Recent Honors for SIPA Faculty

Mahmood Mamdani, Jagdish Bhagwati, and Bentley MacLeod earn honors.

▪ Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, received an honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. More›

▪ Jagdish Bhagwati, Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences on May 1. More›

Bhagwati was also named a National Research Professor by the government of India. This prestigious professorship was instituted in 1949 and honors only a select few extraordinarily distinguished scholars.

▪ Bentley MacLeod, Sami Mnaymneh Professor of Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. This prestigious fellowship is awarded to those who have made contributions of unusual distinction in the field of labor economics.