After 2000

Nadya Mason joined the faculty of the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois in 2005. She became the ...

Cynthia Oliver joined the College of Fine and Applied Arts’ faculty in 2000 and is now the Director of the ...

Clair Sullivan joined the Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering Department in 2012 as the first female faculty member.  Her presence ...

Cinda Heeren received her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois in 2004, and became a senior lecturer ...

Christie Gilson received her BS in 2001 and her PhD in 2008 both in Special Education. President Barack Obama nominated ...

Carolyn Tomchik received all of her degrees from the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering in the College of ...

Barbara Wilson came to Illinois in 2000 as a faculty member in the Department of Communication. She served as Department ...

Assata Zerai came to the University of Illinois in 2002 as a faculty member in Sociology. In spring 2015, as ...

Ashlynn Stillwell joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in 2013, and is one of two female professors in the ...

Ann-Perry Witmer, nominated by over ten individuals, graduated from the University of Illinois in 2002 with a degree in Engineering ...

Alicia P. Rodriguez, an alumna of the University of Illinois, joined the Latina/Latino Studies faculty in 2003. She served as ...

Princess Imoukhuede joined the Bioengineering Department in 2012. She is bringing her passion and expertise to solving the problem of ...

Perdita Felicien graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois in 2004. She was an ...

Parisa Tabriz received her Bachelor of Science in 2005 and her Master of Science in 2007, both in Computer Science ...

Nancy Cantor became the first female Chancellor of the University of Illinois serving from 2001 to 2004. During her time ...

Isabel Molina Guzman came to campus in the early 2000s as a postdoc in Latina/Latino Studies and was hired as ...

Heidi Hurd joined the College of Law faculty at the University of Illinois in 2002, becoming the college’s first female ...

Erika Harold graduated from the University of Illinois in 2001 with an undergraduate degree in political science. As a student, ...

Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, where she began as an assistant professor ...

Yemaya Bordain received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2015, becoming ECE's first ...

Tatyana McFadden graduated in 2016 with an undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies. She competed for the USA ...

Tami Bond joined the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2003. Her research addresses the interface ...

Suja Thomas joined the College of Law faculty in 2008. Suja studies the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Amendment jury provisions, ...

Robin Wilson is Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law. She is director of the program in Family Law and ...

Rebecca Ginsburg came to the University of Illinois in 2004 as an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture. She was promoted ...

Zahra Mohaghegh joined the College of Engineering’s Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiology Engineering Department faculty around 2012, bringing a new research ...