USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

USC Endowed Chairs/USC Endowed Professorships

Awarded to a distinguished faculty member in a specific discipline who is supported wholly or in part by funds given for this purpose. This designation is generally made on a one-year or other short-term basis, subject to renewal depending on the practice and customs of the school in which the appointment is made.

USC Endowed Chairs

Joshua Aizenman	Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations
Judith Bennett	John R. Hubbard Chair in British History and Professor of History
Irving Biederman	Harold Dornsife Chair in Neurosciences and Professor of Psychology and Computer Science
Leo Braudy	University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature and Professor of English
Douglas Capone	William and Julie Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences
Antonio Damasio	University Professor, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology
Hanna Damasio	University Professor, Dana Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology
Jed Fuhrman	McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and Professor of Biology
Wolf Gruner	Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History
Cynthia Herrup	John R. Hubbard Chair in British History and Professor of History and Law
James Higginbotham	Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics and Linda MacDonald Hilf Chair in Philosophy
Sherman Jackson	King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity
Thomas Jordan	University Professor and W.M. Keck Foundation Chair in Geological Sciences
Mark Kann	Professor Emeritus of Political Science and History and Associates Chair Emeritus in Social Science
Steve Kay	Anna H. Bing Dean's chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology, Physiology and Biophysics
Jim Kincaid	Professor Emeritus of English and Aerol Arnold Professor Emeritus of English
Edward McCaffery	Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science
Tania Modleski	Florence R. Scott Professor of English and Professor of English
Cecil Murray	John R. Tansey Chair in Christian Ethics and Professor of Religion
Kenneth Nealson	Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences
George Olah	Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Chair in Organic Chemistry
Hashem Pesaran	John Elliott Distinguished Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics
Nicos Petasis	Harold and Lillian Moulton Chair in Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry
Surya Prakash	George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry
Hanna Reisler	Lloyd Armstrong, Jr. Chair for Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemistry
John Rowe	USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
Wayne Sandholtz	John A. McCone Chair in International Relations and Professor of International Relations and Law
Simon Tavare	George and Louise Kawamoto Chair in Biological Sciences and Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Richard Thompson	University Professor Emeritus and William M. Keck Chair Emeritus in Psychology and Biological Sciences
Michael Waterman	University Professor, USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, Computer Science and Mathematics
Curt Wittig	Paul A. Miller Chair in Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bruce Zuckerman	Myron and Marian Casden Director and Professor of Religion and Linguistics

USC Endowed Professorships

Sami Assaf	Gabilan Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Laurie Brand	Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International Relations
Irene Chiolo	Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Alice Echols	Professor of English, Gender Studies and History
Kate Flint	Professor of English
Peggy Kamuf	Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature and English
Naomi Marcil Levine	Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences (Arriving Fall 2013)
Peter Mancall	Professor of History and Anthropology
Andrei Marmor	Professor of Philosophy and Maurice Jones Jr. Professor of Law
Donald Miller	Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and Sociology
Norman Miller	Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Mendel B. Silberberg Professor Emeritus of Social Psychology
Shrikanth Narayanan	Andrew Viterbi Professor of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Linguistics and Psychology
Larry Swanson	Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology and Psychology