Honors and Awards
Outstanding Faculty
The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs recognizes the contributions of outstanding faculty through a variety of academic awards and honors.
Faculty awards are an important component of faculty development and advancement. Awards can be beneficial to faculty at all stages of their career.
Faculty Senate manages several faculty awards and honors. Please visit, Faculty Senate for the list of awards managed by the Faculty Senate.
Dean Emeritus
Abdelsamad, Moustafa H. | College of Business
Bakke, Ruth M. | College of Science and Technology
Canales, JoAnn | College of Graduate Studies
Cox, Robert L. | College of Education & Human Development
Hamilton, Mary Jane | College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Hain, Paul | College of Arts and Humanities
Knull, Harvey | Dean of Graduate Studies
Marinez, Diana | College of Science and Engineering
Richards, John M. | College of Business
Wagenschein, Miriam | College of Arts and Humanities
Faculty Emeritus
Baldwin, Sarah | Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Barnes, Stephen S. | Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Berkebile, Alan | Professor Emeritus of Geology
Benibo, Bilaye | Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Bezdek, Robert | Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Billeaux, David | Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Blanke, David | Professor Emeritus of History
Bray, Christell O. | Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Cameron, Paul | Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Carpenter, John M. | Professor Emeritus of Management
Carrillo, Leonardo | Professor Emeritus of Mexican American Studies
Carroll, Patrick | Professor Emeritus of History
Cassidy, Jack | Professor Emeritus of Reading
Chopin, Suzzette | Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences
Cox, Catherine | Professor Emeritus of English
Cross, Wilton Ray | Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership
Dube, Leon F. | Professor Emeritus of Management and Marketing
Drum, Randell | Professor Emeritus of Education
Ellzey, Roy S. | Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Freeman, Janice R. | Professor Emeritus of Biology
Freeman, Joyce F. | Professor Emeritus of Biology
Goodman, Nancy T. | Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Hain, Paul | Professor Emeritus of Public Administration
Hall, Steven D. | Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Haswell, Janis | Professor Emeritus of English
Haswell, Richard | Professor Emeritus of English
Haynes, Herbert R. | Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Hormozi, Amir | Professor Emeritus of Operations Management
Howard, Ronald M. | Professor Emeritus of Education
Huie, William "Bill" | Professor Emeritus of Communication
Irwin, Charles D. | Professor Emeritus of Management
Joyner, Betty C. | Professor Emeritus of Management
Katz, Louis H. | Professor Emeritus of Art and Design
Knight, Earnest Leon | Professor Emeritus of Marketing
Kouzekanani, Kamiar | Professor Emeritus of Education and Quantitative Methods
Layman, Eve L. | Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing and Health Sciences
Lehman, Roy L. | Professor Emeritus of Biology
Logsdon, Sam | Professor Emeritus of Music
Lucero, Margaret | Professor Emeritus of Management
Lucido, Frank A. | Professor Emeritus of Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning, Sciences
Luna, J. Don | Professor Emeritus of Theatre
Maroney, Robert E. | Professor Emeritus of Education
McDonald, Claudia L. | Associate Vice President Emeritus
McKee, David | Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology
McLaughlin, Richard | Professor Emeritus of Coastal and Marine Policy and Law
McMinn, Robert D. | Professor Emeritus of Economics
Mead, David | Professor Emeritus of English
Meyer, Pamela Slaughter | Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Meyer, Patricia | Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education
Middleton, Karen L. | Professor Emeritus of Management and Marketing
Norrell, Clarence L. | Professor Emeritus of Education
Peeples, Donna K. | Professor Emeritus of Management and Marketing
Pennington, Marie | Associate Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology
Purdy, Ross | Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Riley, Barbara | Professor Emeritus of Art
Rios, Jo Marie | Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration
Reuter, Gregory R. | Professor Emeritus of Art and Design
Sanders, Jana M. | Professor Emeritus of Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning, Sciences
Sefcik, Elizabeth F. | Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Shepperd, Richard | Professor Emeritus of Occupational Training and Development
Shirley, Thomas | Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology
Spencer, Marilyn K. | Professor Emeritus of Economics
Spencer, Martha | Professor Emeritus of Education
Sterba-Boatwright, Blair | Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Stevenson, John W. | Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Sutherland, Judith | Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Tarazaga, Pablo | Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Trevino, Albert D. | Professor Emeritus of Education
Tunnell, John "Wes" | Professor Emeritus of Biology
Villarreal, Javier | Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Vokurka, Robert | Professor Emeritus of Operations Management
Wagenschein, Miriam | Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Weiner, Lawrence | Professor Emeritus of Music and Composer-in-Residence Emeritus
Whitmire, Ray | Professor Emeritus of Finance
Wells, Tim J. | Professor Emeritus of Teaching Education
Zebda, M. Awni | Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Zimba, Paul V. | Professor Emeritus of Life Sciences
The purpose of the Regents Professor Award of The Texas A&M University System is to honor individuals at the rank of professor or equivalent whose performance as faculty members not only to their institution, agency or health science center component, but also to the community, the State of Texas, and/or at the international level has been exemplary.
Chuleeporn “Nikki” Changchit (2022)
Professor of Management Information Systems
Frank Spaniol (2021)
Professor of Kinesiology
Gregory Stunz (2020)
Professor of Marine Biology
Elizabeth Sefcik (2019)
Professor of Nursing
Robert L. Smith (2018)
Professor of Counseling and Educational Psychology
Pamela Brouillard (2017)
Professor of Psychology
Marilyn K. Spencer (2016)
Professor of Economics
Paul Montagna (2015)
Professor of Ecosystems and Modeling
Donald Deis (2014)
Professor of Accounting
Bryant Griffith (2013)
Professor of Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction
Jim Lee (2012)
Professor of Economics
Pamela Meyer (2011)
Professor of Sociology
Robb Jackson (2010)
Professor of English
Awni M. Zebda (2009)
Professor of Accounting
Robert A. Wooster (2008)
Professor of History
Suzzette Chopin (2006)
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Dorothy McClellan (2005)
Professor of Criminal Justice
Mark W. Anderson (2004)
Professor of Art
Leon F. Dube (2003)
Professor of Marketing
Robert Bezdek (2002)
Professor of Political Science
C. Alan Berkebile (2001)
Professor of Geology
Philip W. Rhoades (2000)
Professor of Criminal Justice
Richard E. Shepperd (1999)
Professor of Education
Jane Wilhour (1998)
Professor of Education
John W. Tunnell Jr. (1997)
Professor of Biology