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Penn's PIK Professors
| What is a PIK Professor? | PIK stands for Penn Integrates Knowledge, an initiative conceived by President Gutmann to recruit scholars whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge. These scholars hold endowed professorships and joint appointments between Penn's schools. | |
| Why are PIK Professors important? | The most challenging questions and problems of our time cannot be addressed by one discipline or profession. To comprehend our complex world, we must better integrate the knowledge and the tools from different disciplines and professional perspectives in our research and teaching. feature article: "Proof of Concept" Penn's goal: to achieve a truly successful partnership between arts and sciences that will benefit our students, our society, and our world. Recruiting and retaining superb faculty members is a key Campaign Priority. | |
Who are the PIK Professors? so far... | ||
 |  | John L. Jackson Jr. : anthropology + filmmaking a cultural anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, this Richard Perry University Professor holds appointments at the Annenberg School for Communication and School of Arts and Sciences, with affiliation to the Center for Africana Studies bio | feature |
 |  | Jonathan Moreno : medicine + ethics a biomedical ethicist, this David and Lyn Silfen University Professor holds appointments in medical ethics in the Perelman School of Medicine and in the history and sociology of science in SAS bio | feature | interview |
 |  | Christopher B. Murray : chemistry + engineering |
 |  | Adrian Raine : psychology + neuroscience a psychologist and neuroscientist known for integrating varied perspectives to predict violent behavior, this Richard Perry University Professor holds appointments in the Department of Criminology of SAS and in the Department of Psychiatry of the Perelman School of Medicine |
 |  | Philippe Bourgois : medicine + anthropology a medical anthropologist, this Richard Perry University Professor holds appointments in the Department of Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine |
 |  | Sarah Tishkoff : genetics + biology a leading global expert in human genetics, this David and Lyn Silfen University Associate Professor shares appointments between the Department of Genetics in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Department of Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences bio | feature | news | news | news | slideshow |
 |  | Robert Ghrist : mathematics + engineering an expert at applying mathematical methods to real-world engineering challenges, this Andrea Mitchell University Professor holds joint appointments in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Department of Mathematics in the School of Arts and Sciences |
 |  | John Gearhart : biology + medicine a renowned researcher in regenerative medicine, this James W. Effron University Professor shares appointments between the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Department of Animal Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine |
 |  | Karen Glanz : epidemiology + health psychology a globally influential public-health scholar who specializes in the impact of behavior on health, this George A. Weiss University Professor shares appointments between the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Nursing, and will lead a new center focused on research and training in health behaviors -- the Center for Health Behavior Research bio | news | feature: Q+A | video |
 |  | Shelley Berger : genetics + biochemistry a world-renowned genetics researcher, this Daniel S. Och University Professor shares appointments between the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Department of Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences bio | news |
 |  | Barbara Mellers : psychology, behavioral economics, justice a globally recognized scholar of judgment and decision-making, this I. George Heyman University Professor shares appointments between the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Marketing in The Wharton School bio | news |
 |  | Philip Tetlock : psychology, politics, organizational behavior an award-winning scholar of political psychology and organizational behavior, this Leonore Annenberg University Professor shares appointments between the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Management in The Wharton School bio | news |
 |  | Ezekiel J. Emanuel : medical ethics + health policy and health care management one of the world’s leading scholars of bioethics and the vice provost for global initiatives, this Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor shares appointments between the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, which he will chair in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Department of Health Care Management in the Wharton School |
 |  | Dorothy Roberts : law + sociology, ethics, race and gender studies an award-winning teacher and scholar who writes and speaks about some of the most important and challenging issues facing our society, including civil rights, reproductive rights, poverty, child welfare and family law, this George A. Weiss University Professor shares appointments between the Penn Law School, where she will also be the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander ED’18, GR’21, L’27 Professor of Civil Rights, and the department of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences |