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Report of the president: Academic Council Professoriate appointments

The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on March 15, April 5, April 19, April 26, May 3, and May 10, 2022, and were approved by the president. Please note that while all appointments below have been approved by the president, some candidates may not have accepted offers.

Appointments without limit of time:

Chacón, Jennifer, Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2022

Girmay, Aracelis, Professor of English, effective September 1, 2022

Johnson, Amaud, Professor of English, effective September 1, 2022

Mahajan, Karan, Associate Professor of English, effective September 1, 2022

McKeon, Beverly, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, effective June 1, 2022

Senatore, Leonardo, Associate Professor of Physics, effective September 1, 2022

Valdez Quade, Kirstin, Associate Professor of English, effective September 1, 2022

Van Jordan, Aaron, Professor of English, effective September 1, 2022

Promotions without limit of time:

Baiocchi, Michael, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and, by courtesy, of Statistics and of Medicine, effective June 1, 2022

Bocola, Luigi, Associate Professor of Economics, effective July 1,2022

Domingue, Benjamin, Associate Professor of Education, effective September 1, 2022

Lee, Young Jean, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, effective September 1, 2022

Martinez, Ramon, Associate Professor of Education, effective September 1, 2022

Ugander, Johan, Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering, effective June 1, 2022

Reappointment without limit of time:

Di Tella, Sebastian, Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, effective August 1, 2022

Other appointments:

Almada, Natalia, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026

Cox, David, Assistant Professor of Genetics, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026

Demszky, Dorottya (Dora), Assistant Professor of Education, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026

Ding, Yu, Assistant Professor (subject to Ph.D.) of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026

Goldberg, Sam, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026

Hu, Yue, Assistant Professor (subject to Ph.D.) of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027

Karaduman, Omer, Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026

Syrgkanis, Vasileios, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026

Udell, Madeleine, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, for the period August 1, 2022 through July 30, 2026

Other promotions:

Curtis, Christina, Professor of Medicine and by courtesy, of Genetics, effective June 1, 2022

Hoyos, Hector, Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, effective September 1, 2022

Krebs, Christopher, Professor of Classics, effective September 1, 2022

Lindenberg, Aaron, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Photon Science at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, effective June 1, 2022

Ma, Jean, Professor of Art and Art History, effective September 1, 2022

Meltzer, Jaime, Professor of Art and Art History, effective September 1, 2022

Menon, Jisha, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, effective September 1, 2022

Schuster, Phillip, Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, effective June 1, 2022

Schwartzman, Ariel, Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, effective June 1, 2022

Sonnenberg, Justin, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, effective June 1, 2022

Stuart, Forrest, Professor of Sociology, effective September 1, 2022

Thomas, Leif, Professor of Earth System Science, effective April 1,2022

Toro, Natalia, Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, effective June 1, 2022

Vollrath, Douglas, Professor of Genetics, and by courtesy, of Ophthalmology, effective May 1, 2022

Other reappointments:

Asad, Asad, Assistant Professor of Sociology, for the period June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027

Cao, Rosa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025

Chapman, Emilee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025

Choi, Jung Ho, Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business, for the period August 1, 2022 through July 30, 2025

Cohen, David, Professor of Classics, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2026

Jaiswal, Siddhartha, Assistant Professor of Pathology, for the period November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2025

Leape, James, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2027

Lugli, Emanuele, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026

Sadigh, Dorsa, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025

Sahlem, Gregory, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026

Strehlow, Matthew, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, for the period May 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022

Wu, Albert, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, for the period August 14, 2022 through August 13, 2023

University Medical Line Professoriate appointments:

The following University Medical Line Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for March and April 2022 were recommended by the provost to the president of the university and were approved by the president.

Promotions for a continuing term:

Blumenfeld, Yair, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, effective June 1, 2022

Darnell, Beth, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective May 1, 2022

Reappointment for a continuing term:

Shanafelt, Tait, Professor of Medicine, effective June 1, 2022

Other appointments:

Edwards, Matthew, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026

Hooper, Jody, Associate Professor of Pathology, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027

Kirchner, Varvara, Associate Professor of Surgery, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2027

Okwan-Duodu, Derick, Assistant Professor of Pathology, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2026

Trockel, Mickey, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2027

Vogel, Jody, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027

Other promotions: 

Kau, Chia-Sui, Associate Professor of Pathology, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027

Reddy, Sushma, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027

Teuteberg, Jeffrey, Professor of Medicine, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 202

Other reappointments:

Bean, Gregory, Assistant Professor of Pathology, for the period August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2028

Bonham, C. Andew, Associate Professor of Surgery, for the period August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2027

Charville, Gregory, Assistant Professor of Pathology, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2028

Gisondi, Michael, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, for the period May 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023

Jacobs, James, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2027

Korndorffer, James, Associate Professor of Surgery, for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2027

Liedtke, Michaela, Associate Professor of Medicine, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027

Skirboll, Stephen, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2027

Report items:

Cheng, Alan, Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Pediatrics, for the period June 1, 2020 through April 30, 2025 [correction]

Daniel, Bruce, Professor of Radiology, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025

Flewellen, Ayana, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, change in appointment start date from September 1, 2022 to July 1, 2022, and in appointment end date from August 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026

Frydman, Judith, Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2027

Genesereth, Michael, Associate Professor of Computer Science, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Law, for the period September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2023 [correction]

Grantcharov, Teodore, Professor of Surgery, change in appointment start date from May 1, 2022 to June 1, 2022

Hack, Laura, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, change in appointment start date from April 1, 2022 to May 1, 2022, and in end date from March 31, 2026 to April 30, 2026

Hargreaves, Brian, Professor of Radiology and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025

Harrison, Paul, George Edwin Burnell Professor of Religious Studies, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures, effective April 1, 2022

Henry, Peter, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution, change in appointment start date from October 1, 2021 to September 1, 2022

Huang, Ngan, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024

Ihme, Matthias, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, also appointed Professor of Photon Science at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, for the period March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2027

Jackson, Peter, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, also appointed Professor of Pathology, effective March 1, 2022

Karunakaran, Arvind, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, change in appointment start date from September 1, 2022 to July 1, 2022 and in end date from August 31, 2026 to June 30, 2026

Kieschnick, John, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures, effective April 1, 2022

Lundberg, Emma, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Medicine, also appointed Professor of Pathology, effective January 1, 2022

Menon, Vinod, Rachael L. and Walter F. Nichols, M.D. Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Education, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, effective May 1, 2019 [correction]

Mischel, Paul, Professor of Pathology, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, effective June 1, 2022

Moon, Yumi, Associate Professor of History, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures, effective April 1, 2022

Mross, Michaela, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, also appointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures, for the period April 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024

Mullaney, Thomas, Professor of History, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures, effective April 1, 2022

Potts, Christopher, Professor of Linguistics, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025

Sheares, Alicia, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, change in appointment start date from September 1, 2022 to September 1, 2023 and in end date from August 31, 2026 to August 31, 2027

Shin, Gi-Wook, William J. Perry Professor and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures, effective April 1, 2022

Sommer, Matthew, Bowman Family Professor and Professor of History, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Culture, effective April 1, 2022

Sonn, Geoffrey, Associate Professor of Urology, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Radiology, for the period March 1, 2022 thought February 28, 2027

Sung, Chih Kwang, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Music, for the period December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2025 [correction]

Vanorio, Tiziana, Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences and, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Geophysics, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024

Wang, C. Jason, Professor of Pediatrics, also reappointed Professor of Health Policy, for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2027

Winstein, Keith, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, also appointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Law, for the period September 1, 2018 through October 19, 2022 [correction]

Faculty emeriti titles:

Friedman, Lawrence, Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Emeritus, effective August 5, 2022

Grundfest, Joseph A., W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus, effective August 31, 2022

Harter, Phillip M., Associate Professor (Teaching) of Emergency Medicine, Emeritus, effective March 31, 2022

Harrison, Robert P., Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature, Emeritus, effective May 14, 2022

Hillard, Paula J., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (General Gynecology), Emerita, effective May 1, 2022

Kallosh, Renata, Stanford W. Ascherman, MD Professor, Emeritus, effective September 30, 2022

Palmer, Theo, Professor of Neurosurgery, Emeritus, effective March 31, 2022

Pizzo, Philip A., David and Susan Heckerman Professor, Emeritus, effective August 31, 2022

Sandborg, Christy I., Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Emerita, effective July 18, 2022

Troy, Nancy J., Victoria and Roger Sant Professor of Art, Emerita, effective August 31, 2022

Faculty emeriti recalls:

Bachrach, Laura K., Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Emerita, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023

Bergman, David A., Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Emeritus, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023

Brown, J. Martin, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Emeritus, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023

Buckingham, Bruce A., Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Emeritus, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023

Crenshaw, Martha, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emerita, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023

Dekker, Cornelia L., Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Emerita, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023

Harrison, Robert P., Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature, Emeritus, for the period May 15, 2022 through May 14, 2024

Harter, Phillip M., Associate Professor (Teaching) of Emergency Medicine, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024

Hillard, Paula J., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (General Gynecology), Emerita, for the period May 2, 2022 through May 1, 2024

Holloway, David J., Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emeritus, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023

Kallosh, Renata, Stanford W. Ascherman, MD Professor, Emerita, for the period October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023

Mendoza, Fernando, Associate Dean of Minority Advising and Programs and Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023

Murphy Jr., Daniel J., Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Emeritus, for the period July 7, 2022 through July 6, 2023

Sandborg, Christy I., Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Emerita, for the period July 19, 2022 through July 18, 2023

Sommer, Barbara R., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita, for the period May 2, 2022 through May 1, 2023

Westphal, Lynn M., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility) at Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023

Report matters:

Endowed professorships:

Abramitzky, Ran, Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences, Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, also appointed Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor, effective June 8, 2022

Blish, Catherine, Professor of Medicine, also appointed George E. and Lucy Becker Professor in Medicine II, effective June 8, 2022

Carnoy, Martin, Vida Jacks Professor of Education, also appointed Lemann Foundation Professor, effective June 8, 2022

Diamond, Larry, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science, also appointed Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, effective June 8, 2022

Gold, Garry, Professor of Radiology, also appointed Stanford Medicine Professor in Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, effective June 8, 2022

Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie, Professor of Pediatrics and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, also appointed Marron and Mary Elizabeth Kendrick Professor in Pediatrics II, effective June 8, 2022

Kim, Seung, Professor of Developmental Biology and, by courtesy, of Medicine and of Pediatrics, also appointed KM Mulberry Professor, effective June 8, 2022

Liao, Ronglih, Professor of Medicine, also appointed Nola Leishman Professor II in Cardiovascular Diseases, effective June 8, 2022

Marsden, Alison, Professor of Pediatrics and of Bioengineering, also appointed Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases, effective June 8, 2022

Mazzeo, Rafe, Professor of Mathematics, also appointed Cassius Lamb Kirk Professor in Natural Sciences, effective June 8, 2022

Okamura, Alison M., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, also appointed Richard W. Weiland Professor in the School of Engineering, effective June 8, 2022

Poston, Kathleen, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, also appointed Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor II in Neurology and the Neurological Sciences, effective June 8, 2022

Torche, Florencia, Professor of Sociology, also appointed Dunlevie Family Professor, effective June 8, 2022

Williams, Leanne, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Psychology, also appointed Vincent V. C. Woo Professor, effective June 8, 2022

Endowed directorships:

Boltz, M. Gail, Clinical Professor of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, also appointed Betty Irene Moore Director for Cardiac Anesthesia, effective June 8, 2022

Rabinovitch, Marlene, Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, also appointed Betty Irene Moore Basic Science and Engineering Initiative Endowed Research Director, effective June 8, 2022

Stoner, Kathryn, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution, also appointed Mosbacher Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, for the period September 15, 2021 through September 15, 2026 (retroactive)

Administrative appointments: 

Gold, Gary, Professor of Radiology, also reappointed Chair of Radiology, for the period April 16, 2022 through March 30, 2027

Harrington, Robert, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy, also reappointed Chair of Medicine, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027

Hinton, Stephen, Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities and Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, also reappointed Chair of Music, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024

Looser, Diana, Associate Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, also reappointed Chair of Theater and Performance Studies, for the period period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025

Mazzeo, Rafe, Professor of Mathematics, also reappointed Chair of Mathematics, for the period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022

Subak, Leslee, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Urology, also reappointed Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027

Starkey, Kathryn, Professor of German Studies and, by courtesy, of English, of History and of Comparative Literature, also appointed Chair of the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025

Triantis, George, Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, also reappointed Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023