# List of University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty

This list catalogs notable University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty.
| Name | Subject | Born-died | Position |
| E. Wayne Abercrombie | Music | 1938– | Professor Emeritus of Music, Director of Choral Programs |
| Charles Paul Alexander | Entomology | 1889–1981 | Professor of Entomology |
| Christian Appy | History | 1955– | Professor of History |
| Lee Badgett | Economics | 1960– | Economist |
| Sheila Bair | Business | 1954– | Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy |
| Andrew Barto | Computer Science | 1948– | Professor of Computer Science, Chair of Computer Science Department |
| Madeleine Blais | Journalism | 1946– | Professor of Journalism |
| Samuel Bowles | Economics | 1939– | Professor Emeritus of Microeconomics |
| Kyle Cave | Psychology | | Professor of Psychology |
| Miriam Usher Chrisman | History | 1920–2008 | Professor Emerita of History |
| Chuck Close | Art | 1940– | |
| Samuel R. Delany | Comparative Literature | 1942– | Professor |
| Walter B. Denny | Art History | | University Distinguished Professor of Art History |
| Vincent Dethier | Zoology, Entomology | 1915–1993 | Director of Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Chair of Chancellor's Commission on Civility |
| Arindrajit Dube | Economics | | Professor of Economics |
| Jean Bethke Elshtain | Political Science | 1941–2013 | |
| Martín Espada | English | 1957– | Professor of Poetry |
| Fred Feldman | Philosophy | 1941– | Professor Emeritus of Philosophy |
| Carl R. Fellers | Food Science and Technology | 1893–1960 | Department of horticulture manufacturing |
| Ann Ferguson | Philosophy | 1938– | Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies |
| Charles H. Fernald | Entomology | 1838–1921 | Professor of Natural Sciences, Chair of Natural Sciences |
| Jane E. Fountain | Political Science | | Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Director of National Center for Digital Government |
| Edwin Gentzler | Linguistics | | Professor of Language, Head of Translation Center |
| Gretchen Gerzina | English | | Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography |
| Charles Anthony Goessmann | Chemistry | 1827–1910 | President of Massachusetts Agricultural College |
| Sheldon Goldman | Political Science | 1939– | Professor of Political Science |
| Peter J. Haas | Computer Science | 1956– | Professor of Computer Science. Spouse of Laura Haas, the dean of the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences. |
| Ted Hughes | English | 1930–1998 | |
| Jane Humphries | Economics | 1948– | Assistant Professor of Economics |
| Neil Immerman | Computer Science | 1953– | Professor of Computer Science |
| Sut Jhally | Communication | 1955– | Professor of Communication |
| Angelika Kratzer | Linguistics | | Professor Emerita of Linguistics |
| Barbara Krauthamer | History | | Professor of History, dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts |
| Jim Kurose | Computer Science | 1956– | Professor of Computer Science |
| Joseph Levine | Philosophy | 1952– | |
| Shona Macdonald | Art | 1969– | Chair of the Department of Art |
| Lynn Margulis | Biological Science | 1938–2011 | Distinguished Professor of Botany, Biology, Geosciences |
| Valerie Martin | English | 1938– | Professor of English |
| John McCarthy | Linguistics | 1953– | Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost |
| Warren McGuirk | Physical Education | 1906–1981 | Dean of the School of Physical Education, Director of Athletics |
| William Hamilton Meeks, III | Mathematics | 1947– | George David Birkoff Professor of Mathematics |
| Dick Minear | History | 1938– | Professor of History |
| Paul Musgrave | Government | | Assistant Professor of Government |
| Anna Nagurney | Finance and Operations Management | | Professor of Management (John F. Smith Memorial Professorship in the Isenberg School of Management) |
| Morihiko Nakahara | Music | 1975– | Director of Orchestral Studies |
| Katja Oxman | Art | 1942– | |
| George N. Parks | Music | 1953–2010 | Director of Marching Band |
| Barbara Partee | Linguistics | 1940– | Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy |
| Sanjay Raman | Electrical Engineering | | Dean of the College of Engineering |
| Stephen Resnick | Economics | 1938–2013 | Professor of Economics |
| Max Roach | Music | 1924–2007 | |
| Thomas Schneeweis | Finance and Operations Management | | Professor of Finance, Director of the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets |
| Archie Shepp | Music | 1937– | |
| Kalidas Shetty | Food Science | | |
| Anna Maria Siega-Riz | Public Health and Health Sciences | | Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences |
| Hava Siegelmann | Computer Science | | Professor of Computer Science |
| Ramesh Sitaraman | Computer Science | | Member of Computer Science Department |
| Boris Svistunov | Physics | | Professor of Physics |
| Marshall Harvey Stone | Mathematics | 1903–1989 | Professor of Mathematics |
| James Tate | English | 1943–2015 | Professor of English |
| Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. | Astronomy | 1941– | Professor of Astronomy, Associate Director of the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| Don Towsley | Computer Science | 1949– | Distinguished Professor of Computer Science |
| Brian Vibberts | Audio Engineering | | |
| Pablo Visconti | Reproductive biology | | |
| Frank A. Waugh | Landscape Architecture | 1869–1943 | Head of Agriculture Division |
| Michael Wex | Economics | 1954– | |
| Richard D. Wolff | Philosophy, African-American Studies | 1942– | Professor Emeritus of Economics |
| Daniela Calzetti | Astronomy | | Professor of Astronomy |
| Ethan Zuckerman | Public Policy, Communication, Information | 1973– | Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information |