Faculty Achievements & Honors

2023 – Laura Elise Schwendinger, Mead Witter School of Music - Charles Ives Opera Prize as composer of Artemisia

2023 – Monica Turne, Integrative Biology
2022 – Shannon Stahl, Chemistry
2021 – Lisa Naughton, Geography
2021 – Steven Nadler, Philosophy
2021 – Seth Pollak, Psychology
2021 – Louise Young, History
2021 – Martin Zanni, Chemistry
2019 – Kathleen Cramer, Political Science
2018 – Gurindar S. Sohi, Computer Sciences
2015 – Jenny Saffran, Psychology
2013 – Anthony Ragnar Ives, Zoology
2012 – Steve Jeffery Stern, History
2011 – Steven N. Durlauf, Economics
2011 – J. Mark Kenoyer, Anthropology
2010 – Samuel H. Gellman, Chemistry
2009 – Daniel M. Hausman, Philosophy
2009 – Karen B. Strier, Anthropology
2007 – David J. DeWitt, Computer Sciences (Emeritus)
2007 – M. Thomas Record, Chemistry
2006 – Stephen Russell Carpenter, Center for Limnology, Zoology
2006 – Susan N. Coppersmith, Physics
2006 – William J. Cronon, History
2006 – Robert David Sack, Geography (Emeritus)
2006 – James Lauriston Skinner, Chemistry
2005 – Thomas G. Kurtz, Mathematics (Emeritus)
2005 – Alberto Palloni, Sociology (Emeritus)
2003 – Richard J. Davidson, Psychology
2003 – Laura Lee Kiessling, Chemistry
2003 – Thongchai Winichakul, History (Emeritus)
2002 – Virginia Sapiro, Political Science (Emerita)
2002 – Yi-Fu Tuan, Geography (Emeritus)
2001 – William Maxfield Denevan, Geography (Emeritus)
2001 – Lorrie Moore (Marie Lorena), Creative Writing (Emerita)

1990s

1999 – Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Anthropology
1999 – Elliott Sober, Philosophy
1999 – David Ward, Geography (Emeritus)
1998 – F. Fleming Crim, Chemistry
1998 – M. Crawford Young, Political Science (Emeritus)
1997 – Stanley G. Payne, History (Emeritus)
1997 – Grace Wahba, Statistics
1996 – Larry L. Bumpass, Sociology (Emeritus)
1996 – William J. Courtenay, History (Emeritus)
1996 – Sau Lan Yu Wu, Physics
1995 – Robert E. Baldwin, Economics (Emeritus)
1993 – Richard A. Askey, Mathematics (Emeritus)
1993 – Charles P. Casey, Chemistry (Emeritus)
1993 – Lawrence F. Dahl, Chemistry (Emeritus)
1993 – Eldon H. Newcomb, Botany (Emeritus)
1992 – William A. Brock III, Economics (Emeritus)
1991 – Mary Ellen Rudin, Mathematics (Emeritus)

1980s

1989 – Charles O. Jones, Political Science (Emeritus)
1988 – Willy Haeberli, Physics (Emeritus)
1987 – Carl de Boor, Mathematics & Computer Sciences (Emeritus)
1987 – Paul H. Rabinowitz, Mathematics (Emeritus)
1986 – Ray F. Evert, Botany (Emeritus)
1984 – Robert M. Hauser, Sociology (Emeritus)

2023-24

Vernon Barger, Physics
Simon Gilroy, Botany
Sissel Schroeder, Anthropology

2022-23

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Computer Sciences
Kyoung-Shin Choi, Chemistry

2021-22

Stephen Russell Carpenter, Integrative Biology (Emeritus)
Mark D. Hill, Computer Sciences (Emeritus)
Somesh Jha, Computer Sciences
Jignesh M. Patel, Computer Sciences
Jennifer Marie Schomaker, Chemistry
Monica G. Turner, Integrative Biology
Eric M. Wilcots, Dean of the College of Letters & Science and Astronomy

Previous Fellows

Ellen Zweibel, Astronomy and Physics
Amy Barger, Astronomy
John Berry, Chemistry
Helen Blackwell, Chemistry
Judith N. Burstyn, Chemistry
Jin-Yi Cai, Computer Sciences
Charles P. Casey, Chemistry (Emeritus)
Susan N. Coppersmith, Physics
Richard J. Davidson, Psychology
Mark Ediger, Chemistry
Mark A. Eriksson, Physics
Samuel H. Gellman, Chemistry
Morton Gernsbacher, Psychology
Harold Hill Goldsmith, Psychology
Robert Hauser, Sociology (Emeritus)
Janet Hyde, Psychology
Donald R. Johnson, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Emeritus)
Laura Kiessling, Chemistry
Robert Mathieu, Astronomy
Louis Maher, Geoscience (Emeritus)
Robert McMahon, Chemistry
John W. Moore, Chemistry
Alexander Nagel, Mathematics (Emeritus)
Gilbert Nathanson, Chemistry
Seth Pollak, Psychology
M. Thomas Record Jr., Chemistry
Jenny R. Saffran, Psychology
Mark Seidenberg, Psychology
Bassam Shakhashiri, Chemistry
Gary Shiu, Physics
James Skinner, Chemistry
Lloyd Smith, Chemistry
Elliott Sober, Philosophy
Shannon Stahl, Chemistry
Snežana Stanimirović, Astronomy
Antony Stretton, Zoology
Karen Strier, Anthropology
Yi-Fu Tuan, Geography (Emeritus)
John W. Valley, Geoscience
Grace Wahba, Statistics
Frank Weinhold, Chemistry (Emeritus)
James C. Weisshaar, Chemistry
Robert C. West, Chemistry (Emeritus)
Tehshik Yoon, Chemistry

Kelley Conway, Professor of Communication Arts – Chevalier d’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Ritt Deitz, Executive Director of the Professional French Masters Program – Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by French Minister of Education

Gelsomina “Pupa” (De Stasio) Gilbert, Professor of Physics – Knight of the Italian Republic

Steven Hutchinson, Professor of Spanish & Portuguese – Don Quijote Order

Harvey Jacobs, Professor of Urban & Regional Planning – Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by French Minister of Education

Richard N. Ringler, Professor Emeritus of English and Scandinavian Studies – Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon by the President of Iceland

Aliko Songolo, Professor of French & Italian – Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by French Minister of Education

Don Waller, Professor of Botany – Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by French Minister of Education

2023 – Elizabeth B. Bearden, Humanities: English
2023 – Jason Fletcher, Social Sciences: Public Affairs
2023 – Stephen R. Meyers, Natural Sciences: Geoscience
2021 – Seth Pollak, Social Sciences: Psychology
2015 – Amy Barger, Natural Sciences: Astronomy
2015 – Jordan Ellenberg, Natural Sciences: Mathematics
2015 – Lynn Keller, Humanities: English
2011 – Lynn Nyhart, Humanities: History of Science & Technology
2008 – Laura L. Kiessling, Natural Sciences: Chemistry
2008 – Laura Schwendinger, Music Composition
2008 – Gary Shiu, Natural Sciences: Physics
2008 – Barbara (Bobbi) Wolfe, Social Sciences: Economics
2007 – David A. Baum, Natural Sciences: Organismic Biology & Ecology
2007 – Mary Louise Roberts, French History
2005 – Richard E. Goodkin, Humanities: French Language
2005 – Theresa M. Kelley, Humanities: English Literature
2004 – Henry John Drewal, Humanities: African Studies
2004 – Gregg A. Mitman, Humanities: History of Science & Technology
2003 – Kenneth M. George, Humanities: Anthropology (Emeritus)
2002 – Lea Jacobs, Humanities: Film, Video & Radio Studies
2002 – Lee Palmer Wandel, Humanities: History
2002 – Matthew Turner, Social Sciences: Geography
2001 – Florence Bernault, Humanities: African Studies
2001 – Michael C. Ferris, Natural Sciences: Applied Mathematics
2001 – Robert J. Hamers, Natural Sciences: Chemistry
2000 – Thomas W. Reps, Natural Sciences: Computer Science
1998 – Suzanne Desan, Humanities: French History
1998 – Jin-Yi Cai, Natural Sciences: Computer Sciences
1997 – Ronald Radano, Humanities: Folklore & Popular Culture
1996 – Ullrich G. Langer, Humanities: Italian Literature
1996 – Florencia Mallon, Humanities: Iberian & Latin American History
1995 – Thomas Spear, Humanities: History and African Studies (Emeritus)
1995 – David Loewenstein, Humanities: English Literature (Emeritus)
1994 – William Cronon, Humanities: U.S. History
1993 – James L. Skinner, Natural Sciences: Chemistry
1992 – Robert D. Mathieu, Natural Sciences: Astronomy-Astrophysics
1989 – David Bethea, Humanities: Slavic Literature
1987 – Alberto Palloni, Social Sciences: Sociology (Emeritus)
1985 – Thomas Archdeacon, Humanities: History
1985 – Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural History
1980 – Elliott R. Sober, Humanities: Philosophy
1979 – Warren Porter, Natural Sciences: Organismic Biology & Ecology

2022 – Monica Kim, Associate Professor of History
2019 – Andrea Dutton, Professor of Geoscience
1999 – Laura L. Kiessling, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1995 – Joel Rogers, Professor of Sociology, Law and Political Science

2024 – Stephen J. Wright, George B. Dantzig Professor of Computer Sciences
2009 – Dr. Gurindar S. Sohi, Professor of Computer Sciences
2006 – Mary P. Anderson, Earth Resources (Emerita)
1998 – David J. DeWitt, Computer Sciences (Emeritus)
1993 – Carl de Boor, Computer Science (Emeritus)

2024 – Francis Halzen, Physics
2021 – Ellen Zweibel, Physics
2014 – Samuel Gellman, Chemistry
2012 – James Skinner, Chemistry
2009 – Susan Coppersmith, Applied Physical Sciences
2007 – Laura Kiessling, Chemistry
2005 – Karen Strier, Anthropology
2004 – Monica Turner, Environmental Sciences and Ecology
2002 – Willy Haeberli, Physics (Emeritus)
2001 – Larry Bumpass, Social and Political Sciences (Emeritus)
2001 – Stephen Carpenter, Environmental Sciences and Ecology
2001 – F. Fleming Crim, Chemistry
2000 – Grace Wahba, Applied Mathematical Sciences
1999 – Richard Askey, Mathematics (Emeritus)
1998 – William Brock, Economics (Emeritus)
1998 – Paul Rabinowitz, Mathematics (Emeritus)
1997 – Carl de Boor, Applied Mathematical Sciences (Emeritus)
1993 – Charles Casey, Chemistry (Emeritus)
1988 – Lawrence Dahl, Chemistry (Emeritus)
1988 – Eldon Newcomb, Plant Biology (Emeritus)
1985 – Allan Bogue, Social and Political Sciences (Emeritus)

The Career awards are the NSF's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

2024-25

Chris Muir, Botany

2021-22

Shaoming Guo, Mathematics
Chanwoo Kim, Mathematics
Hao Shen, Mathmetics

The Fulbright Program is an international academic exchange program with the goal to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Honorees are able to travel abroad to conduct research and teach in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

2024-2025

Anthony Ives, Department of Integrative Biology (Iceland)
Benjamin Parrell, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Spain)
Howard Schweber, Department of Political Science (Austria)
Sarah Ann Wells, Department of English (Brazil)
Bradley Singer, Department of Geoscience (Chile)
Alexandre Lazarian, Department of Astronomy (Chile)

2022-2023

Katarzyna Beilin, Spanish and Portuguese (Mexico)
Adam Kern, Asian Languages and Cultures (Japan)
Anne Pringle, Botany (South Africa)

2024 – Professor of Physics Mark Eriksson and Professor of Mathematics Mikhail Feldman awarded UW–Madison Steenbock Professorships

2024 – Professor of Computer Sciences and Chair Stephen J. Wright awarded George B. Dantzig Prize

2024 – Assistant Professor of Physics Ke Fang named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

2024 – Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences Xiangyao Yu named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

2023 – Director of the School of Music Dan Cavanagh awarded The American Prize in the “Composition, 2023, Social Justice related” category

2023 – Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andrew Buller named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

2023 – Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jose Israel Rodriguez named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

2021 – Assistant Professor of Physics Victor Brar named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

2021 – Associate Professor of Mathematics Hung Tran wins Simons Fellows in Mathematics

2020 – Professor of Integrative Biology Monica Turner receives Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science

2018 – Professor of Public Affairs Maria Cancian named a 2018 Galbraith Fellow

2017 – Professor of Political Science Scott Straus wins the Grawemeyer Award

2017 – Director of the Center for Healthy Minds Richard Davidson elected to the National Academy of Medicine

2017 – Professor of Chemistry Ned Sibert named American Chemical Society fellow

2017 – Professors Greg Nemet and Gregg Mitman named 2017 Carnegie Fellows

2017 – Professor of History William Cronon received the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award from the Society of American Historians for distinguished writing in American history of enduring public significance

2017 – Professor of Physics Lisa Lorraine Everett elected to the American Physical Society

2016 – Professor of Psychology Janet Hyde wins the American Psychological Association’s prestigious Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award

2016 – Professor of Astronomy Ellen Zweibel wins Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics

2016 – Professor of Computer Sciences Gurindar S. Sohi receives the IEEE Computer Society B. Ramakrishna Rau Award

The Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching that leads to substantial intellectual growth in students. The following current and emeritus L&S faculty have received this award:

2024 - Patricia M. Coffey, Teaching Faculty III, Psychology
2024 - Michael W. Wagner, Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
2022 - Daniel Erman, Associate Professor, Mathematics
2021 - Mary Fiorenza, Faculty Associate, English
2021- Daniel Patrick Thurs, Assistant Faculty Associate, Physics
2020 - Sharon Thoma, Faculty Associate, Integrative Biology
2018 - Paul Hooker, Lecturer, Chemistry
2017 - Russ Castronovo, Professor, English
2015 - John Zumbrunnen, Professor, Political Science
2014 - Donald Downs, Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)
2014 - John W. Moore, Professor, Chemistry
2012 - Judith Harackiewicz, Professor, Psychology
2010 - David Zimmerman, Associate Professor, English
2007 - Harold Scheub, Professor, African Languages and Literature (Emeritus)
2006 - Kenneth Mayer, Professor, Political Science
2004 - Eric Wilcots, Professor, Astronomy
2002 - Ronald Wallace, Professor, English (Emeritus)
2000 - Charles Byers, Professor, Geoscience (Emeritus)
2000 - Jonathan Martin, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
1998 - Donald Passman, Professor, Mathematics (Emeritus)
1995 - John W. Moore, Professor, Chemistry
1994 - Emily Auerbach, Professor, English
1994 - Patricia Devine, Professor, Psychology
1992 - Steven F. Bauman, Professor, Mathematics (Emeritus)
1992 - Jeffery A. Steele, Professor, English
1991 - Cyrena N. Pondrom, Professor, English (Emerita)

Each year, L&S faculty take top honors in the university's highest teaching award.

2024 – Sarah Clayton, Professor, Anthropology
2024 – Derek Johnson, Professor, Communication Arts
2024 – Neil Kodesh, Professor, History
2024 – Douglas McLeod, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

2022 – Juan Egea, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
2022 – Martha Fischer, Professor, Mead Witter School of Music
2022 – Paula Niedenthal, Professor, Psychology

2021 – Caroline Druschke, Associate Professor, English
2021 – Yoshiko Herrera, Professor, Political Science
2021 – Kate McCulloh, Associate Professor, Botany
2021 – Rubén Medina, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese

2020 – Christine Garlough, Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
2020 – Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Professor, History

2018 – Philip Brown, Professor, Geoscience
2018 – Thomas Brunold, Professor, Chemistry
2018 – Nancy Rose Marshall, Professor, Art History
2018 – David McDonald, Professor, History
2018 – Michael Thornton, Professor, Afro-American Studies

2017 – Sandra Adell, Professor, Afro-American Studies
2017 – Thomas DuBois, Professor, German, Nordic and Slavic
2017 – Jordan Schmidt, Associate Professor, Chemistry
2017 – Claire Wendland, Professor, Anthropology
2017 – Stephen Young, Assistant Professor, Geography

2016 – Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Computer Sciences
2016 – Russ Castronovo, English
2016 – Ivan Ermakoff, Sociology
2016 – Holly Gibbs, Geography
2016 – Lauren Riters, Zoology

2015 – David Baum, Professor, Botany
2015 – Karen Britland, Professor, English
2015 – A. Finn Enke, Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
2015 – Jonathan A. Gray, Professor, Communication Arts

2014 – Sigurd Angenent, Professor, Mathematics
2014 – Stephen C. Gammie, Professor, Zoology
2014 – Sissel Schroeder, Professor, Anthropology

2013 – William Aylward, Professor, Classics
2013 – Seth Blair, Professor, Zoology
2013 – Stefania Buccini, Professor, French & Italian
2013 – Edwin L. Sibert III, Professor, Chemistry

2012 – Parry Karp, Professor, School of Music
2012 – Gary Shiu, Professor, Physics
2012 – M. Jake Vander Zanden, Professor, Zoology
2012 – Lee Palmer Wandel, Professor, History
2012 – John Zumbrunnen, Associate Professor, Political Science

2011 – Pupa Gilbert, Professor, Physics
2011 – Jeffrey Hardin, Professor, Zoology
2011 – Mark Louden, Professor, German
2011 – Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, Professor, Afro-American Studies

2010 – Kirin Narayan, Honorary Fellow, Anthropology
2010 – Tracy Schroepfer, Assistant Professor, Social Work

2009 – Kenneth Goldstein, Professor, Political Science
2009 – Richard Goodkin, Professor, French and Italian
2009 – Douglas Hill, Professor, Music (Emeritus)
2009 – Rudy Koshar, Professor, History
2009 – Jenny Saffran, Professor, Psychology

2008 – David Canon, Professor, Political Science
2008 – Edward Friedman, Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)
2008 – Anthony Ives, Professor, Zoology
2008 – Mary Louise Roberts, Professor, History
2008 – Robert Wilson, Professor, Mathematics (Emeritus)

2007 – Suzanne Desan, Professor, History
2007 – Arthur Glenberg, Professor, Psychology (Emeritus)
2007 – Patrick Rumble, Professor, French and Italian
2007 – Antony Stretton, Professor, Zoology

2006 – Helen Blackwell, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
2006 – James Leary, Professor, Scandinavian Studies (Emeritus)
2006 – J.J. Murphy, Professor, Communication Arts
2006 – Gilbert Nathanson, Professor, Chemistry
2006 – Katherine Walsh, Assistant Professor, Political Science; Journalism and Mass Communication

2005 – Martine Debaisieux, Professor, French and Italian
2005 – Cecilia Ford, Professor, English
2005 – Clark Landis, Professor, Chemistry
2005 – Lisa Naughton, Associate Professor, Geography
2005 – Jon Pevehouse, Assistant Professor, Political Science

2004 – Martha Alibali, Associate Prof, Psychology
2004 – Christopher Kleinhenz, Professor, French and Italian (Emeritus)
2004 – Karen Strier, Professor, Anthropology

2003 – Susan Brantly, Professor, Scandinavian Studies
2003 – James Skinner, Professor, Chemistry
2003 – Susan Zaeske, Associate Professor, Communication Arts

2002 – Severino Albuquerque, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
2002 – John DeLamater, Professor, Sociology (Emeritus)
2002 – Judith Harackiewicz, Professor, Psychology

2001 – Aaron Brower, Professor,Integrated Liberal Studies; Social Work
2001 – Martin Cadwallader, Professor, Geography (Emeritus)
2001 – Heather Dubrow, Professor, English (Emerita)
2001 – Stephen Kantrowitz, Assistant Professor, History

2000 – William Cronon, Professor, History

1999 – Steven Ackerman, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
1999 – Henry Drewel, Professor, Art History; Afro-American Studies
1999 – Sabine Gross, Associate Professor, German
1999 – Mary Layoun, Professor, Comparative Literature

1998 – Robert Ostergren, Professor, Ceography (Emeritus)
1998 – Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor, Associate Professor, German
1998 – Erik Olin Wright, Professor, Sociology

1997 – Christopher Coe, Professor, Psychology
1997 – Loyal Durand, Professor, Physics (Emeritus)

1996 – Janet Hyde, Professor, Psychology
1996 – Robert Wardrop, Professor, Statistics (Emeritus)

1995 – William Berg, Professor, French & Italian (Emeritus)

1994 – James Burt, Associate Professor, Geography (Emeritus)
1994 – James Nelson, Professor, English (Emeritus)
1994 – John Wright, Professor, Chemistry

1993 – Charlotte Brancaforte, Professor, German (Emerita)
1993 – Deborah Brandt, Associate Professor, English (Emerita)
1993 – Bernice Durand, Professor, Physics (Emerita)
1993 – James C. Weisshaar, Professor, Chemistry

1992 – Robert Beetem, Professor, Art History (Emeritus)
1992 – Michael E. Byrd, Professor, Philosophy (Emeritus)
1992 – Tsai-fa Cheng, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature (Emeritus)

1991 – F. Fleming Crim Jr., Professor, Chemistry
1991 – Robert D. Mathieu, Assistant Professor, Astronomy
1991 – Stanley K. Schultz, Professor, History (Emeritus)

1990 – Betsy Draine, Associate Professor, English (Emerita)

1989 – R. Lynn Keller, Associate Professor, English
1989 – Martin G. Olsson, Professor, Physics (Emeritus)
1989 – Craig Werner, Associate Professor, Afro-American Studies

1988 – Thomas J. Leonard, Professor, Botany (Emeritus)
1988 – Stephen E. Lucas, Professor, Communication Arts

1986 – Richard Brualdi, Professor, Mathematics (Emeritus)

1985 – Sherry L. Reames, Associate Professor, English (Emerita)
1985 – Patrick T. Riley, Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)

1984 – David J. Bordwell, Professor, Communication Arts (Emeritus)

1982 – Gilead Morahg, Assistant Professor, Hebrew & Semitic Studies (Emeritus)

1981 – Robert S. Baker, Associate Professor, English (Emeritus)
1981 – Gwang-Tsai "Arthur" Chen, Professor, East Asian Languages and Literature (Emeritus)

1980 – Robert Skloot, Associate Professor, English (Emeritus)

1979 – Joseph Wiesenfarth, Professor, English (Emeritus)

1977 – Maureen Mazzaoui, Assistant Professor, History (Emerita)

1975 – Wayne M. Becker, Associate Professor, Botany (Emeritus)

2024 – Sarah Ensor, Assistant Professor, English
2022 – Judith Houck, Professor, History; Gender & Women's Studies
2022 – Catalina Toma, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
2021 – Amaud Johnson, Associate Professor, English - Creative Writing
2021 – Sami Schalk, Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
2020 – Ramzi Fawaz, Associate Professor, English
2020 – Lori Lopez, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
2018 – Jerome Camal, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
2018 – Ellen Damschen, Associate Professor, Integrative Biology
2017 – Cindy I-Fen Cheng, Associate Professor, History
2016 – Keisha Lindsay, Assistant Professor, Gender & Women's Studies; Political Science
2015 – Jill H. Casid, Professor, Art History
2015 – Eric Wilcots, Professor, Astronomy

2022 – Stephen Meyers, Professor, Geoscience
2021 – Jeremy Morris, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
2020 – Shuchi Chawla, Professor, Computer Sciences

One Class of 1955 Teaching Excellence Award is conferred annually and is designated for an instructor, assistant or associate professor. The following current L&S faculty members have received this award:

2024 – Annie Menzel, Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies
2022 – Aws Albarghouthi, Associate Professor, Computer Sciences
2020 – William Brockliss, Associate Professor, Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
2017 – Daniel Kapust, Associate Professor, Political Science
2015 – Alicia Cerezo Paredes, Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
2013 – Karyn Riddle, Assistant Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication
2011 – Galen McKinley, Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
2010 – Donald Davis, Associate Professor, Languages and Cultures of Asia
2009 – Patrick Sims, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Drama
2004 – Monika Chavez, Associate Professor, German

The Emil H. Steiger Teaching Award, created in 1958, recognizes excellence in outreach teaching. One award is conferred annually. The following current and emeriti faculty have received this award:

2024 – Katherine Jensen, Assistant Professor, Sociology
2018 – Simon Gilroy, Professor, Botany
2016 – Basil Tikoff, Professor, Geoscience
2015 – Jenny Higgins, Assistant Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
2014 – Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, Assistant Professor, Computer Sciences
2013 – Rajiv G. Rao, Assistant Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
2012 – Cameron Macdonald, Assistant Professor, Sociology
2010 – Mahesh Mahanthappa, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
2006 – Jessica Johnson, Assistant Professor, Music
2005 – John Curtin, Assistant Professor, Psychology
2004 – Steven Burke, Professor, Chemistry
2001 – Seth Pollak, Assistant Professor, Psychology
1999 – Laura McClure, Assistant Professor, Classics
1997 – Charles Cohen, Associate Professor, History
1995 – Florencia Mallon, Professor, History (Emerita)
1988 – Joel Grossman, Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)
1987 – Timothy Allen, Professor, Botany (Emeritus)
1986 – Ray F. Evert, Professor, Botany (Emeritus)
1976 – Joseph Elder, Professor, Sociology; South Asian Studies (Emeritus)
1969 – R. Booth Fowler, Assistant Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)
1962 – Leonard E. Ross, Assistant Professor, Psychology (Emeritus)
1960 – Edward Fadell, Associate Professor, Mathematics (Emeritus)

The Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award recognizes excellence in outreach teaching. The following current and emeriti L&S faculty members have received this honor:

2021 – John Hawks, Professor, Anthropology
2017 – Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, Professor, Computer Sciences
2016 – John Moore, W.T. Lippincott Professor, Chemistry
2015 – Craig Werner, Professor, Afro-American Studies
2011 – Bassam Shakhashiri, Professor, Chemistry
2010 – Emily Auerbach, Professor, Liberal Studies and the Arts; English
2008 – Diane Gooding, Professor, Psychology
1997 – Julien "Cliff" Sprott, Professor, Physics (Emeritus)

The William H. Kiekhofer Teaching Award is the first teaching award at UW-Madison specifically designated for an L&S assistant professor or associate professor. One award is conferred annually. The following current and emeriti L&S faculty members have received this award:

2024 – Hilary Dugan, Associate Professor, Integrative Biology
2022 – Joshua Calhoun, Associate Professor, English
2021 – Sunny Yudkoff, Assistant Professor, German, Nordic and Slavic; Center for Jewish Studies
2020 – Katy Culver, Associate Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication
2018 – Erica Simmons, Assistant Professor, Political Science
2017 – Ralph Grunewald, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies, Center for Law, Society and Justice
2016 – Daniel Erman, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
2015 – Jordan Zweck, Assistant Professor, English
2014 – John Hall, Assistant Professor, History
2013 – Tehshik Yoon, Associate Professor, Chemistry
2012 – Jeffrey Beneker, Associate Professor, Classics
2011 – Pablo Ancos-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
2010 – Richard Avramenko, Assistant Professor, Political Science
2009 – Scott Straus, Associate Professor, Political Science
2008 – Kelley Conway, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
2007 – Gregory Downey, Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication; Library and Information Studies
2006 – Howard Schweber, Assistant Professor, Political Science
2005 – David Zimmerman, Assistant Professor, English
2004 – David Danaher, Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages
2003 – Mitchell Duneier, Professor, Sociology
1994 – Julie D'Acci, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
1989 – Donald Downs, Assistant Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)
1988 – Robert B. Howell, Assistant Professor, German
1984 – Nancy A. Kaiser, Assistant Professor, German (Emerita)
1983 – Steve Stern, Associate Professor, History (Emeritus)
1977 – Bassam Shakhashiri, Associate Professor, Chemistry
1972 – Michael C. Hinden, Assistant Professor, English (Emeritus)
1965 – Norman K. Risjord, Assistant Professor, History (Emeritus)

Each year, the Secretary of the Faculty recognizes four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors with the Hilldale Awards for distinguished contributions to teaching, research and service. One scholar from each of four faculty divisions — Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences — is selected from nominations by department chairs.

L&S Professors received 2 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2024

Anja Wanner, Enid H. Anderson Professor of English, English
Robert Hamers, Steenbock Professor of Physical Sciences, Chemistry

L&S Professors received 2 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2023

Susan C. Cook, Professor, Mead Witter School of Music
Sissel Schroeder, Professor, Anthropology

L&S Professors received 3 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2022

Stephen Wright, Professor, Computer Sciences
Michael Bernard-Donals, Professor, English
Timothy Smeeding Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

L&S Professors receive 3 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2021

Susan Ellis Weismer. Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Sabine Gross, Professor, German
Robert Mathieu, Professor, Astronomy

L&S Professors receive 2 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2019

Patricia Devine, Professor, Psychology
Ellen Zweibel, Professor, Astronomy and Physics

L&S Professors received 3 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2018

Leslie Bow, Professor, English
Mark Kenoyer, Professor, Anthropology
Gurindar Sohi, Professor, Computer Sciences

L&S Professors received 3 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2017

Henry John Drewal, Professor, Afro-American Studies, Art History
John Valley, Professor, Geoscience
David Weimer, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

L&S Professors received 2 of 4 Hilldale Awards in 2016

Laura Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry/Biochemistry
Steve Stern, Professor, History

Hilldale Professorships are given to faculty who excel in scholarly activity and have records of outstanding research and show promise of continued productivity. Hilldale Professors each receive an auxiliary allowance which can be used for equipment and supplies, computers, travel, research assistance, released time during the academic year or summer salary. The appointments are for five years and normally will be renewed so long as the holder maintains the level of appointment under which the professorship was awarded.

2024 L&S Hilldale Professorships

Russ Castronovo, Professor, English
J. Mark Kenoyer, Professor, Anthropology
Stephen Wright, Professor, Computer Sciences
Ellen Zweibel, Professor, Astronomy

L&S professors held 10 of 13 Hilldale Professorships in 2015

Stephen Carpenter, Professor, Zoology
Fleming Crim, Professor, Chemistry
Susan S. Friedman, Professor, English
Francis Halzen, Professor, Physics
Daniel Hausman, Professor, Philosophy
Laura Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry/Biochemistry
Carol Ryff, Professor, Psychology
Mark Seidenberg, Professor, Psychology
Steve J. Stern, Professor, History
Grace Wahba, Professor, Statistics

L&S professors held 8 of 9 Hilldale Professorships in 2013

Stephen Carpenter, Professor, Zoology
Fleming Crim, Professor, Chemistry
Francis Halzen, Professor, Physics
Daniel Hausman, Professor, Philosophy
Laura Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry/Biochemistry
Mark Seidenberg, Professor, Psychology
Steve J. Stern, Professor, History
Grace Wahba, Professor, Statistics

L&S professors held 10 of 13 Hilldale Professorships in 2012

Stephen Carpenter, Professor, Zoology
Fleming Crim, Professor, Chemistry
Francis Halzen, Professor, Physics
Daniel Hausman, Professor, Philosophy
Laura Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry/Biochemistry
Ronald Numbers, Professor, History of Medicine/History of Science
Mark Seidenberg, Professor, Psychology
Charles Snowdon, Professor, Psychology
Steve J. Stern, Professor, History
Grace Wahba, Professor, Statistics

The John D. MacArthur Professorship Chair is considered one of the most prestigious research chairs on campus. The Professorship was established by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Jordan Ellenberg, Mathematics
Ken West, Professor, Economics

Named Bascom Professorships support teaching and scholarly activities by promising faculty members. Professorships may be awarded to areas or individuals designated by the donor. Some of these Professorships are renewable and maybe held for several years.

Currently, L&S professors hold 32 Named Bascom Professorships.

Hans Adler, Professor, German
Richard Avramenko, Professor, Political Science
Harry Brighouse, Professor, Philosophy
Karen Britland, Professor, English
Greg Downey, Professor, Journalism
Henry Drewal, Professor, Art History
Thomas DuBois, Professor, Scandinavian Studies
Mustafa Emirbayer, Professor, Sociology
H. Hill Goldsmith, Professor, Psychology
Richard Goodkin, Professor, French & Italian
Robert Howell, Professor, German
Janet Hyde, Professor, Psychology
Amaud Johnson, Professor, English
Lynn Keller, Professor, English
Stephen Lucas, Professor, Communication Arts
Marsha Mailick, Professor, Social Work
Anthony Michels, Professor, History
Steven Nadler, Professor, Philosophy
William Nienhauser, Professor, East Asian Language and Literature
Amy Quan Barry, Professor, English
Mary Louise Roberts, Professor, History
Joel Rogers, Professor, Sociology
Dhavan Shah, Professor, Journalism
Bassam Shakhashiri, Professor, Chemistry
Cherene Sherrard, Professor, English
Antony Stretton, Professor, Zoology
Aili Tripp, Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
Ron Wallace, Professor, English
Susan Ellis Weismer, Professor, Communication Disorders and Sciences
Craig Werner, Professor, Afro-American Studies
Arun Yethiraj, Professor, Chemistry
Martin Zanni, Professor, Chemistry

The Outstanding Women of Color award honors those who are making an impact on the UW–Madison campus and the nation, are passionately dedicated to their research, academics and serving the community in vastly different ways.

2021 – Sami Schalk, Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies
2019 – Desiree Bates, Computational Chemistry Leader, Chemistry
2018 – Cherene Sherrard Johnson, Professor of English
2017 – Christy Clark-Pujara, Associate Professor of History, Department of Afro-American Studies
2016 – Joan Fujimura, Professor, Department of Sociology
2015 – Lori Kido Lopez, Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Department of Communication Arts
2014 – Michelle Robinson, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
2013 –
Roberta Hill, Professor of English & American Indian Studies
Karma Chávez, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts & Chican@ and Latin@ Studies
2010-11 –
Leslie Bow, Professor of English and Asian American Studies, Department of English & Asian American Studies Program
Nancy Marie Mithlo, Assistant (now Associate) Professor of Art History and American Indian Studies, Department of Art History & American Indian Studies Program
2009-10 –
Araceli Alonso, Faculty Associate & Lecturer
Diane Gooding, Professor of Psychology
2007-08 –
Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel, Senior Scientist, Urban and Regional Planning
Mary Layoun, Professor of Comparative Literature

2018 – Christy Clark-Pujara, Associate Professor of History, Department of Afro-American Studies
2014 – Shawnika Hull, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
2013 – Roberta Hill, Professor of English & American Indian Studies
2010 – Leslie Bow, Professor of English & Asian American Studies
2001 – Ada Deer, Senior Lecturer in Social Work
1999 – Amy Ling, Professor & Director, Asian American Studies
1998 – Stanlie James, Professor, Afro-American Studies
1996 – Nellie McKay, Professor, Afro-American Studies Department

The Vilas Associate Competition is open to tenure-track and tenured faculty, from the assistant professor level to professors within 20 years of their tenure date. The award is made possible by the generosity of the Vilas Trustees.

2021-22

Joshua Calhoun, English
Anna Campbell, Gender and Women's Studies
Giuliana Chamedes, History
Hannah Eldridge, German, Nordic, and Slavic
Michael Gleicher, Computer Sciences
Monica Grant, Sociology
Daniel Lucas Graves, Journalism and Mass Communication
Mary Halloran, Integrative Biology
Sara Hotchkiss, Botany
Eric Hoyt, Communication Arts
Michael Light, Sociology
Laurentiu Maxim, Department of Mathematics
Grant Nelsestuen, Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Anat Schechtman, Philosophy
Ananth Seshadri, Economics
Audra Sterling, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Deniz Yavuz, Physics

2017-18

Aditya Akella, Computer Sciences
Dima Arinkin, Mathematics
John Bengson, Philosophy
Shira Brisman, Art History
Mark Copelovitch, La Follette School of Public Affairs
John Curtin, Psychology
Yoshiko Herrera, Political Science
Daniel Kapust, Political Science
Elizabeth Lapina, History
Marisa Otegui, Botany
Karyn Riddle, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Morgan Robertson, Geography
Snezana Stanimirovic, Astronomy
Florence Vatan, French & Italian
Timothy Yu, English

2016-17

David Anderson, Mathematics
Cecile Ane, Botany
Stanislav Boldyrev, Physics
Kyoung-Shin Choi, Chemistry
Michael J. Collins, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Joseph Dennis, History
Anhai Doan, Computer Sciences
Simon Gilroy, Botany
Paola Hernandez, Spanish & Portuguese
Young Mie Kim, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Helen Kinsella, Political Science
Chaeyoon Lim, Sociology
Maria Marin-Spiotta, Geography
Lisa Martin, Political Science
Jenna Nobles, Sociology
Sarah Paul, Philosophy
Kristin Phillips-Court, French & Italian
Brad Postle, Psychology
Marc Vallon, School of Music

2015-16

Barry C. Burden, Professor, Political Science
Christy M. Clark-Pujara, Assistant Professor, Afro-American Studies
Shamgar Gurevitch, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Sebastian Heinz, Associate Professor, Astronomy
Pamela Herd, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Jeremy M. Hutton, Associate Professor, Classics
Susan J. Robinson, Associate Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Kathryn M. Sanchez, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
William Sandholm, Professor, Economics
John S. Sarff, Professor, Physics
Catherine Elizabeth Vieira, Assistant Professor, English
Anja Wanner, Professor, English
Martin t. Zanni, Professor, Chemistry

2014-15

Samer Alatout, Associate Professor, Community & Environment Sociology
Lisa Cooper, Associate Professor, English
Gheorghe Craciun, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Qiang Cui, Professor, Chemistry
Robert Howard, Professor, Communication Arts
Adam Kern, Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature
Nam Kim, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Michael A. Massoglia, Associate Professor, Sociology
Donald Moynihan, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
John L. Orrock, Associate Professor, Zoology
Ryan J. Owens, Associate Professor, Political Science
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Associate Professor, History
Laura Schwendinger, Professor, School of Music
Michael Titelbaum, Associate Professor, Philosophy
Stefan Westerhoff, Professor, Physics

2013-14

Suman Banerjee, Professor, Computer Sciences
Elizabeth B. Bearden, Associate Professor, English
Jeffrey Beneker, Associate Professor, Classics
Ellen Damschen, Associate Professor, Zoology
Sridhara R. Dasu, Professor, Physics
Felix Elwert, Associate Professor, Sociology
Christine Garlough, Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
Frank Keutsch, Honorary Associate Fellow, Chemistry
Neil Kodesh, Associate Professor, History
Gary Lupyan, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Nancy Rose Marshall, Professor, Art History
Mario Ortiz Robles, Associate Professor, English
Lones Smith, Professor, Economics
Douglas Weibel, Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Yongming Zhou, Professor, Anthropology

2012-13

Anna V. Andrzejewski, Associate Professor, Art History
Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Professor, Computer Sciences
Robert Asen, Professor, Communication Arts
Thomas Brunold, Professor, Chemistry
Lewis Friedland, Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication
Matthew Herndon, Associate Professor, Physics
Florence C. Hsia, Associate Professor, History of Science
Rania Huntington, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature
Song Jin, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Alexandre Lazarian, Professor, Astronomy
Eric Roden, Professor, Geoscience
Ellen Sapega, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Irina Shevelenko, Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages
Kristin Shutts, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Kristen Slack, Professor, Social Work
Katherine Cramer Walsh, Associate Professor, Political Science

2011-12

Sandra Adell, Professor, Afro-American Studies
Amy J. Barger, Professor, Astronomy
Lawrence Berger, Associate Professor, Social Work
Christina Ewig, Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
Mikhail Feldman, Professor, Mathematics
Anna M. Gade, Associate Professor, Languages & Cultures of Asia
John W. Hall, Assistant Professor, History
Anne R. Hansen, Associate Professor, Religious Studies Program
Wen Li, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Marlys Macken, Professor, Linguistics
Ann Smart Martin, Professor, Art History
Larry Nesper, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Jack R. Porter, Professor, Economics
Peter Vranas, Professor, Philosophy
David Wood, Professor, Computer Sciences
Susan Webb Yackee, Associate Professor, LaFollette School of Public Affairs

The Vilas Associate Competition is open to tenure-track and tenured faculty, from the assistant professor level to professors within 20 years of their tenure date. The award is made possible by the generosity of the Vilas Trustees.

2010-11

Helen E. Blackwell, Professor, Chemistry
Nicholas D. Cahill, Professor, Art History
Nicole Xincun Huang, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature
Shi Jin, Professor, Mathematics
Carol E. Lee, Professor, Zoology
Caroline Levine, Professor, English
Grazia Menechella, Associate Professor, French & Italian
Yuri Miyamoto, Assistant Professor, Psychology
James Raymo, Professor, Sociology
Mark Saffman, Professor, Physics
Karl Shoemaker, Associate Professor, History
Richard Staley, Assicate Professor, History of Science
Max Statkiewicz, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
Christopher Taber, Professor, Economics
Claire Wendland, Associate Professor, Anthropology

2009-10

Anthony P. Auger, Associate Professor, Psychology
Silvia Cavagnero, Professor, Chemistry
Jo Ellen Fair, Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication
Donna E. Fernandez, Professor, Botany
Stephen C. Gammie, Associate Professor, Zoology
John Hawks, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Judith A. Houck, Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
Amaud J. Johnson, Associate Professor, English
William P. Jones, Associate Professor, History
Luis Madureira, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Katherine Magnuson, Associate Professor, Social Work
Giovanna M. Merli, Associate Professor, Sociology
Barton P. Miller, Professor, Computer Sciences
Nancy M. Mithlo, Associate Professor, Art History
Jon C. Pevehouse, Professor, Political Science
Michael Ramsey-Musolf, Professor, Physics
Timothy T. Rogers, Associate Professor, Psychology
David C. Schwartz, Professor, Chemistry
Manon van de Water, Professor, Theatre & Drama

2008-09

Matthew A. Bershady, Professor, Astronomy
Jin-Yi Cai, Professor, Computer Sciences
Juan M. Comesana, Philosophy
Charles W. Dill, Professor, Music
Anne Enke, Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
Ivan Ermakoff, Professor, Sociology
Sara Guyer, Associate Professor, English
Laura L. Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry
Marc Kleijwegt, Professor, History
Bret R. Larget, Associate Professor, Botany
Ernesto Livorni, Professor, French & Italian
Travis R. Pickering, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Stephanie A. Robert, Professor, Social Work
Eric Schatzberg, Associate Professor, History of Science
Gary Shiu, Professor, Physics
Bradley S. Singer, Professor, Geoscience
Lloyd M. Smith, Professor, Chemistry
Scott Straus, Professor, Political Science
Kenneth D. West, Professor, Economics
Ethelene Whitmire, Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Studies
A-Xing Zhu, Professor, Geography

2007-08

David A. Baum, Professor, Botany
Ksenija Bilbija, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Cary B. Forest, Professor, Physics
Jan Greenberg, Professor, Social Work
Melanie Manion, Professor, LaFollette School of Public Affairs
Paul A. Milewski, Professor, Mathematics
Judith Mitchell, Professor, English
Julie C. Mitchell, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Kristopher N. Olds, Professor, Geography
Ana Carolina Sartorio, Philosophy
Cherene M. Sherrard, Professor, English
Basil Tikoff, Professor, Geoscience
J. Randolph Valentine, Professor, Linguistics
M. Jake Vander Zanden, Professor, Zoology
Eric M. Wilcots, Professor, Astronomy
Jason Yaeger, Anthropology
Louise C. Young, Professor, History

2006-07

Martha Wagner Alibali, Professor, Psychology
William Aylward, Professor, Classics
C. Eric Bach, Professor, Computer Sciences
Nigel Boston, Professor, Mathematics
David S. Danaher, Professor, Slavic Languages
Gelsomina De Stasio, Professor, Physics
Joan Fujimura, Professor, Sociology
Mark D. Hill, Professor, Computer Sciences
Francine Hirsch, Associate Professor, History
Mark L. Louden, Professor, German
Douglas M. Mcleod, Professor, German & Mass Communication
Gregg A. Mitman, Professor, History of Science/Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Lisa C. Naughton, Professor, Geography
Leigh A. Payne, Professor, Political Science
Lauren V. Riters, Associate Professor, Zoology
Rebecca L. Walkowitz, Professor, English
Arun Yethiraj, Professor, Chemistry

2005-06

Judith N. Burstyn, Professor, Chemistry
Thomas E. A. Dale, Professor, Art History
Charles M. Engel, Professor, Economics
Theodore P. Gerber, Professor, Sociology
Kenneth M. Goldstein, Professor, Political Science
Joanna E. Lambert, Anthropology
Ruth Y. Litovsky, Professor, Communicative Disorders
Colleen F. Moore, Professor, Psychology
Gilbert M. Nathanson, Professor, Chemistry
Jamie A. Peck, Professor, Geography
Mary Louise Roberts, Professor, History
Gay W. Seidman, Professor, Sociology
Hemant G. Shah, Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication
Lawrence A. Shapiro, Professor, Philosophy
Leslie M. Smith, Professor, Mathematics
Edgar P. Spalding, Professor, Botany
Jeremi A. Suri, Professor, History
Peter T. Timbie, Professor, Physics
Gregory J. Tripoli, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Kirsten Wolf, Professor, Scandinavian Studies

2004-05

Steven A. Ackerman, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Amy Quan Barry, Professor, English
Thomas A. DuBois, Professor, Scandinavian Studies
Christina R. Greene, Associate Professor, Afro-American Studies
Tao Han, Honorary Associate/Fellow, Physics
Igal E. Hendel, Economics
Monica A. Macaulay, Professor, Linguistics
Robert D. Mathieu, Professor, Astronomy
Lynn K. Nyhart, Professor, History of Science
Seth D. Pollak, Professor, Psychology
Arun Ram, Mathematics
Arthur J. Reynolds, Professor, Social Work
Amos Ron, Professor, Computer Sciences
Russ Shafer-Landau, Professor, Philosophy
Brett Sheehan, Professor, History
Benjamin I. Singer, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Andrew Wolpert, Associate Professor, Classics

2003-04

Alejandro Adem, Professor, Mathematics
Richard J. Begam, Professor, English
Alda Blanco, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Michael J. Curtin, Communication Arts
Nan Enstad, Professor, History
Diane C. Gooding, Professor, Psychology
Philip A. Haile, Economics
Eddie A. Harmon-Jones, Psychology
Matthew H. Hitchman, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
John G. Hoessel, Professor, Astronomy
James P. Leary, Professor, Scandinavian Studies
Kenneth R. Mayer, Professor, Political Science
Carole Newlands, Professor, Classics
Gerhard H. Richter, Professor, German
Patrick A. Rumble, Professor, French & Italian
Sissel Schroeder, Professor, Anthropology
Dhavan V. Shah, Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication
Alan G. Sidelle, Professor, Philosophy
Emily H. Stanley, Professor, Zoology
Kenneth J. Sytsma, Professor, Botany
Susan M. Zaeske, Professor, Communication Arts
Hongming Zhang, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature

2002-03

Margaret H. Beissinger, Slavic Languages
Paul E. Berry, Botany
David T. Canon, Professor, Political Science
Monika Maria T. Chavez, Professor, German
Andrey V. Chubukov, Professor, Physics
Brenda L. Dingus, Physics
Kenneth M. George, Professor, Anthropology
Raymond A. Harris, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Rick L. Jenison, Professor, Psychology
Stephen D. Kantrowitz, Professor, History
Maryellen C. MacDonald, Professor, Psychology
Yong-Geun Oh, Professor, Mathematics
Zhongdang Pan, Professor, Communication Arts
Patricia Rosenmeyer, Professor, Classics
Edwin L. Sibert, Professor, Chemistry
Michael Scott Taylor, Economics
Elizabeth J. Thomson, Professor, Sociology
Matthew Turner, Professor, Geography
David A. Zimmerman, Associate Professor, English

2000-01

William M. Bement, Professor, Zoology
Seth S. Blair, Professor, Zoology
Katherine A. Bowie, Professor, Anthropology
Rachel F. Brenner, Professor, Hebrew & Semitic Studies
Stefania Buccini, Professor, French & Italian
Gudrun Buhnemann, Professor, Languages & Cultures of Asia
Ivy A. Corfis, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Dennis Charles DeMets, Professor, Geoscience
Alexander A. Dolinin, Professor, Slavic Languages
Steven N. Durlauf, Professor, Economics
Adam Gamoran, Professor, Sociology
Samuel H. Gellman, Professor, Chemistry
Arthur M. Glenberg, Professor, Psychology
Lester H. Hunt, Professor, Philosophy
Priya Joshi, English
Robert J. Kaiser, Professor, Geography
Nietzchka Keene, Professor, Communication Arts
Steffen Lempp, Professor, Mathematics
Yafei Li, Professor, Linguistics
Zheng-Yu Liu, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Catherine A. Marler, Professor, Psychology
Robert J. McMahon, Professor, Chemistry
Silvia Montiglio, Classics
Jeffrey F. Naughton, Professor, Computer Sciences
Kenneth H. Nordsieck, Professor, Astronomy
Pamela M. Potter, Professor, Music
Jenny R. Saffran, Professor, Psychology
Nora Cate Schaeffer, Professor, Sociology
Robert W. Staiger, Professor, Economics
Mary K. Vernon, Professor, Computer Sciences
Thad G. Walker, Professor, Physics
Lee Palmer Wandel, Professor, History

1999-00

Michael Barnett, Professor, Political Science
Craig W. Berridge, Professor, Psychology
Michael Harry Brighouse, Professor, Philosophy
Thomas H. Broman, Professor, History of Science
Judith G. Croxdale, Botany
Julie Dacci, Professor, Communication Arts
Raymond J. Deneckere, Professor, Economics
Michael C. Ferris, Professor, Computer Sciences
Jonathan A. Foley, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
John S. Gallagher III, Professor, Astronomy
Morton A. Gernsbacher, Professor, Psychology
Thomas J. Givnish, Professor, Botany
David S. Griffeath, Professor, Mathematics
Sabine D. Gross, Professor, German
Jeffrey D. Hardin, Professor, Zoology
Michele Hilmes, Professor, Communication Arts
Vance Holliday, Geography
Anthony R. Ives, Professor, Zoology
Jaques Lezra, English
Tomislav Longinovic, Professor, Slavic Languages
Laura K. McClure, Professor, Classics
Michael Cottman Morgan, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Pamela E. Oliver, Professor, Sociology
Raghu Ramakrishnan, Computer Sciences
Yongbin Ruan, Mathematics
Carol Ryff, Professor, Psychology
John Karl Scholz, Professor, Economics
Jude W. Shavlik, Professor, Computer Sciences
Denise H. Solomon, Communication Arts
John W. Valley, Professor, Geoscience
Anne C. Vila, Professor, French & Italian
Neil L. Whitehead, Professor, Anthropology
Thongcai Winichakul, Professor, History

1998-99

Florence Bernault, Professor, History
Philip E. Brown, Professor, Geoscience
Joseph P. Cassinelli, Professor, Astronomy
Mark D. Ediger, Professor, Chemistry
Franc Forstneric, Mathematics
Mimmi K. Fulmer, Professor, Music
Theodore Garland Jr., Zoology
H. Hill Goldsmith, Professor, Psychology
Robert J. Hamers, Professor, Chemistry
Linda Hunter, Professor, African Languages & Literature
John F. Kennan, Professor, Economics
Jesse L. Kercheval, Professor, English
Mary N. Layoun, Professor, Comparative Literature
Jean B. Lee, Professor, History
Ann Orloff, Sociology
Thomas M. Record Jr., Professor, Chemistry
Joseph C. Salmons, Professor, German
Marshall Slemrod, Professor, Mathematics
Karen B. Strier, Professor, Anthropology
Paul W. Terry, Professor, Physics
Graham K. Wilson, Professor, Political Science
Steven Winspur, Professor, French & Italian
Dieter Zeppenfeld, Professor, German
Karl S. Zimmerer, Professor, Geography

1997-98

Douglas M. Bates, Professor, Statistics
Donald J. Bennet, Classics
Edward B. Churchwell, Professor, Astronomy
Catherine Connor, Spanish & Portuguese
Susan C. Cook, Professor, Music
James L. Dannemiller, Psychology
Cecilia E. Ford, Professor, English
Charles N. Halaby, Professor, Sociology
Pekka K. Hamalainen, Professor, History
Rogers Hollingsworth, Professor, History
Lea Jacobs, Professor, Communication Arts
Jonathan M. Kenoyer, Professor, Anthropology
Clark R. Landis, Professor, Chemistry
Wei-Yin Loh, Professor, Statistics
Dan McCammon, Professor, Physics
Kirin Narayan, Professor, Anthropology
Thomas W. Reps, Professor, Computer Sciences
Thomas H. Schaub, Professor, English
Andreas Seeger, Professor, Mathematics
Marion Smiley, Political Science
Gurindar S. Sohi, Professor, Computer Sciences
James C. Weisshaar, Professor, Chemistry

1996-97

Sigurt B. Angenent, Mathematics
Rima D. Apple, Computer Sciences
Jeffrey R. Baylis, Zoology
Deborah L. Brandt, English
Steven D. Burke, Chemistry
Jane L. Collins, Sociology
Robert M. Corn, Chemistry
Martine M. Debaisieux, French & Italian
Daniel F. Doeppers, Geography
Halina Filipowcz, Slavic Languages
Tyrone D. Greive, Music
Clark M. Johnson, Geoscience
Keith R. Kluender, Psychology
James C. Knox, Geography
Jack Kugelmass, Anthropology
Thomas McCormick, History
Judith G. Miller, French & Italian
Marshall F. Onellion, Physics
Michael Pfau, Journalism & Mass Communication
Sherry L. Reames, English
Wesley H. Smith, Physics
Panagioti Souganidis, Mathematics
Linda S. Sparke, Astronomy
James D. Steakley, German
Karen L. Steudel, Zoology
Clifford H. Thurber, Geoscience
Jane C. Tylus, Comparative Literature
James R. Walker, Economics
Donald M. Waller, Botany

Through the generosity of the Vilas Trust, the Office of the Provost is able to provide the Vilas Faculty Early Investigator Awards to recognize outstanding faculty members. These awards are meant to recognize research and teaching excellence in faculty who are relatively early in their careers. These awards provide between $25,000 and $100,000 in flexible funding over two years.

2023 Recipients

Ángel Adames-Corraliza, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Ainehi Edoro, English
Jennifer Nelson, Art History
Lucas Zoet, Geoscience

2019 Recipients

Thulani Davis, Afro-American Studies
Ramzi Fawaz, English
Qin Li, Mathematics
Kimberly Palladino, Physics
Eftychios Sifakis, Computer Sciences
Yang Wang, La Follette
Sunny Yudkoff, German, Nordic and Slavic; Center for Jewish Studies

2018 Recipients

Christy Clark-Pujara, Afro-American Studies
Sarah Paul, Philosophy
Karu Sankaralingam, Computer Sciences
Lu Wang, Mathematics
Stephen Young, Geography

Through the generosity of the Vilas Trust, the Office of the Provost is able to provide the Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards to recognize outstanding faculty members. The award is meant to recognize research and teaching excellence in mid-career faculty members. These awards provide between $25,000 and $100,000 in flexible funding over two years.

2023 Recipients

Daniel Erman, Mathematics
Jenna Nobles, Sociology
Robert Roth, Geography
Sissel Schroeder, Anthropology
Ahna Skop, Genetics

2019 Recipients

Kyoung-Shin Choi, Chemistry
Nan Enstad, History
Neil Kodesh, History
Chaeyoon Lim, Sociology

2018 Recipients

Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, Computer Sciences
Guillermina De Ferrari, Spanish and Portuguese
Felix Elwert, Sociology
Marzena Rostek, Economics
Jennifer Schomaker, Chemistry
Lyn Van Swol, Communication Arts
Tehshik Yoon, Chemistry

Vilas Research Professorships were created “for the advancement of learning.” Candidates should be of proven research ability, and possess unusual qualifications and promise. The individual must have contributed significantly to the research mission of the university, and be widely recognized both nationally and internationally for the quality of research.

The professorships provide for a reduced teaching load, a $10,000 salary supplement, an annual account of $50,000 for research expenses, and a retirement supplement of $2,500 per year for an individual who has served at least 15 years as a Vilas Professor.

The professorships are funded from the generosity of the Trustees of the William F. Vilas Estate. They are managed by the provost and are appointed by a competition process.

Samuel Gellman, Professor, Chemistry
Vernon Barger, Professor, Physics
David Bethea, Professor, Slavic Languages
William Brock, Professor, Economics
Susan Coppersmith, Professor, Physics
William Cronon, Professor, History
Richard Davidson, Professor, Psychology
Steven Durlauf, Professor, Economics
Morton Gernsbacher, Professor, Psychology
Gregg Mitman, Professor, History of Science
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Professor, Anthropology
Mark Seidenberg, Professor, Psychology
Elliott Sober, Professor, Philosophy
Gurindar Sohi, Professor, Computer Sciences
Karen Strier, Professor, Anthropology
Monica Turner, Professor, Integrative Biology
Erik Olin Wright, Professor, Sociology
Sau Lan Wu, Professor, Physics

The Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships recognize professors whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence has also included teaching or service.

The professorships provide a fixed allocation of flexible funds in the amount of $75,000. The awardees carry the title of Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor for the duration of their career at UW-Madison. The Office of the Provost, through the generosity of the Vilas Trustees, provides $50,000 towards the $75,000 total. The nominating dean, in concert with the department, provides initial funding of $5,000 and an additional $5,000 per year, over the five-year period.

2023 Recipients

Theresa Delgadillio, Department of English and the Chican@/Latin@ Studies Program Emily Fletcher, Department of Philosophy
Kris Olds, Department of Geography
Mario Ortiz-Robles, Department of English
Tehskik Yoon, Department of Chemistry

Pre-2023 Recipients

Martha Alibali, Psychology
David Anderson, Mathematics
Amy Barger, Astronomy
Amy Quan Barry, English
Lawrence Berger, School of Social Work
Leslie Bow, English
Katherine Bowie, Anthropology
Stefania Buccini, French & Italian
Marah Curtis, Social Work
Suzanne Desan, History
AnHai Doan, Computer Sciences
Jordan Ellenberg, Mathematics
Mark Eriksson, Physics
Kristin Eschenfelder, The Information School
Lewis Friedland, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Anna Gade, Religious Studies
Stephen Gammie, Integrative Biology
Pupa Gilbert, Physics
John Hawks, Anthropology
Francine Hirsch, History
Lea Jacobs, Communication Arts
Shi Jin, Mathematics
Clark Johnson, Geoscience
Stephen Kantrowitz, History
Ullrich Langer, French & Italian
Katherine Magnuson, Social Work
Melanie Manion, Political Science
Jonathan Martin, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Melanie Matchett Wood, Mathematics
Robert Mathieu, Astronomy
Stephen Meyers, Geoscience
Barton Miller, Computer Sciences
Alfonso Morales, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
Leonora Neville, History
Lynn Nyhart, History of Science
Jon Pevehouse, Political Science
Anne Pringle, Botany
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, History
Anthony Di Sanza, School of Music
Jenny Saffran, Psychology
Christine Schwartz, Sociology
Brad Singer, Geoscience
Lones Smith, Economics
Scott Straus, Political Science
James Sweet, History
Clifford Thurber, Geoscience
Michael Titlelbaum, Philosophy
Matthew Turner, Geography
Manon van de Water, Theatre & Drama
Susan Webb Yackee, Political Science
Louise Young, History
Ellen Zweibel, Astronomy

The Kellett Award, supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), recognizes outstanding mid-career faculty members who are five to 20 years past the first promotion to a tenured position. Each winner, chosen by a Graduate School committee, receives a $75,000 flexible research award.

More information is available from the Vice Chancellor of University Research.

2024-2025

John J. Curtin, Professor, Psychology
Bich Minh (Beth) Nguyen, Professor, English
Shanan E. Peters, Professor, Geoscience
Christine Schwartz, Professor, Sociology
Tehshik Yoon, Professor, Chemistry
Xiaojin (Jerry) Zhu, Professor, Computer Sciences

2023-2024

Jill Casid, Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies and Art History
Guillermina De Ferrari, Professor, Spanish and Art History
John Hawks, Professor, Anthropology
Michael Titelbaum, Professor, Philosophy
Tonghai Yang, Professor, Mathematics

2022-2023

Barry Burden, Professor, Political Science
Kyoung-Shin Choi, Professor Chemistry
Aparna Dharwadker, Professor, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
Jonathan Gray, Professor, Communication Arts
Somesh Jha, Professor, Computer Sciences
Greg Nemet, Professor, LaFollette School of Public Affairs
Richard Townsend, Professor, Astronomy

2021-2022

Marcy Carlson, Professor, Sociology
Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Professor, English
Jessica Weeks, Professor, Political Science
John (Jack) Williams, Professor, Geography

2020-2021

Thomas Brunold, Professor, Chemistry
Marisa Otegui, Professor, Botany
Jon Pevehouse, Professor, Political Science and Public Affairs
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, Professor, English
Jeff Smith, Professor Communication Arts

2019-2020

Simon Gilroy, Professor, Botany
Albrecht Karle, Professor, Physics
Laura McClure, Professor, Art History
Basil Tikoff, Professor, Geoscience
Manon van de Water, Professor, German, Nordic and Slavic
Susan Yackee, Professor, La Follette/Political Science
Louise Young, Professor, History

2018-19

Maria Cancian, Professor, Public Affairs & Social Work
Mustafa Emirbayer, Professor, Sociology
Sara Guyer, Professor, English, and Director of the Center for the Humanities
Ruth Litovsky, Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Seth Pollak, Professor, Psychology
Edgar Spalding, Professor, Botany
Peter B. M. Vranas, Professor, Philosophy

2017-18

Martha Alibali, Professor, Psychology
Amy Barger, Professor, Astronomy
David Baum, Professor, Botany
Leslie Bow, Professor, English
Katherine Cramer, Professor, Political Science
Jordan Ellenberg, Professor, Mathematics
B. Venkat Mani, Professor, German, Nordic and Slavic
Donald Moynihan, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Lauren Riters, Professor, Zoology

2016-17

Qiang Cui, Professor, Chemistry
Mary Halloran, Professor, Zoology
Jenny Saffran, Professor, Psychology
Laura Schwendinger, Professor, School of Music
Ananth Seshadri, Professor, Economics
Gary Shiu, Professor, Physics
Scott Straus, Professor, Political Science

2015-16

Cary B. Forest, Professor, Physics
Scott G. Gehlbach, Professor, Political Science
Caroline Levine, Professor, English
Daniel R. Meyer, Professor, School of Social Work
Pamela M. Potter, Professor, German
Shannon S. Stahl, Professor, Chemistry
Emily H. Stanley, Professor, Zoology
Robert Asen, Professor, Communication Arts
Anthony E. Di Sanza, Professor, School of Music
Anthony R. Ives, Professor, Zoology
Travis R. Pickering, Professor, Anthropology
Russ Shafer-Landau, Professor, Philosophy

2014-15

Amy Quan Barry, Professor, English
Menzie David Chinn, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Mark A. Eriksson, Professor, Physics
Stephen D. Kantrowitz, Professor, History
Dhavan V. Shah, Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication

2012-13

Jin-Yi Cai, Professor, Computer Sciences
D. Charles DeMets, Professor, Geoscience
Thomas A. Dubois, Professor, Scandinavian Studies
Michael A. Newton, Professor, Statistics
Robert Nixon, Professor, English
Larry Shapiro, Professor, Philosophy
Christopher Taber, Professor, Economics

2011-12

Craig Berridge, Professor, Psychology
Rachel F. Brenner, Professor, Hebrew & Semitic Studies
Kenneth M. George, Professor, Anthropology
Ted Gerber, Professor, Sociology
Lynn Nyhart, Professor, History of Science
Michael Witmore, Professor, English

2010-11

William M. Bement, Professor, Zoology
Michael Bernard-Donals, Professor, English
Kathryn Hendley, Professor, Political Science/Law School
Mark Hill, Professor, Computer Sciences
Robert D. Mathieu, Professor, Astronomy
Jan Miernowski, Professor, French & Italian
William Sandholm, Professor, Economics
Kirsten Wolf, Professor, Scandinavian Studies

2009-10

Russ Castronovo, Professor, English
Jeffrey D. Hardin, Professor, Zoology
Lea Jacobs, Professor, Communication Arts
Kirin Narayan, Professor, Anthropology
John Karl Scholz, Professor, Economics
Aili Tripp, Professor, Gender & Women's Studies

2008-09

Harry Brighouse, Professor, Philosophy
Mark Ediger, Professor, Chemistry
Kenneth Goldstein, Professor, Political Science

2007-08

Susan N. Coppersmith, Professor, Physics
Charles M. Engel, Professor, Economics
James P. Leary, Professor, Scandinavian Studies
Lee Palmer Wandel, Professor, History

2006-07

Maryellen C. MacDonald, Professor, Psychology
Joseph C. Salmons, Professor, German
Mary K. Vernon, Professor, Computer Sciences
Karl S. Zimmerer, Professor, Geography

2005-06

Alexander A. Dolinin, Professor, Slavic Languages
Bruce E. Hansen, Professor, Economics

2004-05

Michael Barnett, Professor, Political Science

2003-04

Ronald J. Reynolds, Professor, Astronomy
Marc D. Silberman, Professor, German
Karen B. Strier, Professor, Anthropology

2002-03

Patricia G. Devine, Professor, Psychology
David C. Schwartz, Professor, Chemistry
David J. Sorkin, Professor, History
Dieter Zeppenfeld, Professor, Physics

2001-02

Timothy B. Baker, Professor, Psychology
Steven M. Nadler, Professor, Philosophy
Brenda G. Plummer, Professor, History
John W. Valley, Professor, Geoscience

2000-01

James Andreoni, Professor, Economics
Mary A. Fitzpatrick, Professor, Communication Arts
Michael V. Fox, Professor, Hebrew & Semitic Studies
Richard E. Goodkin, Professor, French & Italian
Robert J. Hamers, Professor, Chemistry
Gary D. Sandefur, Professor, Sociology
Thomas D. Sharkey, Professor, Botany
Gurindar S. Sohi, Professor, Computer Sciences

1999-00

Lyn Y. Abramson, Professor, Psychology
Stephen R. Carpenter, Professor, Zoology
David A. Loewenstein, Professor, English
Lloyd M. Smith, Professor, Chemistry
Wesley H. Smith, Professor, Physics
Bernard Yack, Professor, Political Science

1998-99

Hans Adler, Professor, German
Joanne R. Cantor, Professor, Communication Arts
Donald F. Kettl, Professor, Political Science
James C. Weisshaar, Professor, Chemistry

1997-98

Akif Baha Balantekin, Professor, Physics
Stephen M. Dembski, Professor, Music
Terri E. Moffitt, Professor, Psychology
Steve J. Stern, Professor, History
John C. Wright, Professor, Chemistry

1996-97

Georgia M. Benkart, Professor, Mathematics
Charles Camic, Professor, Sociology
Dan Hausman, Professor, Philosophy
Florencia E. Mallon, Professor, History
Marie Lorrie Moore, Professor, English
Hans J. Reich, Professor, Chemistry

1995-96

Mary P. Anderson, Professor, Geoscience
Denis Feeney, Professor, Classics
Ullrich G. Langer, Professor, French & Italian
Robert D. Mare, Professor, Sociology
James L. Skinner, Professor, Chemistry
Kenneth D. West, Professor, Economics

The WARF Named Professorship Award is intended to honor those faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors, but also as a result of their teaching and service activities.

More information is available from the Vice Chancellor of University Research.

2024-2025

Pupa Gilbert, John D. Wiley Professor of Physics
Lisa L. Martin, Crawford Young Professor of Political Science
Pamela Potter, Michael Ochs Professor of German and Music
Russ Shafer-Landau, Elliott Sober Professor of Philosophy

2023-2024

Monica Macaulay, Ada Deer Professor of Language Sciences
Dhavan Shah, Jack M. McLeod Professor of Communication Research

2022-2023

Mustafa Emirbayer, Professor of Sociology
Song Jin, Professor of Chemistry
Mark Saffman, Professor of Physics
Christopher Taber, Professor of Economics

2021-2022

Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, Professor of Computer Sciences
Amy Barger, Professor of Astronomy
Amy Quan Barry, Professor of English
Katherine Cramer, Professor of Political Science
Lawrence Shapiro, Professor of Philosophy

2020-2021

Mark Eriksson, John Bardeen Professor of Physics, Physics
Lea Jacobs, Mae D. Huettig Professor of Communication Arts, Communication Arts
Lynn Nyhart, Robert E. Kohler Professor of History of Science, History
Joel Rogers, Noam Chomsky Professor of Law, Political Science, Public Affairs and Sociology, Sociology

2019-2020

Helen Blackwell, Professor of Chemistry
Rachel Brenner, Professor of Jewish Studies
Michael Ferris, Professor of Computer Sciences
Douglas Maynard, Professor of Sociology
Tejumola Olaniyan, Professor of African Languages and Literature

2018-19

Michael Bernard-Donals, Chaim Perelman Professor of Rhetoric and Culture, English
Harry Brighouse, Mildred Fish-Harnack Professor of Philosophy of Education, Philosophy
Cary Forest, Stewart C. Prager Professor of Experimental Physics, Physics
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, George F. Dales Jr. and Barbara A. Dales Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Mark L. Louden, Alfred L. Shoemaker, J. William Frey, and Don Yoder Professor of Germanic Linguistics, German, Nordic and Slavic
Robert Mathieu, Albert E. Whitford Professor, Astronomy
Lones Smith, David Blackwell Professor of Economics, Economics

2017-18

Charles DeMets, Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics, Geoscience
Jeff Hardin, Raymond E. Keller Professor of Zoology, Zoology
Jan Miernowski, Douglas Kelly Professor of French, French & Italian
Paula Niedenthal, Howard Leventhal Professor of Psychology, Psychology
Aili Mari Tripp, Wangari Maathai Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies, Political Science
James Weisshaar, Richard J. Burke Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
André Wink, Hendrik Kern Professor of History, History

2016-17

William M. Bement, Hans Ris Professor of Cell Biology and Zoology, Zoology
Craig Berridge, Patricia Goldman-Rakic Professor, Psychology
Sally Chisholm, Germain Prévost Professor, Music
Timothy M. Smeeding, Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Lee Palmer Wandel, Michael Baxabdall Professor, History
Stephen J. Wright, George B. Dantzig Professor, Computer Sciences

2015-16

Henry T. Bunn, Glynn Ll. Isaac Profoessor of African Paleoanthropology, Anthropology
Judith M. Harackiewicz, Paul Piintrich Professor, Psychology
Thomas W. Reps, J. Barkley Rosser Professor, Computer Sciences
Kirsten Wolf, Kim Nilsson Professor, Scandinavian Studies

2014-15

Russell Castronovo, Tom Paine Professor, English
Ronald Raines, Linus Pauling Professor, Chemical Biology
Mary Louise Roberts, Lucie Aubrac Professor, History
Robert Staiger, James Meade Professor, Economics

2013-14

Patricia G. Devine, Professor, Psychology
Mark D. Hill, Professor, Computer Sciences
Jesse L. Kercheval, Professor, English
R. Anderson Sutton, Emeritus, School of Music
Barbara L. Wolfe, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

2012-13

Mark D. Ediger, Professor, Chemistry
Charles M. Engel, Professor, Economics
Mary Ellen C. MacDonald, Professor, Psychology
Brenda G. Plummer, Professor, History
Donald M. Waller, Professor, Botany
David Weimer, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

2011-12

Laura Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry
Myra Marx-Ferree, Professor, Sociology
Joseph Salmons, Professor, German

2010-11

Susan Coppersmith, Professor, Physics
Donald Downs, Professor, Political Science
Ullrich Langer, Professor, French & Italian
David Loewenstein, Professor, English
Marsha Mailick Seltzer, Professor, School of Social Work
James L. Skinner, Professor, Chemistry

2009-10

Gregg A. Mitman, Professor, History of Science
Alberto Palloni, Professor, Sociology
Lloyd M. Smith, Professor, Chemistry
Karen B. Strier, Professor, Anthropology
Ellen G. Zweibel, Professor, Astronomy/Physics

2008-09

Robert J. Hamers, Professor, Chemistry
Bruce E. Hansen, Professor, Economics
Steven M. Nadler, Professor, Philosophy
Carol Ryff, Professor, Psychology
Monica G. Turner, Professor, Zoology

2007-08

Mary P. Anderson, Professor, Geoscience
John D. Niles, Professor, English
Gurindar S. Sohi, Professor, Computer Sciences

2006-07

John S. Gallagher III, Professor, Astronomy
Florencia E. Mallon, Professor, History
Frank L. Salomon, Professor, Anthropology
Wesley H. Smith, Professor, Physics

2005-06

Lyn Y. Abramson, Professor, Psychology
Keith R. Busby, French & Italian
Samuel H. Gellman, Professor, Chemistry
Rudy J. Koshar, Professor, History
John W. Valley, Professor, Geoscience

2004-05

Akif Baha Balantekin, Professor, Physics
Stephen R. Carpenter, Professor, Zoology
Alfred W. McCoy, Professor, History
Mark S. Seidenber, Professor, Psychology

2003-04

Dan Hausman, Professor, Philosophy
Grace G. Wahba, Professor, Statistics

2002-03

Edward B. Churchwell, Professor, Astronomy
Steven N. Durlauf, Professor, Economics
Keith E. Yandell, Professor, Philosophy

2001-02

Claudia F. Card, Professor, Philosophy
Christopher Coe, Professor, Psychology
John C. Wright, Professor, Chemistry

2000-01

Franz J. Himpsel, Professor, Physics
John W. Moore, Professor, Chemistry
Marie Lorrie Moore, Professor, English

1999-00

Janet S. Hyde, Professor, Psychology
James E. Lawler, Professor, Physics
Velcheru N. Rao, Professor, Languages & Cultures of Asia
Blair D. Savage, Professor, Astronomy
Ronald W. Wallace, Professor, English

1998-99

Heather Dubrow, Professor, English
H. Hill Goldsmith, Professor, Psychology
Stephen Wainger, Professor, Mathematics
Kenneth D. West, Professor, Economics
Hyuk Yu, Professor, Chemistry

1997-98

Kelly Cherry, Professor, English
Anatoly Khazanov, Professor, Anthropology
Edwin Vedejs, Professor, Chemistry

1996-97

Sally Banes, Professor, Theatre & Drama
Thomas G. Kurtz, Professor, Mathematics
Stewart C. Prager, Professor, Physics
Theron D. Price, Professor, Anthropology

1995-96

Noel Carroll, Professor, Philosophy
James F. Kitchell, Professor, Zoology
Donald S. Passman, Professor, Mathematics
Don D. Reeder, Professor, Physics
Larry W. Samuelson, Professor, Economics
Virginia Shapiro, Professor, Political Science
David A. Woodward, Professor, Geography

1994-95

Wilmer L. Anderson, Professor, Physics
F. Fleming Crim Jr., Professor, Chemistry
Morton A. Gernsbacher, Professor, Psychology
Robert D. Sack, Professor, Geography
Joseph Wiesenfarth, Professor, English

1993-94

Richard J. Davidson, Professor, Psychology

1992-93

Charles P. Casey, Professor, Chemistry
Susan S. Friedman, Professor, English
Maurice Meisner, Professor, History
Lee G. Pondrom, Professor, Physics

1991-92

Chun C. Lin, Professor, Physics
Gerald Marwell, Professor, Sociology
Ronald L. Numbers, Professor, History of Science
Charles T. Snowdon, Professor, Psychology

1990-91

David J. Bordwell, Professor, Communication Arts
Linda Gordon, Professor, History
M. Thomas Record Jr., Professor, Chemistry
Erik O. Wright, Professor, Sociology
Sau Lan Yu Wu, Professor, Physics

1989-90

Larry L. Bumpass, Professor, Sociology
Charles F. Manski, Professor, Economics
Stephen F. Nelsen, Professor, Chemistry
Elliott R. Sober, Professor, Philosophy
David Ward, Professor, Geography

1988-89

William J. Courtenay, Professor, History
Ray F. Evert, Professor, Botany
Elaine Marks, Professor, French & Italian
Hans Schneider, Professor, Mathematics

1987-88

Charles R. Bentley, Professor, Geoscience
John M. Cooper Jr., Professor, History
William Denevan, Professor, Geography
Irwin Garfinkel, Professor, Social Work
Francis L. Halzen, Professor, Physics
Eldon Newcomb, Professor, Botany

1986-87

Richard Askey, Professor, Mathematics
F. Douglas Kelly, Professor, French & Italian
Patrick T. Riley, Professor, Political Science

1985-86

Paul Boyer, Professor, History
Frederick Dretske, Professor, Philosophy
Paul H. Rabinowitz, Professor, Mathematics
Ivan Szelenyi, Professor, Sociology
Yi-Fu Tuan, Professor, Geography

The Romnes awards recognize exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure within the last four years. Selected by a Graduate School committee, winners receive an unrestricted $60,000 award for research, supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

More information is available from the Vice Chancellor of University Research.

2024-2025

Grant W. Armstrong, Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Lauren E. Bishop, Associate Professor, Social Work
Emily J. Callaci, Professor, History
Ilias Diakonikolas, Professor, Computer Sciences
Jennifer L. Dykema, Associate Professor, Sociology
Qunying Huang, Associate Professor, Geography
Lindsay N. Palmer, Associate Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication

2023-2024

Christy Clark-Pujara, Associate Professor, African American Studies
Song Gao, Associate Professor, Geography
Lucas Graves, Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication
Tyrell Haberkorn, Professor, Southeast Asian Studies
Alex Levchenko, Professor, Physics
Michael T. Light, Professor, Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies
Erica S. Simmons, Associate Professor, Political Science and International Studies
Claire Taylor, Associate Professor, History
Matt Wiswall, Professor, Economics

2022-2023

Mercedes Alcala Galan, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Ian Baird, Professor, Geography
Ramzi Fawaz, Professor, English
Lori Lopez, Professor, Communication Arts
Katherine McCulloh, Professor, Botany
Catalina Toma, Professor, Communication Arts

2021-2022

Michelle Ciucci, Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Michal Engelman, Professor, Sociology
Daniel Erman, Professor, Mathematics
Jenell Johnson, Professor, Communication Arts
Bilge Mutlu, Professor, Computer Sciences
Nandini Pandey, Professor, Classics
Robert Roth, Professor, Geography
Jennifer Schomaker, Professor, Chemistry
Johannes Wallmann, Professor Music

2020-2021

Monique Allewaert, Associate Professor, English
John Bengson, Associate Professor, Philosophy
Holly Gibbs, Associate Professor, Geography
Victor Goldgel-Carballo, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Nam C. Kim, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Hiroshi Maeda, Associate Professor, Botany
Stephen Meyers, Professor, Geoscience
Christy Tremonti, Associate Professor, Astronomy

2019-2020

Jan Egedal, Professor, Physics
Chao Fu, Professor, Economics
Jeremy Hutton, Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Derek Johnson, Professor, Communication Arts
Erika Marin-Spiotta, Professor, Geography
Jenna Nobles, Professor, Sociology
J.R. Schmidt, Professor, Chemistry

2018-19

Aditya Akella, Professor, Computer Sciences
Cécile Ané, Professor, Botany and Statistics
Cindy I-Fen Cheng, Associate Professor, History
Tristan L'Ecuyer, Associate Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Ive Hermans, Professor, Chemistry
Jenny Higgins, Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
Sue Robinson, Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Irina Shevelenko, Professor, Slavic Languages & Literature

2017-18

John Berry, Professor, Chemistry
Lisa H. Cooper, Associate Professor, English
Felix Elwert, Associate Professor, Sociology
Jason Fletcher, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs; Sociology
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Merle Curti Associate Professor, History

2016-17

Michael Massoglia, Professor, Sociology
Mario Ortiz-Robles, Professor, English
Marzena Rostek, Professor, Economics
Michael Titelbaum, Associate Professor, Philosophy

2015-16

Gregory F. Nemet, Associate Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Eric S. Raimy, Professor, English
Tehshik Yoon, Professor, Chemistry

2014-15

John Ahlquist, Associate Professor, Political Science
Karl Blaine Shoemaker, Associate Professor, History
Claire Wendland, Associate Professor, Anthropology
John (Jack) Williams, Professor, Geography

2013-14

Lawrence Berger, Professor, School of Social Work
Song Jin, Professor, Chemistry
Marisa S. Otegui, Professor, Botany
Mark Jake Vander Zanden, Professor, Zoology
Susan W. Yackee, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

2012-13

Helen E. Blackwell, Professor, Chemistry
Karen Britland, Professor, English
Donald R. Davis, Jr., Associate Professor, Languages & Cultures of Asia
John Hawks, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Mark Hetzler, Associate Professor, Music
Sunduz Keles, Associate Professor, Statistics
Tim Rogers, Associate Professor, Psychology
Scott Straus, Professor, Political Science

2011-12

Anthony Auger, Associate Professor, Psychology
Jill Casid, Associate Professor, Art History
Scott Gehlbach, Professor, Political Science
Jonathan Gray, Professor, Communication Arts
Karsten Heeger, Associate Professor, Physics
Katherine Magnuson, Associate Professor, Social Work
Martin T. Zanni, Professor, Chemistry

2010-11

Barry Burden, Professor, Political Science
Qiang Cui, Professor, Chemistry
Jordan S. Ellenberg, Professor, Mathematics
Brad Robinson Postle, Professor, Psychology

2009-10

Thomas C. Brunold, Professor, Chemistry
Sara Guyer, Associate Professor, English
Francine Hirsch, Associate Professor, History
Donald P. Moynihan, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Nita Sahai, Professor, Geoscience
Ananth Seshadri, Professor, Economics

2008-09

Michel Guillot, Associate Professor, Sociology
Alexandru Ionescu, Professor, Mathematics
Laura Schwendinger, Professor, Music
Emily H. Stanley, Professor, Zoology/Limnology
Jeremi Suri, Professor, History

2007-08

John Curtin, Professor, Psychology
Aparna Dharwadker, Professor, Theatre & Drama
John L. Martin, Sociology
Shannon S. Stahl, Professor, Chemistry

2006-07

Amy J. Barger, Professor, Astronomy
Caroline Levine, Professor, English
William Sandholm, Professor, Economic

2005-06

Amy Quan Barry, Professor, English
Jenny R. Saffran, Professor, Psychology

2004-05

Cary B. Forest, Professor, Physics
Philip S. Gorski, Professor, Sociology
Gerhard H. Richter, Professor, German

2003-04

Gelsomina De Stasio, Professor, Physics
Pamela M. Potter, Professor, Music

2002-03

Craig W. Berridge, Professor, Psychology
Michael Harry Brighouse, Professor, Philosophy
Ken Ono, Honorary Associate/Fellow, Mathematics

2001-02

Mitchell Duneier, Professor, Sociology
Tao Han, Honorary Associate/Fellow, Physics
Kathryn Hendley, Professor, Political Science/Law School
Laura L. Kiessling, Professor, Chemistry

2000-01

Florence Bernault, Professor, History
Jonathan A. Foley, Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Anthony R. Ives, Professor, Zoology
Ronald M. Radano, Professor, Afro-American Studies/Music

1999-00

Yeon-Koo Che, Professor, Economics
Monica G. Turner, Professor, Zoology
David A. Wood, Professor, Computer Sciences

1998-99

Jillian F. Banfield, Professor, Geoscience
Anthony Bleecker, Professor, Botany
Clair A. Cavanagh, Associate Professor, Slavic Languages
Jesse L. Kercheval, Professor, English
Jan Miernowski, Professor, French & Italian
Diana C. Mutz, Associate Professor, Political Science
Gilbert M. Nathanson, Professor, Chemistry
Guido A. Podesta, Professor, Spanish & Portugeuse

1997-98

Colleen A. Dunlavy, Professor, History
Mark D. Hill, Professor, Computer Sciences
Judith Kornblatt, Professor, Slavic Languages
Kirin Narayan, Professor, Languages & Cultures of Asia
Robin Pemantle, Professor, Mathematics

1996-97

Steven N. Durlauf, Professor, Economics
Samuel H. Gellman, Professor, Chemistry
Thad G. Walker, Professor, Physics
Susanne Wofford, Professor, English
Karl S. Zimmerer, Professor, Geography

1995-96

Alejandro Adem, Professor, Mathematics
David M. McDonald, Professor, History
Steven M. Nadler, Professor, Philosophy
Robert W. Staiger, Professor, Economics
Dieter Zeppenfeld, Professor, Physics

1994-95

Donald J. Bennett, Associate Professor, Classics
Suzanne M. Desan, Professor, History
Patricia G. Devine, Professor, Psychology
Theodore Garland Jr., Associate Professor, Zoology
Julia K. Murray, Professor, Art History
Lloyd M. Smith, Professor, Chemistry
Karen B. Strier, Professor, Anthropology

1993-94

Avshalom Caspi, Professor, Psychology
Nicholas T. Rand, Professor, French & Italian
Johann P. Sommerville, Professor, History
Efim Zelmanov, Professor, Mathematics

1992-93

Robert J. Joynt, Professor, Physics
David A. Loewenstein, Professor, English
Terri E. Morritt, Professor, Psychology
Steven Winspur, Professor, French & Italian

1991-92

Stephen M. Dembski, Professor, Music
James C. Weisshaar, Professor, Chemistry
Kenneth D. West, Professor, Economics

1990-91

Charles L. Cohen, Professor, History
Ullrich G. Langer, Professor, French & Italian

1989-90

Sara S. McLanahan, Professor, Sociology
John W. Valley, Professor, Geoscience

1988-89

Charles Camic, Professor, Sociology
Florencia E. Mallon, Professor, History
Dan McCammon, Professor, Physics
Marie Lorrie Moore, Professor, English
James L. Powell, Professor, Economics

1987-88

David M. Bethea, Professor, Slavic Languages
Ellery T. Eells, Professor, Philosophy
James E. Lawler, Professor, Physics
Thomas F. J. Martin, Professor, Zoology
Tilottama Rajan, Professor, English
Steve J. Stern, Professor, History

1986-87

Lyn Y. Abramson, Professor, Psychology
Robert D. Mare, Professor, Sociology
Arnold W. Miller, Professor, Mathematics
Barbara B. Stallings, Professor, Political Science

1985-86

David J. DeWitt, Professor, Computer Sciences
Arthur B. Ellis, Professor, Chemistry
Michael MacDonald, Professor, History
Alberto Palloni, Professor, Sociology

The L&S Faculty Fellows Program is an innovative model that retains young faculty members who are lured away by outside offers at peer institutions. The Faculty Fellows Program provides $10,000 annually over five years to meritorious faculty to use in their research, teaching and public service.

The program was spearheaded by the L&S Board of Visitors and piloted in 2007. It is now being used at a model across UW-Madison to retain top faculty and reward rising stars.

Professor Martha Alibali, Department of Psychology
Professor David Baum, Department of Botany
Professor Craig Berridge, Department of Psychology
Professor Matthew Bershady, Department of Astronomy
Professor Barry Burden, Department of Political Science
Professor Jill Casid, Department of Art History
Professor Monika Chavez, Department of German; Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition
Professor John Coleman, Department of Political Science
Professor Scott Gehlbach, Department of Political Science
Professor Theodore P. Gerber, Department of Sociology
Professor Pupa Gilbert, Department of Physics
Professor Sara Guyer, Department of English
Professor Stephen Kantrowitz, Department of History
Professor Young Mie Kim, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor B. Venkat Mani, Department of German
Professor Jonathan Martin, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Professor Judith Mitchell, Department of English; Director of The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing
Professor Junko Mori, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Professor William H. Sandholm, Department of Economics
Professor Dhavan Shah, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor Edgar Spalding, Department of Botany
Professor Shannon Stahl, Department of Chemistry
Professor Aili Tripp, Department of Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies

Distributed annually, the Jerry J. and Marry M. Cotter Fellow Award is designated for faculty researching the improvement of the U.S. Congress or state legislatures.

In 2011, Professor of Political Science Kenneth Mayer received the award.

Named in honor of Leon Epstein, a professor political science and dean of the College of Letters & Science during the tumultuous late 1960s, the Leon D. Epstein Distinguished Faculty Research Award is used to provide flexible research funds. The fund's recipients include:

2020-2021

Monica Grant, Sociology
Carey McAndrews, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Ryan Owens, Political Science
Mike Wagner, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

2014-2015

Hemant Shah, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Howard Schweber, Political Science
William Sandholm, Economics
Menzie Chinn,LaFollette School of Public Affairs

2013-2014

Katherine J. Cramer, Political Science
Diane Gooding, Psychology

2011-12

Patricia Devine, Psychology
Bob Kaiser, Geography
Ken Mayer, Political Science

2010-11

Bruce Hansen, Economics
Maryellen C. MacDonald, Psychology
Zhongdang Pan, Communication Arts

2009-10

Jon Pevehouse, Political Science

The Phillip R. Certain & Gary D. Sandefur Distinguished Faculty Award (previously the Phillip R. Certain Award) supports outstanding teaching of the College of Letters and Science faculty. The award was established to honor former deans of the College, Phillip R. Certain and Gary D. Sandefur. Recipients include:

Hilary Dugan (2023, Department of Integrative Biology)
Sunny Yudkoff (2022, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ and Center for Jewish Studies)
Loris D’Antoni (2021, Computer Sciences)
Yuri Saalmann (2020, Psychology)
Katherine McCulloh (2019, Botany)
So-Hyun Park Altino (2018, Art History and Music)
Holly Gibbs (2017, Geography and Environmental Studies)
Brian Street (2016, Mathematics)
John W. Hall (2015, History)
Jenna Nobles (2014, Sociology)
Karthikeyan Sankaralingam (2013, Computer Science)
Steven Ridgely (2012, East Asian Language & Literature)
Claire L. Wendland (2011, Anthropology)
Joshua J. Coon (2010, Chemistry)
Don Davis Jr. (2009, Languages and Cultures of Asia)
John Williams (2008, Geography)
Jake Vander Zanden (2007, Zoology)
Rebecca Walkowitz (2006, English)
Jon Pevehouse (2005, Political Science)
Amy Barger (2004, Astronomy)

The Phillip R. Certain Fellowship recognizes outstanding service to the College of Letters & Science along with excellence in research and teaching. Past recipients of the award include:

Professor Laura McClure (2013, Classics)
Professor Sabine Gross (2013, German)
Professor Gloria Mari-Beffa (2012, Mathematics)
Professor Ethelene Whitmire (2012, School of Library & Information Studies)
Professor Junko Mori (2012, East Asian Languages)
Professor David Canon (2011, Political Science)
Professor Scott Straus (2008, Political Science and International Studies)