Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is a division of Yale University. It is organized into three divisions: humanities, social science, and science;[1] the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) was a division of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences until it became its own unit of the university in 2022.[2] FAS and SEAS faculty are represented by the FAS-SEAS Senate, an elected 25-member senate who liaise between the faculty and university administration.[3][4]

The FAS consists of over 1,000 faculty members,[5] who provide instruction to students in Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences through more than 40 departments and programs.[6] The president of Yale described the relationship between these units as follows: "Faculty recruitment, appointment, tenure, and promotion will be handled primarily by the dean of FAS. The dean of Yale College will have a key role in leading the expansion of Yale College and the formation of two new residential colleges. The dean of the Graduate School will continue to advance graduate student preparation for scholarly and other professions, as well as focus on the campus experience for graduate students."[7]

The first dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences was appointed in 2014, inheriting certain responsibilities of the Yale University provost and the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School.[8][9] Tamar Gendler served as the inaugural FAS dean from 2014 to 2024. Since 2025, Steven Wilkinson has held the deanship; three divisional deans represent the divisions.[10]

Organization

Faculty[11] Division[1] Department or program[2]
Arts and Sciences (Dean: Steven Wilkinson) Division of Humanities (Dean: Marc Robinson) American Studies (Program chair: Laura Barraclough)[a]
Black Studies (Department chair: Erica Edwards)[b]
Classics (Department chair: Noel Lenski)
Cognitive Science (Program chair: Joshua Knobe)[a]
Comparative Literature (Department chair: Jing Tsu)
Early Modern Studies (Program chair: Marisa Bass)
East Asian Languages and Literatures (Department chair: Tina Lu)
English (Department chair: Caleb Smith)
Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (Program chair: Fatima El-Tayeb)[a]
Film and Media Studies (Program chair: Fatima Naqvi)
French (Department chair: Maurice Samuels)
Germanic Languages and Literatures (Department chair: Kirk Wetters)
History (Department chair: Regina Kunzel)
History of Art (Department chair: Milette Gaifman)
History of Science and Medicine (Program chair: Bill Rankin)
Humanities (Program chair: Pauline LeVen)
Italian Studies (Department chair: Jane Tylus)
Jewish Studies (Program chair: Eliyahu Stern)
Medieval Studies (Program chair: Emily Thornbury)
Music (Department chair: Gundala Kreuzer)
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Department chair: Nadine Moeller)
Philosophy (Department chair: Paul Franks)
Religious Studies (Department chair: Travis Zadeh)
Slavic Languages and Literatures (Department chair: Edyta Bojanowska)
Spanish and Portuguese (Department chair: R. Howard Bloch)
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (Program chair: Shane Vogel)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Program chair: Roderick Ferguson)[a]
Division of Social Science (Dean: Alan Gerber) American Studies (Program chair: Laura Barraclough)[a]
Anthropology (Department chair: Douglas Rogers)
Black Studies (Department chair: Erica Edwards)[b]
Cognitive Science (Program chair: Joshua Knobe)[a]
Economics (Department chair: Samuel Kortum)
Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (Program chair: Fatima el-Tayeb)[a]
Linguistics (Department chair: Veneeta Dayal)
Political Science (Department chair: Gerard Padró i Miquel)
Psychology (Department chair: Jutta Joormann)
Sociology (Department chair: Emily Erikson)
Statistics and Data Science (Department chair: Yihong Wu)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Program chair: Roderick Ferguson)[a]
Division of Science (Dean: Larry Gladney) Astronomy (Department chair: Priyamvada Natarajan)
Chemistry (Department chair: Nilay Hizari)
Earth and Planetary Sciences (Department chair: Nilay Hazari)
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department chair: David Vasseur)
Mathematics (Department chair: Wilhelm Schlag)
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (Department chair: Ronald Breaker)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Department chair: Scott Holley)
Physics (Department chair: Sarah Demers)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cross-divisional program in the divisions of humanities and social science
  2. ^ a b Cross-divisional department in the divisions of humanities and social science

References

  1. ^ a b "Our Divisions". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  2. ^ a b "Our Departments and Programs". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  3. ^ "About the Senate". FAS-SEAS Senate. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  4. ^ Flaherty, Colleen (January 4, 2021). "Carpe Diem on Faculty Hiring?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  5. ^ "Faculty Headcount by School and Rank (W055)". Office of Institutional Research. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  6. ^ "About the FAS". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  7. ^ Office of Public Affairs & Communications (2014-05-21). "New deans to lead Yale College, the Graduate School, and (for the first time) the FAS". Yale News. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  8. ^ Manuscripts and Archives. "Yale Officers: Faculty of Arts and Sciences". Yale University Library Research Guides. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  9. ^ Rodrigues, Adrian (2014-04-22). "UP CLOSE | Faculty governance: a power within". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  10. ^ "History and Traditions". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  11. ^ "FAS Dean's Office". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Yale University. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
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