Duke Awards Distinguished Professorships, Inducts New Bass Society Members

Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 21 members of its faculty. Another four were inducted into the Bass Society of Fellows for Excellence in Teaching and Research.

The professors were recognized at a May 4 dinner at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham.

Among the recipients was the late Srinivas Aravamudan, the former dean of the humanities who became Arts and Sciences Professor of English earlier this year. Aravamudan died last month, and a tribute to him was held during the dinner.

The recipients were as follows:

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

-- Srinivas Aravamudan, Arts and Sciences Professor of English, effective February 1, 2016

-- Marc Brettler, Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic Studies, effective September 1, 2015

-- Prasenjit Duara, Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of East Asian Studies, effective January 1, 2016

-- Linda K. George, Arts & Sciences Professor of Sociology, effective September 1, 2016

-- Melanie F. Manion, Vor Broker Family Professor of Political Science, effective February 1, 2016

-- Andrew J. Patton, Zelter Family Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2016

-- Michael Tomasello, James F. Bonk Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, effective February 1, 2016

-- Carlo Tomasi, Iris Einheuser Professor of Computer Science, effective July 1, 2016

  

Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering

-- Charles A. Gersbach, Rooney Family Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering effective January 1, 2016

-- Warren M. Grill, Edmund T. Pratt Professor of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1, 2016

-- David B. Mitzi, Simon Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, effective July 1, 2016

 

Fuqua School of Business

-- Sim Sitkin, Michael W. Krzyzewski University Professor in Leadership, effective July 1, 2016

 

Nicholas School of the Environment

-- Richard T. Di Giulio, Sally Kleberg Professor of Environmental Toxicology, effective July 1, 2016

-- Andrew J. Read, Stephen A. Toth Professor of Marine Biology, effective July 1, 2016

-- Drew Shindell, Nicholas Professor of Earth Sciences, effective July 1, 2016

-- Martin D. Smith, George Woodwell Professor of Environmental Economics, effective July 1, 2016

 

School of Medicine 

-- James L. Abbruzzese, Charles Johnson, MD Professor of Medicine, effective July 1, 2016

-- David G. Kirsch, Barbara Levine University Professor, effective July 1, 2016

-- Stuart J. Knechtle, Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery, effective July 1, 2016

-- Peter K. Smith, Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery, effective July 1, 2016

 

School of Nursing

-- Eun-Ok Im, Mary T. Champagne Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing, effective July 1, 2016

 

Bass Society of Fellows for Excellence in Teaching and Research

-- Christine M. Drea, Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology,

effective July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2021

-- James W. Roberts, Fred W. Shaffer Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2021

-- Erik Wibbels, Robert O. Keohane Professor of Political Science, effective July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2021

-- Claudia K. Gunsch, Theodore Kennedy Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2021