Faculty of Arts and Sciences scholars named to endowed professorships

Seven members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have recently been named to endowed professorships by vote of Yale’s Board of Trustees.

They are:

Phillip Atiba Goff, who studies the science of racial bias and discrimination through analysis of police behavior and other aspects of our criminal legal system, was appointed the Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology. Read more

Emily Greenwood, a scholar of ancient Greek prose literature and the reuse of ancient Greek and Roman classics in modernity, was appointed the John M. Musser Professor of Classics. Read more

Gerald Jaynes, who studies race relations and the economic conditions of African Americans and immigrants, was appointed the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, African American Studies, and Urban Studies. Read more

Tavia Nyong’o, who works on historical and contemporary approaches to Black performance, was appointed the William Lampson Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Professor of American Studies, and Professor of African American Studies. Read more

Ana Ramos-Zayas, who conducts ethnographic research on the anthropology of race, class, and affect, was appointed the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and Professor of American Studies and Anthropology. Read more

Kenneth Scheve, a political economist who studies the domestic and international governance of modern capitalism, was appointed the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs. Read more

Nisheeth K. Vishnoi, who studies the foundations of computer science and machine learning, was appointed the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science. Read more