Eighteen University of California faculty are included in the 2011 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, announced today (April 19). Incoming fellows number 212.

The 212 new members join one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy studies of science and technology policy, global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and education.  

UC fellows, by campus, are:

Berkeley

• Claude S. Fischer, professor of sociology
• Martin P. Head-Gordon, professor of chemistry
• Michael I. Jordan, Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor; professor of computer science and statistics

Davis

• Linda P.B. Katehi, chancellor; professor of electrical and computer engineering; professor of women and gender studies 

UCLA

• Jeffrey H. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
• Lothar von Falkenhausen, professor of art history and archaeology; associate director, Cotsen Institute
  of Archaeology
• Stephen Campbell Yeazell, David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Riverside

• David N. Reznick, professor of biology 

San Diego

• Jean Yin Jen Wang, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Biology 

San Francisco

• Talmadge Everett King Jr., Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professor in Internal Medicine; chair, Department of Medicine
• Lewis Lee Lanier, American Cancer Society Research Professor; professor and chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; professor, Cancer Research Institute
• Kevan M. Shokat, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; professor and chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Santa Barbara

• Glenn H. Fredrickson, founding director, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials;
  Mitsubishi Chemical Chair in Functional Materials; professor of chemical engineering; professor of
  materials
• L. Gary Leal, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Ann Taves, Virgil Cordano, OFM, Professor of Catholic Studies; professor of religious studies

Santa Cruz

• Thomas Banks, Distinguished Professor of Physics
• James Clifford, professor of the history of consciousness
• James C. Zachos, professor of Earth and planetary sciences