Overview

About the College of Arts and Science

The College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University is a highly selective liberal arts college at the heart of a major research university. It seeks to attract a diverse student body of high promise and ability from throughout the United States and the international community. Its mission is to engage in significant and innovative research, scholarship, and creative expression in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, to offer distinguished, well-taught programs of undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts and sciences, and to foster service to society overall.


-The Mission Statement of the College of Arts and Science

Arts and Science Priorities

  1. Attracting the Best Students:
    Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships
  2. Recruiting and Retaining Top Faculty:
    Endowed Chairs
  3. Discovery Without Boundaries:
    Transinstitutional Initiatives
  4. Creating New Knowledge:
    Research and Programs
  5. New Foundations:
    Facilities and Technology
  6. Growing Support:
    Annual Giving

 

New Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
2007-2008 Academic Year

Program in African American and Diaspora Studies

Tiffany R. Patterson, Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
Rosanne M. Adderley, Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies

Department of Anthropology

Beginning Spring 2007
Pierre Robert Colas, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Department of Art

Mel Ziegler, Professor of Art and Chair of the Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Julian Federico Hillyer, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Antonis Rokas, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Department of Classical Studies

Bronwen L. Wickkiser, Assistant Professor of Classics

Department of Communication Studies

Claire Sisco King, Assistant Professor of CommunicatiWon Studies
Vanessa B. Beasley, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Guilherrne Gualda, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Program in East Asian Studies

Ling Hon Lam,Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature

Department of Economics

Beginning Spring 2008, Andrea Moro, Associate Professor of Economics

Department of English

Humberto Garcia, Assistant Professor of English
Rick Hilles, Assistant Professor of English
Dahlia Porter, Assistant Professor of English

Program in European and German Studies

Florence Faucher-King, Associate Professor of European Studies

Department of French and Italian

Andrea Mirabile, Assistant Professor of Italian