Michael Accolti Professorship in Leadership
The Michael Accolti Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business.
Joseph S. Alemany Professorship
The Joseph S. Alemany Professorship is designated for a full professor in any school.
Gina Hens-Piazza is the Joseph S. Alemany Professor of Biblical Studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. As author and editor/contributor of nine books and numerous articles that address topics in the Deuteronomistic History and in the Prophets, she also writes on issues of biblical justice, particularly in regards to women. A well-known lecturer nationally and internationally, she received the Catholic Press Association Award in 2002 for her work on violence against women in the bible. Having served on professional committees and editorial boards, Hens-Piazza was honored as the 2007 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer of the Graduate Theological Union by her colleagues. In 2008, she was third recipient of the National Sarlo Foundation Award for excellence in teaching. More recently, in 2016, she was chosen by the Palestinian American Research Center in Washington D.C. as faculty liaison to five universities in Palestine. In 2023, she received the SCU Presidential Recognition Award for her contribution to the university. And most recently she was chosen by the Catholic Biblical Association for the 2024-25 Visiting Professorship at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Hens-Piazza earned her M.A. at Vanderbilt University and M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
Previous holders of the Joseph S. Alemany Professorship
Chaiho Kim, OMIS, 1978-2017
Katharine and George Alexander Professorship
The Katharine and George Alexander Professorship is designated for a faculty member in the School of Law with a distinguished record as a teacher and scholar and is committed to inspiring students to work for justice.
Michelle Oberman is the Katharine and George Alexander Professor in the School of Law at Santa Clara University. Oberman is an internationally recognized scholar on a wide range of legal and ethical issues arising at the intersection of sex, pregnancy, motherhood and criminal law. Her recent work studies the impact of abortion regulation in countries with widely divergent abortion laws. Her work in El Salvador, along with other countries and a range of US jurisdictions, informs her 2018 book, Her Body, Our Laws: On the Frontlines of the Abortion War from El Salvador to Oklahoma. Her current work, which includes an ongoing ethnographic study of clinicians practicing medicine in a ban state, focuses on what changes on the ground when U.S. abortion law changes on the books. Oberman earned a B.A. from Cornell University, a M.P.H. from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Professorship
The Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Professorship, funded by the Jesuit Community, is designated for a professor in any school.
Paul A. Soukup, S.J. , holds the Pedro Arrupe, S.J., University Chair and serves in the Communication Department at Santa Clara University. His areas of study include the relationship of communication and theology, media ecology (particularly orality and literacy studies), and communication and technology. He has received the Media Ecology Association’s Walter J. Ong Award for career achievement in scholarship. He has written or edited 18 books and authored over 100 articles and book chapters. He edits Communication Research Trends and serves as convener for the Vatican’s Dicastery of Communication Scholars and Experts Group advising on Church work in digital media in response to the 2023–2024 Synod on Synodality. In the past, Fr. Soukup has served on the Boards of Trustees of the American Bible Society (and worked on their multimedia translations projects) and on the Board of Trustees of Loyola University of New Orleans. He earned a Ph.D. in communication from The University of Texas at Austin.
Thomas J. Bannan Professorship
The Thomas J. Bannan Professorship is designated for a full professor in the School of Engineering who has a distinguished record as a scholarly teacher who is engaged in research and involved in community and public service.
Shoba Krishnan is the Thomas J. Bannan Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University. Prior to joining SCU, she worked in high-speed data communication IC design and testing with the Mixed-Signal Design Group at LSI Logic Corporation (Milpitas, CA). Krishnan’s expertise and research interests include analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design and testing with projects in high-speed data communication systems with special emphasis on power, clock and data I/O circuits. Her research focuses on challenges in both mixed-signal IC design and test and integration of these analog blocks into standard digital IC environments. She has a strong interest in engineering education and has several ongoing community-based activities to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in engineering, including advising the SCU IEEE chapter. Krishnan was named "Woman of the Year" by California's 25th Assembly District in 2013 for her dedication to students both inside and outside the classroom as well as her work on community projects and STEM education. She was also commended for her role in motivating young women and other marginalized communities to pursue science and engineering as a profession. Krishnan earned a B. Tech. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.
Previous holders of the Thomas J. Bannan Professorship
Sally Wood, Electrical Engineering, 2012-2022
Timothy J. Healy, Electrical Engineering, 2001-2012
Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., University Professorship
The Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., University Professorship is designated for a full professor who strives to incorporate the intellectual foundations and pragmatic questions on social justice and ethics in their teaching and scholarship.
Thomas G. Plante is the Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., University Professor of psychology, and by courtesy, religious studies and the Jesuit School of Theology, at Santa Clara University. He also is director of the Applied Spirituality Institute and a scholar in residence of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. He is an emeritus adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and maintains a private clinical practice in Menlo Park, CA. Plante has published 29 books including most recently, Living Ethically in an Unethical World and Spiritually Informed Therapy (both in 2024), and he has published over 250 professional journal articles and book chapters. He has been frequently featured in most major national and international media outlets such as CNN, Time Magazine, NBC Nightly News, and the PBS News Hour. He was called one of the "leading American Catholics” in a cover story in Time Magazine in 2002. Plante earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Brown University, an M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas, and completed his clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship in clinical and health psychology at Yale University.
Previous holders of the Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., University Professorship
Michael Buckley, S.J., Religious Studies, 2006-2012
Mario L. Belotti Professorship
The Mario L. Belotti Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business who exemplifies the highest ideals and values of Jesuit education.
Hersh Shefrin holds the Mario L. Belotti Chair in the Department of Finance in the Leavey School of Business. His expertise is in behavioral economics and behavioral finance. Shefrin’s honors include being recognized in the American Economic Review as one the top 15 theorists to have influenced empirical work in microeconomics. With fellow economist Richard Thaler, Shefrin developed the first formal two-system model of economic choice, which focuses on present bias and self-control, applied to macroeconomics. In presenting the 2017 Nobel prize to Thaler, the selection committee emphasized the significance of Thaler and Shefrin’s two-system framework. Shefrin and Santa Clara colleague Meir Statman were the first to apply the two-system framework, as well as the work of psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, to issues in finance. Their most cited work is a paper about the “disposition effect,” a phenomenon which has been among the most studied concepts in behavioral finance. Shefrin and Statman are also known for their work developing behavioral portfolio theory and explaining the behavioral and ethical basis for how financial markets are regulated. Several of Shefrin’s ten books were first of their kind, applying the behavioral approach to investing, corporate finance, the global financial crisis, and climate change. Shefrin earned a B.S. (Hons) degree from the University of Manitoba, a M.Math degree from the University of Waterloo and completed his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics.
Fay Boyle Professorship
The Fay Boyle Professorship is designated for a full professor who exemplifies the highest ideals and values of Jesuit education and who has an expertise in Inter-American culture and affairs, which may include history and political development, economic and social phenomena, engineering and business spheres of activity, inter-American relational trade, cultural growth and legal affairs.
Lee Panich is an archaeologist and historical anthropologist. In his research and teaching, he uses a combination of archaeological, ethnographic, and archival data to examine the long-term interactions between California’s Indigenous societies and colonial institutions, particularly the mission system. He has conducted investigations of Native life at various colonial-era sites, including Mission Santa Clara. On these projects, he has been fortunate to partner with members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other Native Californian communities, scholars from a range of institutions, as well as numerous students and colleagues from SCU. Among other publications, Lee is the author of Narratives of Persistence: Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California (2020). Panich earned an A.B. from Brown University in Anthropology, an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in anthropology, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in anthropology.
Previous holders of the Fay Boyle Professorship
Enrique Pumar, Sociology, 2017-2025
Francisco Jimenez, Modern Languages & Literatures, 1997-2015
Michael J. Buckley, S.J., Professorship
The Michael J. Buckley, S.J., Professorship is designated for a full professor, preferably a Jesuit and in any school, with a preference for Catholic theology, who has a distinguished record as a teacher and scholar, is involved in public and professional service, and has a clear commitment to furthering the distinctive mission and quality of SCU.
Christopher D. Tirres, is the Michael J. Buckley, S.J., Professor and strategic advisor to the dean for mission integration in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Américas (2025), The Aesthetics and Ethics of Faith: A Dialogue Between Liberationist and Pragmatic Thought (2014), and co-editor of Religion in the Americas: Trans-hemispheric and Transcultural Approaches (2025). Before coming to SCU in 2023, Tirres taught at DePaul University, where he served as the Inaugural Endowed Professor of Diplomacy and Interreligious Engagement. He is an award-winning teacher and the recipient of major fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, and the Louisville Institute. A native of El Paso, Texas, Tirres delivered the distinguished 2022 John Dewey Memorial Lecture, which pays tribute to the healing power of borderlands spirituality. Tirres currently serves as vice-president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). Tirres earned an A.B. from Princeton and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Previous holders of the Michael J. Buckley, S.J. Professorship
Paul Crowley, S.J., Religious Studies, 2008-2020
Denise Lardner Carmody, Religious Studies, 2003-2008
Edmund Campion, S.J., Professorship
The Edmund Campion, S.J., Professorship is designated for a Jesuit professor of any rank who exemplifies the highest ideals and values of Jesuit education; and who strives to incorporate the intellectual foundations and pragmatic questions on social justice and ethics in their teaching and scholarship.
Paul Mariani, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and the Edmund Campion, S.J., Professor of History. He is the author of Church Militant: Bishop Kung and Catholic Resistance in Communist Shanghai (2011) which explores church-state conflict in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. His articles have appeared in America, the Review of Religion and Chinese Society, the Journal of Church and State, the Catholic Historical Review, Studies in World Christianity, and the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. He has also appeared in media outlets. Mariani also assists at the San Jose Chinese Catholic Mission and is the chaplain for the men’s basketball and rugby teams at Santa Clara. He is currently the Gasson Chair at Boston College, and his latest book, entitled China’s Church Divided: Bishop Louis Jin and the Post-Mao Catholic Revival, will be published by Harvard University Press in July 2025. Mariani earned a B.A from Harvard, an M.A. from Fordham, an M.Div from the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Previous holders of the Edmund Campion, S.J., Professorship
Michael "Mick" McCarthy, S.J., Religious Studies and Classics, 2010-2017
Matthew Motyka, S.J., Modern Languages and Literatures, 2005-2010
Peter Canisius, S.J. Professorship
The Peter Canisius, S.J., Professorship is designated for a full professor who strives to incorporate the intellectual foundations and pragmatic questions on social justice and ethics in their teaching and scholarship.
David Yosifon is the Peter Canisius, S.J., Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, where he has been a faculty member since 2006. He specializes in Business Organizations and Professional Responsibility, with his scholarship focusing on corporate governance law and corporate social responsibility. In 2018, he authored the book, Corporate Friction: How Corporate Law Impedes American Progress and What to Do About It. His academic work has been featured in numerous law journals, and he has contributed opinion pieces to prominent publications such as the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Jose Mercury News. He also produces a podcast series, The David Yosifon Podcast, dedicated to critical issues in corporate law and legal theory. A dedicated classroom teacher, Yosifon is a multi-year recipient of the Law School’s Outstanding Professor of the Year award. Born and raised in New Jersey, Yosifon earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He also holds an M.A. in American social history from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.A., summa cum laude, in history and philosophy from Rutgers University. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and practiced as a litigation associate at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston.
Previous holders of the Peter Canisius, S.J., Professorship
Mark Aschheim, Civil Engineering, 2013-2019
William T. Cleary Professorship
The William T. Cleary Professorship is designated for a full or associate professor in the Leavey School of Business, with a preference towards marketing. Preference is given to a faculty member who strives to incorporate the intellectual foundations and pragmatic questions on social justice and ethics in his or her teaching and scholarship.
Desmond Lo is the William T. Cleary Endowed Chair and Chair of the Marketing Department at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. His expertise is in marketing channels, sales management, strategy, and organizational economics. Lo’s work has been published in leading marketing, economics, and management journals. His current research explores coordination, teamwork, and weather effects in industrial, retail, and knowledge-based firms. He has served as a visiting scholar at Columbia University, Waseda University, Kobe University, and the University of Lyon, and was an elected board member of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE). Before academia, Lo held leadership roles in the private sector. He was a business unit head at Hewlett-Packard in China and Agfa in Asia and managed distribution channels for Toshiba and LG in China and Hong Kong. He earned a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Previous holders of the William T. Cleary Professorship
Albert V. Bruno, Marketing, 1997-2022
Charles J. Dirksen Professorship of Business Ethics
The Charles J. Dirksen Professorship of Business Ethics is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business with an emphasis on business ethics, and who exemplifies the highest ideals and values of Jesuit education.
Manuel G. Velasquez is the Charles J. Dirksen Professor of Business Ethics at Santa Clara University, where he holds appointments in the Department of Management and the Department of Philosophy. He teaches courses in business ethics, business, and public policy, and business strategy. Velasquez is the author of Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (Prentice-Hall), the most widely used business ethics textbook in the world. The author of numerous articles and case studies on business ethics, Velasquez also wrote Philosophy: A Text with Readings, 11th edition, (Wadsworth Cengage, 2011). He has provided consulting and training in business ethics for several companies, as well as workshops on teaching business ethics to more than 2,000 business school faculty. Velasquez earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in philosophy from Gonzaga University and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Patrick A. Donohoe, S.J., Professorship
The Patrick A. Donohoe, S.J., Professorship is designated for a full professor in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Laura L. Ellingson is the Patrick A. Donohoe, S.J. Professor of Communication. She is a National Communication Association (NCA) Distinguished Scholar and a member of the Oracle Council of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. She has received lifetime research achievement awards from the Ethnography Division and Disability Issues Caucus of NCA, as well as five Best Book of the Year awards. At SCU, she won the Faculty Senate Professor Award and the Professor Joseph Bayma, S.J. Scholarship Award. In addition to over 70 journal articles and chapters in handbooks and edited collections, she is the author of six books, including an ethnography of communication in a geriatric oncology program, Communicating in the Clinic (Hampton), and two co-authored books (with Dr. Patty Sotirin) on communication among aunts and nieces/nephews in extended/chosen families Aunting (Baylor UP) and of aunts’ representation in popular culture, Where the Aunts Are (Baylor UP). Ellingson’s pathbreaking work in qualitative methodology includes: Engaging Crystallization in Qualitative Research (Sage), Embodiment in Qualitative Research (Routledge), and Making Data in Qualitative Research: Engagements, Ethics, and Entanglements (with Dr. Patty Sotirin; Routledge). She is a former Senior Editor for qualitative and interpretive research at Health Communication. Ellingson earned a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont, an M.A. in writing from the University of New Hampshire, an M.A. in communication from Northern Illinois University, a Ph.D. in communication from the University of South Florida, and a graduate certificate in women’s studies from the University of South Florida.
Previous holders of the Patrick A. Donohoe, S.J., Professorship
Eric O. Hanson, Political Science, 2003-2017
Dwan Family Endowed Professorship
The Dwan Family Professorship is designated to support the mission of the Jesuit School of Theology. It is designated for a scholar with experience and knowledge of ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue who is expected to participate in ecumenical and interfaith dialogues and to develop in others the practical skills needed to engage in such dialogue effectively.
Anh Q. Tran, S.J., is an associate professor of historical and systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology. With a diverse background spanning electrical engineering, medical ethics, and theology, Tran specializes in building bridges across academic fields, cultures, and religions. His expertise includes Christology, theological anthropology, ecclesiology, missiology, and interreligious dialogue, with a particular focus on Confucianism, Buddhism, and Asian Christianities. Tran is widely published on topics of ecumenism, intercultural dialogue, and Christian missions in Asia. Tran earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science and a M.S. in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University; an M.S. in traditional Chinese medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences; an M.A. in healthcare ethics and a Master of Pastoral Studies (M.P.S) from Loyola University of Chicago; a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L) from Jesuit School of Theology; as well as M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in theological and religious studies from Georgetown University.
Previous holders of the Dwan Family Endowed Professorship
Thomas Cattoi, Jesuit School of Theology, 2018-2025
Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., University Professorship for Jesuit Studies
The Ingacio Ellacuria, S.J., Professorship, named after Fr. Ellacuria, is designated for a full professor who demonstrates teaching and scholarly excellence in Jesuit history or arts, Jesuit perspective in the humanities or sciences, and Ignatian educational pedagogy in any academic area.
Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., is a professor of pastoral theology and ministry at the Jesuit School of Theology. He specializes in Hispanic/Latinx theology, Mexican and U.S. History of the Southwest, social justice, inculturation, and the celebration of sacraments in intercultural contexts. In addition to teaching, Fernández served as president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) and has authored several books, including La Vida Sacra: Contemporary Hispanic Sacramental Theology with James Empereur, S.J. (2006) and two books which have recently been translated into Spanish: Mexican-American Catholics (2007 and 2023) and La Cosecha: Harvesting Contemporary U.S. Hispanic Theology (Liturgical Press, 2000 and Universidad Alberto Hurtado Press in Chile, 2020). He has also published articles for theological journals and collaborates with the Jesuit School of Theology’s Instituto Hispano and several local diocesan lay institutes. Fernández earned a B.A. in sociology from Loyola University (New Orleans), a M.A. in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin, a M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology, and a S.T.L. and S.T.D. from the Department of Missiology at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, Italy.
Previous holders of the Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., University Professorship for Jesuit Studies
Jerome Bagget, Jesuit School of Theology, 2015-2025
Gerald McKevitt, S.J., History, 2004-2015
Robert and Susan Finocchio Professorship
The Robert and Susan Finocchio Professorship is designated for a full professor. Preference is given to a faculty member in economics who understands the benefits of free market capitalism and has an understanding of the role of economics in genuine civil society.
Kris James Mitchener is the Robert and Susan Finocchio Professor of Economics in the Leavey School of Business. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Centre for Competitive Advantage and the Global Economy (CAGE), and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and CESifo. His research focuses on economic history, international economics, macroeconomics, and political economy. He is a leading expert on the history of financial crises. His recent book, In Defense of Public Debt, explores the "two faces" of sovereign debt and how, throughout history, it has been used by nations in times of crisis, such as the recent global pandemic. Mitchener's prior research on sovereign debt explores how the adoption of fixed exchange-rate influences risk spreads and how sovereign debt claims have been enforced historically. His path-breaking research on the Great Depression includes articles demonstrating how the size of credit booms influences the severity of the economic downturns and how the infamous banking panics of the 1930s reduced aggregate lending and monetary aggregates. From 2015-2020, he was editor-in-chief of Explorations in Economic History. Mitchener earned a B.A. (highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Lee and Seymour Graff Professorships
The Lee and Seymour Graff Professorships are designated for a professor in any school who has a distinguished record as a teacher and scholar and is involved in public and professional service.
Kathy Aoki is the Lee and Seymour Graff Professor of Studio Art in the Department of Art and Art History, and associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. As an award-winning visual arts practitioner, she combines art history, satire, and social commentary through a wide range of media including installation, printmaking, sculpture, video/animation, and performance. She is a 2025 Creative Capital Awardee and has held residencies at MacDowell, Montalvo Arts Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi, Kala Art Institute, and Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium). Her work can be found in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Aoki earned her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Betty A. Young is the Lee and Seymour Graff Professor of Physics. She is a longtime Visiting Scholar at Stanford and has been a member of the SuperCDMS physics collaboration since its inception. She also was an initial member of the DM Radio project and is now highly active in the DMQIS collaboration at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Her primary areas of expertise include cryogenics, solid-state physics, low-radioactive-background, high-purity semiconductor detectors operated near absolute zero temperature, and optimization of superconducting thin-film sensors and structures for precision detection of low-energy events. She has performed extensive physics studies with “low-Tc” superconducting thin-films and introduced the use of precision magnetic ion doping in superconducting films for modifying the performance of advanced cryogenic sensors for different applications. She was a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkeley and the recipient of the Faculty Senate Professor and Joseph Bayma Scholarship Awards at SCU. Young has published more than 150 peer-reviewed physics articles and mentored or co-mentored more than three dozen undergraduate and graduate student theses. She has served as a technical editor for the J.of Low Temperature Physics and IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity. For three decades, she has been a continuing member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the international Low Temperature Detector Workshop series. Young earned a B.S. degree in physics from San Francisco State University and a Ph.D.in physics from Stanford University.
Previous holders of the Lee and Seymour Graff Professorships
Janet Flammang, Political Science, 2010-2014
Ruth Davis, Computer Engineering, 2009-2020
Jo Burr Margadant, History, 2005-2009
Bernard J. Hanley Professorship
The Bernard J. Hanley Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Department of Religious Studies or Theology who has a distinguished record as a teacher and scholar and is involved in public and professional service.
David Gray is the Bernard J. Hanley Professor in the Department of Religious Studies. His expertise is in the development of tantric Buddhist traditions in South Asia, and their dissemination in Tibet and East Asia, with a focus on the Yoginītantras, a genre of Buddhist tantric literature that focused on female deities and yogic practices involving the subtle body. His research has yielded 38 scholarly publications so far, including five books, two edited volumes, and 31 journal articles and book chapters. He earned his Ph.D. in religion from Columbia University.
Previous holders of the Bernard J. Hanley Professorship
Kristin Heyer, Religious Studies, 2012-2015
Catherine M Bell, Religious Studies, 2003-2008
Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., Professorship
The Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., Professorship is designated for a full professor in arts and/or humanities and exemplifies the ideals and values of Jesuit education.
Naomi Andrews is the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., Professor of History. Andrews is a historian of ideas, with particular expertise in the history of French socialism. Her scholarship includes her book Socialism's Muse: Gender in the Intellectual Landscape of French Romantic Socialism, and numerous articles that address subjects including the origins of humanitarianism, the relationship between socialism and slave emancipation, and socialist engagement with settler colonial expansion. More recently, her work has focused on the debates over slave emancipation in French society in the nineteenth century and the nature of the antislavery movement in France. She has served on the editorial board of French Historical Studies and is Past President of the Western Society for French History. Since 2018 she has served as the director of the University Honors Program, and in 2023 she was recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences at Santa Clara for her teaching excellence with the David E. Logothetti Teaching Award. She earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in history from the University of California Santa Cruz.
Previous holders of the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., Professorship
Ronald T. Hansen, English, 1996-2022
Jerry A. Kasner Professorship
The Jerry A. Kasner Professorship, established in memory of Professor Jerry A. Kasner, one of the law school's most distinguished faculty members, is designated for a person who has distinguished him or herself in the academic disciplines of Estate Planning Law and Practice, Wills and Trust Law and/or Tax Law and exemplifies the highest ideals and values of legal education.
Brad Joondeph has published extensively on the topics of federalism, judicial behavior, and American constitutional development. He is a student of the Supreme Court, having served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor. He also served as clerk for the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He also served as a research assistant at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project. Joondeph earned a B.A. and a J.D. from Stanford University.
Fletcher Jones Professorship
The Fletcher Jones Professorship is designated for a new full professor in the Department of Chemistry.
Eric Tillman is the Fletcher Jones Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry and Associate Provost for Research at Santa Clara University. His expertise is in the development of new processes that manipulate the size and shape of polymer chains, altering their properties and offering new possibilities for materials scientists. His honors include being named a Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar (2009-2014) and being awarded the William Boger prize for Excellence in Teaching in the Natural Sciences (2008). Tillman has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and patents with over 60 unique student coauthors, nearly all of them undergraduates. His research has attracted funds from NSF, Research Corporation, Petroleum Research Fund, the Beckman Foundation, and others. Tillman earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from University of Southern California, followed by two years as a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech.
Previous holders of the Fletcher Jones Professorship
Patrick E. Hoggard, Chemistry, 1994-2019
W. M. Keck Foundation Professorship
The W.M. Keck Foundation Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business.
Tammy L. Madsen is the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. She serves as President-elect of the Academy of Management (AOM) and sits on the advisory board of the Global Innovation Institute. Her research and teaching focus on the interplay of strategy, innovation, and evolutionary processes, exploring topics such as co-innovation platforms, ecosystem strategy, and strategic growth under uncertainty and has earned her recognition as a finalist for the Thinkers50 Strategy Award. Madsen’s work appears in leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science, Strategic Management Review, and Journal of Management Studies, and she has earned various awards, including the AOM Strategy Division’s Glueck Best Paper Award. She co-authored Co-Innovation Platforms: A Playbook for Enabling Innovation and Ecosystem Growth (2022) and Modern Competitive Strategy (2016). At SCU, Madsen teaches in the MBA, EMBA, and Executive Development programs, earning over 21 Extraordinary Faculty Awards and the University President’s Special Recognition Award. Her professional journey began as a software test engineer for the F-14 aircraft and later as a design engineer and project manager at Delco Electronics, General Motors. Madsen earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from UCSB, a M.S. in systems management from USC, and a Ph.D. in strategy and organization from UCLA.
Previous holders of the W. M. Keck Foundation Professorship
Mario L. Belotti, Economics, 1988-2020
Glenn Klimek Professorship
The Glen Klimek Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business.
Meir Statman is the Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. His research focuses on behavioral finance. He attempts to understand how investors make financial choices and how these choices are reflected in financial markets. His most recent book is A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance, published in 2024. Earlier books include Finance for Normal People (2017) and What Investors Really Want (2011). Meir has received many awards for his scholarly contributions, including a Moskowitz Prize for best paper on socially responsible investing, a Davis Ethics Award, two Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy awards, three Baker IMCA Journal Awards, and three Graham and Dodd Awards. Meir earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University and a B.A. and an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Knight Ridder/San Jose News Endowed Professorship
The Knight Ridder-San Jose News Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Department of Communication, with a preference for journalism and the public interest.
Michael Whalen is the Knight Ridder-Mercury News Professor of Communication at Santa Clara University. He is an experienced filmmaker with over 100 hours of writing, producing and directing for The Discovery Channel, A&E, NBC, MTV, and The Learning Channel (TLC). Whalen has also produced multiple award-winning independent documentary films, including FRESH women (2007), A Christmas in Tent City (2008), A Question of Habit (2011, PBS), and The Farmer & The Chef (2014, Australian PBS). His documentary Gringos at the Gate (2012, ESPN) explores US/Mexican relations and national identity through the intense rivalry of the two nations’ soccer teams. Currently, Whalen is in production directing a five-part documentary series on the history of the American catholic church and a new series, Black-Italian, about the intersection of Black and Italian culture. He earned a B.A. in communication from Santa Clara University, and an MFA in film/television directing from UCLA.
Previous holders of the Knight Ridder/San Jose News Endowed Professorship
Sally Lehman, Communication, 2008-2013
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., University Professorship
The Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., University Professorship, funded by the Jesuit Community, is designated for a full professor who exemplifies the highest ideals and values of Jesuit education.
Marco A. Bravo holds the Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., University Professorship at Santa Clara University. He serves as the associate dean for the School of Education and Counseling Psychology and is professor of language and literacy in the Department of Education. His expertise lies at the intersection of STEM learning and literacy and language development, particularly as this relates to culturally and linguistically diverse students. He has secured more than $20M in funding for research. Currently, he is the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded study that seeks to capture the racial equity and language development practices that high school STEM teachers implement when they teach their content. Bravo is also a co-author of science curricula that is distributed widely across the country, helping bring science and literacy learning opportunities for school-age children. His scholarly work informs the standards for teaching at the national level. Bravo earned a PhD in education, language, literacy & culture from the University of California at Berkeley.
Previous holders of the Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. University Professorship
Michael Zampelli, S.J., Theatre and Dance, 2008-2020
Inez Mabie Professorship
The Inez Mabie Professorship is designated for a full professor in the School of Law.
Kerry Lynn Macintosh is the Inez Mabie Distinguished Professor of Law at Santa Clara University. Her current research focuses on the law and policy of assisted reproduction, human cloning, and heritable genome editing. She has published multiple books and articles on these topics. Her works also include book chapters and articles about private electronic currencies and commercial transactions. She is a member of the American Law Institute and the Washington State Bar Association. Earlier in her legal career, she clerked for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Washington State Supreme Court. She earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from Pomona College.
Previous holders of the Inez Mabie Professorship
Brad Joondeph, Law, 2013-18
J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professorship
The Thomas and Kathleen McCarthy Professorship is designated for a full professor in any school.
Dale G. Larson is the J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professor of Counseling Psychology. A clinician and researcher, he is a Fulbright Scholar, a fellow in three divisions of the American Psychological Association, and a fellow in the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement. He was founding chair of the Department of Counseling Psychology and led the health psychology emphasis in the department for forty years. His publications include more than 60 chapters and articles on end-of-life issues, stress in professional caregivers, grief and grief counseling, and self-concealment, and he is the author of the award-winning book, The Helper’s Journey: Empathy, Compassion, and the Challenge of Caring (2020), and editor of Teaching Psychological Skills: Models for Giving Psychology Away. Larson has chaired national conferences on end-of-life topics and co-directed an NIMH-funded national mental health skills training program for hospice professionals. He received the Association for Death Education and Counseling Death Educator Award and has been honored as an Innovator of Hospice and Palliative Care by the National Hospice Foundation. Larson earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Previous holders of the J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professor
David Feldman, Counseling Psychology, 2017-2022
Andre L. Delbecq, Management, 2001-2016
Robert and Barbara McCullough Professorship
The Robert and Barbara McCullough Family Professorship is designated for a professor in accounting.
Yongtae Kim is the Robert and Barbara McCullough Professor of Accounting at the Leavey School of Business. He served as the associate dean between 2022 and 2024 and the accounting department chair between 2015 and 2018. Dr. Kim has published numerous papers in leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science. According to data compiled by the BYU Accounting Research ranking, the number of papers he published in the top three accounting journals over a ten-year period between 2012 and 2021 ranks him first in the world in the area of financial accounting research, and third in the world if all areas of accounting research are considered. He received the University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship, the university’s highest award for scholarly achievement, in 2018. Kim served as the Editor of the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy from 2019 to 2021 and currently serves on the editorial boards of several leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review. Kim received his Ph.D. in management from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Previous holders of the Robert and Barbara McCullough Professorship
Michael Eames, Accounting, 2010-2016
Regis & Dianne McKenna Professorship
The Regis and Dianne McKenna Professorship is designated for a full professor with an expertise in the area of science, technology and society.
Dr. Silvia Figueira is the Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor and Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Santa Clara University. Figueira’s research is focused on technology for social impact. For the last ten years, she has led groups of undergraduate and graduate students working on mobile apps to help underserved communities around the world, mainly in Africa and Latin America. Her efforts led to the creation of the Global Digital Transformation Clinic, through which she partners with low-resource non-profit organizations to co-design and develop applications that enable them to provide their communities with better service. Some of her applications developed in collaboration with the SCU Public Health Department to provide information on healthcare practices have been used to educate more than 10,000 families in rural Uganda. Her work has been published at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, with which she has been involved for many years. Figueira earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from UC San Diego.
Previous holders of the Regis & Dianne McKenna Professorship
Shannon Vallor, Philosophy, 2018-2020
Radha Basu, Engineering, 2010-2016
Geoffrey Bowker, Communication and Environmental Studies, 2004-2010
John Courtney Murray, S.J., Professorship of Social Ethics
The John Courtney Murray, S.J., Professorship of Social Ethics, funded by the Honzel Family Foundation, is designated for a full professor with an expertise in the ethical dimensions and implications in decision-making and policy development that leaders in all walks of life face.
Don Heider is the John Courtney Murray, S.J., University Professor of Social Ethics and Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, responsible for vision, strategy, fundraising, and leadership of the center. In addition, he holds an appointment as professor of communication. Formerly, Heider was the founding dean of the School of Communication at Loyola University in Chicago, associate dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at University of Maryland, College Park, and as associate professor of journalism at University of Texas at Austin. Heider is also the founder of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy at Loyola, Chicago. He is the author or editor of seven books including A Practical Guide to Digital Journalism Ethics and Ethics for a Digital Age, Volumes 1 and 2. During his teaching career he was awarded three university teaching awards, one national award for administration, and he won five Emmy Awards during a decade long career in television news. He earned a B.A. in speech communication from Colorado State University, an M.A. in journalism from American University, and a Ph.D. in communication from University of Colorado, Boulder.
Previous holders of the John Courtney Murray, S.J., Professorship of Social Ethics
Kirk O. Hanson, Markkula Center, 2010-2018
Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Professorship
The Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Professorship is designated for a full professor in the School of Engineering, preferably in the Department of Civil Engineering.
Nam Ling is the Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the associate dean for research for the School of Engineering. Prior to the current position, he served as a department chair and also the associate dean for graduate studies. His current expertise is in video and image coding/compression, including the use of AI deep-learning approaches. He is an IEEE Life Fellow for contributions to video coding algorithms and architectures. Other honors include IET Fellow, AAIA Fellow, four best paper awards (international conferences), IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer, Chair/Distinguished/Guest Professorships at universities, and six awards at SCU (four at the university level and two at the school level). He has more than 350 publications, seven adopted standards contributions, and more than 20 U.S./PCT granted patents. He served as keynote speakers, conference general chairs/co-chairs, technical program co-chairs, journal associate editors, guest editors, technical committee chairs, chapter chairs, invited speakers, as well as visiting consultants and scientists. He earned a Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Previous holders of the Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Professorship
Sukhmander Singh, Civil Engineering, 1994-2020
John Nobili, S.J., Professorship
The John Nobili, S.J., Professorship, named after the first president of Santa Clara University and funded by the Jesuit Community, is designated for a full professor in any school who is a Jesuit. If no SCU Jesuit is judged suitable, it can be awarded, in order of preference, to a) a Jesuit from outside the Santa Clara Community as a visiting professor or b) to a religious or lay person.
Amelia Fuller is the John Nobili, S.J., Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Santa Clara University. Fuller has made significant contributions to research, teaching, and advancing the academic mission and strategic goals of SCU since joining the faculty in 2008. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, many co-authored with some of her dozens of undergraduate research mentees and collaborators in varied disciplines and institutions. Her work on biomimetic molecules, peptoids, and their applications as potential therapeutics or sensors has been widely recognized, securing over $1.5 million in external funding, most significantly from multiple awards from the National Science Foundation. As a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar and a Cottrell Scholar, Fuller's accomplishment and leadership in both teaching and research in the discipline have been acknowledged through these nationally competitive awards. She is also known for her innovative teaching, having developed a research-based organic chemistry lab curriculum and published articles and book chapters that champion these teaching approaches. She actively contributes to SCU, serving as department chair from 2020 to 2023, and she is engaged with professional organizations, including serving as councilor for the American Peptide Society. Fuller earned a B.S. from Davidson College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Previous holders of the John Nobili, S.J., Professorship
Gary Macy, Religious Studies, 2007-2018
James W. Felt, S.J., Philosophy, 1997-2003
Michel and Mary Orradre Professorship
The Michel and Mary Orradre Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business, preferably in economics.
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics at Santa Clara University. Over the past two decades Field's main research focus has been on U.S. productivity growth during the second quarter of the twentieth century. His 2011 book, A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth, was selected as a Choice Outstanding Economic Title in the Economics Area. In 2012 it won the Alice Hansen Jones Biennial Book Prize as well as the Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Award in the Social Sciences. His most recent book is The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War (2022). Field has written on a wide range of other topics, including how we can better integrate the human sciences, as reflected in his 2001 book Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity. His research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Literature, as Executive Director of the Economic History Association, and in a variety of other editorial and administrative capacities. Field earned degrees in economics from Berkeley (Ph.D.), the London School of Economics (M.Sc.), and Harvard (AB).
Robert W. Peters Professorship
The Robert W. Peters Professorship, funded by Robert (alumnus of SCU) and Carol Peters, is designated for a full professor in the School of Engineering.
Ed Maurer is the Robert W. Peters Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering at Santa Clara University. His areas of expertise are in hydrologic modeling, water resources, and quantifying the risk of climate disruption on water. He has been with SCU since 2003 and performs research related to large scale hydrologic dynamics, potential improvements in long-lead forecasting, and regional hydrologic effects of climate change. His publications include 90 journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports, as well as a recent textbook. Maurer has received the SCU awards for sustained excellence and recent achievement in scholarship. He has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in Chile and a Google Science Communication Fellow. His experience prior to SCU includes 12 years of various research, consulting, and international work in areas of streamflow forecasting, sediment transport, municipal water supply and wastewater engineering, water resources studies for western water rights, and rural community water supply projects in less developed countries. Maurer earned a B.S. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Rhode Island, an M.S. in civil engineering (Water Resources) from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Washington.
Previous holders of the Robert W. Peters Professorship
Chris Kitts, Mechanical Engineering, 2009-2012
Ruth Davis, Computer Engineering, 2004-2009
Presidential Professorship of Ethics and the Common Good
The Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good is designated for a professor who has distinguished contributions to the mission through teaching, research and service in ethics and can be assigned to any part of the University.
Professor E. Gary Spitko is the Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good and Professor of Law at the Santa Clara University School of Law. He has authored more than thirty publications, principally in the areas of arbitration, employment law, and donative transfers. He is the author of Antigay Bias in Role-Model Occupations (2017) which explores how employment discrimination has been used to reinforce social understandings about the inferior nature of gay people by disassociating gay people from certain positive qualities and values while strengthening the association between these qualities and values and the heterosexual majority and its institutions. Spitko’s scholarship has appeared in numerous leading law reviews, including the Cornell Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the Georgia Law Review, and the Iowa Law Review, among many others. In 2017, Santa Clara University named Spitko the recipient of its University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship, an honor given annually to only one faculty member across the university. Spitko earned his A.B. from Cornell University and his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law.
Previous holders of the Presidential Professorship of Ethics and the Common Good
Kenneth Manaster, Law, 2010-2016
William J. Rewak, S.J., Professorship
The William J. Rewak, S.J., Professorship is designated for a full professor in any school who has a distinguished record as a teacher and scholar and has a clear commitment to furthering the distinctive mission and quality of SCU. Preference will be given to a qualified Jesuit and then to a faculty member exemplary in promoting Jesuit education.
Aldo Billingslea is the William J. Rewak, S.J., Professor of Theater at Santa Clara University. In the last five years Billingslea has performed as an actor in Toni Stone at Arena Stage, Dunsinane at Marin Theatre Company, Meet John Doe and Othello at San Jose Stage, Jitney and Fat Ham at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Mrs. Christie at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley where he is also a member of the Board. Billingslea is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose and a founding member of the Actor’s Reading Collective (which has invited a number of Santa Clara Broncos to participate and performed a script written by philosophy professor Lawrence Nelson). This fall Billingslea will begin his fourth season as Theatre Program Director for The222.org in Healdsburg, California, where he has programmed eight productions, hired 53 artists, and employed sixteen members of Actor’s Equity, the union for stage actors and stage managers. Billingslea earned a B.A. in English and communication arts and an M.A. in secondary education at Austin College, and he earned an MFA in acting at Southern Methodist University.
Previous holders of the William J. Rewak, S.J., Professorship
Shannon Vallor, Philosophy, 2016-2017
Sanfilippo Family Professorship
The Sanfillippo Family Professorship is designated for a full professor in any college or school.
Craig Stephens is the Sanfilippo Family Professor in the Departments of Biology and Public Health at Santa Clara University. His scholarly expertise is in microbial genetics and genomics and infectious diseases. Stephens has received multiple research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to support his research, and he has authored or co-authored more than 50 scholarly publications. He was the founding director of the public health program at SCU (now the public health department), and he has won numerous awards for curriculum innovation, service to the university, and community outreach. Stephens earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Virginia.
Previous holders of the Sanfilippo Family Professorship
Nam Ling, Computer Engineering, 2010-2020
Phil and Bobbie Sanfilippo Professorship
The Phil and Bobbie Sanfilippo Professorship is designated for a full professor in any school.
Dr. Yuling Yan is the Phil and Bobbie Sanfilippo Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Santa Clara University. She has a longstanding interest in biomedical signal and image analysis, with a focus on translational research for clinical applications. Supported by a major NSF grant, her early voice research contributed to diagnostic tools in laryngeal imaging and computer-aided diagnostic systems. Yan also developed visualization tools for virtual laryngoscopy, enhancing diagnostic capabilities for laryngeal disorders. Over two decades ago, she applied artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms to machinery fault diagnosis. Building on this expertise, Yan has integrated AI and deep learning into her research, focusing on imaging modalities such as ultrasound, CT, and MRI. Her AI-assisted analyses aim to advance diagnostic capabilities. Collaborating with radiologists at the Santa Clara Medical Center, Yan remains dedicated to improving medical imaging and clinical diagnostics. Her teaching portfolio spans from Biosignal and Systems, Modeling, Biomechanics, Biophotonics and Bioimaging, to Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL). The ML and DL courses form the core of the Bio-AI track in the MS Bioengineering degree, which she established in 2017–18. Her courses equip undergraduate and graduate students with fundamental knowledge and cutting-edge applications in bioengineering and medicine. Yan earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
Previous holders of the Phil and Bobbie Sanfilippo Professorship
Allen Hammond, Law, 2007-2021
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J., Professorship
The Walter E. Schmidt, S.J., Professorship is designated for a full or visiting professor in humanities, preferably in communication arts.
Barbara Molony is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J., Professor of History. Her research focuses on modern East Asian History, including women’s rights, gender and war, and transnational feminist movements in Japan and Northeast Asia. Past president of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the Coordinating Council for Women in History, and the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, as well as a current Trustee of the Berkshire Conference, Molony is an active member of the International Federation for Research in Women’s History. She has presented her work at numerous conferences in North America (the US and Canada), Europe (Germany, Austria, Sweden, Spain, England, the Netherlands, Scotland), Northeast Asia (China and Japan), Australia, and New Zealand. She has published numerous articles—one of them prize-winning—in academic journals and edited collections and authored or edited twelve books. Molony received several awards for scholarship and service from Santa Clara University as well as from historical associations, most recently the Distinguished Service Award of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. Molony earned her Ph.D. in history and East Asian languages from Harvard University.
Previous holders of the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J., Professorship
Emile G. McAnany, Communication, 2001-2007
Stephen and Patricia Schott Professorship
The Stephen and Patricia Schott Professorship, funded by alumnus and former trustee Stephen Schott, is designated for a current professor in the Leavey School of Business, preferably with expertise in real estate.
William A. Sundstrom is the Stephen and Patricia Schott Professor of Economics in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. His research areas include U.S. economic history and empirical policy analysis. Sundstrom is the author of numerous scholarly articles on such topics as the historical evolution of racial disparities in employment and earnings, fertility decline, and internal migration, and on contemporary policy issues relating to housing, criminal justice, and sustainable agriculture. He teaches economic history, labor economics, microeconomics, and econometrics. Sundstrom earned a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.
Previous holders of the Stephen and Patricia Schott Professorship
David F. Caldwell, Management, 2003-2019
Shea-Huesman Professorship
The Shea-Huesman Professorship, funded by Ed Shea in honor of Fr. Huesman, is designated for a Jesuit or lay professor who is involved in lay formation and promotes the ideals and values of Jesuit education.
Julie Hanlon Rubio is the Shea-Huesman Professor of Christian Social Ethics and associate dean at Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Her research focuses on family, feminism, and reconciliation. Rubio is the author or editor of seven books, including Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist? (2024), the award winning Hope for Common Ground: Mediating the Personal and the Political in a Divided Church (2016) and Family Ethics: Practices for Christians (2010). She has published in a variety of academic journals, including Theological Studies, Horizons, Concilium, the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and the Journal of Political Theology. Along with Paul J. Schutz, she was a principal investigator for the grant funded study, “Beyond Bad Apples: Understanding Clergy Perpetrated Sexual Abuse as a Structural Problem and Cultivating Strategies for Change,” published in 2022. Rubio serves on the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops' National Review Board, speaks in a wide variety of public forums, and writes for popular venues such as The Tablet, The Conversation, and National Catholic Reporter. Rubio earned a B.A. in political science from Yale University, a M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in religion and social ethics from the University of Southern California.
Sukhmander Singh Professorship
The Sukhmander Singh Professorship is designated for a full professor with a clear commitment to help students prepare for their future professional development in the field of civil, environmental or sustainable engineering.
Aria Amirbahman is the Sukhmander Singh Professor and chair in the Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Department. His expertise is in environmental engineering with an emphasis on aquatic chemistry. Amirbahman has conducted numerous funded research projects on fate and transport of metal contaminants and nutrients in natural waters, and drinking water treatment. He has authored more than 70 scientific journal papers and presented in numerous international conferences as an invited speaker. Amirbahman is a registered professional engineer in the State of California. Prior to joining Santa Clara University, he was a professor at the University of Maine, where he held a Trustees Professorship and received numerous awards. Amirbahman earned a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
L. J. Skaggs Distinguished Professorship
The L.J. Skaggs Professorship is designated for a tenured faculty member in the Leavey School of Business, preferably one who works in the Retail Management Institute.
Kirthi Kalyanam is the L.J. Skaggs Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Retail Management Institute at Santa Clara University. His expertise is in retailing, ecommerce and digital marketing, and he has been studying the evolution of these areas since the dot com boom in 1999. Kalyanam has published extensively in every top tier journal in quantitative marketing including Marketing Science, Management Science, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing and Quantitative Marketing and Economics. His research papers have been nominated or been awarded the Paul Green Best Paper Award in The Journal of Marketing Research (twice), The John D.C. Little Best Paper Award in Marketing Science, the American Marketing Association’s Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award that honors JMR articles published five years earlier that have made the most significant, long-term contribution to marketing theory, methodology, and/or practice, and the Dick Wittink Award for the best paper in Quantitative Marketing and Economics. Kalyanam is also the author of Internet Marketing and eCommerce, one of the earliest and best selling text books on the subject. Kalyanam has extensive experience in Executive Education. He also advised the Office of the California Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission and has served as an expert witness. Kalyanam earned a Ph.D. in marketing from Purdue University.
Previous holders of the L. J. Skaggs Distinguished Professorship
Dale D. Achabal, Marketing, 1986-2018
John M. Sobrato Professorship
The John M. Sobrato Professorship is designated for the dean of the School of Engineering.
Kendra Sharp is the John M. Sobrato Professor and dean of the School of Engineering. Prior to arriving at Santa Clara, she served as the office head of the National Science Foundation’s Office of International Science and Engineering. Prior to her role at NSF, Dean Sharp was senior adviser for global affairs and associate vice provost for faculty development at Oregon State University. As an OSU faculty member, her research and teaching interests included engineering design for global development, sustainable water and energy systems, and microfluidics. She also founded and directed OSU’s Humanitarian Engineering Program. Sharp has extensive international research and teaching experience, including as a visiting researcher at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and as an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Sharp also led OSU’s participation in the United States Agency for International Development-funded Partner Center of Advanced Studies in Energy with Arizona State University and two universities in Pakistan. Sharp received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’s Edwin F. Church Medal, and she is also a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Sharp earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering and her Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed a Master’s of Philosophy in engineering at Churchill College, Cambridge University, and a Master’s of Engineering in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Previous holders of the John M. Sobrato Professorship
Elaine Scott, 2019-2025
Alfonso Ortega, 2017-2018
M. Godfrey Mungal, 2007-2017
Daniel Pitt, 2002-2007
Sheri Sobrato Brisson Professorship in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The Sheri Sobrato Brisson Professorship in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is designated for a professor in the area of child and adolescent mental health, who has a distinguished record as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and colleague with a clear commitment to furthering the mission of SCU.
Greg Hajack is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Sheri Sobrato Professor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the School of Education and Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University. Hajack has published nearly 400 peer-reviewed publications; much of this research has involved large and longitudinal studies to better understand the development of anxiety and depression among adolescents and young adults—focusing on valid and reliable EEG/ERP biomarkers of brain function. This work has established a number of neural biomarkers of risk for anxiety and depression. Hajack has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on more than 20 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and received the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2016), the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science (2012), and the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research (2012). Among current research projects, Hajack is examining the impact of peer counseling and digital interventions on depression. Hajack earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Delaware and a B.S. in cognitive science and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh.
John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professorship
The John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professorship is designated for a full professor in the School of Law.
David Sloss is the John A. & Elizabeth H. Sutro Professor of Law at Santa Clara. Sloss is an internationally renowned scholar who has published six books and several dozen book chapters and law review articles. His most recent book presents a critique of the Supreme Court and a call for revolutionary change in constitutional doctrine to reverse the ongoing process of democratic decay in the United States. His scholarship covers a broad range of areas, including international law, constitutional law, and international affairs. His scholarship is informed by a decade of experience in the federal government, where he helped draft and negotiate several major international treaties. Before Sloss started his teaching career, he worked as a litigation associate at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto and clerked for Senior Judge Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco. He also worked for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for nine years before he attended law school. Sloss earned a J.D. from Stanford University.
Previous holders of the John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professorship
Stephanie Wildman, Law, 2013-2017
Jean C. Love, Law, 2008-2013
Benjamin and Mae Swig Professorship
The Benjamin and Mae Swig Professorship is designated for a full professor in any college or school.
Naren Agrawal is the Benjamin and Mae Swig Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics in the Department of Information Systems & Analytics. He led the Leavey School of Business as its interim dean during 2020-2021, and associate dean of faculty from 2010-2015. Agrawal’s expertise is in the areas of supply chain management and analytics. He has published his research in premier journals including Harvard Business Review, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. He is a co-editor of a book titled Retail Supply Chain Management. He has been an associate editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Management Science, and received the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship in 2020. Agrawal has received a number of teaching awards, and was voted Professor of the Year by the Executive MBA cohort at Santa Clara University in 2018 and 2023. He is an advisor to startups and has conducted numerous management development seminars internationally and has consulted with many companies in the retail and high-technology industries. Agrawal is also a trustee and Vice Chairman of Give2Asia, a non-profit organization that promotes and facilitates philanthropy to Asia. He earned a Ph.D. from The Wharton School.
Previous holders of the Benjamin and Mae Swig Professorship
Dragoslav D. Siljak, Electrical Engineering, 1982-2012
William and Janice Terry Professorship
The William and Janice Terry Professorship is designated for a full professor in the School of Engineering.
Christopher Kitts is the William and Janice Terry Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, and Director of both the Robotic Systems Laboratory and the STEM Maker Lab / Innovation Zone at Santa Clara University. His research expertise is in multi-robot system control and in the development of advanced field robotic systems. This work includes collaborations with a wide range of industry, government, academic and non-profit sponsors, and he is one of the most prolific grant awardees at the university. He teaches courses in robotics, control systems, and design at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He is also the Faculty Director of the university’s Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Kitts has won outstanding research, teaching and service awards from the School of Engineering, the University, and several external organizations. His experience prior to joining SCU includes work as a NASA contractor in artificial intelligence-based control of robotic systems and as a US Air Force officer serving as a mission controller for a constellation of government spacecraft. Kitts is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and he earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University’s Design Division.
Previous holders of the William and Janice Terry Professorship
Samiha Mourad, Electrical Engineering, 2002-2017
William and Janice Terry Professorship
The William and Janice Terry Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business.
Sanjiv Das is the William and Janice Terry Professor of Finance and Data Science at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, and an Amazon Scholar at AWS. He is a senior founding editor of The Journal of Investment Management, is on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Financial Data Science, and holds editorial positions at other journals. Prior to being an academic, he worked in the financial derivatives business in the Asia-Pacific region as a Vice-President at Citibank. His current research interests include: AI and machine learning, FinTech, portfolio theory and wealth management, financial networks, derivatives pricing models, the modeling of default risk, systemic risk, and venture capital. Das has published over a hundred and thirty articles in academic journals, and has won numerous awards for research and teaching. He has post-graduate degrees in finance (M.Phil and Ph.D. from New York University) and computer science (M.S. from UC Berkeley), an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), a B.Com in accounting and economics (University of Bombay, Sydenham College), and he is also a qualified Cost and Works Accountant (AICWA).
Previous holders of the William and Janice Terry Professorship
James Koch, Management, 2006-2012
Harold and Edythe Toso Professorship
The Harold and Edythe Toso Professorship is designated for a professor who is engaged in the teaching of Italian culture.
Blake de Maria is the Harold and Edythe Toso Professor of Italian Studies. Her research focuses on visual and material culture of the early modern Mediterranean world, with a specific emphasis on the Republic of Venice. Her publications include Becoming Venetian: Immigrants and The Arts in Early Modern Venice (2010) as well as the award-winning Reflections on Renaissance Venice (2013). In these volumes, as well as numerous other publications, de Maria examines the ways in which objects provide insights into the everyday lives and experiences of communities who existed outside the traditional corridors of Renaissance power. She has served on the Board of the Italian Art Society and the Renaissance Society of America. de Maria earned a B.A., in the history of art from the University of California at Los Angeles; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the history of art from Princeton University.
Previous holders of the Harold and Edythe Toso Professorship
Valerio Ferme, 2012-2013
Victor B. Vari, Modern Languages & Literatures, 1981-2012
Michael and Elizabeth Valeriote Professorship
The Michael and Elizabeth Valeriote Professorship is designated for a full professor in any department in sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Janice Edgerly-Rooks is the Michael and Elizabeth Valeriote Professor in the Department of Biology at Santa Clara University. She has expertise in the evolution and behavior of insects of the order Embioptera. Collaborators have worked with her on topics ranging from maternal care, chemical dynamics and genes of the nano-scale silk the insects spin, evolution of sociality, genome size diversity, and impact of parasites on behavior. She has discovered and named ten species and has published over sixty scientific articles. Edgerly-Rooks was awarded a Lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of her broadening our understanding of Embioptera and for her mentorship of undergraduates. Her work was featured in two BBC natural history productions as well as for one of KQED’s Deep Look Youtube videos, which accumulated 2.5 million views so far. Edgerly-Rooks has been an invited speaker for symposia for the Entomological Societies of America and Canada and as a Keynote Speaker for the Royal Entomological Society. Her recent work creating musical scores in collaboration with composers has brought attention to the fascinating technique of sonification of data; this work has led to numerous invitations to present such cross-disciplinary work, including for a recent talk at the California Academy of Sciences. Edgerly-Rooks earned a B.A. in biology from State University of New York, Cortland, a M.S. in entomology from State University of New York, Syracuse, and a Ph.D. in entomology from Cornell University.
Previous holders of the Michael and Elizabeth Valeriote Professorship
Gerald L. Alexanderson, Mathematics and Computer Science, 1978-2018
Gerald and Bonita A. Wilkinson Professorship
The Gerald and Bonita A. Wilkinson Professorship is designated for a full professor in the Leavey School of Business.
Hoje Jo is the Gerald and Bonita Wilkinson Professor in Finance in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. His expertise is in the application of corporate finance and business ethics across corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environment, society, and governance (ESG). His honors include the Iddo Sarnat Award from the Journal of Banking & Finance, lifetime outstanding contributions to applied corporate finance research from the Korea America Finance Association, and the Moskowitz Award for socially responsible finance research from the Center for Responsible Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Jo has more than 100 scholarly publications, including more than 10 best paper awards from various academic journals. He was the guest editor of the Global Finance Journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies and of Journal of Finance Issues, which he continues to edit. Jo earned a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Florida.
Previous holders of the Gerald and Bonita A. Wilkinson Professorship
Dennis Moberg, Management, 2001-2013