List of University of California, Davis faculty
This page lists notable faculty (past and present) of the University of California, Davis.
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- Vikram Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (School of Law), constitutional law scholar
- David Amaral, Professor of Psychiatry
- Robert Arneson, Professor of ceramics, artist of the Eggheads sculptures scattered through the UC Davis campus
- Anna Maria Busse Berger, Chair of Music Department
- Matthew Bishop, Professor of Computer Security
- Marc Blanchard, Professor of Critical Theory and Comparative Literature
- Andy Bloom, Olympic shot putter
- David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History
- Alan Brownstein, Professor of Law, Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality
- Colin Carter, Professor of Agricultural Economics
- Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Cultural studies
- Joshua Clover, Associate Professor of English
- William Vere Cruess (1886–1968), Professor of Food Science
- Theodosius Dobzhansky, Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Biology, 1971–1975
- Jesse Drew, Acting Director of Technocultural Studies
- 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 Freed, Professor of English
- John Freeman, Visiting Professor of International Relations, 1985–1990
- Dmitry Fuchs, Professor of Mathematics
- Sandra Gilbert, Professor Emerita of English, former President of the Modern Language Association
- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Professor Emerita of Anthropology
- Edward Imwinkelried, Professor of Law (Co-author, Scientific Evidence)
- Kevin Johnson, Dean, School of Law
- Linda P.B. Katehi, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; UC Davis chancellor (2009–)
- Edwin G. Krebs, Founding chairman and professor of the Department of Biological Chemistry 1968–1977, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Lynn Kimsey, Professor of Entomology
- Smadar Lavie, Professor of Anthropology
- Zeev Maoz, Professor of Political Science, Director of International Relations Program, Arab-Israeli Conflict and international relations expert
- Henry McHenry, Professor of Anthropology; UC Davis Prize; Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
- Sandra McPherson, Professor Emerita of English
- Miguel Méndez, Professor of Law
- Paul Moller, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
- Eldridge M Moores, Professor Emeritus of Geology
- Emil M. Mrak, Professor of Food Science; UC Davis chancellor (1959–69)
- Manuel Neri, Professor Emeritus of Art (1965–1990)
- Ann C. Noble, Professor of Food Science, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel"
- Harold Olmo, Professor of Viticulture
- Bob Ostertag, Professor of Technocultural Studies
- Washek Pfeffer, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
- Philip Power, Professor of Chemistry, Royal Society
- Arvind Raghunathan, Assistant Professor, accomplished fundamental research on computing, Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, Fellow of the Institute for Combinatorics
- Andrés Reséndez, historian
- Cruz Reynoso, Professor of Law; associate justice, California Supreme Court (1982–1987); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
- Phillip Rogaway, Professor of Computer Science (RSA Award 2003)
- Marc B. Schenker, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
- Ivan R. Schwab, Professor of Ophthalmology
- Albert Schwarz, Professor of Mathematics
- Arthur Shapiro, Professor of Entomology, Evolution and Ecology
- Gary Snyder, Professor Emeritus of English, Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
- G. Ledyard Stebbins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, National Medal of Science
- Alan Taylor, Professor of History, Pulitzer Prize
- Wayne Thiebaud, Professor Emeritus of Art, National Medal of Arts
- William Thurston, Professor of Mathematics (moved to Cornell), Fields Medalist
- Craig Tracy, Professor of Mathematics, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Pólya Prize, Norbert Wiener Prize
- Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Director of the C.N. Gorman Museum
- Jessica Utts, Professor of Statistics (moved to Irvine)
- Larry N. Vanderhoef, Professor, College of Biological Sciences; UC Davis chancellor (2004–2009)
- Geerat J. Vermeij, Professor of Geology, MacArthur Fellowship
- Joe Wenderoth, Associate Professor of English
- William T. Wiley, Former Art Professor
- Charles W. Woodworth, Professor Emeritus of Entomology (1891-1930), founder UCB Entomology Division, credited with founding the Dept. of Entomology at the Agricultural Experiment Station
- Aram Yengoyan, Professor of Anthropology
See also