Endowed Professorships and Chairs

Endowed faculty appointments signify a level of accomplishment by the faculty member so honored. An endowed chair or professorship is an academic distinction bestowed upon a scholar of either national or international reputation. Such a faculty member has demonstrated scholarly distinction and leadership in an academic discipline. An endowed faculty fellowship recognizes young or mid-level scholars of exceptional potential, who have either begun to make headway on the national scene or are on the verge of gaining national attention.

View a full list of qualifications and expectations of recipients.

List of current positions:

Chairs

• George T. and Gladys H. Abell Chair in Nautical Archaeology
  - Donny L. Hamilton, professor of anthropology
• Bovay Endowed Chair for the History & Ethics of Professional Engineering
• - C. Edwin Harris, professor of philosophy

• Claude H. Everett, Jr. ’47 Chair in Liberal Arts
• - Joon Y. Park, professor of economics
• Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching in the Liberal Arts
• - Stephen Daniel, professor of philosophy
• Center for the Study of the First Americans Chair in Liberal Arts
• - Michael Waters, professor of anthropology
• Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in American History
  
• - Vacant
• Charles H. Gregory ’64 Chair in Liberal Arts
  
• - Kenneth J. Meier, distinguished professor of political science
• John H. and Sara H. Lindsey Chair in Liberal Arts
  
• - Vacant
• Meredith & Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Chair in Liberal Arts
  
• - Vacant
• George O. Yamini Family Chair in Liberal Arts
  
• - Donny L. Hamilton, professor of anthropology

Professorships

• John Paul Abbott Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Margaret J.M. Ezell, distinguished professor of English

• George T. and Gladys H. Abell Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Vacant
• George T. and Gladys H. Abell Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - John L. McDermott, distinguished professor of philosophy and humanities
• George T. and Gladys H. Abell Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
• Alfred F. Chalk Professorship in Economics
  
• - Vacant
• Hugh Roy Cullen Professorship in Economics
  
• - Qi Li, professor of economics
• Mary Tucker Currie Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - James W. Grau, professor of psychology

• Center for the Study of the First Americans Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Ted Goebel, associate professor of anthropology

• Samuel Rhea Gammon Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - James L. Harner, professor of English

• Mary Thomas Marshall Professorship in Liberal Arts

- Howard B. Kaplan, distinguished professor of sociology

• Frederick R. Mayer Professorship in Nautical Archaeology I
  
• - Cemalettin Pulak, associate professor of archaeology
• Frederick R. Mayer Professorship in Nautical Archaeology II (Fellowship)
  
• - Luis Filipe M. Vieira de Castro, assistant professor of archaeology
• Thomas Franklin Mayo Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Larry J. Reynolds, professor of English
• Ella C. McFadden Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Joe C. Feagin, professor of sociology
• Frank N. McMillan Professorship in Analytical Psychology
  
• - David H. Rosen, professor of psychology
• Meadows Foundation Professorship in Biblical Archaeology
  
• - Shelley Wachsmann, associate professor of anthropology
• Patricia and Bookman Peters Professorship in History
  
• - R.J.Q. Adams, professor of history
• Charles Puryear Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Vacant
• George Summey, Jr. Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Vacant
• Clifford A. Taylor, Jr. Class of ’49 Professorship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Harold C. Livesay, professor of history

• Ralph R. Thomas Class of ’21 Professorship in Liberal Arts

• Sara W. and George O. Yamini Professorship in Nautical Archaeology (Yamini Faculty Fellow)
• - Deborah Carlson, assistant professor of anthropology

Fellowships

• Crawley Faculty Fellowship
  
• - Harris Berger, associate professor of performance studies (music)

• Claudius M. Easley, Jr. Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Brian Linn, professor of history
• Institute of Nautical Archaeology Faculty Fellowship
  
• - C. Wayne Smith, associate professor of anthropology
• Faculty Fellowship in Nautical Archaeology
  
• - Kevin Crisman, associate professor of anthropology
• Elton Lewis Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Vacant
• Naomi Lewis Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts
  
• - Yoosoon Chang, professor of economic

• Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Fellows