Endowed Chairs

Endowed chairs are highly honored academic positions that attract and support distinguished faculty. Here’s a list of the current endowed chairs in Social Sciences:

Chancellor's Associated Endowed Chair in Economics
Economics
Paul Niehaus

Chancellor's Associates Chair
Education Studies
Amanda Datnow

Chancellor's Associates Chair I
Political Science
Margaret Roberts

Chancellor's Associates Chair V
Open

Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Economics
Economics
Nir Jaimovich

Daniel Yankelovich Endowed Chair in Social Thought
Sociology
Lane Kenworthy

Distinguished Endowed Chair in Macroeconomics and Public Finance
Economics
Johannes Wieland

Dr. James Y. Chan Presidential Chair in Global Health
Anthropology
Thomas J. Csordas

Gildred Chair for United States-Mexican Relations
Sociology
David FitzGerald

Hacioglu Data Science Institute Endowed Chair I
HDSI (Cognitive Science)
Virginia de Sa

Institute of the Americas Chair for Inter-American Affairs
Open

Jeffrey Elman Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Cognitive Science
Cognitive Science
Seana Coulson

Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Endowed Chair in Social Sciences 
Social Sciences 
David Lake

Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neighboring Lands
Open

Robert F. Engle Endowed Chair in Econometrics
Economics
James Hamilton

Sanford I. Berman Chair in Language and Human Communication
Communication
Carol Padden

Simon Bolivar Chair in Latin American Studies
Political Science
Scott Desposato

Sir Clive W.J. Granger Endowed Chair in Econometrics
Economics
Graham Elliott

Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Economics
Economics
Karthik Muralidharan

Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Social Sciences
Sociology
John H. Evans