New Ladder Faculty and Professors (2026-27)
The Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome the twenty-five new ladder faculty and professors who will join us during the 2026-27 academic year.
Of these, twenty joined this July and five more join in January (bios forthcoming). The cohort of new arrivals spans all three FAS academic divisions: Humanities, Social Science, and Science.
We invite you to read bios of our new colleagues at the links below and join us in extending them a warm welcome to our community!
New Humanities Faculty
New Social Science Faculty
New Science Faculty
Valentina Cairo (January 2027)
Assistant Professor of Physics
Jessica Cross (January 2027)
Associate Professor (On Term) of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Bruce Huang (January 2027)
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Jaehyeok Jin (January 2027)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Takuji Usui (January 2027)
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
