Our people are extraordinary.

Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.

select honors from our faculty

9 Elected Members of the National Academy of Sciences
18 Guggenheim Fellowship recipients
18 elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Ana Babus

Economics

Aylin Bademsoy

Marlon M. Bailey

African and African-American StudiesWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Sarah Baitzel

Anthropology

Thomas Bakupog

Chemistry

Kara Baldus-Mehrmann

Music

David Balota

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay

Economics

Mary Jo Bang

English

Deanna Barch

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Joe Barcroft

Romance Languages and Literatures

Anne Baril

Philosophy

Michael Barkasi

Pamela Barmash

Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Jonathan Barnes

Chemistry

Carolyn Barnes

Cynthia Barounis

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Marisa Barragán-Peugnet

Romance Languages and Literatures

Heather Barton

Biology

Colin Bassett

College Writing Program

Guinn Batten

English

John Baugh

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Barbara Baumgartner

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Anne Margaret Baxley

Philosophy

Roger Beachy

Biology

Kurt Beals

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Lois Beck

Anthropology

Monique Bedasse

History

April Bednarski

Biology

Roya Beheshti Zavareh

Mathematics

Yehuda Ben-Shahar

Biology

Isaac Bendon

Deanna Benjamin

College Writing Program

Housni Bennis

Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Courteney Benson

Nancy E. Berg

Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Heather Berg

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Marcus Berliant

Economics

Elizabeth Bernhardt

Romance Languages and Literatures

Iver Bernstein

HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies

Ruth Berson

College Writing Program

Timm Betz

Anna F. Bialek

John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

W. Robert Binns

Physics

Vladimir Birman

Chemistry

John Bleeke

Chemistry

Joshua Blodgett

Biology

Kate Bloomquist

College Writing Program

Eliot Boden

Stefanie Boese

College Writing Program

Ryan Bogdan

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Ian Bogost

Film and Media Studies

Michele Boldrin

Economics

Tim Bono

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Elizabeth Borgwardt

History

Daniel Bornstein

History

Arpita Bose

Biology

Carlos Botero

Biology

John Bowen

Anthropology

Zachary Bowersox

Political Science

Claire Boyer

Pascal Boyer

Anthropology

Alexander S. Bradley

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Cindy Brantmeier

Global Studies

Stan Braude

Biology

Todd Braver

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Virginia Braxs

Romance Languages and Literatures

Eric Brown

Philosophy

J. Andrew Brown

Romance Languages and Literatures

Rachel Brown

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

J. Dillon Brown

English

Konner Bryant

William Bubelis

Classics

James H. Buckley

Physics

Francisco Buera

Economics

Julie Bugg

Psychological & Brain Sciences

William Buhro

Chemistry

Sebastian Buhts

Music

Anna Bulleri

Patrick Burke

Music

Colin Burnett

Film and Media Studies

Andrew C. Butler

Education

Daniel Butler

Political Science

Sheretta Butler-Barnes

Paul Byrne

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Recent Faculty Grants & Awards

Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.

See what our faculty are working on now

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<p>Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology, studies the intersection of race, work and sociology. In addition to writing regularly about such matters for The Atlantic, she also has written numerous scholarly articles and books, including No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men&rsquo;s Work.</p>

Heemstra installed as the Charles Allen Thomas Professor in Chemistry

Jennifer Heemstra, the Charles Allen Thomas Professor in Chemistry, delivered an address titled “Biomolecules do amazing things and I work with amazing people.”

Celebrating faculty retirements

Join us in recognizing the achievements and memories of faculty members who are closing out their careers in Arts & Sciences.