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Stanford Faculty

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Stanford professor Josiah Ober teaches what political life was like in Athens while teaching Democracy Ancient and Modern: From Politics to Political Theory.

Stanford faculty are leaders in their fields with their accomplishments recognized across the disciplines. Faculty work closely with students and conduct groundbreaking research.

Today, Stanford has 2,345 members of the professoriate faculty. There are 729 members appointed to endowed professorships.

Stanford’s Fall 2024 community of scholars includes:

Nobel laureates

20

Nobel Prize winners since the university’s founding

36

MacArthur Fellows

33

National Humanities Medal recipients

6

Pulitzer Prize winners

4

National Medal of Science recipients

7

National Medal of Technology recipients

5

American Academy of Arts and Sciences members

325

National Academy of Science members

187

National Academy of Engineering members

113

National Academy of Medicine members

91

National Academy of Education members

29

American Philosophical Society members

44

Wolf Foundation Prize winners

6

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

1

A.M. Turing Award winners while on faculty

7

Kavli Prize laureates

3

National Medal of Arts winner

1