Johnston Distinguished Professors, 2011-2012
- Robert Allen, American Studies, James L. Godfrey Distinguished Professor
- William Andrews, English, E. Maynard Adams Distinguished Professor
- Donald Baucom, Psychology, Richard Simpson Distinguished Professor
- Kerry Bloom, Biology, Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor
- Kenneth Bollen, Sociology, Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor
- Regina Carelli, Psychology, Stephen Baxter Distinguished Professor
- Bruce Carney, Physics and Astronomy, Samuel Baron Distinguished Professor
- Thomas Clegg, Physics and Astronomy, V. Lee Bounds Distinguished Professor
- Drew Coleman, Geological Sciences, Jaroslav Folda Distinguished Professor
- Jane Danielewicz, English, Richard Grant Hiskey Distinguished Professor
- Maryann Feldman, Public Policy, S.K. Heninger Distinguished Professor
- M. Gregory Forest, Mathematics, W. Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor
- Paul Frampton, Physics and Astronomy, Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Distinguished Professor
- Henry Fuchs, Computer Science, Frederico Gil Distinguished Professor
- Karen Gil, Psychology, Lee G. Pedersen Distinguished Professor
- Lawrence Grossberg, Communication Studies, Morris Davis Distinguished Professor
- Philip Gura, English, William S. Newman Distinguished Professor
- Kathleen M. Harris, Sociology, James Haar Distinguished Professor
- Jonathan Hartlyn, Political Science, Kenneth Reckford Distinguished Professor
- Clayton Koelb, Germanic Languages, Guy B. Johnson Distinguished Professor
- Jason Lieb, Biology, Beverly W. Long Distinguished Professor
- Stefan Litwin, Music, George A. Kennedy Distinguished Professor
- James Stephen Marron, Statistics and Operations Research, Amos Hawley Distinguished Professor
- Christopher Martens, Marine Sciences, William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor
- John Nadas, Music, James L. Godfrey Distinguished Professor
- Peter Ornstein, Psychology, F. Stuart Chapin Distinguished Professor
- Roberta A. (Bobbi) Owen, Dramatic Art, Michael R. McVaugh Distinguished Professor
- Louis Perez, History, J. Carlyle Sitterson Distinguished Professor
- Donald Raleigh, History, Jay Richard Judson Distinguished Professor
- Donald Reid, History, Alan Feduccia Distinguished Professor
- Michael Reiter, Computer Science, Lawrence M. Slifkin Distinguished Professor
- Bereket Selassie, African and Afro-American Studies, William E. Leuchtenburg Distinguished Professor
- Elin Slavick, Art, Glen H. Elder Distinguished Professor
- Jay Smith, History, John Van Seters Distinguished Professor
- Richard Smith, Statistics and Operations Research, Mark L. Reed III Distinguished Professor
- John Stephens, Political Science, Gerhard E. Lenski, Jr. Distinguished Professor
- Alexander Varchenko, Mathematics, Ernest Eliel Distinguished Professor
- Daniel Wallace, English, J. Ross Macdonald Distinguished Professor
- Otto Zhou, Physics and Astronomy, David R. Godschalk Distinguished Professor