Faculty & Research

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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 450 full-time and more than 250 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.

New Faculty Joining A&S

Meet the accomplished group of faculty joining A&S for this academic year.

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 450 full-time faculty, 1,200 graduate students, and 5,700 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

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Shadows in the Night

Filmmaker Khary Jones discusses his latest movie, Night Fight, and how he helps students bring their own experiences to the screen