James B. Duke Professor
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At Duke University
, the title of James B. Duke Professor is given to a small number of the faculty with extraordinary records of achievement. At some universities, titles like "Distinguished Professor," "Institute Professor
," or "Regents Professor" are counterparts of this title.
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, the title of James B. Duke Professor is given to a small number of the faculty with extraordinary records of achievement. At some universities, titles like "Distinguished Professor," "Institute Professor
Institute Professor
Institute Professor is the highest title that can be awarded to a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States...
," or "Regents Professor" are counterparts of this title.
Some current James B. Duke Professors
- David Aers - EnglishEnglish studiesEnglish studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
and Historical TheologyHistorical theologyHistorical theology is a branch of theological studies that investigates the socio-historical and cultural mechanisms that give rise to theological ideas, systems, and statements. Research and method in this field focus on the relationship between theology and context as well as the major...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/faculty/aers - Dan ArielyDan ArielyDan Ariely is an Israeli American professor of psychology and behavioral economics. He teaches at Duke University and is the founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight.-Biography:...
— behavioral economics http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/alpha/ariely.htm - Robert P Behringer - PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Physics/faculty/bob - Vann Bennett - Cell BiologyCell biologyCell biology is a scientific discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level...
, BiochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, Neurobiology http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/faculty/research/bennett.html - Allen BuchananAllen BuchananAllen Buchanan is the James B. Duke Professor of philosophy at Duke University. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota before joining Duke's...
— public policyPublic policyPublic policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
http://www.genome.duke.edu/people/faculty/buchanan - Linda Burton — sociologySociologySociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Sociology/faculty/burton - Bryan CullenBryan CullenBryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
— virologyVirologyVirology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy...
http://mgm.duke.edu/faculty/cullen/index.htm - Rick DurrettRick DurrettRichard Timothy Durrett is a mathematician known for his research andbooks on mathematical probability theory, stochastic processes and theirapplication to mathematical ecology and population genetics....
- mathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/math/rtd - Victor DzauVictor DzauVictor J. Dzau is the Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University and President and CEO of the Duke University Medical Center. He was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. Dzau is the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine...
— medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
http://www.dukemednews.duke.edu/gallery/detail.php?id=1194 - Craufurd Goodwin — economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Economics/faculty/craufurd.goodwin - Owen FlanaganOwen FlanaganOwen Flanagan, Ph.D. is the James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University. Flanagan has done work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of social science, ethics, contemporary ethical theory, moral psychology, as well as Buddhist and...
— philosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/ojf - Joseph Heitman — molecular genetics, microbiology, microbial pathogenesis, and mycology http://mgm.duke.edu/microbial/mycology/heitman/
- Donald L. HorowitzDonald L. HorowitzDonald L. Horowitz is James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke Law School and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States.He earned his PhD from Harvard University in 1968 and also holds degrees from Syracuse University...
— lawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
and political sciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/horowitz/ - Jerry Hough — political sciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/PoliticalScience/jhough - Jack Keene - RNA biologyRNA BiologyRNA Biology is a peer reviewed scientific journal in the field of ribonucleic acid research. It is indexed for MEDLINE.Editor-in-Chief is Renée Schroeder from the University of Vienna, and Paul P...
http://mgm.duke.edu/faculty/keene/index.htm - Allen C. Kelley — economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
http://www.econ.duke.edu/~kelley/ackelley.html - Sally Kornbluth - PharmacologyPharmacologyPharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
http://pharmacology.mc.duke.edu/faculty/kornbluth.htm - Robert LefkowitzRobert LefkowitzRobert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. is an American physician-scientist best known for his work with G protein-coupled receptors.-Biography:...
- biochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
http://www.lefkolab.org/Biosketch.84.0.html - Kam W. Leong - Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical engineeringBiomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/pratt/bme/faculty/leong - Paul L. ModrichPaul L. ModrichPaul L. Modrich is the James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1973. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair....
— biochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
http://www.biochem.duke.edu/modules/biochem_modrich_lab/ - Berndt Mueller - physicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~muller/ - Toril MoiToril MoiToril Moi is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University. Previously she held positions as a lecturer in French at the University of Oxford and as Director of the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Bergen, Norway...
— literatureLiteratureLiterature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Romance/faculty/toril - Reynolds PriceReynolds PriceReynolds Price was an American novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and the James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price had a lifelong interest in ancient languages and Biblical scholarship...
— English literatureEnglish literatureEnglish literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/faculty/erp - David G Schaeffer - MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/math/dgs - J. E. R. StaddonJ. E. R. StaddonJohn Eric Rayner Staddon is a British-born American behavioral psychologist known for research on interval timing, "superstition," and behavioral economics in rats, pigeons, and fish -- and people...
— psychologyPsychologyPsychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/pn/faculty/staddon - Steven Vogel - biologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/svogel - Warren S. Warren - Chemistry
James B. Duke Professors Emeriti
- Ralph J. Braibanti — political sciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2005/12/braibanti.html - Louis J. Budd — English literatureEnglish literatureEnglish literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/faculty/budd - John Hope FranklinJohn Hope FranklinJohn Hope Franklin was a United States historian and past president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association. Franklin is best known for his work From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, and...
— historyHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/franklin/bio.html - Robert KeohaneRobert KeohaneRobert O. Keohane is an American academic, who, following the publication of his influential book After Hegemony , became widely associated with the theory of neoliberal institutionalism in international relations...
— political sciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2003/03/keohaneun0303.html - Orrin H. PilkeyOrrin H. PilkeyOrrin H. Pilkey is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, and Founder and Director Emeritus of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines within the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University....
— Earth sciences http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/psds/pilkey.htm - Knut Schmidt-NielsenKnut Schmidt-NielsenKnut Schmidt-Nielsen was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology and Professor of Physiology Emeritus at Duke University.-Background:...
— biologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/schmidt-nielsen.html - Joseph J. SpenglerJoseph J. SpenglerJoseph John Spengler was an American economist, statistician, and historian of economic thought. A recipient of the 1951 John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society and the 1981 Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society, he was Professor Emeritus of...
— economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
http://www.econ.duke.edu/History/Spengler/spengler.html