American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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. The following are current UChicago faculty members and trustees that have been elected to the Academy:

Archaeology, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, and Demography

• Elisabeth Clemens, 2026
• Karin Knorr Cetina , 2021
• Linda J. Waite, 2018
• Edward O. Laumann, 2013
• Luc Anselin, 2011
• Andrew Abbott, 2009
• Susan Gal, 2007
• Richard A. Shweder, 1997
• Ronald S. Burt, 1993
• James W. Fernandez, 1991
• Marshall David Sahlins, 1976

Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences

• Angela V. Olinto, 2021
• Joshua A. Frieman, 2016
• Ray Pierrehumbert, 2015
• Lawrence Grossman, 2014
• Wayne Hu, 2014
• Craig Hogan, 2009
• Donald Quincy Lamb Jr., 2003
• Edward “Rocky” W. Kolb, 2002
• Robert Rosner, 2001
• John E. Carlstrom, 2000
• Wendy Freedman, 2000
• Robert M. Wald, 2000
• Michael S. Turner, 1996
• James Wellington Truran Jr., 1995
• Frank Morris Richter, 1993
• Roger H. Hildebrand, 1991

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

• Lucia B. Rothman-Denes, 2001
• Bernard Roizman, 1991
• Robert Haselkorn, 1987

Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership

• Debra Cafaro (trustee), 2020
• Joseph Neubauer (trustee), 2015
• Thomas J. Pritzker (trustee), 2014
• John W. Rogers Jr. (trustee), 2014
• David M. Rubenstein (trustee), 2013
• James S. Crown (trustee), 2009
• Richard J. Franke (trustee emeritus), 1996
• Howard G. Krane (trustee emeritus), 1996
• George Ranney (trustee emeritus), 1996

Cellular and Developmental Biology, Microbiology, and Immunology

• Rochelle Easton Esposito, 2003
• Anthony Peter Mahowald, 1993
• Ursula Beate Storb, 1992
• A. A. Moscona, 1987

Chemistry

• Chuan He, 2024
• Laura Gagliardi, 2020
• Giulia Galli, 2020
• Laurie J. Butler, 2018
• Andrei Tokmakoff, 2018
• Hisashi Yamamoto, 2011
• Karl F. Freed, 2007
• James L. Skinner, 2006
• Paul Alivisatos, 2004
• Jack Szostak, 1999
• James Rufus Norris Jr., 1994
• Donald Harris Levy, 1987
• Takeshi Oka, 1987
• Stuart Alan Rice, 1967

Computer Science

• Michael J. Franklin, 2023

Economics

• Amir Sufi, 2024
• Erik Hurst, 2024
• Chang-Tai Hsieh, 2023
• Magne Mogstad, 2023
• Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, 2022
• Fernando E. Alvarez, 2018
• Ali Hortaçsu, 2016
• Sendhil Mullainathan, 2016
• Matthew Gentzkow, 2015
• Philip J. Reny, 2015
• Michael Greenstone, 2014
• Marianne Bertrand, 2012
• Luigi Zingales, 2012
• Steven Durlauf, 2011
• John A. List, 2011
• Robert Shimer, 2010
• Raghuram Rajan, 2009
• Michael Kremer, 2003
• Steven Levitt, 2002
• Robert W. Vishny, 2002
• Douglas W. Diamond, 2001
• Richard H. Thaler, 2000
• Kevin M. Murphy, 1998
• Lars Peter Hansen, 1993
• Roger B. Myerson, 1993
• Nancy L. Stokey, 1993
• Eugene F. Fama, 1989
• Sanford J. Grossman (trustee), 1988
• James Joseph Heckman, 1985
• Hugo Freund Sonnenschein(honorary trustee), 1984
• Robert Emerson Lucas Jr., 1980

Educational and Academic Leadership

• John W. McCarter Jr. (trustee), 2005
• Don M. Randel (honorary trustee), 2001
• Hanna Holborn Gray (president emerita), 1973

Engineering and Technology

• Raphael C. Lee, 2022
• Jeffrey Hubbell , 2021
• Melody Swartz, 2018
• Juan de Pablo, 2011
• Matthew Tirrell, 2009

Evolution and Ecology

• Zeresenay Alemseged, 2021
• Joy Bergelson, 2020
• Mercedes Pascual, 2019
• Trevor Douglas Price, 2011
• Martin E. Kreitman, 2010
• Neil Shubin, 2009
• Jerry Coyne, 2007
• Susan Marie Kidwell, 2002
• David Jablonski, 2000
• Wen-Hsiung Li, 1999
• Martha K. McClintock, 1999
• Richard Hudson, 1995

History

• Tara Zahra, 2017
• David Nirenberg, 2016
• Jan Goldstein, 2010
• Michael Geyer, 2008
• Kenneth L. Pomeranz, 2006
• Sheila Fitzpatrick, 2005
• Dipesh Chakrabarty, 2004
• William H. Sewell Jr., 2004
• Thomas C. Holt, 2003
• Bruce Cumings, 1999
• Cornell Hugh Fleischer, 1998
• Lorraine Daston, 1993
• Neil Harris, 1993
• Tetsuo Najita, 1993
• John A. Brinkman, 1991

Law

• Alison LaCroix, 2026
• William Baude, 2026
• Anup Malani, 2021
• Thomas B. Ginsburg, 2013
• David A. Weisbach, 2012
• Michael H. Schill, 2011
• Eric Posner, 2010
• William Landes, 2008
• Diane Wood, 2004
• David A. Strauss, 2002
• Saul Levmore, 2000
• Douglas Gordon Baird, 1996
• Frank Easterbrook, 1992
• Richard H. Helmholz, 1991
• Geoffrey Richard Stone, 1990
• Richard A. Epstein, 1985
• Richard Allen Posner, 1982

Literature, Literary Criticism, and Language Studies

• Deborah Nelson, 2024
• Diane Brentari, 2024
• Salikoko S. Mufwene, 2023
• Sianne Ngai, 2022
• Maud Ellmann, 2020
• Kenneth Warren, 2019
• Lauren Berlant, 2018
• Bill Brown, 2018
• Lenore Grenoble, 2017
• Françoise Meltzer, 2015
• James Chandler, 2014
• Frances Ferguson, 2010
• Robert von Hallberg, 2009
• Haun Saussy, 2009
• David Wellbery, 2009
• Glenn Most, 2008
• John Goldsmith, 2007
• Michael J. Murrin, 2006
• Thomas Pavel, 1999
• Rosanna Warren, 1997
• Michael Silverstein, 1991
• Peter F. Dembowski, 1990

Mathematics and Statistics

• Amie Wilkinson, 2021
• Benson Farb, 2021
• André Neves, 2020
• Alexander Razborov, 2020
• László Babai, 2015
• Ngô Bao Châu, 2012
• Kazuya Kato, 2011
• Alex Eskin, 2011
• Robert Kottwitz, 2010
• Spencer J. Bloch, 2009
• Robert Fefferman, 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

Medical Sciences

• Olufunmilayo Olopade, 2010
• Graeme Bell, 2008

Neurosciences

• Francisco Bezanilla, 2019
• John Maunsell, 2014
• Edwin William Taylor, 1991

Philosophy and Religious Studies

• Wadad Kadi, 2022
• Matthew T. Kapstein, 2018
• Jonathan Lear, 2017
• Michael A. Sells, 2016
• Hans Dieter Betz, 2014
• Michael Fishbane, 2013
• Paul Mendes-Flohr, 2012
• Bruce Lincoln, 2012
• Margaret M. Mitchell, 2011
• Franklin I. Gamwell, 2011
• Robert Pippin, 2007
• William W. Tait, 2002
• Bernard J. McGinn, 2002
• Howard Stein, 1989
• Wendy Doniger, 1989
• Martha C. Nussbaum, 1988
• Brian Albert Gerrish, 1987
• David William Tracy, 1982
• Martin E. Marty, 1968

Physics

• Bonnie Fleming, 2024
• Peter B. Littlewood, 2022
• Heinrich M. Jaeger, 2018
• Young-Kee Kim, 2017
• Dam Thanh Son, 2014
• Piermaria Oddone, 2008
• David Awschalom, 2006
• Melvyn J. Shochet, 2005
• Jeffrey A. Harvey, 2004
• Thomas A. Witten, 2002
• Sidney R. Nagel, 1997
• Walter E. Massey (trustee emeritus), 1991

Political Science, Public Affairs, and Public Policy

• Christopher R. Berry, 2022
• Eric L. Santner, 2021
• Paula Wolff (Trustee), 2021
• William Howell, 2020
• Katherine Baicker, 2018
• Cathy J. Cohen, 2018
• Daniel Diermeier, 2013
• James A. Robinson, 2012
• David B. Brooks (trustee), 2010
• Susan Stokes, 2008
• Michael C. Dawson, 2006
• John Mark Hansen, 2003
• John J. Mearsheimer, 2003
• Norman M. Bradburn, 1994
• Jack W. Fuller (trustee), 1991

Psychological Sciences and Education

• Shigehiro Oishi, 2023
• Margaret Beale Spencer, 2019
• Susan C. Levine, 2018
• Amanda Woodward, 2014
• Reid Hastie, 2006
• Susan J. Goldin-Meadow, 2005
• Stephen Raudenbush, 2001

Visual and Performing Arts

• Richard Neer, 2022
• Robert L. Kendrick, 2018
• Jacqueline Stewart, 2018
• Jessica Stockholder, 2018
• W.J.T. Mitchell, 2017
• Theaster Gates, 2016
• Martha Feldman, 2012
• Augusta Read Thomas, 2012
• Philip V. Bohlman, 2011
• Thomas Gunning, 2010
• Anne Robertson, 2008
• Wu Hung, 2007
• Shulamit Ran, 1992