The Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome the 22 new full-time multiyear instructional faculty members who will join us during the 2025-26 academic year and to congratulate three current instructional faculty newly appointed to multiyear appointments.

The 2025-26 incoming cohort of full-time multiyear instructional faculty comprises thirteen in the lecturer ranks, seven in the lector ranks, and five Gibbs Assistant Professors. They span all three FAS academic divisions: Humanities, Social Science, and Science. 

We invite you to read biographies of our new instructional colleagues at the links below, and to join us in extending them a warm welcome to our community!

New Humanities Faculty

New Social Science Faculty

New Science Faculty

Ghazia Abbas

Lecturer in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Ghazia Abbas

Freya Wencker

Lecturer in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Freya Wencker