Name droppers: Academy adds four from UCD Shares Four professors from UC Davis have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Established in 1780, the academy includes Americans with accomplishments in a wide range of fields, including scientists, artists, performers, poets and political leaders. The newly elected members from UCD are Robert Feenstra of the department of economics, College of Letters and Science; Jodi Nunnari or the department of molecular and cellular biology, College of Biological Sciences; Andrés Reséndez of the department of history, College of Letters and Science; and Geerat Vermeij of the department of earth and planetary sciences, College of Letters and Science.