Duke Awards Distinguished Professorships to 26 Faculty Members
Duke University awarded distinguished professorships to 26 members of its faculty May 2 at the annual University Distinguished Professors dinner.
The 2018 recipients are:
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Patrick Bayer, Gilhuly Family Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2018
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, effective July 1, 2018
A. Craig Burnside, Mary Grace Wilson Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2018
Amy H. Herring, Sara and Charles Ayres Professor of Statistical Science, effective July 1, 2018
Alexander A. Kiselev, William T. Laprade Professor of Mathematics, effective Sept. 1, 2018
Mark Anthony Neal, James B. Duke Professor of African and African American Studies, effective Aug. 1, 2018
Sumathi Ramaswamy, James B. Duke Professor of History, effective Jan. 1, 2018
Michael C. Reed, Arts and Sciences Professor of Mathematics, effective July 1, 2018
Christoph Schmidt, Hertha Sponer Professor of Physics, effective July 1, 2018
Kate Scholberg, Arts and Sciences Professor of Physics, effective July 1, 2018
Fuqua School of Business
Alexandre Belloni, John D. Forsyth Professor of Business Administration, effective July 1, 2018
Jing-Sheng Jeannette Song, R. David Thomas Professor of Business Administration, effective July 1, 2018
Pratt School of Engineering
Tony Jun Huang, William Bevan Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, effective July 1, 2018
Vahid Tarokh, Rhodes Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, effective Jan. 2, 2018
School of Law
Joseph Blocher, Lanty L. Smith ’67 Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2018
Rachel Brewster, Jeffrey and Bettysue Hughes Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2018
Brandon L. Garrett, L. Neil Williams Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2018
Trina Jones, Jerome M. Culp Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2018
Theresa A. Newman, Charles S. Rhyne Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2018
Jane R. Wettach, William B. McGuire Clinical Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2018
School of Medicine
Soman N. Abraham, Grace Kerby Professor of Pathology, effective July 1, 2018
Matthew D. Barber, Edwin Crowell Hamblen Professor of Reproductive Biology and Family Planning, effective July 1, 2018
P. Brian Smith, Samuel L. Katz Professor of Pediatrics, effective July 1, 2018
Fan Wang, Morris N. Broad Distinguished Professor, effective July 1, 2018
Myles S. Wolf, Charles Johnson, M.D., Professor of Medicine, effective July 1, 2018
Sanford School of Public Policy
Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Oak Foundation Environmental and Energy Policy Professor, effective July 1, 2018
In April, six additional faculty members were elected to the Bass Society of Fellows.