The Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome the 38 new ladder faculty and professors who will join us during the 2025-26 academic year. 

Of these, 29 joined this July, 5 more join in January, and 4 have been newly appointed to Professor in the Practice positions. 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 to join us in extending them a warm welcome to our community!

New Humanities Faculty

Peter Cole

Professor in the Practice of Jewish Studies

Peter Cole

Moeko Fujii

Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies

Moeko Fujii

New Social Science Faculty

Yuejie Chi

Professor of Statistics and Data Science

Yuejie Chi

Shuangping Li

Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science 

Shuangping Li

Johan Ugander

Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science 

Johan Ugander

Xiang Zhou

Professor of Statistics and Data Science

Xiang Zhou

New Science Faculty

Robert Cieri

Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Robert Cieri

Gregory Craven

Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Gregory Craven