Faculty Teaching and Mentorship

Professor Nic Vega in a lab space with student Yue Wu

Emory faculty challenge students to broaden their understanding of the world, collaborate across disciplines, and grow in ways that prepare them for what lies ahead.

Celebrated Faculty

Accomplished faculty lie at the heart of our vibrant intellectual community. Distinguished and award-winning scientists, researchers, authors, artists, and public servants, they create a rich, intellectually challenging environment for our students inside and outside the classroom. With Emory’s low student-to-faculty ratio, you’ll have a firsthand opportunity to learn from renowned thought leaders who are also committed teachers and mentors.

Meet Our Faculty

Antonio Alonso

Latin Grammy-nominated composer of sacred music

Carol Anderson

Author of The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America

Joel Murphy

Executive Director, BL Harbert Real Estate Center; Distinguished Industry Chair in Real Estate

Jericho Brown

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet; MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient

Laurie Blank

International humanitarian law; former Special Counsel to the General Counsel, US Department of Defense

Sanjay Gupta

Medicine and public health; CNN chief medical correspondent

Hank Klibanoff

Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award–winning journalist; host, Buried Truths

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Meet Our Faculty

First year Chemistry class with Professor Tracy McGill

Supporting Classroom Success

Emory's Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE) assists faculty at all levels with programs, resources, and funding opportunities that support creative and effective teaching methods and strengthen students’ classroom experiences and learning.

Learn more about CFDE

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Purposeful Teaching Fellowship

A program to help faculty thoughtfully redesign their courses and teaching strategies to focus on student well-being and growth, emphasizing methods that enhance students’ self-worth, intrinsic motivation, and academic understanding.

Next Generation Teacher Training

Laney Graduate School’s Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity program (TATTO) thoughtfully and thoroughly trains the next generation of higher education faculty in the art and methods of good teaching, including best practices and new technologies.

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Faculty Directories

Find faculty at each college and school as well as their areas of specialization, research, and scholarship.

High Achievers

Learn more about our faculty’s high-impact research and award-winning scholarship.

Research and Scholarship Awards and Honors

Commitment and experience that make a big difference in your education.

3,800+

regular full-time faculty

2,100+

faculty books published over the past 20 years

8:1

student to faculty ratio

190+

prestigious honors awarded to Emory faculty

Faculty News Spotlight

Learn more about the scholarship, teaching, and research conducted by our prolific faculty.