List of University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty

This list catalogs notable University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty.

Name Subject Born-died Position
E. Wayne Abercrombie Music 1938– Professor Emeritus of Music, Director of Choral Programs
Charles Paul Alexander Entomology 1889–1981 Professor of Entomology
Christian Appy History 1955– Professor of History
Lee Badgett Economics 1960- Economist
Sheila Bair Business 1954– Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy
Andrew Barto Computer Science 1948– Professor of Computer Science, Chair of Computer Science Department
Madeleine Blais Journalism 1946– Professor of Journalism
Samuel Bowles Economics 1939– Professor Emeritus of Microeconomics
Kyle Cave Psychology Professor of Psychology
Miriam Usher Chrisman History 1920–2008 Professor Emerita of History
Chuck Close Art 1940–
Samuel R. Delany Comparative Literature 1942- Professor
Walter B. Denny Art History University Distinguished Professor of Art History
Vincent Dethier Zoology, Entomology 1915–1993 Director of Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Chair of Chancellor's Commission on Civility
Arindrajit Dube Economics Professor of Economics
Jean Bethke Elshtain Political Science 1941–2013
Martín Espada English 1957– Professor of Poetry
Fred Feldman Philosophy 1941– Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Carl R. Fellers Food Science and Technology 1893–1960 Department of horticulture manufacturing
Ann Ferguson Philosophy 1938– Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies
Charles H. Fernald Entomology 1838–1921 Professor of Natural Sciences, Chair of Natural Sciences
Jane E. Fountain Political Science Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Director of National Center for Digital Government
Edwin Gentzler Linguistics Professor of Language, Head of Translation Center
Gretchen Gerzina English Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography
Charles Anthony Goessmann Chemistry 1827–1910 President of Massachusetts Agricultural College
Sheldon Goldman Political Science 1939– Professor of Political Science
Peter J. Haas Computer Science 1956– Professor of Computer Science. Spouse of Laura Haas, the dean of the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.
Ted Hughes English 1930–1998
Jane Humphries Economics 1948– Assistant Professor of Economics
Neil Immerman Computer Science 1953– Professor of Computer Science
Sut Jhally Communication 1955– Professor of Communication
Angelika Kratzer Linguistics Professor Emerita of Linguistics
Barbara Krauthamer History Professor of History, dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Jim Kurose Computer Science 1956– Professor of Computer Science
Joseph Levine Philosophy 1952–
Shona Macdonald Art 1969– Chair of the Department of Art[1]
Lynn Margulis Biological Science 1938–2011 Distinguished Professor of Botany, Biology, Geosciences
Valerie Martin English 1938– Professor of English
John McCarthy Linguistics 1953– Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost
Warren McGuirk Physical Education 1906–1981 Dean of the School of Physical Education, Director of Athletics
William Hamilton Meeks, III Mathematics 1947– George David Birkoff Professor of Mathematics
Dick Minear History 1938– Professor of History
Paul Musgrave Government Assistant Professor of Government
Anna Nagurney Finance and Operations Management Professor of Management (John F. Smith Memorial Professorship in the Isenberg School of Management)
Morihiko Nakahara Music 1975– Director of Orchestral Studies
Katja Oxman Art 1942– [2]
George N. Parks Music 1953–2010 Director of Marching Band
Barbara Partee Linguistics 1940– Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy
Sanjay Raman Electrical Engineering Dean of the College of Engineering
Stephen Resnick Economics 1938–2013 Professor of Economics
Max Roach Music 1924–2007
Thomas Schneeweis Finance and Operations Management Professor of Finance, Director of the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets
Archie Shepp Music 1937-
Kalidas Shetty Food Science
Anna Maria Siega-Riz Public Health and Health Sciences Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Hava Siegelmann Computer Science Professor of Computer Science
Ramesh Sitaraman Computer Science Member of Computer Science Department
Boris Svistunov Physics Professor of Physics
Marshall Harvey Stone Mathematics 1903–1989 Professor of Mathematics
James Tate English 1943–2015 Professor of English
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. Astronomy 1941– Professor of Astronomy, Associate Director of the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
Don Towsley Computer Science 1949– Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Brian Vibberts Audio Engineering
Pablo Visconti Reproductive biology
Frank A. Waugh Landscape Architecture 1869–1943 Head of Agriculture Division
Michael Wex Economics 1954–
Richard D. Wolff Philosophy, African-American Studies 1942– Professor Emeritus of Economics
Daniela Calzetti Astronomy Professor of Astronomy

References

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  1. ^ Caulfield, Sean; Gillespie, Curtis; Caulfield, Timothy A. (2011). Perceptions of Promise: Biotechnology, Society and Art. University of Alberta, Department of Art & Design. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-9699898-4-4.
  2. ^ Marquardt-Cherry, Janet T. (1993). "Katja Oxman: Working in the Tradition of the Woman Artist". Woman's Art Journal. 14 (1): 23–27. doi:10.2307/1358426. ISSN 0270-7993 – via JSTOR.