount Madonna Center, Ruth Johnson Horsting, dies at 81". Newspapers.com. Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ Solomon, Deborah (2021-05-05). "William T. Wiley, 'Funk Artist' Who Spurned Convention, Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ "Prof. Saif Islam". University of California, Davis. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
^ "Zoila S. Mendoza". UC Davis Critical Theory. Retrieved June 25, 2023.

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