List of university professors at Columbia University

At Columbia University, the title of University Professor is the highest faculty rank reserved for a small number of its faculty who have made important contributions to their field of study. Created in 1964, University Professors serve the university as a whole rather than a specific Faculty or Department.

University Professors

Richard Axel, molecular biology and neuroscience, 1999
Jagdish Bhagwati, economics and law, 2001
Martin Chalfie, biology, 2013[1]
Ruth DeFries, sustainable development, 2016
Michael W. Doyle, international affairs, law, and political science, 2015
Nabila El-Bassel, social work, and public health, 2019[2]
Wafaa El-Sadr, public health, 2013[1]
R. Kent Greenawalt, jurisprudence and constitutional law, 1991
Saidiya Hartman, English and comparative literature, 2020[3]
Wayne Hendrickson, biochemistry and molecular biophysics
Eric R. Kandel, neurobiology, behavior and learning, 1983
Rosalind E. Krauss, art history, 2005
Jeffrey Sachs, economics, 2016
Simon Schama, history and art history
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, English and comparative literature, 2007[4]
Joseph Stiglitz, economics, 2001
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, biomedical engineering, 2017

University Professors Emeriti

Former University Professors

Jacques Barzun, cultural history
Ronald Breslow, organic chemistry, 1992
Samuel Eilenberg, mathematics, 1974
Louis Henkin, international law, 1981
Donald Keene, Japanese Studies, 1988
Grayson L. Kirk, University President, 1953-68
Robert K. Merton, sociology, 1974
Ernest Nagel, philosophy
Isidor Isaac Rabi, physics, 1964
Michael Riffaterre, semiotics, theory of literature and French literature, 1982
Edward Said, comparative literature, literary theory, and cultural studies, 1992
Meyer Schapiro, art history
Sol Spiegelman, genetics and microbiology
Fritz Stern, history, 1992
Lionel Trilling, literature, 1970
Jeremy Waldron, law, 2005, left Columbia in 2006

Others

Seth Low Professor of the University Lee C. Bollinger, law[5]
John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University Jonathan R. Cole, sociology
John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus of the University Wm. Theodore de Bary, East Asian studies, 1979

References

"Martin Chalfie and Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed University Professors". Columbia Press Room. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
."Nabila El-Bassel Named University Professor". Office of the President. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
Bollinger, Lee. "Saidiya Hartman Named University Professor". Columbia University Office of the President. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
"Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Named University Professor". Columbia Press Room. 2007-03-12. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
"Trustees Name President Lee C. Bollinger As Seth Low Professor of the University". Columbia Press Room. 2004. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

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[Chalfie_El-Sadr-1] "Martin Chalfie and Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed University Professors". Columbia Press Room. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

[el-bassel-2] ."Nabila El-Bassel Named University Professor". Office of the President. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

[3] Bollinger, Lee. "Saidiya Hartman Named University Professor". Columbia University Office of the President. Retrieved 2020-10-28.

[spivak-4] "Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Named University Professor". Columbia Press Room. 2007-03-12. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

[bollinger-5] "Trustees Name President Lee C. Bollinger As Seth Low Professor of the University". Columbia Press Room. 2004. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.