Faculty & Research
Our Faculty
The faculty of Arts and Sciences, the largest of Tufts’ nine schools, explores collaborative research and scholarship opportunities across the university and around the world. More than 400 faculty make up the School of Arts and Sciences. The majority of A&S faculty hold a PhD and/or a terminal degree in their field (such as a MFA) and many of them are practicing professionals at the forefront of their fields.
Research and Scholarship Across Disciplines
Tufts University is recognized as one of the leading private research universities in the United States. The Carnegie Foundation ranks Tufts as a Research-1 institution—its highest classification for degree-granting colleges and universities—but the university's commitment to research is about more than prestige. It's about the academic community coming together in creative and compelling ways to push boundaries and ask the questions that will take our knowledge to the next level.
Across the School of Arts and Sciences' more than 40 academic departments, programs, and centers, approximately 400 faculty, 1,000 graduate students, and 5,400 undergraduates work collaboratively on groundbreaking research that spans our diverse disciplines.
Our aim is to support innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration as the foundations of discovery. Our approach is to create and support scholarship across the school to seamlessly integrate undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty into a collaborative educational research environment. The school celebrates all A&S scholars and the over 200 active grants, fellowships, and awards it receives each year.
Research and Scholarship News from A&S
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Faculty create international partnerships to bring global experiences into their virtual classrooms.
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Nik Karns participated in collaborative research which examined disproportionate barriers facing people of color who aspire to open and operate charter schools.
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Tufts Biology students publish research on leafcutter ants in peer-reviewed journal.
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Milo Koretsky to join Tufts School of Engineering and Tufts School of Arts and Sciences as the inaugural McDonnell Family Bridge Professor.
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In WGBH news segment, Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh discusses how inviting his grandfather to participate in one of his Zoom classes led to some of his students inviting their own grandparents to join as well.
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An expert in environmental chemistry, Kenny taught at Tufts for almost 40 years.
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In a Tell Me More podcast, Tufts experts, including several A&S faculty, talk about the wonders of renewal, from animals that regrow body parts to people who rise from tragedy.
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Tufts faculty and staff members shared messages of gratitude and support for students' hard work this semester.
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Natasha Warikoo, professor of sociology, discusses the effect the pandemic has had on educational inequities alongside other Tufts researchers.
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Need something good to read? Tufts faculty, staff, and alumni share their favorite books, from recent titles to classics.
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Gilbert Metcalf, professor of economics, is lead researcher on the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tisch College's new report which estimates the potential impact of the Transportation Climate Initiative.
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Christina Maranci, Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architecture, has written this op-ed for the Wall Street Journal about the dire situation in Armenia and the need to project the region's cultural heritage. (Subscription required)
