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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) is a society honoring the achievement of outstanding scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. It also provides service to the nation and the world by conducting projects responsive to the needs and problems of society.

  • Takeshi Amemiya,* Economics
  • Hans C. Andersen,* Chemistry
  • Keith M. Baker, History
  • Albert Bandura,* Psychology
  • Lucius Barker,* Political Science
  • Malcolm R. Beasley,* Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
  • Karol Berger, Music, Fine Arts
  • B. Douglas Bernheim, Economics
  • Carolyn Bertozzi, Chemistry
  • Arthur I. Bienenstock,* Materials Science, Applied Physics
  • Steven Block, Applied Physics, Biological Sciences
  • Nicholas Bloom, Economics
  • Gordon H. Bower,* Psychology
  • Steven Boxer, Chemistry
  • David W. Brady, Political Science, Business
  • Michael E. Bratman, Philosophy
  • John I. Brauman,* Chemistry
  • Timothy F. Bresnahan, Economics
  • Joan Bresnan,* Linguistics
  • Winslow R. Briggs,* Biological Sciences
  • Richard A. Brody,* Political Science
  • Philip H. Bucksbaum, Applied Physics, Physics
  • Allan M. Campbell,* Biological Sciences
  • Emmanuel Candes, Statistics
  • John Chowning,* Music
  • Steven Chu,* Applied Physics, Physics
  • Herbert Clark, Psychology
  • Alan Code, Philosophy
  • James P. Collman,* Chemistry
  • Karen Cook, Sociology
  • Hongjie Dai, Chemistry
  • Gretchen Daily, Biological Sciences
  • Paul A. David,* Economics
  • Persi Diaconis, Statistics, Mathematics
  • Savas Dimopoulos, Physics
  • W. S. Di Piero, English
  • Rodolfo Dirzo, Biological Sciences
  • David Donoho, Statistics
  • Peter Duus,* History
  • Carol Dweck, Psychology
  • Penelope D. Eckert, Linguistics
  • Bradley Efron, Statistics
  • Anne Ehrlich,* senior research associate, Biology
  • Paul Ehrlich, Biological Sciences
  • Liran Einav, Economics
  • Michael D. Fayer, Chemistry
  • James D. Fearon, Political Science
  • Marcus Feldman, Biological Sciences
  • John Felstiner,* English
  • John Ferejohn,* Political Science
  • Russell D. Fernald, Human Biology, Biological Sciences
  • Christopher B. Field, Biological Sciences
  • Morris P. Fiorina, Jr., Political Science, Hoover Institution
  • Daniel Fisher, Applied Physics
  • James Fishkin, Communication
  • John H. Flavell,* Psychology
  • Dagfinn Follesdal,* Philosophy
  • Jerome Friedman,* Statistics
  • Michael Friedman, Philosophy
  • Victor Fuchs,* Economics
  • Theodore H. Geballe,* Applied Physics, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Mark Granovetter, Sociology
  • Roland Greene, English 
  • Avner Greif, Economics
  • David B. Grusky, Sociology
  • Anna Gryzmala-Busse, Political Science 
  • Hans U. Gumbrecht, French & Italian, Comparative Literature
  • Robert E. Hall, Economics, Hoover Institution
  • Philip Hanawalt, Biological Sciences
  • Michael T. Hannan, Sociology, Business
  • Stephen E. Harris, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
  • Robert P. Harrison, French & Italian
  • Shanto Iyengar, Communication
  • Matthew Jackson, Economics
  • Iain Johnstone, Statistics, Biostatistics
  • Steven M. Kahn, Physics
  • Aharon Kapitulnik, Physics, Applied Physics
  • David M. Kennedy,* History
  • Donald Kennedy,* Biological Sciences
  • Steven Allan Kivelson, Physics
  • Richard G. Klein, Anthropology
  • Peter J, Klenow, Economics
  • Stephen D. Krasner, Political Science
  • Jon Krosnick, Communication, Political Science
  • Anne O. Krueger,* Economics
  • David Laitin, Political Science
  • Robert B. Laughlin, Physics, Applied Physics
  • Mark Lepper, Psychology
  • Jonathan David Levin, Economics
  • Andrei D. Linde, Physics
  • Herbert S. Lindenberger,* English
  • Sharon R. Long, Biological Sciences
  • Liqun Luo, Biology
  • Tanya Luhrmann, Anthropology
  • Eleanor E. Maccoby,* Psychology
  • James G. March,* Political Science, Sociology, Business
  • Ellen Markman, Psychology
  • Hazel Markus, Psychology
  • Todd J. Martinez, Chemistry, Photon Science
  • Douglas McAdam, Sociology
  • Susan McConnell, Biological Sciences
  • Peter F. Michelson, Physics
  • Paul R. Milgrom, Economics
  • Terry M. Moe, Political Science, Hoover Institution
  • William E. Moerner, Chemistry
  • Harold Mooney,* Biological Sciences
  • Franco Moretti, English, Comparative Literature
  • William T. Newsome, Psychology, Neurobiology
  • Stephen Orgel, English
  • Donald S. Ornstein,* Mathematics
  • Douglas Osheroff,* Physics
  • Stuart Parkin, consulting professor, Applied Physics
  • George C. Papanicolaou, Mathematics
  • Marjorie Perloff,* English
  • John R. Perry,* Philosophy
  • Monika Piazzesi, Economics
  • Robert Proctor, History
  • Jack N. Rakove, History
  • Arnold Rampersad,* English
  • Sean F. Reardon, Sociology, Education 
  • Condoleezza Rice, Political Science
  • John R. Rickford, Linguistics
  • Douglas Rivers, Political Science
  • Paul Robinson,* History
  • Renato Rosaldo,* Anthropology

  • John Ross,* Chemistry
  • Lee D. Ross, Psychology
  • Joan Roughgarden,* Biological Sciences
  • Scott Sagan, Political Science
  • Richard Saller, Classics, History
  • Londa L. Schiebinger, History of Science
  • Richard Schoen,* Mathematics
  • Ilya R. Segal, Economics
  • Gary Michael Segura, Political Science
  • Carla Shatz, Biological Sciences, Neurology
  • James J. Sheehan,* History
  • Zhi-Xun Shen, Physics
  • Stephen Shenker, Physics
  • Roger N. Shepard,* Psychology
  • John Shoven, Economics
  • David O. Siegmund, Statistics
  • Leon Simon, Mathematics
  • Paul Sniderman, Political Science
  • Edward I. Solomon, Chemistry
  • Peter Stansky,* History
  • Charles Stein,* Statistics
  • Joseph Stiglitz,* Economics
  • Leonard Susskind, Physics
  • John B. Taylor, Economics
  • Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Biology 
  • Susan Treggiari,* Classics
  • Barry Trost, Chemistry
  • Johan van Benthem, Philosophy
  • Andrew G. Walder, Sociology
  • Peter M. Vitousek, Biological Sciences
  • Brian A. Wandell, Psychology
  • Barry Weingast, Political Science, Hoover Institution
  • Paul A. Wender, Chemistry
  • Richard White, History
  • Tobias Wolff,* English
  • Allen W. Wood, Philosophy
  • Gavin Wright, Economics
  • Charles Yanofsky,* Biological Sciences
  • Richard N. Zare, Chemistry
  • Shoucheng Zhang, Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
  • Philip G. Zimbardo,* Psychology
  • Arnold Zwicky, adjunct professor, Linguistics

*Emeritus