Eleven faculty members have been appointed to named chairs.

At the start of the 2022-23 academic year, the following 11 Williams College faculty members have received named chair positions:

• Christopher Bolton, Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of Comparative and Japanese Literature
• Stephen Freund, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Computer Science
• Alexandra Garbarini, Charles R. Keller Professor of History
• William Gentry, Carl Van Duyne Professor of Economics
• Marjorie Hirsch, Class of 1924 Professor of Music
• Nicole Mellow, Ephraim Williams Professor of Political Science
• Peter Pedroni, William Brough Professor of Economics
• Olga Shevchenko, Paul H. Hunn `55 Professor in Social Studies
• Thomas Smith, J. Hodge Markgraf ’52 Professor of Chemistry
• Carmen Whalen, Carl W. Vogt ’58 Professor of History
• Safa Zaki, John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology