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Professor
Elaine Hsieh
Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, University of Minnesota
Earned Ph.D. in health communication from Illinois
Pinshane Huang
UI professor of materials science and engineering
Ivan Racheff Faculty Scholar
David Ikenberry
Professor of finance and former dean
University of Colorado
Stan Ikenberry
UI’s 14th president, 1979-95
Longest-serving president
Petros Ioannou
USC Professor of Electrical Engineering Systems
Director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies
Kenneth David Jackson
Professor of Portuguese
Yale
Ron Jacobs
UI professor
Education policy, organization & leadership
Vikram Jandhyala
VP, innovation strategy
University of Washington
Laura Jennings
Associate professor of sociology
University of South Carolina Upstate
Jeff Johanns
Lecturer of accounting
University of Texas
Donald Johanson
Paleoanthropologist
Discovered Lucy skeleton
Eric Johnson
UI professor
College of Law
Michelle Johnson
Associate professor of anthropology
Bucknell University
Royel Johnson
Assistant professor
Penn State
Susan Johnson
ACES Award of Merit
U of Colorado professor
Victoria Johnson
Professor of film and media studies
University of California-Irvine
Alexandra Jones
Director of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Undergraduate Program, University of Maryland
Earned two UI degrees in atmospheric sciences and meteorology (master’s in 2010, Ph.D. in 2015)
Kim Judson
Professor of marketing
Illinois State University
Steve Kang
Former UI engineering dean
Silicon Valley Hall of Famer
Tim Kearley
Professor emeritus of law
University of Wyoming
Gary Kebbel
Ex-AOL news director
Now a Nebraska professor
Mark Kesler
Founded O’Malley’s
Parkland business instructor
Kim Kidwell
Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives
Dean, College of ACES, 2016-21
Anna Kindler
Professor, former provost
University of British Columbia
