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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A study of older and chronically ill patients led by Keren Ladin, associate professor of Occupational Therapy and Community Health, found some upside but many concerns about remote appointments, especially for people of color.
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Danilo Marchesini, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, explains the rocky remnants from the birth of our solar system.
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Elaine Chen helps Tufts students learn the skills and outlook to innovate in any arena.
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Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University's Tisch College describes how the November 2022 ballot question would affect state revenues and public investments, predicts how high-earners might respond.
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Misinformation may spread like a disease, while previously held beliefs limit influence of new information.
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Tufts photographers capture campus life and share their favorite images.
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Bookish: Philosophy professor Erin Kelly helps bring artist Winfred Rembert’s story to the page—a tale of loss, hardship, and resilience.
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Tufts students have received the most PSA awards overall compared to any other college or university.
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In 1920, W.E.B. Du Bois helped found “The Brownies' Book,” the first publication of its kind. Now Associate Professor of Sociology Freeden Blume Oeur is helping bring it long overdue attention.
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A decade-long research-practice partnership between the Eliot-Pearson Department and ABCD Head Start has improved science education for children and professional development for teachers.
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As Nancy Bauer prepares to step down, she leaves a legacy of advancing art education for Tufts students amid record growth.
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Tuft paleontologist Noel Heim helps make the case for a Jurassic-era reptile that once roamed what is now Massachusetts.
