Faculty & Research
Our Faculty
The faculty of Arts and Sciences, the largest of Tufts’ ten schools, explores collaborative research and scholarship opportunities across the university and around the world. More than 400 full-time and more than 200 part-time 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, over 400 full-time 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
Assistant Professor in the Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora Department Sarah Fong describes the questions and answers that have led her to research the history of Black and Indigenous education in the US
Scientists Use Modified Silk Proteins to Create New Nonstick Surfaces
Chemical modification of silk proteins molded into shapes and films makes them repel water better than nonstick coatings available today
Getting to the Root of Inequality
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology Felipe Dias uses real world experiments to delve into the mechanisms of inequality in the US and Latin America
Shedding Light on the Mysteries of Fireflies
Everyone loves fireflies. But Professor of Biology Sara Lewis understands them—and she’s determined to make sure they survive
Healing Trauma Through Art
Photographer–psychoanalyst Rachelle Mozman Solano focuses on her Panamanian roots to overcome old wounds of colonization passed from one generation to the next