University Professor
The rank of University Professor is the highest rank a faculty member can attain in the University. The position recognizes "exceptional scholarly merit and distinguished service to Columbia" and must be approved by the trustees [1]. University Professors serve Columbia as a whole rather than a specific faculty or department. Recently, comparative literature professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak became the latest faculty member to be appointed University Professor.
List of Current University Professors
- Eric R. Kandel
- T.D. Lee
- R. Kent Greenawalt
- Ronald C.D. Breslow
- Simon Schama
- Richard Axel
- Jagdish N. Bhagwati
- Wayne A. Hendrickson
- Robert A. Mundell
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Rosalind E. Krauss
- Gayatri C. Spivak
Past University Professors
- Jacques Barzun
- Meyer Schapiro
- Lionel Trilling
- Edward Said
