James B. Duke Professor Explained

At Duke University, the title of James B. Duke Distinguished 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. Two Nobel laureates currently serve as James B. Duke Professors.

Current James B. Duke Distinguished Professors

From the faculty listing available from the Duke University Office of the Provost.^[1]

• David Aers — English
• Huiman Xie Barnhart — biostatistics and bioinformatics
• Lorena S. Beese — biochemistry
• Emily Bernhardt — biology
• Eduardo Bonilla-Silva — sociology
• Richard Brennan — biochemistry
• Blanche Capel — cell biology
• Patrick J. Casey — pharmacology and cancer biology
• Bruce Donald — computer science
• Victor Dzau — medicine
• Erica Field — economics
• Susan Halabi — biostatistics and bioinformatics
• Mark B.N. Hansen — literature
• Joseph Heitman — molecular genetics and microbiology
• Homme Hellinga — biochemistry
• Jack D. Keene - molecular genetics and microbiology
• Garnett H. Kelsoe — immunology
• Rachel Kranton — economics
• Eric Laber — statistical science
• Hedwig Lee — sociology
• Jianfeng Lu — mathematics
• Douglas Marchuk — molecular genetics and microbiology
• Paula D. McClain — political science
• Toril Moi — literature
• Berndt Mueller — physics
• Mark Anthony Neal — African and African American Studies
• David Page — biostatistics and bioinformatics
• John R. Perfect — medicine
• Kenneth D. Poss — regenerative biology
• Sumathi Ramaswamy — history
• John F. Rawls — molecular genetics and microbiology
• Michael Reiter — computer science
• Jane S. Richardson — biochemistry
• Guillermo Sapiro — electrical and computer engineering
• David Smith — electrical and computer engineering
• Ralph Snyderman — medicine
• Beth Sullivan — molecular genetics and microbiology
• Warren S. Warren — chemistry
• Kevin Weinfurt — population health sciences
• Mark Wiesner — civil and environmental engineering

James B. Duke Distinguished Professors Emeriti

• Allen Buchanan (emeritus) — philosophy^[2]
• Rick Durrett (emeritus) — mathematics^[3]
• Harold P. Erickson (emeritus) — cell biology^[4]
• Owen Flanagan (emeritus) — philosophy^[5]
• Alan Enoch Gelfand (emeritus) — statistical science^[6]
• Karla F.C. Holloway (emerita) — English^[7]
• Donald L. Horowitz (emeritus) — law and political science^[8]
• Paul L. Modrich (emeritus) — biochemistry^[9]
• Orrin H. Pilkey — Earth sciences^[10]
• Anne E. Pusey (emerita) — evolutionary anthropology^[11]
• David G. Schaeffer (emeritus) — mathematics^[12]
• J. E. R. Staddon (emeritus) — psychology and neuroscience^[13]
• Robert Winkler (emeritus) — business administration^[14]
• Ingrid Daubechies (emeritus) — mathematics^[15]

Former James B. Duke Distinguished Professors

• Hashim M. Al-Hashimi — biochemistry^[16]
• Dan Ariely — behavioral economics^[17]
• Robert Behringer^[18] - physics^[19]
• Vann Bennett — medicine^[20]
• Ralph J. Braibanti — political science^[21]
• Louis J. Budd — English literature^[22]
• Linda Burton — sociology^[23]
• Leonard Carlitz — mathematics^[24]
• Marc G. Caron — cell biology^[25]
• Bryan Cullen^[26] — virology^[27]
• John Shelton Curtiss — history
• Wallace Fowlie — French literature
• John Hope Franklin — history^[28]
• Craufurd Goodwin — economics^[29]
• Joseph C. Greenfield — medicine
• Jerry Hough — political science^[30]
• Allen C. Kelley — economics^[31]
• Robert Keohane — political science^[32]
• Sally Kornbluth — pharmacology^[33]
• Paul J. Kramer — biology^[34]
• William R. Krigbaum — chemistry^[35]
• Robert Lefkowitz — biochemistry^[36]
• Kam W. Leong — biomedical engineering^[37]
• Daniel J. Lew — pharmacology and cancer biology
• Sarah H. Lisanby — medicine
• David R. Morrison — mathematics
• Reynolds Price — English literature^[38]
• Knut Schmidt-Nielsen — biology^[39]
• Joseph J. Spengler — economics^[40]
• Lionel Stevenson — English literature^[41]
• Steven Vogel — biology^[42]

References

1. Web site: Faculty . Duke University, Office of the Provost.
2. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/allenb Allen Buchanan
3. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/rtd Richard Timothy Durrett
4. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/h.erickson Harold Paul Erickson
5. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/ojf Owen Flanagan Jr.
6. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/alan Alan E. Gelfand
7. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/karla.holloway Karla Holloway
8. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dhorowitz Donald L. Horowitz
9. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/modrich Paul L. Modrich
10. http://fds.duke.edu/db/Nicholas/eos/faculty/opilkey Orrin H. Pilkey
11. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/anne.pusey Anne Pusey
12. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dgs David G. Schaeffer
13. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/jers John E. R. Staddon
14. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/rwinkler Robert L. Winkler
15. https://scholars.duke.edu/person/ingrid.daubechies Ingrid Daubechies
16. Web site: Duke University School of Medicine. 2016-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20161201021037/https://www.biochem.duke.edu/hashim-m-al-hashimi-primary. dead.
17. http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/alpha/ariely.htm Dan Ariely
18. [Robert Behringer#]
19. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Physics/faculty/bob Robert P. Behringer
20. http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/faculty/research/bennett.html Vann Bennett
21. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2005/12/braibanti.html Ralph Braibanti, Expert on Islamic-Western Relations, Dies
22. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/faculty/budd Louis J. Bud
23. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Sociology/faculty/burton Linda Burton
24. Web site: Leonard Carlitz - Biography .
25. http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/marc-g-caron Marc Caron
26. Web site: Bryan Cullen's lab website . 2012-09-25 . 2011-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814035557/http://cullenlab.duhs.duke.edu/ . dead .
27. http://mgm.duke.edu/faculty/cullen/index.htm Bryan Cullen
28. http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/franklin/bio.html Biography of John Hope Franklin
29. https://today.duke.edu/2017/04/economist-craufurd-goodwin-former-graduate-school-dean-dies-age-82 Economist Craufurd Goodwin, Former Graduate School Dean, Dies at Age 82
30. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/PoliticalScience/jhough Jerry Hough
31. http://www.econ.duke.edu/~kelley/ackelley.html Allen Kelley
32. http://polisci.duke.edu/people?Gurl=%2Faas%2FPoliticalScience&Uil=rkeohane&subpage=profile Robert Keohane
33. http://pharmacology.mc.duke.edu/faculty/kornbluth.htm Sally Kornbluth
34. http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uakramer/ Inventory of the Paul Jackson Kramer Papers, 1856 - 1994 (bulk 1927-1974)
35. ACS 1989 Award Winners . 10.1021/cen-v066n047.p041 . Chemical & Engineering News Archive . 1988 . 66 . 47 . 41–45 . free .
36. http://archives.mc.duke.edu/mcalefkowitz.html Robert Lefkowitz
37. http://fds.duke.edu/db/pratt/bme/faculty/leong Kam W. Long
38. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/faculty/erp Reynolds Price
39. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/schmidt-nielsen.html Animal Physiology Expert Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Dies
40. http://lupus.econ.duke.edu/News/newsletter.winter91-92.html Spengler Recalled as Caring Teacher
41. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/25/archives/lionel-stevenson-is-dead-at-71-biographer-of-victorian-writers.html New York Times obituary
42. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/svogel Steven Vogel