Named Faculty Positions
Current holders of a named dean, director, department chair, chair, or professorship:
Last updated March 29, 2021
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| David Acker | Raymond and Mary Baker Chair in Global Agriculture | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Lance Baumgard | Norman Jacobson Professorship in Dairy Science | Animal Science |
| Gwyn Beattie | Robert E. Buchanan Distinguished Chair of Bacteriology | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| William Beavis | G.F. Sprague Chair in Agronomy | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Stuart Birrell | Kinze Manufacturing Professorship in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
| Thomas Brumm | Mary and Charles Sukup Global Professor in Food Security | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Michael Castellano | William T. Frankenberger Professorship in Soil Science | Agronomy |
| Richard Gates | Iowa Egg Council Endowed Professorship | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Matthew Helmers | Brent and Cindy Hart Professorship | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
| Terry Houser | Smithfield Foods Chair in Meat Science Extension | Animal Science |
| Anna Johnson | Artz Chair for Faculty Excellence in Animal Science | Animal Science |
| Kevin Kimle | Bruce Rastetter Chair in Agricultural Entrepreneurship | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Sergio Lence | Marlin Cole Professorship of International Agriculture Economics | Economics |
| Matthew Liebman | Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture | Agronomy |
| Thomas Lubberstedt | K.J. Frey Chair in Agronomy | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Andrew Manu | George Washington Carver Chair | Agronomy |
| Manjit Misra | Seed Science Endowed Chair | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Kenneth Moore | Pioneer Hi-Bred Agronomy Professorship | Agronomy |
| GianCarlo Moschini | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Science and Technology Policy | Economics |
| Basil Nikolau | Craig Professorship | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Gail Nonnecke | Global Professor in Global Resource Systems | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Thomas Peterson | Pioneer Hi-Bred Chair in Molecular Biology of Maize | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Skyler Rinker | James and Clare Frevert Ag450 Professorship | Agricultural Education and Studies |
| Daniel Robison | College of Agriculture and Life Science's Endowed Dean's Chair | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Jason Ross | Lloyd L. Anderson Endowed Professorship in Physiology | Animal Science |
| Patrick Schnable | Iowa Corn Promotion Board Endowed Chair in Genetics | Agronomy |
| Joe Sebranek | Morrison Chair in Meat Science | Animal Science |
| Asheesh Singh | Monsanto Chair in Soybean Breeding | Agronomy |
| Jodi Sterle | Eldred and Donna Harman Professorship for Excellence in Teaching and Learning | Animal Science |
| Kristine Tidgren | Leonard Dolezal Professorship in Agricultural Law | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Kan Wang | Global Professorship in Biotechnology | Agronomy |
| Michael Weber | Harmon Family Professorship in Forestry | Natural Resource Ecology and Management |
| Quinn Weninger | John F. Timmons Endowed Professorship in Environmental and Resource Economics | Economics |
| Curtis Youngs | Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Agriculture | Animal Science |
| Jianming Yu | Pioneer Hi-Bred Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding | Agronomy |
Ivy College of Business | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Ginka Borisova | Dean's Professorship in Finance | Finance |
| James Brown | Kingland MBA Professorship | Ivy College of Business |
| David Cantor | Walker Professorship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain and Information Systems |
| Arnold Cowan | Wells Fargo Professorship in Finance | Finance |
| Michael Crum | Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain and Information Systems |
| Patricia Daugherty | Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Christine Denison | Roger P. Murphy Professor in Accounting | Accounting |
| William Dilla | Union Pacific/Charles B. Handy Professorship in Accounting | Accounting |
| Joey George | John D. DeVries Endowed Chair in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Dermot Hayes | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair | Ivy College of Business |
| Pol Herrmann | Bob and Kay Smith Entrepreneurship Professorship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| Diane Janvrin | William L. Varner Professorship | Accounting |
| Scott Johnson | Dean's Professor in Management | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| Stephen Kim | Raisbeck Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Paul Koch | Kent Corporation Chair in Business | Finance |
| Russell Laczniak | John and Connie Stafford Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Sree Nilakanta | Kingland Systems Graduate Director of Business Analytics | Information Systems and Business Analytics |
| Annaleena Parhankangas | Kingland Professor of Entrepreneurship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| Mark Power | Principal Financial Group Professorship | Finance |
| Sridhar Ramaswami | Dapper Professorship in Marketing | Marketing |
| Deidra Schleicher | Dean's Professor in Management | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| David Spalding | Raisbeck Endowed Dean's Chair | Ivy College of Business |
| James Summers | Max S. Wortman, Jr. Professorship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| Yoshinori Suzuki | Land O'Lakes, Inc. Endowed Professorship in Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Management |
| John Wong | Dean's Professorship in Sales and Marketing | Marketing |
College of Design | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Paul Bruski | Dorothy Maitland Miller Professorship in Graphic Design | Graphic Design |
| Douglas Spencer | Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture | Architecture |
College of Engineering | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Venkataramana Ajjarapu | Thomas M. Whitney Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Jeramy Ashlock | Richard L. Handy Professorship | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Ashraf Bastawros | Grace Miller Wilson and T. Wilson Engineering Professor | College of Engineering |
| Robert Brown | Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Degang Chen | Jerry R. Junkins Chair | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Eric Cochran | Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy L. Hagenson Professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Kristen Constant | Wilkinson Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Chris Cornelius | Wilkinson Chair in Materials Science and Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Julie Dickerson | David C. Nicholas Professorship | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Ian Dobson | Arend J. and Verna V. Sandbulte Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Liang Dong | Northrop Grumman Professorship in honor of Fred W. O'Green | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Paul Durbin | Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
| Sam Easterling | James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Rodney Fox | Hershel B. Whitney Professor, Global Initiatives | Chemical and Biiological Engineering |
| Matthew Frank | John B. Slater Professor in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| Baskar Ganapathysubramanain | Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Manimaran Govindarasu | Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Professorship in Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Caroline Hayes | Lynn Gleason Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Ted Heindel | Bergles Professorship in Thermal Science | Mechanical Engineering |
| Andrew Hillier | Reginald R. Baxter Endowed Department Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Hui Hu | Martin C. Jischke Professorship in Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
| Laura Jarboe | Cargill Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| David Jiles | Palmer Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering/The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering/College of Engineering |
| Duane Johnson | F. Wendell Miller Professor of Energy Sciences | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Ahmed Kamal | Richardson Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Ashfaq Khokhar | The Palmer Department Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Gül Kremer | C.G. (Turk) and Joyce A. Therkildsen Department Chair in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| Ratnesh Kumar | Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professorship in Electrical Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Simon Laflamme | Waldo W. Wegner Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Valery Levitas | Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair | Aerospace Engineering |
| Surya Mallapragada | Carol Vohs Johnson Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| James McCalley | Jack London Chair in Power Systems Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Steve Mickelson | Charles R. and Jane F. Olsen Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Gary Mirka | John Ryder Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Balaji Narasimhan | Vlasta Klima Balloun Faculty Chair | College of Engineering |
| James Oliver | Larry and Pam Pithan Professor of Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Frank Peters | C.G. "Turk" and Joyce A. Therkildsen Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| Cary Pint | Charles Schafer (Battelle) Chair in Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Alric Rothmayer | Vance and Arlene Coffman Endowed Department Chair in Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
| Sarah Ryan | Joseph Walkup Professorship in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| David Sanders | Greenwood Department Chair in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Vernon Schaefer | James M. Hoover Chair in Geotechnical Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Jennifer Shane | W. A. Klinger Teaching Professorship | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Brent Shanks | Mike and Jean Steffenson Chair | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Jacqueline Shanks | Manley R. Hoppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Anuj Sharma | Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Arun Somani | Philip and Virginia Sproul Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Sri Sritharan | Wilkinson Chair in the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Jean-Philippe Tessonnier | Richard C. Seagrave Professorship | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Namrata Vaswani | Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Kejin Wang | Wilson Professor of Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Zhaoyu Wang | Harpole-Pentair Young Faculty Award Endowment | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| R. Christopher Williams | Gerald and Audrey Olson Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Yue Wu | Herbert L. Stiles Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Reza Zoughi | Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering | College of Engineering |
College of Human Sciences | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Christina Campbell | Sandra S. and Roy W. Uelner Professorship | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| Stephanie Clark | Virginia M. Gladney Professorship | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| Jonathan Fox | Ruth Whipp Sherwin Professor | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Laura Jolly | Human Sciences Dean's Chair | College of Human Sciences |
| Marian Kohut | Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology | Kinesiology |
| Ruth Litchfield | Jane Armstrong Chair in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| Carla Peterson | Nancy Rygg Armbrust Professorship in Early Childhood Development and Education | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Manju Reddy | Doris A. Adams Endowed Chair in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| Eulanda Sanders | Donna R. Danielson Professorship in Textiles and Clothing | Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management |
| Guowen Song | Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing | Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management |
| Gregory Welk | Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology | Kinesiology |
| Wendy White | Dr. Thelma McMillan Professorship in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Jared Anderson | Alice Hudson Professorship | Chemistry |
| Amy Andreotti | Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Diane Bassham | Walter and Helen Parke Loomis Professorship | Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology |
| Steve Butler | Barbara J. Janson Professorship in Mathematics | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Paul Canfield | Robert Allen Wright Professorship | Physics and Astronomy |
| Alicia Carriquiry | Iowa State University President's Chair in Statistics | Statistics |
| Myra Cohen | Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering | Computer Science |
| Michael Dahlstrom | Dean's Professorship | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |
| Matthew DeLisi | Dean's Professorship | Sociology |
| David Fernández-Baca | Dale D. Grosvenor Chair | Computer Science |
| Kristie Franz | Smith Family Foundation Departmental Chair in Geology | Geological and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Shlomo Gelaki | Scott Hanna Professor in Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Mark Gordon | Frances M. Craig Chair | Chemistry |
| Kristen Johansen | Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Jae-Kwang Kim | Dean's Professorship | Statistics |
| Brent Kreider | Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| John Levis | Angela B. Pavitt Professorship in English | English |
| Daniel Nettleton | Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics | Statistics |
| Reuben Peters | Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| David Peterson | Lucken Professorship in Political Science | Political Science |
| Hridesh Rajan | Kingland Professor of Data Analytics or Cognitive Machine Learning | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| James Rodde | Louise Moen Chair in Music | Music and Theatre |
| Mayly Sanchez | Cassling Family Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Matthew Sivils | Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Amy Erica Smith | Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Tin-Shi Tam | Charles T. and Ivadelle Cobb Cownie Professor of Music | Music and Theatre |
| Javier Vela | John D. Corbett Professorship in Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Gary Wells | Wendy and Mark Stavish Chair in Social Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Theresa Windus | Dean's Professorship | Chemistry |
| Michael Young | Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Miriam Zach | Charles and Mary Sukup Endowed Artist in Organ | Music and Theatre |
| Zhengyuan Zhu | Dean's Professorship | Statistics |
College of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Rachel Allbaugh | Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed Professor in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Claire Andreasen | Dr. Roger and Marilyn Mahr Professorship in One Health | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Matt Brewer | Dr. Frank K. Ramsey Endowed Chair in the College of Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Amanda Fales-Williams | Tyrone D. Artz, M.D. Chair for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Daniel Grooms | Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean of Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Albert Jergens | Donn E. and Beth M. Bacon Professorship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Anumantha Kanthasamy | Lloyd Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Locke Karriker | Dr. Douglas and Ann Gustafson Professorship for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Mark Lyte | W. Eugene Lloyd Chair in Toxicology | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Richard Martin | Dr. E.A. Benbrook Endowed Chair in Pathology and Parasitology | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Paul Plummer | Anderson Chair in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Alejandro Ramirez | Roy A. Schultz Professorship in Swine Medicine | Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine |
| James Roth | Iowa State University President's Chair in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Jessica Ward | Phyllis M. Clark Professorship | Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
Paul Plummer,
Anderson Chair in Veterinary Medicine
Akelo Harris,
Academic Personnel Specialist,
515-294-3592,
akelo@iastate.edu
Dawn Bratsch-Prince,
Associate Provost for Faculty,
515-294-6410,
deprince@iastate.edu