In the 2020-21 academic year, Vanderbilt University is welcoming 26 new full-time, tenure-track and tenured faculty members across nine schools and colleges. The new faculty come from more than 20 disciplines and include scholars at multiple points in their academic careers.
Blair School of Music
- Frank Candelaria, Martha Rivers Ingram Dean and professor of musicology
- Ryan Middagh, assistant professor of jazz and director of jazz studies*
College of Arts and Science
- Megan Behringer, assistant professor of biological sciences
- Peter Bils, assistant professor of political science
- Emanuele Costa, assistant professor of philosophy
- Alex Dubilet, assistant professor of English*
- Raheleh Filsoofi, assistant professor of art
- Mabel Gergan, assistant professor of Asian studies
- Major Jackson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English
- Simone Stirner, assistant professor of German studies
- Shatema Threadcraft, associate professor of gender and sexuality studies and political science
- Krystl Tift, assistant professor of theatre
- Guillermo Toral, assistant professor of political science
- Zhongyue Yang, assistant professor of chemistry
Divinity School and College of Arts and Science
- Michael Eric Dyson, Centennial Chair and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School
Law School
- Brian Broughman, professor of law
Owen Graduate School of Management
- Erik Olson, assistant professor of accounting
- Maria del Carmen Triana, professor of management
Peabody College
- Felipe Barrera-Osorio, associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations
- Kelly Slay, assistant professor of leadership, policy and organizations
School of Engineering
- Tyler Derr, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science
- Maizie Zhou, assistant professor of biomedical engineering
School of Medicine Basic Sciences
- Kathleen DelGiorno, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology
- Rick Sando, assistant professor of pharmacology
- Elma Zaganjor, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics
School of Nursing
- Julie Barroso, professor of nursing
*Faculty members who were previously at Vanderbilt and moved to tenure-track roles in 2020-2021