This list of University of Pittsburgh faculty includes instructors, researchers, and administrators of the University of Pittsburgh, a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Arts and entertainment
Geri Allen (A&S 1983G, faculty 2013–2017) – jazz composer, educator, and pianist
F. Curtis Canfield (faculty 1967–73) – theater director and drama professor
Caitlin Clarke – theater and film actress; theatre teacher
David Dalessandro (administrator) – screenwriter of 2006 thriller Snakes on a Plane Nathan Davis (faculty 1969–2013) – jazz musician Terrance Hayes (MFA 1997, faculty 2013–present) – poet whose books have won such awards as the National Book Award for Poetry and the National Poetry Series Chuck Kinder (faculty 1980–2014) – is an American novelist. Carl Kurlander (faculty) – Hollywood screenwriter, television writer/producer, and author Jeanne Marie Laskas (MFA 1986, faculty 2001–present) – journalist/writer, author of Concussion, GQ correspondent Nicole Mitchell (faculty 2019–present) – American jazz flautist and composer Joe Negri (faculty) – jazz guitarist and educator Ed Ochester – professor, poet, and editor Rob Penny – professor, poet, and playwright Christopher Rawson (faculty) – writer and theater critic Ed Roberson (A&S 1970, faculty) – poet Rebecca Skloot (MFA, faculty) – freelance science writer; best selling author; specializes in science and medicine Terry Smith – art historian, art critic, and artist Jack Stauber – YouTuber, musician, singer-songwriter, designer, and animator Franklin Toker (faculty) – architectural historian and author
Business and economics
Alvin E. Roth (faculty 1982–1998) – Nobel Prize-winning economist; Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics Jagdish Sheth (Katz 1962, 1966; faculty 1973–1974) – business consultant; Albert Frey Professor of Marketing
History
Barbara Stern Burstin (faculty) – Holocaust scholar and author
Paul Russell Cutright (PhD, faculty) – American historian and biologist
Robert Donnorummo – Senior Research Associate and Associate Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies Seymour Drescher (faculty) – historian known for his work on Alexis de Tocqueville and slavery Hugh Kearney (faculty) – British historian Irina Livezeanu (faculty) – historian of Eastern Europe and the Holocaust Patrick Manning (faculty) – specialist in world and African history, including migration and the African diaspora David Montgomery (former faculty) – historian specializing in U.S. labor history Diego Olstein (PhD, faculty) - current chair of the history department (as of March 2023), also known for his work on Medieval Europe and world history Marcus Rediker (faculty) – George Washington Book Prize and Merle Curti Award-winning historian
History and Philosophy of Science
Michael R. Dietrich (PhD 1991, faculty) – Professor, History and Philosophy of Biology John Earman – (Emeritus Distinguished Professor) – Philosopher of Physics, collaborator on the hole argument James G. Lennox – (Emeritus Professor) – History and Philosophy of Biology Edouard Machery (PhD 2004, faculty) – Distinguished Professor, History and Philosophy of Psychology Stephen Manuck - Distinguished Professor of Psychology Sandra Mitchell (PhD 1987, faculty) – Distinguished Professor, History and Philosophy of Biology John D. Norton (PhD 1981, faculty) – Distinguished Professor, History and Philosophy of Physics Robert Olby – (Emeritus Professor) – History of Biology