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Current Endowed and Distinguished Chairs and Professorships

Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Kashy Aminian, Charles T. Holland Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Debangsu Bhattacharyya, GE Plastics Material Engineering Professor in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Hota S. GangaRao, Maurice A. and JoAnn Wadsworth Distinguished Professorship of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rakesh K. Gupta, Dr. George B. Berry and Carolyn A. Berry Chair of Chemical Engineering
John Hu, Statler Chair in Engineering for Natural Gas Utilization
Qingqing Huang, Robert E. Murray Chairmanship of the Mining Engineering Department
Xingbo Liu, Statler Chair of Engineering
Xueyan Song, George B. Berry Chair of Engineering
Anurag Srivastava, Raymond J. Lane Department Chair of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Nigel N. Clark, George B. Berry Chair of Engineering Emeritus
Syd S. Peng, Charles E. Lawall Chair in Mining Engineering Emeritus

John Chambers College of Business & Economics

Roger D. Congleton, Truist Chair in Free Market Thought in Economics
Jody L. Crosno, Joseph E. Antonini Chair in Marketing
Annie Peng Cui, Kmart Chair in Marketing
Richard B. Dull, GoMart Professor in Accounting Information Systems
M. Paula Fitzgerald, Nathan Haddad Professor in Business Administration
Robert "Brant" Hammer, Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Financial Industry Chair in Finance
Alexander Kurov, Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance
Richard A. Riley, Jr., Louis F. Tanner Distinguished Professor of Public Accounting
John P. Saldanha, Sears Chair in Global Supply Chain Management
Paul J. Speaker, Fred T. Tattersall Distinguished Teaching Chair in Finance

College of Applied Human Sciences

Eloise Elliott, Ware Family Distinguished Professorship
Samuel F. Stack, Chester E. and Helen B. Derrick Teacher Education Endowed Professor
Sam Zizzi, Dr. Pat Fehl Endowed Professor

College of Creative Arts and Media

Tamara L. Honesty , Mabel DeVries Tanner Endowed Professor of Theatre
H. Keith Jackson, Philip J. Faini/Falbo Family Dean of the College of Creative Arts
Jason M. Lee, J. Bernard Schultz Endowed Professor of Art
Diana Martinelli, Widmeyer Professorship in Public Relations
R. Charles Scatterday, Shott Teaching Assistant Professor

College of Law

Robert M. Bastress, John W. Fisher II Professor of Law  
Charles R. DiSalvo, Woodrow A. Potesta Professor of Law  
Anne Marie Lofaso, Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law
Marjorie A. McDiarmid, Steptoe & Johnson Professor of Law and Technology
Patrick C. McGinley, Charles H. Haden II Professor of Law
Alison Peck, Robert M. Steptoe and James D. Steptoe Professorship of Property Law
Jesse J. Richardson, Jr., Hale & Roscoe Posten Professorship of Law
John E. Taylor, Jackson Kelly Professor of Law
Matthew Titolo, James H. (Buck) & June Harless Professorship of Law
Shine Tu, Arthur S. Dayton Professorship of Law

Forest J. Bowman, Jackson Kelly Professor of Law Emeritus
Vincent P. Cardi , Bowles Rice Professor of Law
James R. Elkins, Arthur S. Dayton Professor of Law Emeritus
John W. Fisher, II, William J. Maier Jr. Dean Emeritus and Robert M. Steptoe and James D. Steptoe Professor of Property Law Emeritus

Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Robert Dailey, Davis Michael Professor of Animal and Nutritional Sciences
Daniel Panaccione, Davis Michael Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences
Michael Strager, Davis Michael Professor of Resource Economics and Management
Nicole Waterland, Marsh-Dye Endowed Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences

Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Gwen S. Bergner, Harriet E. Lyon Professorship in Women's and Gender Studies
Kevin C. Daly, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor in Biology
Lisa DeFrank-Cole, F. Duke Perry Professorship in Leadership Studies
Walter Dekeseredy, Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair in Social Sciences
Gregory Dudley, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Barry A. Edelstein, Eberly Family Professor of Clinical Psychology
Stephanie Foote, George and Julia Bates Welch Jackson, Mary M. Jackson, and Julia Bates Jackson Nichols Chair of English
Alan K. Goodboy, Peggy Rardin McConnell Research Chair in Communication Studies
Joe D. Hagan, Barnette Professor in Political Science
Erik Herron, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Glen P. Jackson, Ming Hsieh Distinguished Professor of Forensic and Investigative Science
Kennon A. Lattal, Eberly College Centennial Professor of Psychology
Lian Li, Robert L. Carroll Chair in Physics
Rong Luo, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Mathematics  
Maura McLaughlin, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Keith Morris, Ming Hsieh Distinguished Professor of Forensic and Investigative Science
Tracy Morris, Eberly Professor, Leadership Development
Deana Morrow, Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Public Service
Scott A. Myers, Peggy Rardin McConnell Teaching Chair in Communication Studies 
Jason Phillips, Eberly Family Professor of Civil War Studies
Aldo Romero, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor
Kathleen “Katy” O’Hearn Ryan, Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Teaching
Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Gaziano Family Legacy Professor
Earl Scime, Oleg D. Jefimenko Professor of Physics
Shikha Sharma, Marshall S. Miller Professor of Geology
Claire St. Peter, Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Public Service
Gay Stewart, Eberly Professor of STEM Education
Timothy Sweet, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of American Literature
Jessica Wilkerson, Stuart and Joyce Robbins Distinguished Chair in History 
Stephen Valentine, Eberly Family Professor of Chemistry

Laura Brady, Eberly Family Professor of Outstanding Teaching Emerita
Timothy Carr, Marshall S. Miller Energy Professor of Geology Emeritus
Patrick W. Conner, Eberly College Centennial Professor of English Emeritus
Robert DiClerico, Eberly Family Professor Outstanding Teaching Emeritus
Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Stuart and Joyce Robbins Chair in History Emeritus
Trevor M. Harris, Eberly Family Professor of Geography Emeritus
Thomas Kammer, Eberly College Centennial Professor Emeritus
James McGraw, Eberly Family Professor of Biology Emeritus
L. Christopher Plein, Eberly Family Professor of Outstanding Public Service
Patricia Rice, Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Teaching Emerita
Mohindar Seehra, Eberly Family Professor of Physics Emeritus
Kenneth Showalter, C. Eugene Bennett Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
Donley Studlar, Eberly Family Professor of Political Science Emeritus
Ángel Tuninetti, Armand E. and Mary W. Singer Professor in the Humanities Emeritus
Kung Wang, Eberly Family Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

School of Dentistry

Peter Ngan, Branson-Maddrell Endowed Professorship in Orthodontics
Bryan Weaver, Dr. Edward C. Armbrecht Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Professorship

School of Medicine

P. David Adelson, Steve A. Antoline Chair for Children's Neuroscience
Vinay Badhwar, Gordon F. Murray Chair Cardiothoracic Surgery
Javier Cardenas, Ludwig Gutmann Chair of Neurology
Shawn A. Chillag, Patricia T. Ayash Distinguished Professorship
A. Courtney DeVries, John T. and June R. Chambers Chair of Oncology Research
Daniel E. Elswick, Dana L. and Peggy M. Farnsworth Chair in Educational Psychology
Ashkan Emadi, Alexander Bland Osborn Chair of Medical Oncology
Judith Feinberg, Dr. E. B. Flink Chair of Internal Medicine #1
Mathis P. Frick, O. F. Gabriele Chair of Radiology
Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Jean and Laurence DeLynn Chair of Oncology
Sally L. Hodder, WVU Health Science Chancellor's Preeminent Scholar
Peter E. Konrad, JW Ruby Chair for the Study of Neurosciences and Neurosurgery
Nathan Lerfald, Anthony G. DiBartolomeo Professorship in Medicine
Thomas Mauger, Jane McDermott Shott Chair of Ophthalmology
Emma Morton Eggleston, Quad/Graphics Chair in Internal Medicine
Charles J. Mullett, Margaret T. & Larry K. Pickering Chair in Pediatrics
Paul Lockman, Mylan Endowed Chair in Pharmacology
J. Wallis Marsh, The Bernard Zimmermann, MD Chair in Surgery
R. Osvaldo Navia, Grace Kinney Mead Chair of Geriatrics
Randy J. Nelson, Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research
Timothy Nurkiewicz, E. J. Van Liere Medicine Professorship
Joseph Prudhomme , Christopher Cline Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
Hassan H. Ramadan, Stephen and Patricia Wetmore Chair in Otolaryngology
Visvanathan Ramamurthy, WVU Health Science Chancellor's Chair in Research and Scholarship
Ali Rezai, John D. Rockefeller IV Chair in Neuroscience
Larry A. Rhodes, James H. Walker, MD Chair of Pediatric Cardiology
Bryan Richmond, William J. Maier, Jr. Chair of Research
J. Michael Ruppert, Jo & Ben Statler Eminent Scholar & Chair, Breast Cancer Research
Arif R. Sarwari, Dr. Edmund B. Flink Chair of Internal Medicine #2
Sunil Sharma, N. Leroy Lapp Endowed Professorship
David B. Watson, J.F. Brick Chair in Neurology
Alison Wilson, Skewes Family Chair for Trauma
Alicia Zbehlik, Hazel Ruby McQuain Endowed Chair for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases

School of Nursing

Tara Hulsey, Dean and E. Jane Martin Endowed Professor School of Nursing
Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, WVU Hospitals Endowed Evidence-Based Practice Research Professor

School of Pharmacy

William P. Petros, Gates E. Wigner Endowed Deanship

School of Public Health

Gordon Smith, Stuart and Joyce Robbins Distinguished Professor in Epidemiology

January 25, 2022