Following is a partial list of notable faculty (either past, present or visiting) of

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

. As of 2014, among NYU's past and present faculty, there are at least 159 Guggenheim Fellows, over 7

Lasker Award The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1945 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, which was ...

winners, and at least 68 are currently elected to the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...

Nobel laureates

*Nobel laureates Daniel Kahneman, Myron Scholes and Robert A. Mundell gave lectures at

New York University Tandon School of Engineering The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United Sta ...

as part of the

NYU Tandon School of Engineering Lynford Lecture Series Every year, the New York University Tandon School of Engineering hosts the Lynford Lecture Series which brings in a prominent thinker who explains complex information and important ideas with clarity and concision. The lecture series is sponsored b ...

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Members of the National Academy of Engineering

Guggenheim Fellows

MacArthur Fellows

Bryan Stevenson Bryan Stevenson (born November 14, 1959) is an American lawyer, social justice activist, law professor at New York University School of Law, and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, h ...

, professor at School of Law *

Subhash Khot Subhash Khot (born June 10, 1978 in Ichalkaranji) is an Indian-American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who is the Julius Silver Professor of Computer Science in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York Unive ...

, professor at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. * Julia Wolfe, professor at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Also won a Pulitzer Prize.

Rhodes Scholars

* Peter Blair Henry, professor at Stern School of Business *

John Brademas Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 a ...

, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science *

Sujit Choudhry Sujit Choudhry is a lawyer, legal scholar, and expert in comparative constitutional law. He is also an internationally recognized authority on comparative constitutional law. For over 20 years, he has been an advisor for constitution building, g ...

, professor at School of Law. He also served as the Dean of the

UC Berkeley School of Law The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (commonly known as Berkeley Law or UC Berkeley School of Law) is the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It is one of 1 ...

, and as Associate Dean of the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

* James McNaughton Hester, former professor and Dean of both undergraduate and graduate schools of arts and science at NYU. He became 11th President of NYU.

National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation, Arts and Humanities recipients

Abel Prize recipients

Louis Nirenberg Louis Nirenberg (February 28, 1925 – January 26, 2020) was a Canadian-American mathematician, considered one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century. Nearly all of his work was in the field of partial differential equat ...

, professor at Courant *

Peter Lax Peter David Lax (born Lax Péter Dávid; 1 May 1926) is a Hungarian-born American mathematician and Abel Prize laureate working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics. Lax has made important contributions to integrable systems, fluid ...

, professor at Courant * S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan, professor at Courant *

Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (also Mikhail Gromov, Michael Gromov or Misha Gromov; russian: link=no, Михаи́л Леони́дович Гро́мов; born 23 December 1943) is a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, ana ...

, professor at Courant

College of Arts and Science (undergraduate and graduate)

* Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993), national champion fencer and fencing coach *

Nickolas Muray Nickolas Muray (born Miklós Mandl; 15 February 1892 – 2 November 1965) was a Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic saber fencer. Early and personal life Muray was born in Szeged, Hungary, and was Jewish. His father Samu Mandl was ...

(born Miklós Mandl; 1892–1965), Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer *

Elisha Netanyahu Elisha Netanyahu ( he, אֱלִישָׁע נְתַנְיָהוּ; December 21, 1912 – April 3, 1986) was an Israeli mathematician specializing in complex analysis. Over the course of his work at the Technion he was the Dean of the Faculty of ...

, mathematician, former Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at Technion.

Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is currently serving as Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of ...

, Prime Minister of Israel, is his nephew.

Tandon School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic School of Engineering)

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

This is a small selection of Courant's famous faculty over the years and a few of their distinctions:

Stern School of Business

Tisch School of the Arts

Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Sinan Antoon Sinan Antoon ( ar, سنان أنطون), is an Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and literary translator. He has been described as "one of the most acclaimed authors of the Arab world." He is an associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individ ...

, Iraqi Novelist and Poet * Taylor Antrim, Novelist and Journalist * Mitchell Joachim, Sustainable Design, TED Senior Fellow * Myles Jackson, Historian of Science and Technology *

John Sexton John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is an American lawyer, academic, and author. He is the Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law at New York University where he teaches at the law school and NYU's undergraduate colleges. Sexton served as t ...

, President of NYU teaches the seminar "Baseball as a Road to God" * E. Frances White, former Dean, historian of Africa, African American Studies * Frank Leon Roberts, writer, commentator, activist

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

School of Law

NYU Law has the second highest number of faculty who are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences with 19 inductees, behind only Harvard. Some of NYU's notable professors include: *

Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Maria Sotomayor (, ; born June 25, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since ...

Associate Justice Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some sta ...

of the Supreme Court of the United States *

Preet Bharara Preetinder Singh Bharara (; born October 13, 1968) is an Indian-born American lawyer, author, podcaster and former federal prosecutor who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. He is curren ...

, Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York *

William Allen William Allen may refer to: Politicians United States *William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio *William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio *William ...

(Corporate Law, Chancellor of Delaware) *

Alberto Alemanno Alberto Alemanno (born 30 April 1975 in Turin, Italy) is an academic, author, public interest lawyer, and civic entrepreneur. He is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris since 2009, permanent Visiting scholar, Visiting Professor at the Un ...

(European Union Law) *

Philip Alston Philip Geoffrey Alston is an Australian international law scholar and human rights practitioner. He is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, and co-chair of the law school's Center for Human Rights and Globa ...

(Human Rights) * Jose Alvarez (International Law) *

Anthony Amsterdam Anthony Guy Amsterdam (born September 12, 1935) is an American lawyer and University Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Law. In 1981, Alan Dershowitz called Amsterdam “the most distinguished law professor in the United States.� ...

(Criminal Law, Capital Punishment) *

Rachel Barkow Rachel Elise Barkow (née Selinfreund; born 1971) is an American professor of law at the New York University School of Law. She is also faculty director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Her scholarship focuses on administrat ...

(Administrative Law, Criminal Law and Procedure) * Dorit Beinisch (National Security Law) * Jerome A. Cohen (Chinese Law) * Lawrence Collins (Transnational Litigation) * Donald Donovan ( International Arbitration, International Investment Law) * Richard Epstein (Law and Economics, Torts, Health Law & Policy) * Cynthia Estlund (Labor Law, Employment Law, Property) * Samuel Estreicher (Labor Law, Employment Law, Administrative Law) * Franco Ferrari (Sale of Goods, European Union Law, International Arbitration) *

Barry Friedman Frazier Mohawk (born Barry Friedman, December 12, 1941 – June 2, 2012) was an American record producer and sometime photographer, publicist, circus owner, and farmer. Life and career Friedman attended the Happy Valley School in California. H ...

(Constitutional Law) * David W. Garland (Criminal Law, Sociology) * Stephen Gillers ( Legal Ethics) * Douglas H. Ginsburg (

Administrative Law Administrative law is the division of law that governs the activities of executive branch agencies of government. Administrative law concerns executive branch rule making (executive branch rules are generally referred to as "regulations"), ad ...

) * Trevor Morrison (Dean, Constitutional Law) * Samuel Issacharoff (Procedure, Democracy) *

Sally Katzen Sally Katzen (born November 22, 1942) is an American lawyer, legal scholar, and government official. Katzen was a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project's Agency Review Working Group responsible for the Executive Office of the President and ...

(Administrative Law) * Benedict Kingsbury (International Law) *

John Koeltl John George Koeltl (; born October 25, 1945) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. Education Koeltl was born in New York City. He graduated from Regis High Scho ...

(Constitutional Litigation) *

Theodor Meron Theodor Meron, (born 28 April 1930) is an Israeli-American judge. He served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Residual M ...

(International Law) *

Arthur R. Miller Arthur Raphael Miller (born June 22, 1934), is a leading scholar in the field of American civil procedure and a University Professor at New York University and Chairman of The NYU Sports & Society Program. Early life and education Miller was b ...

(Civil Procedure, Copyright, and Privacy) *

Thomas Nagel Thomas Nagel (; born July 4, 1937) is an American philosopher. He is the University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, where he taught from 1980 to 2016. His main areas of philosophical interest are legal philosophy, ...

(Legal Philosophy) * Burt Neuborne (Evidence, Holocaust Litigation Expert) * Richard Pildes (Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Election Law) * Richard Revesz (Environmental Law) * Catherine Sharkey (Tort Law, Empirical Legal Studies) *

(Civil Procedure) * Linda J. Silberman (

Conflict of Laws Conflict of laws (also called private international law) is the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrence that has connections to more than one jurisdiction. This body of law deals with three broad t ...

, Civil Procedure, International Arbitration) *

(Criminal Law, Capital Punishment) *

Jeremy Waldron Jeremy Waldron (; born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealand professor of law and philosophy. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law, is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy, and was ...

(Legal Philosophy) * Joseph H. H. Weiler (International Law) *

Kenji Yoshino Kenji Yoshino (born May 1, 1969) is a legal scholar and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. Formerly, he was the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His work involve ...

(Constitutional Law, LGBT Rights)

Grossman School of Medicine

Silver School of Social Work

Notable faculty include: * James Jaccard, Professor of Social Work

NYU Abu Dhabi

Notable faculty include:

NYU Shanghai

* Chen Jian (academic), visiting professor from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

, Chinese history and international relations * Jeffrey Lehman, former president of Cornell, Dean of

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

law school *

Joanna Waley-Cohen Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952) is the Provost for New York University Shanghai and Silver Professor of History at New York University, where she has taught Chinese history since 1992. As Provost, she serves as NYU Shanghai's chief academic office ...

, former head of the NYU New York History department * Eitan Zemel, associate Chancellor for Strategy and Dean of Business *

Lin Fanghua Fanghua Lin (; born March 11, 1959), also written as Fang-Hua Lin, is a Chinese-born American mathematician. He is currently the Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He applies rigorous analy ...

, associate Provost for the Quantitative Disciplines, also Silver Professor at the

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (commonly known as Courant or CIMS) is the mathematics research school of New York University (NYU), and is among the most prestigious mathematics schools and mathematical sciences research cente ...

* Yu Lizhong, former president of

East China Normal University East China Normal University (ECNU) is a comprehensive public research university in Shanghai, China. It was formed in 1951 by the merger of the Great China University (est. 1924) and Kwang Hua University (est. 1925) and originated from the St. ...

* Jun Zhang, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Fellow of American Physical Society

Professor emeriti and other notable faculty

New York University Presidents

New York University founders

Founders of NYU include: *

Morgan Lewis (governor) Morgan Lewis (October 16, 1754 – April 7, 1844) was an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lewis fought in the American Revolutionary War and the W ...

Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan–American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. Often described as "America's Swiss Founding Father", he was a leading figure in the early years o ...

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