Na Universidade Duke o título James B. Duke Professor é dado a um grupo restrito de professores com currículo extraordinário.
Atuais James B. Duke Professors David Aers — inglês e teologia históricaDavid Aers, Faculty Database. Hashim M. Al-Hashimi — bioquímica Dan Ariely — economia comportamentalDan Ariely, The Fuqua School of Business. Robert Behringer — físicaRobert P. Behringer, Duke Physics. Vann Bennett — biologia celular, bioquímica, neurociênciaVann Bennett, Department of Cell Biology. Lorena Beese — bioquímicaLorena Beese, Duke University School of Medicine. Richard Brennan — bioquímica, Duke University School of Medicine Allen Buchanan — política públicaAllen Buchanan, Faculty Database. Linda Burton — sociologiaLinda Burton, Sociology at Duke. Blanche Capel — biologia celularBlanche Capel, Department of Cell Biology. Marc Caron — biologia celularMarc Caron, Department of Cell Biology. Patrick J. Casey — farmacologia e biologia do cãncer Bryan CullenBryan Cullen's lab website — virologiaBryan Cullen, Duke University Medical Center. Bruce Donald — ciência da computação e bioquímicaBruce Donald, Duke University Medical Center. Rick Durrett — matemáticaRick Durrett, Department of Mathematics. Victor Dzau — medicinaVictor Dzau, Duke Medicine. Harold P. Erickson — biologia celular Owen Flanagan — filosofiaOwen Flanagan, Faculty Database. Alan Enoch Gelfand — estatística e ciência da decisão Joseph C. Greenfield — medicina Mark B.N. Hansen — literatura, arte, história da arte e visual studies Joseph Heitman — genética molecular, microbiologia, patogênese microbial e micologiaJoseph Heitman, Duke University Medical Center. Homme Hellinga — bioquímica, Duke University School of Medicine Karla Holloway — inglês, direito e estudos afro-americanos, Faculty Database. Donald L. Horowitz — direito e ciência políticaDonald L. Horowitz, Duke Law Faculty. Jerry Hough — ciência políticaJerry Hough, Faculty Database. Jack Keene - biologia do RNAJack Keene, Duke University Medical Center. Garnett H. Kelsoe — imunologia Robert Keohane — ciência políticaRobert Keohane, Duke University Political Science. Sally Kornbluth — farmacologiaSally Kornbluth, Duke University Medical Center. Rachel Kranton — economia Robert Lefkowitz — bioquímicaRobert Lefkowitz, Duke Medical Center Library & Archives. Kam W. Leong — engenharia biomédicaKam W. Long, Duke Biomedical Engineering. Daniel J. Lew — farmacologia e biologia do câncer Douglas Marchuk — genética e microbiologia Paul L. Modrich — bioquímicaPaul Modrich, Duke Biochemistry. Toril Moi — literaturaToril Moi, Faculty Database. Berndt Mueller — físicaBerndt Mueller, Duke Physics. John R. Perfect — medicina Kenneth D. Poss — biologia celular Anne E. Pusey — antropologia evolucionária, Evolutionary Anthropology Jane S. Richardson — bioquímicaJane Richardson, Duke Biochemistry. Guillermo Sapiro, engenharia elétrica David G Schaeffer - matemáticaDavid G. Schaeffer, Department of Mathematics. David Smith, engenharia elétrica Ralph Snyderman — medicina J. E. R. Staddon — psicologiaJohn Staddon, Faculty Database. Steven Vogel — biologiaSteven Vogel, Biology Department. Warren S. Warren — químicaWarren S. Warren, Duke Biomedical Engineering. Robert Winkler — teoria da decisão, Duke Fuqua. Ingrid Daubechies — matemática
James B. Duke Professors Emeriti Orrin H. Pilkey — ciências da terraOrrin H. Pilkey, Nicholas School of the Environment.
Former James B. Duke Professors Ralph J. Braibanti — ciência políticaRalph Braibanti, Expert on Islamic-Western Relations, Dies, Duke Today. Louis J. Budd — literatura inglesaLouis J. Bud, Faculty Database. Leonard Carlitz — matemática John Shelton Curtiss — história Wallace Fowlie — literatura francesa () John Hope Franklin — históriaBiography of John Hope Franklin, Duke University Libraries. Craufurd Goodwin — economiaEconomist Craufurd Goodwin, Former Graduate School Dean, Dies at Age 82. Allen C. Kelley — economiaAllen Kelley, Duke University Economics. Paul J. Kramer — biologiaInventory of the Paul Jackson Kramer Papers, 1856 - 1994 (bulk 1927-1974), Duke University Libraries. Reynolds Price — literatura inglesaReynolds Price, Faculty Database. Knut Schmidt-Nielsen — biologiaAnimal Physiology Expert Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Dies , Duke Today. Joseph J. Spengler — economiaSpengler Recalled as Caring Teacher, Economics at Duke (Volume 14, No. 1, Winter 1991/1992). David R. Morrison — matemática Sarah H. Lisanby — medicina