Northwestern University Academia
by Sylviastel | created - 03 Nov 2014 | updated - 04 Nov 2014 | PublicMadeleine Wing Adler (BA 1962) President of West Chester University.
Amy Allen (Ph.D. 1996) Parents Distinguished Research Professor in Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College.
Elijah Anderson (Ph.D. 1976) William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Sociology at Yale University.
Clinton Bristow Jr. (BA 1971) former President of Alcorn State University.
Joyce Chaplin (BA 1982) James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Harvard University.
Johnnetta B. Cole (MA 1959, Ph.D. 1967) President Emerita, Spelman College; President of Bennett College.
Margaret Cuninggim; Dean of Women at the University of Tennessee and at Vanderbilt University.
William C. Dudley (MA 1995, Ph.D. 1998) Provost and Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.
Lee Edelman (BA 1975) Fletcher Professor English Literature, Tufts University.
Kathryn Edin (Ph.D. 1991) Professor of Public Policy and Management at Harvard University.
Fred D. Fagg Jr. former President, University of Southern California.
Susan Fuhrman (BA 1965; MA 1966) President, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Avner Greif (MA 1988, Ph.D. 1989) Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University.
Herbert S. Hadley (LL.B.) Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1923-1927)l Governor of Missouri.
Geoffrey Galt Harpham (BA 1968) Director of the National Humanities Center.
Cynthia Herrup (BSJ 1972, Ph.D. 1982) Professor of History and Law at University of Southern California.
Rosanna Hertz (MA 1977, Ph.D. 1983) Luella LaMer Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wellesley College.
Michael J. Hopkins (BA 1979, Ph.D. 1984) Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University.
Frank E. Horton (Ph.D. 1968) Chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1980-1985; University of Oklahoma 1985-1988; and University of Toledo 1989-1998.
Jonathan D. Katz (Ph.D. 1996) Former head of the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian & Gay Studies at Yale University.
Joann (Wheeler) Kealiinohomoku (MA 1965) Anthropologist and dance researcher.
Marc W. Kirschner (BA 1966) John Franklin Enders University Professor and Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University.
Nirmalya Kumar (Ph.D. 1991) Professor of Marketing and Director of Aditya Birla India Centre at London Business School; included in Thinkers50.
Zachary Leader (BA) Professor of English, Roehampton University.
Michael Lounsbury (Ph.D. 1999) Professor of Strategic Management, organizations and sociology at University of Alberta.
Ed Morgan (BA 1976) Professor of International Law at the University of Toronto.
George Nemhauser (Ph.D. 1961) A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Institute Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology.
J. Dennis O'Connor (Ph.D. 1968) former Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh.
Scott E. Page (MS 1990, Ph.D. 1993) Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex systems, political science, and economics, University of Michigan.
Charles M. Payne (Ph.D. 1976) Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago.
Ralph Pearson (Ph.D. 1943) Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Benjamin Polak (MA 1986) William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, Yale University.
Jack Nusan Porter (Ph.D. 1971) sociologist; former Research Associate in Ukranian Studies, Harvard University; former Assistant Professor in Social Science, Boston University.
Mark Ratner (Ph.D. 1969) Lawrence B. Dumas Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University.
David Roediger (Ph.D. 1980) professor of history, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Norbert M. Samuelson; scholar of Jewish philosophy at Arizona State University and prolific writer and lecturer.
John B. Simpson (Ph.D. 1973) President, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York.
David J. Skorton (BA 1970, MD 1974) President, Cornell University.
Barbara Maria Stafford (BA 1964; MA 1966) William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, University of Chicago.
Grover C. Stephens (BA 1948, MA 1949, Ph.D. 1952) Dean, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
Roger Taylor (JD 1971) President Knox College.
Stephan Thernstrom (BA 1956) Winthrop Professor of History, Harvard University.
Glen L. Urban (Ph.D. 1966) Dean Emeritus of MIT Sloan School of Management.
John E. Worthen (BS 1954) President, Ball State University 1984-2000.
1. Juan Cole
Self | Rethink Afghanistan
(BA 1975) Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
2. James Cone
Self | Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
James Cone was born on August 5, 1938 in Fordyce, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Sondra Gibson and Rose Hampton. He died on April 28, 2018 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
James Hal Cone. MA 1963, Ph.D. 1965; Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Profesor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
BA; Professor of Sociology at Princeton University.
4. Troy Duster
California and the American Dream
Troy Duster is known for California and the American Dream (2005), The New Los Angeles (2006) and Last Day of Freedom (2015).
BA 1957, Ph.D. 1962; Professor of Sociology at New York University and University of California at Berkeley.
5. William R. Ferris
William R. Ferris is known for The Color Purple (1985), James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969) and Give My Poor Heart Ease (1977).
MA 1965; Joel Williamson Eminent Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
7. Barry Glassner
Self | Bowling for Columbine
BS 1974; Executive Vice Provost & Professor of Sociology at University of Southern California.
8. Glenn Loury
Self | The Glenn Show
Glenn Loury is known for The Glenn Show (2019), Join or Die (2023) and Great American Race Game (2021).
BA 1972; Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University.
9. Mark Crispin Miller
Producer | Four Died Trying
Mark Crispin Miller is known for Four Died Trying (2023), Exceed (2001) and Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003).
BA 1971; Professor of Media Ecology at New York University.
Ph.D. 1966; Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of European Studies at New York University.
11. Graham Spanier
Self | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...
Former President of The Pennsylvania State University.
Ph.D. 19730 President, Pennsylvania State University.
12. Deborah Paredez
Self | Central Texas Gardener
Ph.D. 2002; Professor of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin; poet and co-foudner of Cantomundo.
13. Augusta Read Thomas
Composer | All-Star Orchestra
Augusta Read Thomas is known for All-Star Orchestra (2013) and Inside New Music: The University of Chicago's Contempo Celebrates Fifty Years (2015).
BM 1987; University of Professor of Composition, University of Chicago.
14. Francine Winddance Twine
Director | Just Black?
France Winddance Twine was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother was a Black American whose roots are in the Louisiana delta. Her father was of Native American Creek (also known as Muscogee) descent with roots in Oklahoma.
She received a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and went on to ...
BS 1980; Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
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