Faculty Appointments

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Our staff is here to support you and answer any questions concerning:

Faculty searches and recruitment
Clinical, educator and research track appointments
Tenure and promotion
Endowed Chairs and University Distinguished Professors
Academic leadership searches and appointments
Emerita/Emeritus faculty and retirement

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Areas of Responsibilities

The links below will help guide you through the administrative processes required for hiring and appointing faculty.

Awarding Emeritus/Retired Faculty

Faculty appointments reviews, Interfolio, and the Faculty Information System

Faculty Search

Faculty Registry

Open Faculty Positions

Faculty Appointments Team

Danielle Certa

Director of Faculty Appointments
Megan Cole

Senior Program Coordinator
Mary Pizzullo

Program Coordinator

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Director of Faculty Appointments Danielle Certa

Faculty Searches and Recruitment

Faculty Searches and Recruitment
Faculty Records and Systems Stewardship
Faculty Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion
Managing Office and Overseeing Workflow
Support VPFA on work with Provost and Chancellor offices
Academic Leadership Searches & Appointments
Federal Reporting Compliance
Board of Trust Schedules and Requirements
Faculty Leaves of Absence

Senior Program Coordinator Megan Cole

Endowed Chairs & Directors
Endowed Chair Investiture
25-Year Chairs Recognition
Appointment to University Distinguished Professors and Distinguished Professors
Retired Status
Retirement Incentive Agreement (RIP)
Emerita/Emeritus Faculty
Website Management and Consulting
Faculty Data

Program Coordinator Mary Pizzullo

Clinical, Educator & Research Track Appointments & Promotion
Initial appointment of non-tenure track faculty
Reappointment and promotion of non-tenure track faculty
Faculty Appointments Project and Task Tracking
Training
Interfolio Usage Enhancements
Faculty Affairs social media

Endowed Chair Investiture

2022 Endowed Chair Cohort
- Rebecca Allensworth, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law #4
- Daniel Barocas, William L. Bray Chair in Urology #2
- Ralf Bennartz, Stevenson Chair #25
- James Bodfish, Yount Chair in Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Carissa Cascio, James G. Blakemore Chair in Psychiatry #3
- Jessica Clarke, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Law #52
- Daniel Cohen, Frances Hampton Currey Chair
- Christos Constantinidis, Stevenson Chair #19
- Blythe Corbett, James G. Blakemore Chair in Psychiatry #2
- Kelly Dooley, Addison B. Scoville Jr. Chair in Medicine
- Jennifer Escalas, Dean Samuel B. and Evelyn R. Richmond Chair in Management
- René Gifford, Fred H. Bess Chair in Audiology
- Steven Goodbred, Stevenson Chair #24
- Anna Hemnes, Elsa S Hanigan Chair In Pulmonary Medicine
- Julian Hillyer, Centennial Chair #7
- Kevin Huang, Hoine Chair in Economics
- Eunjoo Kim, Charles G. Finney Chair
- Stephen Jae Kim, Phyllis G & William B Snyder, MD Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- Emily Lordi, Chair In Honor of Professor Eddie Mims
- Timothy McNamara, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair-Social & Natural Science #4
- Keith G. Meador, Ann Geddes Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics
- Aaron Moberly, Named Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
- Çağlar Oskay, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair #27
- Ben Ho Park, Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr., Chair in Oncology
- Anthony Reed, Norman L and Roselea J Goldberg Professor Chair
- Todd A. Ricketts, Thomas L. and Jane Wilkerson Yount Chair in Hearing and Speech Sciences #2
- Morgan Ricks, Herman O. Loewenstein Chair in Law
- Renã Robinson, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chair
- Amanda Rose, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Law #53
- Kathryn Schwarz, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair #3
- Sean Seymore, Centennial Professorship in Law #2
- Kelly Goldsmith, E. Bronson Ingram Chair #6
- Scott Stephan, Carol and John S. Odess Chair in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Anne Marie Tharpe, Vickie & Thomas Flood Chair in Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Lisa Thompson, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair #25
- Emilie Townes, E. Rhodes and Leona Carpenter Chair #5
- Steven Townsend, Stevenson Chair #17
- Zachary Warren, Donna and Jeffrey Eskind Chair in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Chair #4
2021 Endowed Chair Cohort
- Vandana Abramson, M.D., Donna S. Hall Chair in Breast Cancer
- Brian O. Bachmann, Ph.D., Stevenson Chair
- David K. Cortez, Ph.D., Richard N. Armstrong, Ph.D. Chair for Innovation in Biochemistry
- Jennifer Fay, Ph.D., Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair
- Brian T. Fitzpatrick, J.D., Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise
- Jason A. Grissom, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair
- Natasha B. Halasa, M.D., M.P.H., Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics
- Nancy Lea Hyer, Ph.D., James A. Speyer Professorship of Production Management
- David E. Lewis, Ph.D., Rebecca Webb Wilson University Chair
- David Kosson, Ph.D., Gass Family Chair in Energy and the Environment
- Bradley A. Malin, Ph.D., Accenture Chair
- René Marois, Ph.D., Winkelried Family Chair in Neuroscience
- Maury Nation, Ph.D., Bob Innes Chair in Human and Organizational Development
- Lucius T. Outlaw Jr., Ph.D., W. Alton Jones Chair in Philosophy
- Ben Park, Ph.D., Cornelius Abernathy Craig Chair
- Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D., Hugh J. Morgan Chair in Medicine
- Daniel J. Sharfstein, J.D., Dick and Martha Lansden Chair in Law
- Julia Sheffield, Ph.D., Jack Martin M.D. Research Professorship in Psychopharmacology
- Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Ph.D., E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair
- John Sides, Ph.D., William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair at the College of Arts and Science
- Ganesh Sitaraman, Ph.D., New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair
- C. Melissa Snarr, Ph.D., E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair
- Arleen Marcia Tuchman, Ph.D., Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Chair in History
- Lorraine B. Ware, M.D., Ralph and Lulu Owen Chair in Medicine
- John C. Wellons III, M.D., M.S.P.H., Cal Turner Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
2020 Endowed Chair Cohort
- Chancellor Emeritus Nicholas Zeppos, J.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Chancellor Emeritus Chair
- Dean Lorenzo F. Candelaria, Ph.D., Mark Wait Dean’s Chair
- Dean John G. Geer, Ph.D., Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science
- Brian O. Bachmann, Ph.D., Stevenson Chair
- Timothy S. Blackwell, M.D., Rudy W. Jacobson Chair in Pulmonary Medicine
- David K. Cortez, Ph.D., Richard N. Armstrong, Ph.D. Chair for Innovation in Biochemistry
- Brian T. Fitzpatrick, J.D., Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise
- Jason A. Grissom, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair
- Natasha B. Halasa, M.P.H., M.P.H., Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics
- Nancy Lea Hyer, Ph.D., James A. Speyer Professorship of Production Management
- Tina M. Iverson, Ph.D., Louise B. McGavock Chair
- Lutz Koepnick, Ph.D., Max Kade Foundation Chair in German Studies
- David E. Lewis, Ph.D., Rebecca Webb Wilson University Chair
- Bradley A. Malin, Ph.D., Accenture Chair
- René Marois, Ph.D., Winkelried Family Chair in Neuroscience
- Maury Nation, Ph.D., Bob Innes Chair in Human and Organizational Development
- Kelly Oliver, Ph.D., W. Alton Jones Chair in Philosophy
- Lucius T. Outlaw Jr., Ph.D., W. Alton Jones Chair in Philosophy
- Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D., Hugh J. Morgan Chair in Medicine
- Deborah Wells Rowe, Ph.D., Carolyn M. Evertson Chair in Teacher Education
- Daniel J. Sharfstein, J.D., Dick and Martha Lansden Chair in Law
- Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Ph.D., E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair
- John Sides, Ph.D., William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair at the College of Arts and Science
- C. Melissa Snarr, Ph.D., E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair
- Carmen C. Solórzano, M.D., John L. Sawyers Chair in Surgical Sciences
- Arleen Marcia Tuchman, Ph.D., Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Chair in History
- Julia A. Velkovska, Ph.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
- Lorraine B. Ware, M.D., Ralph and Lulu Owen Chair in Medicine
- John C. Wellons III, M.D., Cal Turner Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery