List of University of Florida faculty and administrators
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The List of University of Florida faculty and administrators contains people currently and formerly serving the University of Florida as professors, deans, or in other educational capacities.
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Deans, directors and chairmen
- Stan Albrecht, former researcher for University of Florida College of Medicine, current president of Utah State University
- Kern Alexander, former president of Western Kentucky University and Murray State University
- Douglas Barrett, professor of pediatrics, former vice president of J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center
- George F. Baughman, former president of New College of Florida, former vice president of business affairs for University of Florida
- George Burgess, world-renowned shark expert; director of International Shark Attack File
- Betty Capaldi, current provost of Arizona State University, former professor at University of Florida
- Anthony Catanese, professor of architecture, former dean of College of Architecture, current president of Florida Institute of Technology
- Paul D'Anieri, current dean of University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Teresa Dolan, current dean of University of Florida College of Dentistry
- Catherine Emihovich, former dean of University of Florida College of Education
- Jeremy Foley, current athletic director of University of Florida
- Joseph Glover, current provost of University of Florida
- Mark S. Gold, current Distinguished Alumni Professor of University of Florida, chairman of Department of Psychiatry
- Michael Good, current dean of University of Florida College of Medicine
- Bob Graham, former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator, founder of Bob Graham Center for Public Service
- David Guzick, current vice President of J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center]
- Peter E. Hildebrand, professor and director emeritus in Food Resource Economics
- Elizabeth Hoffman, American historian, former President of University of Colorado System, and provost of Iowa State University
- Karen Holbrook, biological scientist, former president of Ohio State University, current vice president of University of South Florida
- Robert Jerry, former dean of University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Dennis Jett, American diplomat and academic; former dean of University of Florida International Center
- Edgar C. Jones, former University of Florida athletic director
- Rudolf Kalman, American-Hungarian mathematical system theorist, winner of IEEE Medal of Honor, former graduate research professor, director at Center for Mathematical System Theory
- Pramod Khargonekar, former dean of University of Florida College of Engineering
- John Kraft, current dean of the Warrington College of Business Administration
- Thomas Maren, founding father of University of Florida College of Medicine, inventor of the drug Trusopt
- Thomas Lyle Martin, Jr., former dean of University of Florida College of Engineering, former president of Illinois Institute of Technology
- Robert Mautz, attorney, and former president of State University System of Florida
- Roderick McDavis, former dean of University of Florida College of Education, current president of Ohio University
- William McKeen, professor and chairman of Department of Journalism
- Alan Merten, former dean of the College of Business, current president of George Mason University
- Gene Nichol, former law professor, former president of The College of William & Mary
- Howard Odum, ecologist; started and directed Center for Environmental Policy at the University of Florida, founded the University's Center for Wetlands in 1973
- Eileen Oliver, current interim dean of the University of Florida Division of Continuing Education
- Leland Patouillet, current director of the University of Florida Alumni Association
- Harry M. Philpott, former president of Auburn University
- William Riffee, current dean of University of Florida College of Pharmacy
- Peter Henry Rolfs, agronomist, former dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Judith Russell, current dean of University of Florida Library System
- Sartaj Sahni, computer scientist and chairman of the CISE department
- Betty Siegel, author, former president of University System of Georgia, former dean of academy affairs for continuing education
- Richard L. Shriner, medical director, Shands Vista Psychiatric Hospital
- Gillian Small, biologist, current dean of research at the City University of New York
- Neil Sullivan, current professor of physics, former dean of University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Martin Uman, leading authority on physics of lightning, director of the UF Lightning Research Laboratory
- Rudolph Weaver, first professor of architecture, first dean of architecture, second architect for Florida Board of Control
- Sarah Whiting, currently director at Princeton University School of Architecture
Distinguished Professors
- Mark S. Gold, Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
- Arthur F Hebard, Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Physics
- John R. Klauder, Distinguished Professor, Physics and Math, Department of Physics
- Pierre Ramond, Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics
- Clifford Martin Will, Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics
Professors
- Richard Adams, English novelist
- Ravindra K. Ahuja, computer scientist
- Warder Clyde Allee, zoologist
- Ida Altman, historian of colonial Spain and Latin America
- Donald Ault, Professor of English at the University of Florida
- Stanley Ballard, physicist specializing in optics
- Aida Bamia, professor of Arabic language and literature
- Turpin Bannister, architectural historian
- Rodney J. Bartlett, Professor of Chemistry and Physics
- Linda Bartoshuk, Presidential Endowed Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
- Fuller Bazer, animal scientist and Regents Fellow
- Leonard Beeghley, sociologist
- Steven Albert Benner, molecular biologist
- W. Fitzhugh Brundage, historian
- David Bushell, Latin American historian, one of the first Americans to study Colombia
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- Robert Cade, co-inventor of Gatorade
- Clay Calvert, mass communications scholar
- Pierre Capretz, Professor of French
- Archie Carr, zoologist, conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation
- Jean C. Chance, Professor of Journalism
- Paul Chun, professor of thermodynamics
- John Ciardi, etymologist
- Jill Ciment, writer and Guggenheim Fellow
- Theo Colborn, zoologist and environmental health analyst
- Suzy Covey, comics scholar and former university librarian emerita
- Patricia Craddock, author and professor of English
- Harry Crews, novelist
- Robert Dana, poet
- Radhika Ramana Dasa, Vaishnava scholar
- Manning J. Dauer, political scientist, developed the 1967 reapportionment plan for Florida
- Joel S. Demski, accounting researcher and educator
- Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian theoretical chemist
- Nils J. Diaz, former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- James Dickey, novelist
- Ngo Dong, entomologist and nematologist
- Jane Douglas, Professor of Management Communication
- Daniel C. Drucker, mechanical engineer, known for contributions to the theory of plasticity
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- Jonathan F. Earle, Professor of Engineering
- Joe Feagin, sociologist and social theorist
- Michael Gannon, historian, former priest and author
- Susan D. Gillespie, anthropologist and archaeologist
- Jeff Gill, professor of statistics
- Malcolm Grant, former professor and current President of University College London
- Debora Greger, poet and visual artist
- David Grove, anthropologist, archaeologist, and academic
- Jaber F. Gubrium, sociologist
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- R. M. Hare, English moral philosopher
- Mike Haridopolos, faculty member at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service
- Willis Harman, social scientist and futurist
- Marvin Harris, anthropologist
- Molly Harrower, South African clinical psychologist
- Melissa Hart, actress, singer, and teacher
- Kenneth Heilman, behavioral neurologist
- Lauren Hertel, computer scientist
- So Hirata, Professor of Chemistry, received the Annual Medal of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
- Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., carcinologist
- David A. Hodell, geologist
- Michael Hofmann, German poet
- Noy Holland, writer
- C. S. Holling, Canadian ecologist and winner of the Volvo Environment Prize
- Donald Justice, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner
- John Kaplan, photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ken Kerslake, archivist
- Erich Kesse, librarian for preservation and digitization initiatives
- Solon Kimball, anthropologist
- John Klauder, professor of physics and mathematics
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- Louis J. Lanzerotti, Professor of Physics
- David Leavitt, novelist and Professor of English
- David Lee, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1996, and Professor
- René Lemarchand, French political scientist
- Tracy R. Lewis, professor of economics
- Bernard J. Liska, food scientist
- William Logan, poet, critic, and scholar
- Per-Olov Löwdin, Swedish physicist
- Andrew Nelson Lytle, Professor of Literature; helped start the Masters of Fine Arts program at UF
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- G. S. Maddala, Indian-American economist and mathematician
- John K. Mahon, historian
- Maxine Margolis, anthropologist; American Academy of Arts and Sciences inductee
- Fletcher Martin, painter
- Walter Mauderli, Swiss professor of Medical physics
- Robert McMahon, international relations expert
- Kenneth Megill, philosopher, trade unionist, social activist, records and knowledge manager
- John H. Moore, anthropologist
- Charles W. Morris, semiotician and philosopher
- Michael Moseley, anthropologist
- William Murrill, mycologist
- Charles Nelson, legal scholar and former U.S. Representative from Maine
- James L. Oblinger, food scientist, former President of North Carolina State University
- Harry Ostrer, genetisist
- Alfred Browning Parker, Modernist architect
- Simon Penny, professor in the field of interactive art
- Padgett Powell, novelist
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- Anil K. Rajvanshi, Indian engineer
- Pierre Ramond, French physicist
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, writer, Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Yearling
- David Reitze
- Mary Robison, short-story writer and novelist
- Craig Roland, professor of art education
- Katheryn Russell-Brown, legal scholar
- Darrett B. Rutman, historian
- Chih-Tang Sah, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lawrence Scarpa, architect, educator, leader in austainable design
- John Schrieffer, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Wei Shyy, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Laura Sjoberg, international affairs scholar
- John C. Slater, physicist
- Ottón Solís, scholar of Latin American studies
- Alexander Stephan, specialist in German literature and area studies
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- Bron Taylor, scholar and conservationist
- Henri Theil, Dutch econometrician
- John G. Thompson, mathematician, Abel Prize and Fields Medal winner
- Charles Thorn, Professor of Physics
- Jerry Uelsmann, photographer
- Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician
- Gregory Ulmer, Professor of English at the University of Florida
- Manuel Vasquez, Professor of Latin American studies
- Johannes Vieweg, Professor of Urology, Eminent Scholar Chair, College of Medicine
- Harald von Boehmer, German immunologist
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- Sidney Wade, poet
- Count Albert Wass, Hungarian Professor of Literature and History
- James L. Wattenbarger, Professor of Education, and Father of the Community College System of Florida
- Colin Welford, Professor of Music, conductor
- John Daniel Wild, philosopher
- Joy Williams, author
- William Woodruff, British Historian of World History
- Miriam Zach, musicologist
- Michael Zerner, physicist
- Robert Zieger, labor historian
Other faculty
- Roy C. Craven, art professor and Founding Director of the University Gallery
- William R. Maples, forensic anthropologist; worked with the Florida Museum of Natural History
- Jerald T. Milanich, anthropologist and archaeologist; curator of archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
- Ernest C. Pollard, professor of physics and biophysics; research scholar
- Sam Proctor, American historian, and founder of the oral history program; first UF Historian and Archivist
- Robert Singerman, Judaica bibliographer; held the position of University Librarian at the George A. Smathers Libraries where he was the bibliographer for Jewish Studies, Anthropology, and Linguistics
- David Steadman, curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
- Michael C. Thomas, entomologist and writer; works for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Gainesville as a Taxonomic Entomologist, Entomology Section Administrator, and curator of Coleoptera and Orthoptera
- Carl Van Ness, University of Florida historian and archivist
