At Duke University, the title of James B. Duke Distinguished Professor is given to a small number of the faculty with extraordinary records of achievement. At some universities, titles like "distinguished professor", "institute professor", or "regents professor" are counterparts of this title. Two Nobel laureates (Robert Lefkowitz and Paul L. Modrich) served as James B. Duke Professors, and another, Ingrid Daubechies received the National Medal of Science.
Current James B. Duke Distinguished Professors
editFrom the faculty listing available from the Duke University Office of the Provost.[1]
- David Aers — English
- Huiman Xie Barnhart — biostatistics and bioinformatics
- Lorena S. Beese — biochemistry
- Emily Bernhardt — biology
- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva — sociology
- Richard Brennan — biochemistry
- Blanche Capel — cell biology
- Patrick J. Casey — pharmacology and cancer biology
- Bruce Donald — computer science
- Victor Dzau — medicine
- Erica Field — economics
- Susan Halabi — biostatistics and bioinformatics
- Mark B.N. Hansen — literature
- Joseph Heitman — molecular genetics and microbiology
- Homme Hellinga — biochemistry
- Jack D. Keene - molecular genetics and microbiology
- Garnett H. Kelsoe — immunology
- Rachel Kranton — economics
- Eric Laber — statistical science
- Hedwig Lee — sociology
- Jianfeng Lu — mathematics
- Douglas Marchuk — molecular genetics and microbiology
- Paula D. McClain — political science
- Toril Moi — literature
- Berndt Mueller — physics
- Mark Anthony Neal — African and African American Studies
- David Page — biostatistics and bioinformatics
- John R. Perfect — medicine
- Kenneth D. Poss — regenerative biology
- Sumathi Ramaswamy — history
- John F. Rawls — molecular genetics and microbiology
- Michael Reiter — computer science
- Jane S. Richardson — biochemistry
- Guillermo Sapiro — electrical and computer engineering
- David Smith — electrical and computer engineering
- Ralph Snyderman — medicine
- Beth Sullivan — molecular genetics and microbiology
- Warren S. Warren — chemistry
- Kevin Weinfurt — population health sciences
- Mark Wiesner — civil and environmental engineering
- Pei Zhou - biochemistry
Notable James B. Duke Distinguished Professors Emeriti
edit- Allen Buchanan (emeritus) — philosophy[2]
- Ingrid Daubechies (emeritus) — mathematics[3]
- Rick Durrett (emeritus) — mathematics[4]
- Owen Flanagan (emeritus) — philosophy[5]
- Alan Enoch Gelfand (emeritus) — statistical science[6]
- Karla F.C. Holloway (emerita) — English[7]
- Donald L. Horowitz (emeritus) — law and political science[8]
- Paul L. Modrich (emeritus) — biochemistry[9]
- Orrin H. Pilkey — Earth sciences[10]
- Anne E. Pusey (emerita) — evolutionary anthropology[11]
- J. E. R. Staddon (emeritus) — psychology and neuroscience[12]
Former notable James B. Duke Distinguished Professors
edit- Dan Ariely — behavioral economics[13]
- Robert Behringer[14][circular reference] - physics[15]
- Ralph J. Braibanti — political science[16]
- Louis J. Budd — English literature[17]
- Linda Burton — sociology[18]
- Leonard Carlitz — mathematics[19]
- Marc G. Caron — cell biology[20]
- John Shelton Curtiss — history
- Wallace Fowlie — French literature
- John Hope Franklin — history[21]
- Craufurd Goodwin — economics[22]
- Jerry Hough — political science[23]
- Allen C. Kelley — economics[24]
- Robert Keohane — political science[25]
- Sally Kornbluth — pharmacology[26]
- Paul J. Kramer — biology[27]
- Robert Lefkowitz — biochemistry[28]
- Sarah H. Lisanby — medicine
- David R. Morrison — mathematics
- David G. Schaeffer — mathematics[29]
- Reynolds Price — English literature[30]
- Knut Schmidt-Nielsen — biology[31]
- Joseph J. Spengler — economics[32]
- Lionel Stevenson — English literature[33]
- Steven Vogel — biology[34]
References
edit- ↑ "Faculty". Duke University, Office of the Provost.
- ↑ Allen Buchanan, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Ingrid Daubechies, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Richard Timothy Durrett, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Owen Flanagan Jr., Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Alan E. Gelfand, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Karla Holloway, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Donald L. Horowitz, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Paul L. Modrich, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Orrin H. Pilkey, Nicholas School of the Environment.
- ↑ Anne Pusey, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ John E. R. Staddon, Scholars@Duke
- ↑ Dan Ariely, The Fuqua School of Business.
- ↑ Robert Behringer#
- ↑ Robert P. Behringer, Duke Physics.
- ↑ Ralph Braibanti, Expert on Islamic-Western Relations, Dies Archived 2010-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, Duke Today.
- ↑ Louis J. Bud, Faculty Database.
- ↑ Linda Burton, Sociology at Duke.
- ↑ "Leonard Carlitz - Biography".
- ↑ Marc Caron Archived 2016-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Cell Biology.
- ↑ Biography of John Hope Franklin Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Duke University Libraries.
- ↑ Economist Craufurd Goodwin, Former Graduate School Dean, Dies at Age 82.
- ↑ Jerry Hough, Faculty Database.
- ↑ Allen Kelley Archived 2009-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Duke University Economics.
- ↑ Robert Keohane, Duke University Political Science.
- ↑ Sally Kornbluth Archived 2012-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Duke University Medical Center.
- ↑ Inventory of the Paul Jackson Kramer Papers, 1856 - 1994 (bulk 1927-1974), Duke University Libraries.
- ↑ Robert Lefkowitz Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Duke Medical Center Library & Archives.
- ↑ "David G. Schaeffer, J.B. Duke Professor of Mathematics". Duke University. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
- ↑ Reynolds Price, Faculty Database.
- ↑ Animal Physiology Expert Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Dies Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, Duke Today.
- ↑ Spengler Recalled as Caring Teacher Archived 2011-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Economics at Duke (Volume 14, No. 1, Winter 1991/1992).
- ↑ New York Times obituary
- ↑ Steven Vogel, Biology Department.