Endowed Chairs, Professorships and Fellowships

Funded by donor generosity, endowed chairs, professorships, and fellowships, allow the University to recruit the most talented teacher-scholars to Richmond, retain our existing outstanding faculty members, and invest in innovative pedagogical approaches.

Austin E. Owen Research Scholar: Kristen Osenga

Carole M. Weinstein Chair of International Education: Martha Merritt

Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences: Kelling Donald and Chiles Wade Downey

Colonel Leo K. & Gaylee T. Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership: Crystal Hoyt

Cornerstones Chair in History: Pippa Holloway

Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics: Terry Price

Coston Family Fellow in Molecular Biology: Laura Runyen-Janecky 

CSX Chair in Management and Accounting: Marshall Geiger

David Meade White Jr. Chair in Business: Douglas Bosse

E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Law: Kurt Lash

E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts: Ted Bunn and Lauren Tilton

E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Business: Violet Ho and KimMarie McGoldrick

E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies: Sandra Peart and David Wilkins

F. Carlyle Tiller Chair in Business: Monika Kukar-Kinney

Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair in Chemistry: Carol Parish and Mike Leopold

George E. Allen Chair in Law: Corinna Lain

George E. Allen Chair in Law: Jessica Erickson

George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible: Stephanie Cobb

George Matthews and Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies: Peter Kaufman

Irving May Chair of Human Relations: Matthew Oware

Jabez A. Bostwick Chair of English: Brian Henry

Joseph A. Jennings Chair in Business: Tom Arnold, Shakun Mago and Jonathan Whitaker

Lewis T. Booker Professor in Ethics: Miriam McCormick

MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology: Cindy Bukach and Kelly Lambert

Nancy Litchfield Hicks Law Professor: Jessica Erickson

Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values: Jessica Flanigan

Richmond Professor: Geoffrey Goddu

Robert E. Rigsby Fellow in Economics: Dean Croushore

Robert Edward and Lena Frazer Loving Chair of Physics: Gerard Gilfoyle

Robert Edwin Gaines Chair in Mathematics: Della Dumbaugh

Roger Francis and Mary Saunders Richardson Chair in Mathematics: William Ross

S.D. Roberts and Sandra Moore Professor of Law: Corinna Barrett Lain

Samuel Chiles Mitchell-Jacob Billikopf Professor in History: Carol Summers

Sesquicentennial Professor of Law: James Gibson

Stephanie Bennett-Smith Chair in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Julietta Singh

The Patricia A. and George W. Wellde, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Finance: Art Durnev and Michel Robe

The Weinstein Chair in International Studies: Sandra Joireman

Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities: Edward Ayers and Elizabeth Outka

Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Art and Art History: Tanja Softic

Tyler and Alice Haynes Professor in American Studies: Laura Browder

W. David Robbins Chair in Strategic Management: Jeffrey S. Harrison

Weinstein-Rosenthal Chair of Jewish Studies: Rhiannon Graybill

William Binford Vest Chair in History: James Broomall

William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair: Kathryn Jacobsen

William Judson Gaines Chair of Modern Foreign Languages: Thomas Bonfiglio and Sharon Feldman

Williams Chair in Law: Carl Tobias