Faculty of Arts and Sciences

A vibrant and diverse community of teachers and scholars

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is the heart of Fordham students’ liberal arts and sciences education in the Jesuit Catholic tradition. With over 1,200 full-time and part-time faculty members, the Faculty is organized into twenty departments and a wide range of interdisciplinary programs. We provide a Core curriculum to all undergraduate students, and we support dozens of academic majors, minors, and graduate programs across Fordham’s various colleges and schools, including Fordham College at Rose Hill, Fordham College at Lincoln Center, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, and the Gabelli School of Business. Our faculty are leaders in research who regularly make significant scholarly contributions and advancements in their professional fields. Our faculty are also deeply engaged in global and national networks, as well as in the local New York City community.

Learn about the many exciting things our A&S faculty are doing, and about how the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS) supports the faculty, promoting excellence in pedagogy and scholarship

357 tenure-line faculty in A&S (as of Fall 2024)
123 full-time non-tenure line faculty in A&S (as of Fall 2024)
719 adjunct faculty across FAS-supported colleges and schools (as of Fall 2024)
2,400+ Courses 2,400+ courses in Fall 2024, across the humanities, social sciences, STEM, and the arts.


Research Spotlight

Ralph Vacca

Ralph Vacca’s, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies, recently received a major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the project, "Critical Data Stories: Co-Designing Remixing Tools with Teachers to Support Critical Data Literacy with Middle School Youth." Learn more about this project as well as other outstanding research our faculty are completing.

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Teaching Spotlight

The program “Visions of the Good in the Bronx,” which is meant to help underserved students in the borough, began last summer at Fordham from a $300,000 grant. Read how the program is continuing this summer with Lauren Kopajtic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and Nicholas Smyth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and as Stephen Grimm, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, shares his experience from last year. Learn more about this and other faculty pedagogy initiatives.

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Department & Program News

Learn more about a new bi-campus interdisciplinary Asian American Studies Minor that will begin next fall, along with a new Biochemistry Major that will make its debut at both FCRH and FCLC. Learn more about other exciting department and program news. See our complete list of departments and programs, and department contacts.


Arts & Sciences News

New Study Confirms: Leeches Can Leap

New Study Confirms: Leeches Can Leap

It turns out that leeches—or at least one species—can leap their way to their next meal. For years, many have said the blood-sucking critters can jump, but now, thanks to …

Fordham Scholars Earn Record-Breaking 15 Fulbrights

Fordham Scholars Earn Record-Breaking 15 Fulbrights

Fifteen Fordham students and alumni have been awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships for international teaching and research next year, the University’s highest one-year total ever. Awardees will travel to countries in …

New Master’s Degree to Combine Economics and Data Science

New Master’s Degree to Combine Economics and Data Science

This fall, Fordham will offer a new master’s degree in Data Science and Quantitative Economics.  The interdisciplinary degree will give students computational tools and techniques from the field of data …

Your World Awaits—and It Needs Your Help, Kennedy Tells Graduates 

Your World Awaits—and It Needs Your Help, Kennedy Tells Graduates 

Our fates are united, Joseph Patrick Kennedy III told the Fordham Class of 2024, and peace is possible when we recognize that “our pathway forward is together.” Speaking at Fordham’s …

Alumni Advice for the Class of 2024: ‘Lift Up Those Around You’ and ‘Build Strong Relationships’

Alumni Advice for the Class of 2024: ‘Lift Up Those Around You’ and ‘Build Strong Relationships’

For the Class of 2024, May 18 is graduation day, but it’s far from the end of their Fordham journey. They’ll automatically join the Fordham University Alumni Association, a global network …

New Class Highlights Cities’ Role in Fighting Climate Change

New Class Highlights Cities’ Role in Fighting Climate Change

If humanity is going to survive climate change, many of the solutions are going to come from cities.  Urban areas are currently home to 55% of the world’s population, according …

Journalism Student Selected for Report for America Corps

Journalism Student Selected for Report for America Corps

David Escobar, FCRH ’23, a graduate student in Fordham’s public media master’s program, will join Report for America Corps this summer. Over the next two years, he will report on …

Reading Philosophy with AI, Salamander Survival, and Reforestation: Grad Students Research Timely Topics

Reading Philosophy with AI, Salamander Survival, and Reforestation: Grad Students Research Timely Topics

In the first gathering of its kind, students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) gathered at the McShane Campus Center on the Rose Hill campus on April 16 to …

The Great Equalizer? Not Exactly. What We Got Wrong During the Pandemic

The Great Equalizer? Not Exactly. What We Got Wrong During the Pandemic

During the COVID pandemic, a story in the New York Times caught the eye of economics professor Troy Tassier, Ph.D. Using anonymous cell phone data, researchers showed that nearly 50% …

Can AI Promote the Greater Good? Student and Faculty Researchers Say Yes

Can AI Promote the Greater Good? Student and Faculty Researchers Say Yes

At a spring symposium, Fordham faculty and students showed how they’re putting data science and artificial intelligence to good use: applying them to numerous research questions related to health, safety, …

Caring for Our Common Home: Fordham Sustainability Spring Update

Caring for Our Common Home: Fordham Sustainability Spring Update

At the Climate Action Summit held April 8 at Rose Hill, several elected officials were on hand to celebrate Fordham’s new role as an EPA grantmaker. U.S. Senate Majority Leader …

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