Named & University Distinguished Professors Listed by Department

Applied Behavior

• Stephen B. Fawcett – Kansas Health Foundation Professor of Applied Behavioral Science

Architecture

• Dan Rockhill – J. L. Constant Distinguished Professor of Architecture
• Wojciech Lesnikowski – Don Hatch Distinguished Professor

Art History

• Charles Eldredge – Hall Distinguished Professor of American Art and Culture

Business

• George Bittlingmayer – Wagnon Distinguished Professor of Finance
• Prakash Pundalik Shenoy – Ronald G. Harper Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

• Raghunath Chaudhari – Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
• Don W. Green – Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
• Bala Subramaniam – Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor
• Paul Willhite – Ross H. Forney Distinguished Professor

Chemistry

• Kristin Bowman-James – University Distinguished Professor
• Daryle H. Busch – Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor
• Shih-I Chu – Watkins Distinguished Professor
• Sue Lunte – Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• George Wilson – Higuchi Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

• David Darwin – Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
• Stanley T. Rolfe – Albert P. Learned Distinguished Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• A. Townsend Peterson – University Distinguished Professor
• Thomas N. Taylor – Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor

Economics

• William Barnett – Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics
• Bernard Cornet – Oswald Distinguished Professor of Microeconomics

Education

• Barbara Kerr – Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

• Joseph Evans – Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Victor S. Frost – Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Prasad Gogineni – Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
• K. Sam Shanmugan – AT&T Distinguished Professor

English

• Susan Harris – Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture

Environmental Engineering

• Dennis D. Lane – N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor

French and Italian

• Allan Pasco – Hall Professor of Nineteenth Century Literature

Geology

• Robert Goldstein – Merrill W. Haas Distinguished Professor and Department Chairperson
• Paul Selden – Gulf-Hedberg Distinguished Professor
• Donald W. Steeples– Dean A. McGee Distinguished Professor

History

• Victor Bailey – Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of Modern British History
• Jonathan C. Clark – Hall Center Chaired Professor
• Steven A. Epstein – Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History
• Donald E. Worster – Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Professor of U.S. History

Law

• Rakesh (Raj) Kumar Bhala – Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor
• George Cameron Coggins – Tyler Professor of Law
• Martin B. Dickinson – Robert A. Schroeder Distinguished Professor
• Christopher Drahozal – Rounds Distinguished Professor of Law
• Robert L. Glicksman – Robert W. Wagstaff Distinguished Professor of Law
• Michael Hoeflich – John H. and John M. Kane Distinguished Professor
• Richard Levy – J. B. Smith Distinguished Professor
• Keith G. Meyer– E.S. & Tom W. Hampton Professor of Law
• Elinor P. Schroeder – Paul E. Wilson Professor of Law

Mathematics

• Craig Huneke – Henry J. Bischoff Professor of Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

• Paulette Spencer – University Distinguished Professor
• Karan Surana – Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor

Medicinal Chemistry

• Lester A. Mitscher – University Distinguished Professor
• Blake R. Peterson – Regents Distinguished Professor
• Barbara Timmermann – University Distinguished Professor

Medicine

• Marc Addason Asher – University Distinguished Professor

Music and Dance

• Jose S. Costa – Cordelia B. Murphy Distinguished Professor

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Ronald T. Borchardt – Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor
• Sue Lunte – Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Charles Middaugh – Takeru and Aya Higuchi Distinguished Professor
• Valentino Stella – University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmacology & Toxicology

• Curtis D. Klaassen – University Distinguished Professor and Chair
• Elias K. Michaelis – University Distinguished Professor & Chair

Philosophy

• Richard T. De George – University Distinguished Professor

Physics and Astronomy

• Judy Z. Wu – University Distinguished Professor

Psychology

• Susan Kemper – Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Psychology
• Joseph Steinmetz – University Distinguished Professor

Public Administration

• H. George Frederickson – Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration

Sociology

• Joane Nagel – University Distinguished Professor of Sociology

Special Education

• Ann Turnbull – Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor
• Rud Turnbull – Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor

Speech, Language, & Hearing

• Mabel Rice – Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies