This a partial list of notable faculty (either past, present, or visiting) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Awards and prizes

Among the Graduate Center's faculty are recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, Lakatos Award, National Medals of Humanities and Science, Bancroft Prize, Grammy Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, Lakatos Award, and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, as well as memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences.

Nobel laureates In 1997, Queens College recruited future Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus Luc Montagnier, appointing him to an endowed professorship. He was subsequently added to the faculty of the Graduate Center in the department of biology.

In 2015, the Graduate Center recruited Nobel laureate Paul Krugman to the faculty. He joined the faculty on a dual appointment, both to the university's Ph.D. program in economics and as a distinguished scholar at the Graduate Center's Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. At the Stone Center, Krugman's colleagues include political scientist and sociologist Janet Gornick as well as economist Branko Milanovic.

American Academy of the Arts and Sciences Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year inducted Reference Distinguished Professor of History 2010 Distinguished Professor of Sociology 2017 Distinguished Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, English, and French 2009 Distinguished Professor of Sociology 2011 Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Earth and Environmental Sciences 2007 Distinguished Professor of Philosophy 1978 Distinguished Professor of Philosophy 2017 Distinguished Professor of Music 1999 Distinguished Professor of English 2005 Albert Einstein Chair in Science (Mathematics) 1991 Distinguished Professor of Music 1994 Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering 2013

National Academy of Sciences Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year inducted Reference Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering Emeritus 1991 Visiting Presidential Professor of Physics 2012 Distinguished Professor of Physics 1994 Albert Einstein Chair in Science (Mathematics) 1983 Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering 2002

Guggenheim Fellows Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and French 1997 Professor of Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures at Baruch College and the Graduate Center 2018 Distinguished Professor of Political Science 1981 Former executive director of the American Social History Project 2010 Distinguished Professor of English, French and Comparative Literature 1972 Distinguished Professor of Linguistics 1993 Former Distinguished Professor of Philosophy 1972 Distinguished Professor of Sociology 2017 Distinguished Professor of History 2012 Professor of Computer Science 2002 Former Distinguished Professor of English 1990 Distinguished Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and French 1989 Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science 1973 Professor of English 2016

MacArthur Fellows Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Distinguished Professor of Music 1982 Distinguished Professor Emerita of History 2008 Distinguished Professor of Anthropology 1990

Pulitzer Prize Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year(s) awarded Reference Distinguished Professor of Music 2001 Distinguished Professor of Music at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York 1980 Former Distinguished Professor of English 2002 Former Albert Schweitzer Professor Emeritus of the Humanities 1946, 1966 Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice 1999

National Medal of Arts Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures 2006

National Medal of Science Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Albert Einstein Chair in Science (Mathematics) 2004

Rolf Schock Prize Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Distinguished Professor of Philosophy 2001

Alan T. Waterman Award Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Einstein Professor of Physics 2015

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Alexander Gamburd Presidential Professor of Mathematics 2008

Grammy Award Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year(s) awarded Reference Distinguished Professor of Music 2014, 2009, 2009, 1997, 1992 Distinguished Professor of Music 2016

Bancroft Prize Name Relation to the Graduate Center Year awarded Reference Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Professor of History 2001 Distinguished Professor of English 1996

Notable faculty by department

The Graduate Center's employment of faculty operates according to a unique consortium model, which both hosts 140 faculty with sole appointments exclusively at the Graduate Center, often senior scholars in their respective disciplines, and provides joint appointments to 1,800 faculty from the thirteen senior colleges and seven community colleges in the CUNY system to teach classes and advise graduate students.

Anthropology

Talal Asad, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Vincent Crapanzano, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature Haskel Greenfield, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at University of Manitoba David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Eleanor Leacock, former professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York Setha Low, professor of Anthropology Leith Mullings, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Sydel Silverman, former Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center and Queens College Katherine Verdery, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Bianca Williams, associate professor of Anthropology Eric Wolf, former Distinguished Professor of Anthropology

Art History

Claire Bishop, professor of art history Rosemarie Haag Bletter, professor emeritus of 19th- and 20th-century European and American architecture and theory Anna C. Chave, professor emeritus of contemporary art and theory, 20th-century European and American art William H. Gerdts, professor emeritus of 18th- and 19th-century American painting and sculpture David Joselit, distinguished professor of art history Rosalind E. Krauss, former distinguished professor at the Graduate Center and Hunter College Gail Levin, distinguished professor of 20th-century and contemporary art Patricia Mainardi, professor emeritus of 18th- and 19th-century European art at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College Eloise Quiñones Keber, professor emeritus of Pre-Columbian art and colonial art of the Americas at the Graduate Center and Baruch College

Classics

Joy Connolly, Distinguished Professor and interim president Sarah B. Pomeroy, professor emeritus

Computer Science

Sergei N. Artemov, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Melvin Fitting, professor emeritus of Computer Science at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York Robert Haralick, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Gabor Herman, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Saul Kripke, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Philosophy Lev Manovich, professor of Computer Science Victor Pan, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Rohit Jivanlal Parikh, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Philosophy at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College Theodore Raphan, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Stathis Zachos, professor emeritus of Computer Science at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, professor of Geography Neil Smith, former Distinguished Professor of Geography

Economics

Robert D. Cherry, professor of Economics at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College Randall K. Filer, professor of Economics at the Graduate Center and Hunter College Michael Grossman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics David A. Jaeger, professor of Economics Ted Joyce, professor of Economics at the Graduate Center and Baruch College Paul Krugman, Distinguished Professor of Economics Charlotte F. Muller, professor emerita of Economics Salih Neftçi, former professor of Economics

English

Ammiel Alcalay, professor of English at the Graduate Center and Queens College Meena Alexander, former Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center and Hunter College John Brenkman, Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center and Baruch College Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor of English Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor of English Ashley Dawson, professor of English at the Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island Morris Dickstein, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, senior fellow at the Center for the Humanities David Greetham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Graduate Center and Bronx Community College N. John Hall, Distinguished Professor Emeritus bell hooks, former Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York Irving Howe, former Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center and Hunter College Fred Kaplan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Graduate Center and Queens College Alfred Kazin, former Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Hunter College and the Graduate Center Wayne Koestenbaum, Distinguished Professor of English Eric Lott, professor of English Louis Menand, former Distinguished Professor of English Nancy K. Miller, Distinguished Professor of English Feisal G. Mohamed, professor of English Robert Reid-Pharr, professor of English David S. Reynolds, Distinguished Professor David Savran, Distinguished Professor of English, Vera Mowry Roberts Chair in American Theatre Eve Sedgwick, former Distinguished Professor of English Ira Shor, professor of English at the Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island Michele Wallace, professor of English at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York

French John Kneller, former professor emeritus of French at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College

History

Paul Avrich, former Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and Queens College Laird Bergad, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and Lehman College Randolph L. Braham, former Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Hunter College and the City College of New York Joshua Brown, adjunct professor and executive director of the American Social History Project and the Center for Media and Learning Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice Eric Foner, former professor of history at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York Joshua Freeman, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and Queens College Herbert Gutman, former Distinguished Professor of History Dagmar Herzog, Distinguished Professor KC Johnson, professor of History at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College James Oakes, Distinguished Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., former Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities Joan Wallach Scott, adjunct professor Judith Stein, former Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and the City College of New York Clarence Taylor, professor emeritus of History at the Graduate Center and Baruch College Mike Wallace, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice