Distinguished Professors
The purpose of the program is to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise, who maintain an extraordinary level of activity in their research and scholarly work, and have achieved pre-eminence in their field in line with the University’s stated objectives and emerging priorities.
Contact
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| Name | Department | Title | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrawal, Aneil | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Genetics | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Bar-Isaac, Heski | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance | July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 |
| Baron, Opher | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor of Operations Management | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Bernstein, Steven | Department of Political Science, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2030 |
| Buliung, Ron | Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Geographies of Disability and Ableism | January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028 |
| Chen, Jing | Department of Geography and Planning, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Geography and Planning | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Clarke, Kamari | Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies; Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Transnational Justice and Sociolegal Studies | January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025 |
| Fox, Mark | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Gallagher, Kathleen | Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE | Distinguished Professor in Youth, Theatre, and Urban School Research | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Ganeri, Jonardon | Department of Philosophy, FAS | Bimal Matilal Distinguished Professor of South Asian Philosophy | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Gerlai, Robert | Department of Psychology, UTM | The John Carlin Roder Distinguished Professor in Behavioural Neuroscience | July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029 |
| Hirschl, Ran | Department of Political Science | David R. Cameron Distinguished Professor in Law and Politics | July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028 |
| Hu, Ming | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor of Business Operations and Analytics | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Kaplan, Sarah | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor in Gender and the Economy | September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026 |
| Kumacheva, Eugenia | Department of Chemistry, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Chemistry | March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2025 |
| Levi, Ron | Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; Department of Sociology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Global Justice | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Levy, Evonne | Department of Visual Studies, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Early Modern Art | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2029 |
| Mollett, Sharlene | Department of Human Geography and the Centre for Critical Development Studies, UTSC | Distinguished Professor in Feminist Cultural Geography, Nature and Society | January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024 |
| Moore, Kent | Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Geophysics of Climate Change | January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028 |
| Ong, Lynette | Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | Distinguished Professor in Chinese Politics | July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029 |
| Oreopoulos, Philip | Department of Economics, UTM | Distinguished Professor in Economics of Education Policy | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2030 |
| Park, Chul B. | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Microcellular Engineered Plastics | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Phu, Thy | Department of Arts, Culture and Media, UTSC | Distinguished Professor of Race, Diaspora and Visual Justice | January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 |
| Poole, Janet | Department of East Asian Studies, FAS | Distinguished Professor in the Humanities | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2029 |
| Sá, Creso | Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE | Distinguished Professor in Science Policy, Higher Education, and Innovation | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Scardamalia, Marlene | Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE | Distinguished Professor of Knowledge Innovation and Technology | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Simmons, Craig | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, FASE; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology | July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 |
| Stinchcombe, John | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Ecological Genetics | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Walker, Gilbert | Department of Chemistry, FAS | Distinguished Professor | February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2024 |
| Way, Lucan | Department of Political Science, UTSC | Distinguished Professor of Democracy | January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028 |
| Wohl, Victoria | Department of Classics, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Classics | July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029 |