List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people in academics

This University of Wisconsin–Madison people in academics consists of notable people who graduated or attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Robert Adair, professor emeritus of physics, Yale University David Adamany, former president of Temple University Colin Adams, professor of mathematics, Williams College Julia Adams, professor, Yale University Paul C. Adams, associate professor of geography, University of Texas-Austin Julius Adler Madeleine Wing Adler, former president, West Chester University Sarita Adve, professor of computer science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Michael A'Hearn, astronomer Julie Ahringer, senior research fellow, Gurdon Institute, Cambridge University Anastasia Ailamaki, professor of computer science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, professor emerita of physics, University of Pennsylvania; taught at Haverford College Robert A. Alberty, professor emeritus of chemistry, MIT Daniel Aldrich, founding chancellor, University of California, Irvine F. King Alexander, president of California State University, Long Beach Gar Alperovitz, author, economist, historian, and former fellow at Cambridge University Alice Ambrose, former professor of philosophy, Smith College Stephen E. Ambrose, author and historian Michael Amiridis, president of the University of South Carolina Marc A. Anderson, environmental chemist Arthur Irving Andrews, former professor of diplomacy, Charles University in Prague Thomas G. Andrews, historian Nancy Armstrong, professor of English, Duke University Marilyn Arnold, professor emeritus of English, Brigham Young University Richard Arratia, professor of mathematics, University of Southern California Michael Aschbacher, professor of mathematics, California Institute of Technology Peter J. Aschenbrenner, historian, Purdue University Sanford Soverhill Atwood, scientist, provost of Cornell University, president of Emory University David Audretsch, professor of economics, Indiana University Nina Auerbach, professor of comparative literature, University of Pennsylvania John D. Axtell, former professor of agronomy, Purdue University Oliver Edwin Baker, geographer Tania A. Baker, professor of biochemistry, MIT Ira Baldwin, bacteriologist Clinton Ballou, professor emeritus of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley David P. Barash, professor of psychology, University of Washington Thomas P.M. Barnett, military and security strategist, former professor at the Naval War College Michael Barnsley, professor of mathematics, Australian National University Henry H. Barschall, physicist Florence Bascom, geologist at Bryn Mawr College Carolyn Baylies, former reader in sociology, University of Leeds Charles L. Beach, president of the University of Connecticut Jesse Beams, former professor of physics, University of Virginia Carl L. Becker, former professor of history, Cornell University David T. Beito, author and historian Richard Bellman, mathematician and inventor of dynamic programming Frank Bencriscutto, former professor of music, University of Minnesota Ernst Benda, former professor of law, University of Freiburg William H. Bennett, professor of agronomy, Utah State University Ira Berlin, distinguished university professor, University of Maryland Bruce C. Berndt, professor of mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Steven Berry, professor of Economics, Yale University William T. Bielby, former professor of sociology, University of Pennsylvania Ray Allen Billington, former professor of history, Oxford University and Northwestern University Thomas Binford, professor emeritus of computer science, Stanford University Robert Byron Bird, chemical engineer David W. Blight, professor of history, Yale University; taught at Amherst College Leonard Bloomfield, former professor of linguistics, Yale University Herbert Eugene Bolton, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and University of California, Berkeley Ronald T. Borchardt, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, University of Kansas George Boyer, professor of economics, Cornell University Carol Breckenridge, anthropologist Patricia Flatley Brennan, professor of engineering Arthur Louis Breslich, president of German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace College Ernest J. Briskey, dean of agricultural science, Oregon State University David H. Bromwich, professor of geography, Ohio State University Morton Brown, professor emeritus of Mathematics, University of Michigan Norman O. Brown, scholar of Classics Christopher Browning, professor of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Robert X. Browning, associate professor of political science, Purdue University Mari Jo Buhle, professor emerita of history, Brown University Paul Buhle, activist and lecturer, Brown University R. Carlyle Buley, former professor of history, Indiana University Mary Bunting, former president, Radcliffe College Robert H. Burris, biochemist Hajira Buser, educator, researcher, and aviation preservationist Frederick H. Buttel, former professor of sociology Kenneth Neill Cameron, literary scholar Lester J. Cappon, historian, documentary editor, and archivist for Colonial Williamsburg Claudia Card, Emma Goldman (WARF) Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Margery C. Carlson (M.S. 1920, Ph.D. 1925), professor of botany, Northwestern University John Casida, professor of entomology, University of California, Berkeley Carlos Castillo-Chavez, professor of mathematical biology, Arizona State University Edward Castronova, professor of telecommunications, Indiana University Kwang-Chu Chao, chemical engineer at Purdue University Arthur B. Chapman, geneticist Peter Charanis, former professor of history, Rutgers University Vivek Chibber, sociologist, New York University Edith Clarke, former professor of electrical engineering, University of Texas-Austin W. Wallace Cleland, biochemist John H. Coatsworth, provost, Columbia University Alan Code, professor of philosophy, Stanford University Stephen P. Cohen, senior fellow, Brookings Institution Betsy Colquitt, professor of literature and creative writing, Texas Christian University Timothy E. Cook, former professor of political science at Williams College and Louisiana State University Vincent Cooke, S.J. (Ph.D. philosophy 1971), academic administrator, president of Canisius College (1993–2010) Arthur C. Cope, former professor of chemistry, MIT Brian Coppola, professor of chemistry, University of Michigan Giovanni Costigan, former professor of history, University of Washington May Louise Cowles, home economics instructor and lecturer Richard H. Cracroft, professor of English, Brigham Young University Joanne V. Creighton, interim president, Haverford College; former president, Mount Holyoke College Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at Columbia University and UCLA Tim Cresswell, professor of geography, University of London William Cronon (1976), environmental historian Harold Marion Crothers, professor of electrical engineering, South Dakota State University Chicita F. Culberson, senior research scientist in Biology, Duke University Chris Cuomo, former professor of ethics, University of Cincinnati Richard N. Current, historian John T. Curtis, botanist Edward Cussler, professor of chemical engineering, University of Minnesota Thomas Daniel, professor of biology, University of Washington Stephen Daniels, professor of cultural geography, University of Nottingham Richard Danner, professor of law, Duke University Kelvin Davies, professor of gerontology, University of Southern California W. R. Davies, president (1941–1959), University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire James A. Davis, sociologist Kenneth S. Davis, historian Dick de Jongh, professor emeritus of Logic and Mathematics, University of Amsterdam Brady J. Deaton, chancellor, University of Missouri Steven John DeKrey, professor and academic administrator Peter Dervan, professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology Matthew Desmond, professor of sociology, Princeton University Frans Dieleman, former professor of geography, Utrecht University John Louis DiGaetani, professor of English, Hofstra University Hasia Diner, historian Robert Disque, president, Drexel Institute of Technology Carl Djerassi, professor of chemistry, Stanford University Soedradjad Djiwandono, professor of international economics, Nanyang Technological University John Dollard, former professor of psychology, Yale University J. Kevin Dorsey, dean, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Eliza T. Dresang (PhD, 1981), professor and researcher in literacy, library and information sciences, media and technology Lee A. DuBridge, former president, California Institute of Technology Wendell E. Dunn, president of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Nancy Dye, former president, Oberlin College William G. Dyer, dean, Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University Anne Haas Dyson, 1972, College of Education, professor and researcher in literacy Olin J. Eggen, astronomer Marc Egnal, professor of history, York University Jean Bethke Elshtain, professor of divinity and philosophy, University of Chicago Conrad Elvehjem, former president, University of Wisconsin-Madison Michael Engh, president of Santa Clara University David Estlund, Lombardo Family Professor of the Humanities, Brown University John Eyler, professor emeritus of history, University of Minnesota John K. Fairbank, former professor of history, Harvard University Etta Zuber Falconer, professor of mathematics, Norfolk State University and Spelman College Joseph Felsenstein, professor of biology, University of Washington Peter Edgerly Firchow, professor emeritus of English, University of Minnesota Erica Flapan, professor of mathematics, Pomona College Robben Wright Fleming, former president, University of Michigan Neil Fligstein, professor of sociology, University of California, Berkeley George T. Flom, former professor of Scandinavian languages, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Karl Folkers, biochemist Michael J. Franklin, professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley Shane Frederick, associate professor of management, Yale University Daniel Z. Freedman, professor of physics, MIT Joseph S. Freedman, professor of education at Alabama State University Frank Freidel, former professor of history at Harvard University and the University of Washington Linda P. Fried, dean of public health, Columbia University Joseph G. Fucilla, former professor of Romantic languages, Northwestern University D.R. Fulkerson, former professor of mathematics, Cornell University Ellen V. Futter, former president of Barnard College William A. Gahl, geneticist, NIH John Gallagher III, astronomer Fernando García Roel, rector, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Lloyd Gardner, historian of U.S. foreign relations Johannes Gehrke, professor of computer science, Cornell University Judy Genshaft, president of University of South Florida Mark Gertler, professor of economics, New York University Paul Gertler, professor of economics and business, University of California, Berkeley Arnold Gesell, former professor of psychology, Yale University Reza Ghadiri, professor of chemistry, Scripps Research Institute Jacquelyn Gill, assistant professor of climate science, University of Maine Donna Ginther, professor of economics, University of Kansas G. N. Glasoe, former professor of physics, Columbia University; associate director, Brookhaven National Laboratory George Glauberman, professor of mathematics, University of Chicago Helen Iglauer Glueck, director of the Coagulation Laboratory, University of Cincinnati Harvey Goldberg, activist and historian Gerson Goldhaber, professor emeritus of physics, University of California, Berkeley; researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Brison D. Gooch, historian