New faculty join a long tradition of inquiry

Like the scholarship they produce, University of Chicago faculty are diverse, provocative, and dynamic. We proudly welcome these newest members of our community. The following members joined the University of Chicago faculty in calendar year 2021 (through January 1, 2022).

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Message from the Provost

Today’s new faculty members join the University of Chicago at a time of transition as we embark on a journey to a new normal in education and life in general. In the face of a global pandemic, the University has continued to provide excellent instruction and facilitate field-defining research, while fostering its distinctive community of scholars and culture of intellectual discourse and rigorous inquiry. In their scholarship and ambition, our new faculty members reflect the best traditions of the University while bringing unique insights and approaches to our academic community.

The intellectual vibrancy of our University is fundamentally driven by the quality of the faculty we are able to recruit and retain. As we welcome our new faculty to the University our task is to provide an environment and culture where they can thrive, discover new insights and solutions, create new fields and areas of inquiry, and inspire generations of new students.

This year’s cohort has already proven its ability to uphold the University’s high standards in the face of unprecedented challenge, and we look forward to the impact its members will make as they continue their pursuit of deeper knowledge. We welcome our newest faculty members and thank them for their contributions, already begun, to our collective undertaking.

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A – B

Eman Abdelhadi

Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Human Development and the College

Paul Alivisatos

John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
President of the University of Chicago

Briseis (Brisa) Aschebrook-Kilfoy

Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Maureen Beederman

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Andrew Benjamin

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Lin Bian

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College

Curtis Bradley

Professor
Law School

Cara Brook

Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College

C – F

Laura Cavallone

Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Lydia Chelala

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

Julianna Clark-Wronski

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Aloni Cohen

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College

Laurie Comstock

Professor
Department of Microbiology and the College

Anna Costello

Professor
Chicago Booth

Michael Drazer

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Anne Eakin Moss

Assistant Professor
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the College

Terra Edwards

Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Human Development and the College

Brandon Faubert

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Joshua Frieman

Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College

G – J

Marina Chiara Garassino

Professor
Department of Medicine

Princy George

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Rachel Glennerster

Associate Professor
Division of the Social Sciences and the College

Seth Green

Dean
Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies

Israel Gross

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Jihye Ha

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Rana Hanocka

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College

Christopher Harris

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Marion Henry

Professor
Department of Surgery

Mary Hicks

Assistant Professor
Department of History and the College

Aimee Hilado

Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Michael Hurley

Professor
Department of Radiology

Rajesh Jain

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Alexander (Alex) Ji

Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College

Austin Joyce

Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College

K – L

Anne Karing

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College

Rasika Karnik

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Margaret Kay-Stacey

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

Emily Kern

Assistant Professor
Department of History and the College

Elizabeth Kertowidjojo

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Richard Koya

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Shivani Kumar

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Daniel Kurz

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

John LaMattina

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

Andrea (Justine) Landi

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Yuan Chang Leong

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College

Diandra Lucia

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

M

Cong Ma

Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College

Tennison Malcolm

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Isabel Malone

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Eduardo Montero

Assistant Professor
Harris Public Policy

Kenneth B. Moss

Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of Jewish History
Department of History and the College