Faculty
A distinguished faculty
English Professor Mary Jo Bang was awarded the 2007 National Book Critics Award for poetry for Elegy (Graywolf Press, 2007), a collection she wrote after the death of her son in 2004. A teacher of writing and literature, Bang was the director of the University's Writing Program from 2005 to 2008.
Washington University’s faculty are distinguished both for their teaching and for their research and creative activities. Virtually all of the full-time teaching faculty hold the doctorate or final professional degree in their fields, and the same professors often teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, nine doing the major part of their pioneering research here.
Faculty have received many honors, including major literary prizes; national and international fellowships; major awards for teaching, research, and service; and honors from governments of other nations. Current faculty serve on editorial boards of more than 250 professional and scholarly journals. Instructional faculty in all schools totals 3,170 — including both full-time and adjunct faculty.
Recognition of current and emeritus faculty
- National Academy of Sciences — 30
- Institute of Medicine — 26
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences — 26
- American Association for the Advancement of Science — 58
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters — 1
- National Academy of Engineering — 2
- American Institute of Architects — 1
- American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering — 3
- American Association for the Advancement of Medicine — 1
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — 19
- American Philosophical Society — 3
- American Law Institute — 13
Recent honors accorded faculty
- 1 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- 1 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 3 National Book Critics Circle Awards
- 3 MacArthur Prize Fellowships
- 2 National Medals of Science
- 3 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships in Science and Engineering