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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The James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sensitive of its kind, will allow us to detect the first galaxies, says Professor of Physics and Astronomy Danilo Marchesini.
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Members of the Tufts community share their favorite works of fiction and nonfiction—classics, hidden gems, and recent releases.
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Professor of Mathematics Loring Tu considers popular culture’s current obsession with multiverse theory and explains how algebraic topology and differential geometry can shed light on the subject.
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Jayanthi Mistry, Professor and Chair, and Fuko Kiyama, MA in Child Study and Human Development ’19 have published two new studies examining the experiences of adolescents to learn more about how young people deal with stereotypes.
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Sriracha sauce and Fresh Off the Boat can tell us a surprising amount about our media and our country, says Tufts Film and Media Studies director and professor Tasha Oren.
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A Tell Me More podcast shares stories about choosing what’s worth holding on to, from Dad’s books to old home movies to endangered animals.
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A performance artist who explored race, culture, and identity, she inspired both students and colleagues in her eight years at SMFA at Tufts.
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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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Tufts students have received the most PSA awards overall compared to any other college or university.
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Lorgia García Peña is the new Mellon Associate Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora; Amy Lischko is a new Professor of the Practice in the Department of Community Health; and Lawrence Uricchio is the new Youniss Family Assistant Professor of Innovation in the Department of Biology.
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An outstanding group of faculty will join A&S for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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Jack and Jan Derby’s philanthropy names the Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts and creates a lasting legacy for a popular teacher and former director of the innovation hub.
