This page lists notable faculty (past and present) of the University of California, Davis .
Robert Arneson , professor emeritus of art, known for ceramics, artist of the Eggheads sculptures scattered through the UC Davis campus[ 1]
Larry Austin , professor of music, composer, and later taught at University of South Florida and University of North Texas [ 2]
Ross Bauer , professor emeritus of music[ 3]
Anna Maria Busse Berger , chair of music department
Ruby Cohn , professor of comparative drama (late)
Roy De Forest , professor emeritus of art, painter, and sculptor[ 4]
Jesse Drew , professor in cinema and technocultural studies
Lynn Hershman Leeson , filmmaker, professor of technocultural studies
Ruth Horsting , professor emerita of art (taught from 1959–1971), known for sculpture[ 5]
Theodore Cyrus Karp , professor of music (moved to Northwestern before retirement)
Manuel Neri , professor emeritus of art, taught 1965–1990
Bob Ostertag , professor of technocultural studies
Richard Swift , professor emeritus, founder of Department of Music
Wayne Thiebaud , professor emeritus of art, awarded the National Medal of Arts
Richard Aaker Trythall , professor of music, Guggenheim Fellow (1967)
William T. Wiley , former art professor[ 6]
Biological sciences [ edit ]
Daniel I. Axelrod , professor of botany (late)
Richard M. Bohart , professor of entomology (late)
George Delahunty , professor of biology
Theodosius Dobzhansky , professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, 1971–1975
Jonathan Eisen , professor of evolution and ecology
Stanley Barron Freeborn , UC Davis chancellor and entomologist, namesake of Freeborn Hall and the mosquito species Anopheles freeborni
Lynn Kimsey , professor of entomology
Paul Knoepfler , professor of cell biology and human anatomy
Robert Laben , professor of animal sciences (late)
Johanna Schmitt , botanist and professor of evolution and ecology
Arthur Shapiro , professor of entomology, evolution and ecology
Tracy I. Storer , professor emeritus, founder of Department of Zoology
Charles W. Woodworth , professor emeritus of entomology (1891–1930), founder of UCB Entomology Division, credited with founding the Dept. of Entomology at the Agricultural Experiment Station
Pamela Ronald , distinguished professor of plant pathology
Kandiah Arulanandan , professor of civil engineering (late)
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou , professor of bioengineering
Jeannie Darby , professor of civil and environmental engineering
Richard C. Dorf , professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering
Andrew A. Frank , professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
M. Saif Islam , professor of electrical and computer engineering[ 7]
Linda P.B. Katehi , professor of electrical and computer engineering; UC Davis chancellor (2009–2016)
Brian Launder , professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (now at the University of Manchester)
Paul Moller , professor emeritus of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
Stanton R. Morrison, professor emeritus of agricultural engineering; Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Jinyi Qi professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering
George Tchobanoglous , professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering
Joshua Clover , associate professor of English
Lucy Corin , professor of English
Lynn Freed , professor of English
Sandra Gilbert , professor emerita of English, former president of the Modern Language Association
Sandra McPherson , professor emerita of English
Karl Shapiro , professor, English Department, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1945
Gary Snyder , professor emeritus of English; Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
Joe Wenderoth , associate professor of English
William Vere Cruess , professor of food science (late)
M. R. C. Greenwood , professor emerita of nutrition, president of the University of Hawaii
Gordie C. Hanna , professor of agronomy (late)
Lucille Shapson Hurley , (1922–1988), former professor of nutrition
Emil M. Mrak , professor of food science; UC Davis chancellor (1959–1969)
Ann C. Noble , professor of food science, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel"
Harold Olmo , professor of viticulture
Diane Marie Amann , professor of law (now at Georgia Tech)
Vikram Amar , associate dean for academic affairs (School of Law), constitutional law scholar
Edgar Bodenheimer , professor of law (late)
Alan Brownstein , professor of law; Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality
Joel Dobris , professor of law
Robert W. Hillman , professor of law
Edward Imwinkelried , professor of law (co-author, Scientific Evidence )
Kevin Johnson , dean, School of Law
Miguel Méndez , professor of law
Rex R. Perschbacher , professor of law
Cruz Reynoso , professor of law; associate justice, California Supreme Court (1982–1987); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
Martha West , professor emerita of law
Dmitry Fuchs , professor of mathematics
Greg Kuperberg , professor of mathematics
Washek Pfeffer , emeritus professor of mathematics
Albert Schwarz , professor of mathematics
Joseph Teran , professor of applied mathematics
William Thurston , professor of mathematics, later moved to Cornell University , Fields Medalist award
Craig Tracy , professor of mathematics, American Academy of Arts & Sciences , Pólya Prize , Norbert Wiener Prize
Jessica Utts , professor of statistics, later moved to University of California, Irvine
Roger J.-B. Wets , professor emeritus of mathematics
David Amaral , professor of psychiatry
Richard Coss , emeritus professor of psychology
Gregory M. Herek , professor of psychology
Leah Krubitzer , professor of psychology
Peter Robert Marler , professor emeritus of neurobiology
Jonna Mazet , professor of epidemiology, director of the UC Davis One Health Institute
A. Hari Reddi , distinguished professor of orthopedic surgery
Marc B. Schenker , professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Ivan R. Schwab , professor of ophthalmology
Robert Sommer , professor emeritus of psychology
G. Ledyard Stebbins , professor emeritus of genetics, National Medal of Science
Ross Thompson , distinguished professor of psychology
Larry N. Vanderhoef , professor, College of Biological Sciences; UC Davis chancellor (2004–2009)
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan , Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Rachel Whitmer , professor of epidemiology
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies[ edit ]
Nicole W. Biggart , professor of management and sociology
Fred L. Block , professor of sociology
Angie Chabram-Dernersesian , professor of Chicana/o studies and cultural studies
Darrell Hamamoto , professor of Asian American studies
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy , professor emerita of anthropology
Lynne Isbell , primatologist, professor of anthropology
Suad Joseph , professor of anthropology and women and gender studies
Smadar Lavie , professor of anthropology
John Lofland , professor emeritus of sociology
Henry McHenry , professor of anthropology; UC Davis Prize; elected fellow, California Academy of Sciences
Zoila S. Mendoza , professor and chair of Native American studies[ 8]
Jacob K. Olupona , professor of African and African American studies, later at Harvard University
Rhacel Parrenas , professor of sociology, later at Brown University
Robyn Rodriguez , professor in Asian American studies
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie , assistant professor of Native American studies and director of the C.N. Gorman Museum
Aram Yengoyan , professor of anthropology
Francisco X. Alarcón , lecturer in Spanish
Berni Alder , professor emeritus of applied science , National Medal of Science recipient
Marc Blanchard , professor of critical theory and comparative literature
Andy Bloom , Olympic shot putter
Carol Cartwright , former vice chancellor for academic affairs
Steven C. Currall , dean of graduate school of management
Gerald Dworkin , professor of philosophy
John Freeman , visiting professor of international relations, 1985–1990
James R. Griesemer , professor of philosophy
Andrew Hargadon , professor of technology management
Irva Hertz-Picciotto , professor of environmental and occupational health
Ralph Hexter , professor of classics and provost
Theodore L. Hullar , former chancellor
Lincoln Hurst , professor of religious studies (late)
Amy Block Joy , Cooperative Extension Specialist, Emeritus
Amina Mama , professor and director of women and gender studies
Zeev Maoz , distinguished professor of political science, director of the Correlates of War Project , and international relations expert
Norman Matloff , professor of computer science
Prasant Mohapatra , distinguished Professor in Computer Science and Vice Chancellor for Research
Phillip Rogaway , professor of computer science (RSA Award 2003)
Robert Torrance , professor of comparative literature
Keith David Watenpaugh , professor of human rights studies
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^ Richard Swift (2001). "Bauer, Ross". Grove Music Online . Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press . doi :10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47309 .
^ Smith, Roberta (2007-05-23). "Roy De Forest, 77, Painter of Colorful, Comic Scenes, Dies" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-09-29 .
^ Redfern, Cathy (1 December 2000). "Founder of Mount Madonna Center, Ruth Johnson Horsting, dies at 81" . Newspapers.com . Santa Cruz Sentinel . p. 10. Retrieved 2021-09-29 .
^ Solomon, Deborah (2021-05-05). "William T. Wiley, 'Funk Artist' Who Spurned Convention, Dies at 83" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-09-29 .
^ "Prof. Saif Islam" . University of California, Davis . Retrieved October 25, 2021 .
^ "Zoila S. Mendoza" . UC Davis Critical Theory . Retrieved June 25, 2023 .
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