Distinguished Professors

Each year, the Office of the Provost issues a call for nominations for promotion to the rank of Distinguished Professor. This is the highest faculty rank that the university bestows and is awarded only to a few of its most prominent faculty members A senior faculty committee is convened by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, in consultation with the Faculty Senate Operations Committee, to review nominations. Procedures for nominations are outlined in the annual call, linked below. To be considered, nominations must have the support of departmental colleagues, department chair, college dean, and must include a minimum of six external letters from prominent senior scholars, primarily at R1 universities and international equivalents. Nominating departments are responsible for obtaining external review letters, and may do so only with the approval of the relevant college dean. See the annual call for nominations for further details.

 

Full list of Distinguished Professors

2023-2024

Elaine Bearer, Pathology, School of Medicine

Matthew Campen, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Cameron Crandall, Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine

Tobias Fischer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Mala Htun, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences  Learn more

Tiffany Lee, Native American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences   Learn more

Gabriel Lopez, Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering

Xin (Robert) Luo, Marketing, Information, and Decision Science, Anderson School of Management

Robert Miller, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

2022-2023

Ivan Deutsch, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

Felisa Smith, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Pavel Lushnikov, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Rudgers, Biology, College of Arts and Science

William Shuttleworth, Neurosciences, School of Medicine

John Stormont, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering

2021-2022

Ronald Christensen, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Kimberly Page, Department of Internal Medicine

Akshay Sood, Department of Internal Medicine

Angela Wandinger-Ness, Department of Pathology

Karin Westlund-High, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Cosette Wheeler, Department of Pathology

Katie Witkiewitz, Department of Psychology

2020-2021

Lisa Broidy, Department of Sociology

Alex Buium, Department of Mathematics

Joseph Cook, Department of Biology

Laura Crossey, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Jeremy Edwards, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Fernando Garzon, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Kerry Howe, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Mary Ann Osley, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Nina Wallerstein, College of Population Health

Douglas Ziedonis, Department of Psychiatry

2019-2020

Yemane Asmerom, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Claudia Isaac, Department of Community and Regional Planning

Terry Loring, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Sherman Wilcox, Department of Linguistics

Arup Das, Division of Ophthalmology and Department of Surgery

Eve Espey, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   

Maurico Tohen, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2018-2019

Vojo Deretic, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Adrian Johnston, Department of Philosophy

Marek Osinski, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Eric Prossnitz, Department of Internal Medicine  Learn more

2017-2018

Mohamed El-Genk, Department of Nuclear Engineering

Timothy Graham, Department of History

Karl Karlstrom, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Vallabh (Raj) Shah, Department of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry

Greg Taylor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Mahmoud Taha, Department of Civil Engineering

2016-2017

Mark Burge, Department of Internal Medicine

Jian “Jim” Liu, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Neurology

Kurt Nolte, Department of Pathology and Radiology

Anil Prinja, Department of Nuclear Engineering

Jim Stone, Department of Art and Art History

Adrian Brearley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

2015-2016

Jose M. Canive, Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences

Scott Collins, Department of Biology

Martin Kirk, Department of Chemistry

Sharon Nepstad, Department of Sociology

David Whitten, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Robert Williams, Department of Family and Community Medicine

2014-2015

Arthur Bankhurst, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology

Bill Gilbert, Department of Art and Art History

Hua Guo, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Robert Sapien, Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Daniel Savage, Department of Neurosciences

Zachary Sharp, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Cheryl Willman, UNM Cancer Treatment Center

2013-2014

Scott Burchiel, Department of Pharmaceutical Studies

Kathryn Foucar, Department of Pathology

William Rayburn, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Plamen Atanassov, Department of Chemical and Biology Engineering

Lani Gunawardena, Department of Organizational, Information and Learning Sciences

Gabriel Melendez, Department of American Studies

Edl Schamiloglu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  Learn more

Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Department of Physics and Astronomy  

2012-2013

Sanjeev Arora, Department of Internal Medicine

Vince Calhoun, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Christos Christodoulou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Stephanie Forrest, Department of Computer Science

Pope L. Moseley, Department of Internal Medicine

Steven Walsh, Department of Finance and Innovation Management

2011-2012

Marianne Berwick, Department of Internal Medicine in Epidemiology

David Brookshire, Department of Economics

Jane Lancaster, Department of Anthropology

Eric Samuel Loker, Department of Biology

David Schade, Department of Internal Medicine in Endocrinology          

Victor C. Strasburger, Department of Pediatrics

Howard Yonas, Department of Neurosurgery

2010-2011

James W. Ellis, School of Law

O.C. Ferrell, Department of Marketing, Information, and Decision Science Management

Miguel Gandert, Department of Communication and Journalism

Theodore Jojola, Department of Community and Regional Planning

Enrique Lamadrid, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Virginia Scharff, Department of History

Christopher Shultis, Department of Music

David Sklar, Department of Emergency and Internal Medicine

2009-2010

No nomination/award process

2008-2009

Arthur Kaufman, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Larry A. Sklar, Department of Pathology

2007-2008

Jeffrey Brinker, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Patricia L. Crown, Department of Anthropology

Sul Kassicieh, Department of Finance and Innovation Management

Barbara McCrady, Department of Psychology

Gerald Vizenor, Department of American Studies

2006-2007

David Craven, Department of Art and Art History

Abhaya K. Datye, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering  Learn more

Larry Davis, Department of Neurology

Linda B. Hall, Department of History

Deepak Kapur, Department of Computer Science

2005-2006

Jonathan Abrams, Department of Internal Medicine in Cardiology

Keith Basso, Department of Anthropology

Steven Brueck, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics and Astronomy

Carlton Caves, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Judith Chazin-Bennahum, Department of Theater and Dance

Steven Gangestad, Department of Psychology

Fred Hashimoto, Department of Internal Medicine

Paul Hutton, Department of History

Ruth Luckasson, Department of Educational Specialties

Tey Diane Rebolledo, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Howard Waitzkin, Department of Sociology

2004-2005

Joan Bybee, Department of Linguistics

Steven Feld, Department of Anthropology and Music

Chris Garcia, Department of Political Science

Nitant Kenkre, Department of Physics and Astronomy   

Robert T. Paine, Jr., Department of Chemistry

Gary Scharnhorst, Department of English

Lawrence Guy Straus, Department of Anthropology

Eberhard Uhlenhuth, Department of Psychiatry

Prior honorees

James Brown, Department of Biology

Eric Charnov, Department of Biology

Henry Ellis, Department of Psychology

Louise Lamphere, Department of Anthropology

William Miller, Department of Psychology        

Albert Thornhill, Department of Biology