Endowed Faculty Chairs
Steve Riedel (May 2013)
The Jack & Ralynn Stadler Chair for Arts & Culture in Society
Established 1990
John Watkins
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Business Administration
Established 1993
Farhad Ameen
Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Fdn Chair for Business & Public Policy
Established 1994
Mira Sakrajada / Anne D’Orazio (2016)
The Sophia & Joseph Abeles Chair for The Honors Program
Established 1995
Erich Werner
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Faculty Development
Established 1996
Diana Berman
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Faculty Development
Established 1996
Paul Robinson / Cynthia Robinson-Williams (09/14)
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Faculty Development
Established 1996
Kalsi Johnson
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Early Childhood Education
Established 1996
VACANT
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Library Sciences
Established 1997
Co-Chairs – Sara Fozard and Peter Grumm (9/24)
The Harvey Picker Chair for Radiologic Technology
Established 1997
Gloria León
The Sophia & Joseph Abeles Chair for Admissions
Established 1997
Sheela Whelan
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Mathematics
Established 1997
Craig Padawer (11/10)
The Nancy & William Olson Chair for English
Established 1997
Mira Sakrajda (09/14)
The Carol S. Russett Chair for English
Established 1997
Barbara Connolly
Martha & Ted Nierenberg Chair for Economics/Business Strategy
Established 1997
Helen O’Brien
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Human Services
Established 1998
Chad Thompson
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Biology
Established 1998
Eric Luther
The Frederick Sessions Beebe Chair for Journalism
Established 1998
Carolyn Christesen
Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Business
Established 1998
JoAnne Conway (11/10), Adam Frank (12/15)
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Student Support and Engagement
Established 1999
Deirdre Verne
The Sylvia & Leonard Marx, Jr. Chair for Business Management
Established 1999
Jo Stokes & Kent Trickel (Spring 2014)
The Sophia & Joseph Abeles Chair for Distance Learning
Established 1999
Jody Reinfenberg
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Chemistry
Established 2000
Sean Simpson (11/10)
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Mathematics
Established 2000
Claudia Carco
The Sophia & Joseph Abeles Chair for English as a Second Language
Established 2001
Co-Chairs – Sofia Rafi & Lizette Martinez
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Nutrition and Dietetics
Established 2001
Joanna Peters / Susan Arietta
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Academic Support Center
Established 2002
Nicole Tschampel
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Art and Art History
Established 2002
VACANT
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Modern Languages (Italian)
Established 2003
Christolyn Williams
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Global Literature
Established 2003
Kary Ioannou
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Alternative Energy Technology
Established 2004
Susan Zucker
The Virginia & Leonard Marx Chair for Child Development
Established 2004
Norma Katz
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Nursing
Established 2004
Philip McGrath
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Culinary Arts, Hospitality
Established 2005
Cynthia Haycock, Rebekah Zwick
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Criminal Justice
Established 2005
Robert Sciabbarrasi
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Computer Science
Established 2006
Patrick Barrett
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Respiratory Therapy & Care
Established 2006
Phyllis Fein
(Anonymous) Chair for Entrepreneurship
Established 2007
Meralee Silverman
The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Chair for Developmental Education
Established 2007
John Flynn
Barbara A. Abeles Chair for European Studies
Established 2011
Paula Dornburgh
Alan & Jacqueline Stuart Chair for Developmental Studies
Latasha Hamlet-Carver
Alan & Jacqueline Stuart Chair for Workforce Development
Established 2012
