University of Illinois in Chicago from 1978-1992 Jimenez Lai, architect, comic book artist Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences; known for analysis of economic rhetoric and critique of the role of statistical significance in economics Warren Sturgis McCulloch, professor of Psychiatry, and contributor to cybernetics movement Walter Benn Michaels, professor and chair, department of English; respected literary critic, particularly for his work on identity studies and American culture; known for the article "Against Theory", which appeared in Critical Inquiry Peter Nelson, professor, director of the Artificial Intelligence laboratory, Dean of the University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering S. Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology, UIC School of Public Health; biodemographer known for his research on the upper limits to human aging and longevity and his efforts to inform the public about products that claim to reverse or stop the aging process; lead author of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging; recipient of two Independent Science Awards from the National Institute on Aging; Fulbright Senior Specialist Dan Peterman, Professor of Art and Art History, distinguished environmental artist. Anna C. Roosevelt, Professor of Anthropology, archaeologist and 1988 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Kenneth Saltman, Professor of Educational Policy Studies Jennifer Reeder, Associate Professor of Moving Image Sally Sedgwick, distinguished professor of philosophy Susan Sensemann, Professor Emerita, School of Art and Design, former Director of Graduate Studies, Acting Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies, distinguished artist Bhama Srinivasan, mathematician known for her work in the representation theory of finite groups, professor emerita of the Department of Math Statistics and Computer Science Deborah Stratman, Professor of Art and Art History, experimental film maker Richard Thieme, ex-priest, technology commentator Michael Trenary, professor of Chemistry Luís Alberto Urrea, poet, novelist, essayist, professor of English Pauline Lipman, education scholar focused on neoliberalism and education reform Venkat Venkatakrishnan, computer security researcher, professor of computer science, and interim director of research at the Discovery Partners Institute Anne Winters, poet, leftist, professor of English Xiaofeng Zhou, assistant professor, Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases; internationally known oral cancer researcher Alumni Academia Anne Allison, professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University, specializing in contemporary Japanese society Nancy Cartwright, PhD, professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and the University of California at San Diego, and a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship Michele Dauber, 1993, law professor at the Stanford Law School. William A.