Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy's elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs.
Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociology, Demography, and Geography
- Andrew Abbott, 2009
- Sir Peter Crane, 2008
- Susan Gal, 2007
- Tanya Marie Luhrmann, 2003
- Richard A. Shweder, 1997
- Jean Comaroff, 1995
- John Comaroff, 1995
- Ronald S. Burt, 1993
- Dr. James W. Fernandez, 1991
- Paul Friedrich, 1987
- Marshall David Sahlins, 1976
Astronomy and Earth Sciences
- Edward "Rocky" W. Kolb, 2010
- Craig Hogan, 2009
- Donald Quincy Lamb Jr., 2003
- Robert Rosner, 2001
- John E. Carlstrom, 2000
- Robert M. Wald, 2000
- Michael S. Turner, 1996
- James Wellington Truran, Jr., 1995
- Frank Morris Richter, 1993
- Roger H. Hildebrand, 1991
- Robert Norman Clayton, 1978
- Eugene Newman Parker, 1970
Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership
- Raghuram Rajan, 2009
- Richard J. Franke (life trustee), 1996
- Howard G Krane (life trustee), 1996
- George Ranney (life trustee), 1996
Chemistry
- Hisashi Yamamoto, 2011
- Karl F. Freed, 2007
- Dr. James Rufus Norris, Jr., 1994
- Donald Harris Levy, 1987
- Takeshi Oka, 1987
- Robert Gomer, 1981
- R. Stephen Berry, 1978
- Clyde Allen Hutchison, Jr., 1968
- Jack Halpern, 1967
- Stuart Alan Rice, 1967
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Lucia B. Rothman-Denes, 2001
- Dr. Eugene Goldwasser, 1991
- Dr. Bernard Roizman, 1991
- Robert Haselkorn, 1987
Cellular and Developmental Biology, Microbiology, and Immunology
- Dr. Rochelle Easton Esposito, 2003
- Anthony Peter Mahowald, 1993
- Dr. Ursula Beate Storb, 1992
- A. A. Moscona, 1987
- Dr. Donald Frederick Steiner, 1972
Economics
- John A. List, 2011
- Robert Shimer, 2010
- Robert W. Vishny, 2002
- Douglas W. Diamond, 2001
- Richard H. Thaler, 2000
- Kevin M. Murphy, 1998
- Robert Morris Townsend, 1994
- Lars Peter Hansen, 1993
- Roger B. Myerson, 1993
- Nancy L. Stokey, 1993
- Eugene F. Fama, 1989
- James Joseph Heckman, 1985
- Hugo Freund Sonnenschein, 1984
- Robert Emerson Lucas, Jr., 1980
- Arnold Zellner, 1979
- Ronald Harry Coase, 1978
- Gary S. Becker, 1972
- Robert William Fogel, 1972
Educational, Scientific, Cultural, and Philanthropic Administration
- Don Stewart, 2007
- John W. McCarter, Jr. (trustee), 2005
- President Emeritus Don Michael Randel, 2001
- Hanna Holborn Gray, 1973
Engineering
- Matthew Tirrell, 2009
- Dean E. Eastman, 1991
Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology
- Trevor Douglas Price, 2011
- Neil Shubin, 2009
- Jerry Coyne, 2007
- Susan Marie Kidwell, 2002
- David Jablonski, 2000
- Martha K. McClintock, 1999
- Wen-Hsiung Li, 1999
History
- Jan Goldstein, 2010
- David Wellbery, 2009
- Michael Geyer, 2005
- Sheila Fitzpatrick, 2005
- Dipesh Chakrabarty, 2004
- William H. Sewell, Jr., 2004
- Thomas C. Holt, 2003
- Friedrich Katz, 2003
- Bruce Cumings, 1999
- Cornell Hugh Fleischer, 1998
- Neil Harris, 1993
- Tetsuo Najita, 1993
- John A. Brinkman, 1991
Law
- Michael H. Schill, 2011
- Eric Posner, 2010
- John Paul Stevens, 2008
- William Landes, 2008
- Diane Wood, 2004
- David A. Strauss, 2002
- Saul Levmore, 2000
- Abner J. Mikva, 2000
- Douglas Gordon Baird, 1996
- Cass R. Sunstein, 1992
- Frank Easterbrook, 1992
- Richard H. Helmholz, 1991
- Geoffrey Richard Stone, 1990
- David P. Currie, 1985
- Richard A. Epstein, 1985
- Richard Allen Posner, 1982
- Kenneth W. Dam, 1981
- Bernard David Meltzer, 1973
Literary Criticism (including Philology)
- Robert von Hallberg, 2009
- John Goldsmith, 2007
- Michael J. Murrin, 2006
- Anthony C. Yu, 2000
- Thomas Pavel, 1999
- Michael Silverstein, 1991
- Peter F. Dembowski, 1990
- David Bevington, 1985
Literature (Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting)
- Richard Gustave Stern, 1995
Mathematics
- Alex Eskin, 2011
- Kazuya Kato, 2011
- Robert Kottwitz, 2010
- Peter Constantin, 2010
- Robert Fefferman, 2009
- Spencer J. Bloch, 2009
- Alexander Beilinson, 2008
- Vladimir Drinfeld, 2008
- President Robert J. Zimmer, 2007
- Gregory Lawler, 2005
- Carlos E. Kenig, 2002
- Peter McCullagh, 2002
- Stephen M. Stigler, 1987
- Saunders Mac Lane, 1944
Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine and Public Health
- Olufunmilayo Olopade, 2010
- Graeme Bell, 2008
- Shutsung Liao, 1997
- Dr. Janet D. Rowley, 1991
Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, and Behavioral Biology
- Edwin William Taylor, 1991
Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Franklin I. Gamwell, 2011
- Margaret Mary Mitchell, 2011
- Glenn Most, 2008
- Robert Pippin, 2007
- Bernard J. McGinn, 2002
- William W. Tait, 2002
- Wendy Doniger, 1989
- Howard Stein, 1989
- Martha Craven Nussbaum, 1988
- Brian Albert Gerrish, 1987
- David William Tracy, 1982
- Robert McQueen Grant, 1981
- Martin E. Marty, 1968
Physics
- Thomas A. Witten, 2010
- Thomas F. Rosenbaum, 2010
- Pier Oddone, 2009
- Bruce Winstein, 2007
- Melvyn J. Shochet, 2005
- Jeffrey A. Harvey, 2004
- Sidney R. Nagel, 1997
- Leo Philip Kadanoff, 1982
- Yoichiro Nambu, 1973
- Dr. Albert Victor Crewe, 1972
- Leon M. Lederman, 1970
- James Watson Cronin, 1967
Political Science, International Relations, and Public Policy
- Norman Nie, 2009
- Michael Dawson, 2006
- John Mark Hansen, 2003
- John J. Mearsheimer, 2003
- Susanne Rudolph, 1998
- Jean Bethke Elshtain, 1996
Public Affairs, Journalism, and Communications
- Norman M. Bradburn, 1994
- Jack W. Fuller (trustee), 1991
Social and Developmental Psychology and Education
- Janellen Huttenlocher, 2007
- Reid Hastie, 2006
- Susan J. Goldin-Meadow, 2005
- John T. Cacioppo, 2003
- Stephen Raudenbush, 2001
Visual and Performing Arts (Criticism and Practice)
- Philip V. Bohlman, 2011
- Thomas Gunning, 2010
- Anne Robertson, 2008
- Wu Hung, 2007
- Shulamit Ran, 1992
- Philip Edward Gossett, 1989
- Charles Rosen, 1974