Duke Promotes Faculty to the Rank of Full Professor
Congratulations to our faculty who have been promoted or appointed to the rank of full professor. This milestone is the culmination of a rigorous and thorough review by faculty peers inside and outside Duke and by the academic leaders at the department/division, school and campus levels. The review process looks for distinction, leadership and impact in research, teaching and engagement and for prominence in the relevant area of expertise nationally and internationally. These faculty colleagues represent all facets of academic excellence that are essential to Duke’s core mission of discovery, education and engagement. – Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Information provided by Institutional Research includes recently promoted faculty at the professor rank with appointment dates of January 2025 to December 2025, plus those hired at the rank of full professor since last year’s list. Appointment dates are July 1, 2025 unless otherwise noted.
Divinity School
Natalie Carnes, Professor of Theology
Jonathan Tran, Professor of Theological Ethics
Laceye Warner, Professor of the Practice of Church Ministry and Methodist Studies, appointment date 3/11/2025
Fuqua School of Business
Rahul Vashishtha, Professor of Business Administration
Law School
Allison Korn, Clinical Professor of Law
Bryan McGann, Clinical Professor of Law
Shane Stansbury, Professor of the Practice
Nicholas School of the Environment
Lori Bennear, Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy
Martin Doyle, Professor of Environmental Social Systems
Wenhong Li, Professor of Climate
Bin Mei, Professor of the Practice of Natural Resource Finance
Brian Murray, Research Professor of Environmental Social Systems
Toddi Steelman, Professor of Environmental Social Systems
Jesko Von Windheim, Professor of the Practice in Environmental Entrepreneurship
Junfeng Zhang, Professor of Global and Environmental Health
Junjie Zhang, Professor of Environmental Social Systems
Pratt School of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
P. Lee Ferguson, Professor, appointment date 1/1/2025
Manolis Veveakis, Professor, appointment date 1/1/2025
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Maiken Mikkelsen, Professor
Stacy Tantum, Bell-Rhodes Professor of the Practice
Sanford School of Public Policy
Jennifer Owen, Professor of the Practice
Gunther Peck, Professor
Deondra Rose, Professor
School of Medicine
Anesthesiology
Sven Jordt, Professor, appointment date 6/1/2025
Huaxin Sheng, Professor – Career Track
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Bo Hu, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 1/1/2025
Lisa Wruck, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 1/1/2025
Cell Biology
Debra Silver, Professor, appointment date 9/1/2025
Dermatology
Julia Oh, Professor, appointment date 5/1/2025
Head & Neck Surgical Oncology
Trinitia Cannon, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 4/1/2025
Head & Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
Nidhi Gupta, Professor – Career Track
Medicine
Matthew Crowley, Professor, appointment date 10/1/2025
Katherine Garman, Professor, appointment date 6/1/2025
Katherine Hall, Professor - Career Track
Susan Hastings, Professor, appointment date 1/3/2025
Kim Huffman, Professor, appointment date 6/1/2025
Michel Khouri, Professor - Career Track, appointment date 1/1/2025
Milta Little, Professor - Career Track
Cynthia Moylan, Professor, appointment date 12/1/2025
Sin Ong, Professor – Career Track
Diane Reidy-Lagunes, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 8/1/2025
Cary Ward, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 8/1/2025
Christina Wyatt, Professor, appointment date 6/1/2025
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Nicholas Heaton, Professor
Neurology
Ornit Chiba-Falek, Professor – Career Track, 1/1/2025
Carol Colton, Professor - Career Track, appointment date 1/1/2025
Karissa Gable, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 5/1/2025
Michael Lutz, Professor - Career Track, appointment date 1/1/2025
Andrew Spector, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 5/1/2025
Neurosurgery
Nanthia Suthana, Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Beverly Gray, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 12/1/2025
Jennifer Howell, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 4/1/2025
Ophthalmology
Esen Akpek, Professor, appointment date 10/1/2025
Mays Dairi, Professor, appointment date 5/1/2025
Dilraj Grewal, Professor, appointment date 10/1/2025
Kelly Muir, Professor, appointment date 12/1/2025
Orthopaedic Surgery
Peter Passias, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 10/1/2025
Marc Richard, Professor, appointment date 1/1/2025
Alison Toth, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 10/1/2025
Samuel Wellman, Professor - Career Track, appointment date 2/1/2025
Pathology
Mary Ann McCrackin, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 10/1/2025
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Jeffrey Cheng, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 12/1/2025
Eileen Raynor, Professor, appointment date 4/1/2025
Pediatrics
Mai ElMallah, Professor, appointment date 10/1/2025
Jeffrey Ferranti, Professor – Career Track
Rachel Greenberg, Professor, appointment date 10/1/2025
Stephen Miller, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 12/1/2025
Carmem Sales Bonfim, Professor - Career Track, appointment date 9/1/2025
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Kris Wood, Professor
Population Health Sciences
Valerie Smith, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 2/1/2025
Virginia Wang, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 8/1/2025
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Tracey Holsinger, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 5/1/2025
Warren Kinghorn, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 5/1/2025
Rhonda Merwin, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 5/1/2025
Julia Woodward, Professor - Career Track, appointment date 1/1/2025
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
George Ake, Professor – Career Track, 5/1/2025
Radiation Oncology
Justus Adamson, Professor – Career Track
Jared Robbins, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 9/1/2025
Radiology
Karen Johnson, Professor – Career Track, appointment date 6/1/2025
Surgery
Linda Cendales, Professor – Career Track
Hiroshi Date, Professor – Career Track
Joseph Turek, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Surgery, appointment date 11/1/2025
School of Nursing
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Professor, appointment date 3/1/2025
Bradi Granger, Research Professor
Karin Reuter Rice, Professor
Ryan Shaw, Professor, appointment date 10/1/2025
Eleanor Stevenson, Clinical Professor
Lawrence Yang, Pauline Gratz Distinguished Professor, appointment date 8/1/2025
Michael Zychowicz, Clinical Professor
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
African & African American Studies
Karin Shapiro, Professor of the Practice, appointment date 8/1/2025
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Mbaye Lo, Professor of the Practice, appointment date 8/1/2025
Economics
Gregor Jarosch, Professor
Arnaud Maurel, Professor
International Comparative Studies
Adam Rosenblatt, Professor of the Practice, appointment date 7/1/2024
Mathematics
Xiuyuan Cheng, Professor, appointment date 8/1/2025
Jayce Getz, Professor
Heekyoung Hahn, Research Professor
Music
Ieva Jokubaviciute, Professor of the Practice
Philosophy
Felipe De Brigard, Professor
Physics
Phillip Barbeau, Professor
Patrick Charbonneau, Professor
Political Science
Alexander Kirshner, Professor
University Institutes & Centers
David Toole, Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics at the Duke Global Health Institute, appointment date 10/1/2025
Krishnakumar Udayakumar, Professor of the Practice of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute, appointment date 10/1/2025