Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships

2024

• Deirdre Leong de la Cruz, Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Culture and Associate Professor of History
• Anouck R. Girard, Professor of Robotics and Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Nicholas C. Henriksen, Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Professor of Linguistics
• LaKisha M. Simmons, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Associate Professor of History
• Sara B. Soderstrom, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, and Associate Professor of Management and Organizations

2023

• Stephen Berrey, Associate Professor of American Culture and Associate Professor of History
• Gregory J. Dick, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, LSA; and Professor of Environment and Sustainability
• Gary W. Harper, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education and Professor of Global Public Health
• Lisa H. Harris, F. Wallace and Janet Jeffries Collegiate Professor of Reproductive Health; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
• Sally Oey, Professor of Astronomy

2022

• Bart M. Bartlett, Professor of Chemistry
• Amy G. Chavasse, Professor of Dance
• Shanna Daly, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Priti R. Shah, Professor of Psychology; Professor of Information; and Professor of Educational Psychology
• Amy K. Stillman, Professor of American Culture and Professor of Musicology

2021

• Branko Kerkez, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Sarah C. Koch, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Richard L. Lewis, John R. Anderson Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences, and Professor of Psychology and of Linguistics
• Stephen M. Ward, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African studies and Associate Professor in the Residential College
• M. Remi Yergeau, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature and Associate Professor in the Digital Studies Institute

2020

• Miranda D. Brown, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Gyorgyi Csankovszki, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• John Montgomery, Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, and Professor of Chemistry
• Susan Scott Parrish, Professor of English Language and Literature
• Angela Violi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering

2019

• Henriette D.M. Elvang, Professor of Physics
• Bogdan Epureanu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Sandra R. Gunning, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Professor of American Culture, Professor of English Language and Literature, Professor of Women’s Studies, and Professor in the Honors Program
• Sandra R. Levitsky, Associate Professor of Sociology
• Adam C. Simon, Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies, and Professor of Environment
• Michaela T. Zint, Professor of Environment and Sustainability, Professor of Environment, and Professor of Education

2018

• Eric Bell, Professor of Astronomy and Professor in the Honors Program
• Jason De León, Associate Professor of Anthropology
• Jason McCormick, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Ellen Rowe, Professor of Music

2017

• Evelyn Alsultany, Associate Professor of American Culture
• Valeria Bertacco, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Deborah Goldberg, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Mark Moldwin, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
• J. Logan Skelton, Professor of Music
• Donald Zak, Professor of Natural Resources and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2016

• Aline Cotel, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Fiona Lee, Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
• Joanna Millunchick, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
• Kathleen Sienko, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Arthur Verhoogt, Professor of Papyrology and Greek
• Patricia Wittkopp, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

2015

• Matthew Lassiter, Associate Professor of History and Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning
• Anna Kirkland, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science
• John Wolfe, Professor of Chemistry
• Barry Fishman, Professor of Education and Professor of Information
• Jeremy Semrau, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, and Professor of Environment

2014

• Melissa M. Gross, Associate Professor of Movement Science, School of Kinesiology and Associate Professor of Art and Design, Stamps School of Art and Design
• Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
• Anne J. McNeil, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Associate Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
• Jamie D. Phillips, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Megan L. Sweeney, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies
• Michael Thouless, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

2013

• Samuel D. Epstein, Professor of Linguistics
• Martha S. Jones, Associate Professor of History and Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies
• Fritz Kaenzig, Professor of Music (Tuba and Euphonium)
• Janie Paul, Professor of Art and Professor of Social Work
• Volker Sick, Associate Vice President for Research-Natural Sciences and Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• L. Monique Ward, Professor of Psychology

2012

• Joseph L. Bull, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Michael Haithcock, Professor of Conducting, School of Music, Theatre and Dance
• Sadashi Inuzuka, Professor of Art and Design
• Bradford G. Orr, Professor of Physics
• Brian Porter-Szucs, Professor of History, and Professor of Russian and East European and Eurasian Studies
• Steven J. Skerlos, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

2011

• Amy E. Cohn, Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
• Stephen M. DeBacker, Professor of Mathematics
• Mika T. LaVaque-Manty, Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Professor of Philosophy
• Barry G. Rabe, Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Environmental Policy
• Melanie S. Sanford, Professor of Chemistry
• Colleen M. Seifert, Professor of Psychology

2010

• Joel D. Blum, Professor of Geological Sciences and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Anne Ruggles Gere, Professor of Education and English Language and Literature
• Louis E. Loeb, Professor of Philosophy
• Robin M. Queen, Professor of Linguistics and Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures
• Edward West, Professor of Art

2009

• Charles C. Bright, Professor of History and Director of Residential College
• August E. Evrard, Professor of Physics
• Andrei S. Markovits, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Political Science
• James P. Walsh, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Corporate Strategy, and International Business
• Margaret S. Wooldridge, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering

2008

• James Cogswell, Jr., Professor of Art
• Sherman Jackson, Professor of Near Eastern Studies
• Robert Megginson, Associate Dean and Professor of Mathematics
• Dana Muir, Professor of Business Law
• Ann Marie Sastry, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering
• Peter Washabaugh, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

2007

• Peter Chen, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Anne Curzan, Associate Professor of English
• David Gerdes, Associate Professor of Physics
• James Holloway, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
• Carla O’Connor, Associate Professor of Educational Studies Program
• Andrew Shryock, Associate Professor of Anthropology

2006

• Alec Gallimore, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Annemarie Palincsar, Associate Dean, School of Education, Professor of Reading and Literacy and Education
• Thad Polk, Associate Professor of Psychology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Peter Sparling, Professor of Dance
• Steven Wright, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Georgette Zirbes, Professor of Art

2005

• James Barber, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Freda Herseth , Associate Professor of Voice
• Timothy McKay, Associate Professor of Physics
• Lester Monts , Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Musicology
• Takeshi Takahara, Professor of Art
• Alford Young, Jr., Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Professor of Afroamerican/African Studies

2004

• William Gehring, Associate Professor of Psychology
• J. Wayne Jones, Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
• Elizabeth Moje, Associate Professor of Education
• Scott Moore, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Systems
• Robert Owen, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Long Range Planning and Professor of Marine Geochemistry

2003

• William Alexander, Professor of English Language and Literature
• H. Scott Fogler, Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Richard Hume, Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• Timothy R.B. Johnson, Bates Professor of Diseases of Women and Children and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Women’s Studies
• Yili Liu, Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering

2002

• Annette W. LeCuyer, Associate Professor of Architecture
• Edward L. Parmentier, Professor of Music
• Kenneth Grant Powell, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Paul G. Rasmussen, Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Macromolecular Science & Engineering
• Robert H. Sharf, Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Elliot Soloway, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

2001

• Richard B. Brown, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Susan H.C. Brown, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
• Bunyan Bryant, Professor of Natural Resources
• Brian P. Coppola, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• Laura J. Olsen, Associate Professor of Biology
• Noel C. Perkins, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

2000

• Susan E. Alcock, Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics
• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Professor of Education
• Michael D. Gordon, Professor of Computer and Information Systems
• Lorraine M. Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychology
• Robert Krasny, Professor of Mathematics
• H. Robert Reynolds, Professor of Music (Conducting)
• John Whittier-Ferguson, Associate Professor of English
• Alan S. Wineman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

1999

• Julia Potter Adams, Associate Professor of Sociology
• Dionissios N. Assanis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Vincent E. Castagnacci, Professor of Art
• Susan J. Douglas, Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication
• A. Roberto Frisancho, Professor of Anthropology
• Khalil Najafi, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Christopher M. Peterson, Professor of Psychology

1998

• Tomas Almaguer, Associate Professor of Sociology and American Culture
• Frederick R. Amrine, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures
• Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
• Yale N. Patt, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Theresa L. Tinkle, Associate Professor of English
• Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

1997

• Luis O. Gòmez, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Sally Haslanger, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies
• James L. Hilton, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Diane M. Kirkpatrick, Professor of History of Art
• Valerie A. Kivelson, Associate Professor of History
• Michael G. Parsons, Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Phillip E. Savage, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

1996

• Kathleen M. Canning, Associate Professor of History
• Paul N. Courant, Professor of Economics & Public Policy
• Anthony H. Francis, Professor of Chemistry
• Bruce H. Karnopp, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Michael M. Martin, Professor of Biology
• David S. Potter, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin

1995

• Frances Aparicio, Professor of Spanish and American Culture
• June M. Howard, Associate Professor of English Language and Women’s Studies
• Pramod P. Khargonekar, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Professor of Political Science
• Perry J. Samson, Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• John D. Speth, Curator, Museum of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology

1994

• Elizabeth S. Anderson, Associate Professor of Philosophy
• Morton Brown, Professor of Mathematics
• Rebecca J. Scott, Professor of History
• John H. Vandermeer, Professor of Biology
• Rob Van der Voo, Professor of Geological Sciences
• R. Brent Wagner, Associate Professor of Music

1993

• Richard I. Ford, Professor of Anthropology
• Richard G. Lawton, Professor of Chemistry
• Terrence J. McDonald, Professor of History
• Kim Lane Scheppele, Associate Professor of Political Science
• James C.G. Walker, Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences and Professor of Geological Sciences
• Robert Weisbuch, Professor of English Language and Literature

1992

• H. Don Cameron, Professor of Greek and Latin
• Patricia Y. Gurin, Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies
• Philip J. Hanlon, Professor of Mathematics
• George J. Siedel, III, Professor of Business Law
• Herbert G. Winful, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

1991

• William James Adams, Professor of Economics
• Susan Boehm, Associate Professor of Nursing
• Jean P. Krisch, Associate Professor of Physics
• Donald J. Sinta, Professor of Music
• Ralph G. Williams, Associate Professor of English

1990

• Burton Barnes, Stephen H. Spurr Professor of Forestry
• Seyhan Ege, Professor of Chemistry
• Yi-Tsi Feuerwerker, Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
• Eric Rabkin, Professor of English
• Thomas Senior, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

1989

• Frank Beaver, Professor of Communication
• Mark Chesler, Professor of Sociology
• Peter Railton, Professor of Philosophy
• David Shappirio, Professor of Biological Sciences
• James Wilkes, Professor of Chemical Engineering

1988

• Harm Buning, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Edna Coffin, Professor of Modern Hebrew, Near Eastern Studies
• James Dapogny, Professor of Music (Theory)
• Lewis Kleinsmith, Professor of Biology
• Jack Meiland, Professor of Philosophy
• William Stapp, Professor of Resource Planning and Conservation
• Frank Yates, Professor of Psychology

1984

The Arthur Thurnau trust fund was used to support a Center for Molecular Genetics that was approved by the Regents in 1982. In 1984, three faculty were designated Arthur Thurnau Assistant professors: Dr. Michael Imperiale, Dr. Edward Prochownik, and Dr. Jeffrey Palmer.