List of University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty

This list catalogs notable University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty.

Name	Subject	Position	Born-died
E. Wayne Abercrombie	Music	Professor Emeritus of Music, Director of Choral Programs	1938–
Charles Paul Alexander	Entomology	Professor of Entomology	1889–1981
Christian Appy	History	Professor of History	1955–
Lee Badgett	Economics	Economist	1960-
Sheila Bair	Business	Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy	1954–
Andrew Barto	Computer Science	Professor of Computer Science, Chair of Computer Science Department	1948–
Madeleine Blais	Journalism	Professor of Journalism	1946–
Samuel Bowles	Economics	Professor Emeritus of Microeconomics	1939–
Kyle Cave	Psychology	Professor of Psychology
Miriam Usher Chrisman	History	Professor Emerita of History	1920–2008
Chuck Close	Fine Arts		1940–
Vincent Dethier	Zoology, Entomology	Director of Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Chair of Chancellor's Commission on Civility	1915–1993
Arindrajit Dube	Economics	Professor of Economics
Jean Bethke Elshtain	Political Science		1941–2013
Martín Espada	English	Professor of Poetry	1957–
Fred Feldman	Philosophy	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy	1941–
Carl R. Fellers	Food Science and Technology	Department of horticulture manufacturing	1893–1960
Ann Ferguson	Philosophy	Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies	1938–
Charles H. Fernald	Entomology	Professor of Natural Sciences, Chair of Natural Sciences	1838–1921
Jane E. Fountain	Political Science	Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Director of National Center for Digital Government
Edwin Gentzler	Linguistics	Professor of Language, Head of Translation Center
Gretchen Gerzina	English	Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography
Charles Anthony Goessmann	Chemistry	President of Massachusetts Agricultural College	1827–1910
Sheldon Goldman	Political Science	Professor of Political Science	1939–
Ted Hughes	English		1930–1998
Jane Humphries	Economics	Assistant Professor of Economics	1948–
Neil Immerman	Computer Science	Professor of Computer Science	1953–
Sut Jhally	Communication	Professor of Communication	1955–
Angelika Kratzer	Linguistics	Professor Emerita of Linguistics
Jim Kurose	Computer Science	Professor of Computer Science	1956–
Joseph Levine	Philosophy		1952–
Shona Macdonald	Art	Chair of the Department of Art
Lynn Margulis	Biological Science	Distinguished Professor of Botany, Biology, Geosciences	1938–2011
Valerie Martin	English	Professor of English	1938–
John McCarthy	Linguistics	Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost	1953–
Warren P. McGuirk	Physical Education	Dean of the School of Physical Education, Director of Athletics	1906–1981
William Hamilton Meeks, III	Mathematics	George David Birkoff Professor of Mathematics	1947–
Dick Minear	History	Professor of History	1938–
Paul Musgrave	Government	Assistant Professor of Government
Anna Nagurney	Finance and Operations Management	Professor of Management (John F. Smith Memorial Professorship in the Isenberg School of Management)
Morihiko Nakahara	Music	Director of Orchestral Studies	1975–
George N. Parks	Music	Director of Marching Band	1953–2010
Barbara Partee	Linguistics	Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy	1940–
Stephen Resnick	Economics	Professor of Economics	1938–2013
Max Roach	Music		1924–2007
Thomas Schneeweis	Finance and Operations Management	Professor of Finance, Director of the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets
Archie Shepp	Music		1937-
Kalidas Shetty	Food Science
Hava Siegelmann	Computer Science	Professor of Computer Science
Ramesh Sitaraman	Computer Science	Member of Computer Science Department
Boris Svistunov	Physics	Professor of Physics
Marshall Harvey Stone	Mathematics	Professor of Mathematics	1903–1989
James Tate	English	Professor of English	1943–2015
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.	Astronomy	Professor of Astronomy, Associate Director of the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory	1941–
Don Towsley	Computer Science	Distinguished Professor of Computer Science	1949–
Brian Vibberts	Audio Engineer
Patricia Campbell Warner	History	Professor Emerita in Costume History	1936-
Frank A. Waugh	Landscape Architecture	Head of Agriculture Division	1869–1943
Michael Wex	Economics		1954–
Richard D. Wolff	Philosophy, African-American Studies	Professor Emeritus of Economics	1942–