List of University of Toronto faculty

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The following is a partial list of University of Toronto faculty, including current, former, emeritus, and deceased faculty, and administrators at University of Toronto.

To avoid redundancy, alumni who hold or have held faculty positions in the University of Toronto are placed on the list of alumni, and do not appear on this list of faculty.

Natural sciences and mathematics

Mathematics

Medicine and dentistry

Physics, chemistry and astronomy

Biology and ecology

Engineering and computer science

Earth science

Social sciences

Anthropology and geography

  • Edmund Snow Carpenter (professor of anthropology, 1948–57) – anthropologist known for his work on tribal art and visual media
  • Isaac Schapera (visiting professor of anthropology, 1953) – academic from the London School of Economics and leading scholar in the anthropology of South African tribesmen
  • Iranologist
    and translator of Persian literature; founding chair of the university's department of Near and Middle Eastern civilizations
  • Cole Harris (assistant professor of geography, 1964–71) – geographer, winner of the Massey Medal, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • American Book Award
  • Marcel Danesi (professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology) – Italian-Canadian semiotician
  • David H. Turner (professor of anthropology) – anthropologist who focuses on comparative religion and the role of music in the indigenous societies of Australia, North America, Africa, and India

Sociology and psychology

Economics, management and political science

Humanities

Philosophy and classics

Literature and linguistics

History

  • Anglican
    priest, Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire
  • John Saywell (professor of history, 1954–62) – historian specializing in the fields of politics and constitution
  • Ancient historian
    who specialized in ancient economic history
  • True North; president of Smith College
    , 1975–85
  • Ram Sharan Sharma (professor of history, 1965–66) – eminent historian of Ancient India[11][12][13] who has been a historian of international repute[14] founding chairperson of Indian Council of Historical Research
  • Walter Goffart (professor of history, 1960–99) – historian who specializes in late Roman Empire, early Middle Ages and barbarian kingdoms
  • Archibald Paton Thornton (professor of history, 1960–87) – academic and historian, author of The Imperial idea and its enemies: a study in British power
  • Rick Salutin (professor of Canadian studies, 1978–) – novelist, playwright and critic, columnist for The Globe and Mail
  • Natalie Zemon Davis (professor of history) – Canadian and American historian of early period; first woman president of the American Historical Association
  • Derek Penslar (professor of Jewish history) – historian specializing in Jewish history; author of Contemporary Antisemitism
  • Robert Johnson – Professor, former director of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies

Law

Religious studies

  • Donald Coggan (professor of theology, 1937–44) – 101st Archbishop of Canterbury, 1974–80
  • Gregory Baum (professor of theology and sociology, 1959–86) – Roman Catholic theologian, Religion and Alienation, Officer of the Order of Canada
  • Jesuit
    priest, economist, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding
  • Mary Jo Leddy (professor of theology, Regis College) – writer, theologian, social activist, founder of Catholic New Times
  • Willard G. Oxtoby (professor of comparative religion, 1971–99) – founding director of the graduate centre for religious studies; author, World Religions: Western Traditions, World Religions: Eastern Traditions
  • Julia Ching (professor of religion and philosophy, 1978–2001) – expert on the neo-Confucian philosophy of China
  • Hindu ethics, gender issues in Hinduism, and religion and sexuality[15]
  • Papacy

Fine arts, music, drama and architecture

Education

Business and public policy

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