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Board of Trustees Professorships

2020

Anne Britt, Department of Psychology

2019

July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2024

Kathleen McFadden, Department of Operations Management and Information Systems

2018

July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2023

Dan Gebo, Department of Anthropology
Philipe Piot, Department of Physics

2017

July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2022

Heide Fehrenbach, Department of History
Ross Powell, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Reed Scherer, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

2016

July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2021

Amy Newman, Department of English

2015

July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2020

John Skowronski, Department of Psychology

2014

July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2024

Laura Vazquez, Department of Communication
David Hedin, Department of Physics

2013

July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2018

Dan Gebo, Department of Anthropology
Paul Kelter, Department of Literacy Education
Zhili Xiao, Department of Physics

2012

July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2017

Heide Fehrenbach, Department of History
Chhiu-Tsu “C.T.” Lin, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Reed Scherer, Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences

2011

July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2016

Jeffrey Chown, Department of Communication
John Hartmann, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Gerald Jensen, Department of Finance

2010

July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2015

Dave Changnon, Department of Geography
Ross Powell, Department of Geology
Pam Smith, School of Business

2009

July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2014

Dave Hedin, Department of Physics
William Baker, Department of English
Ronald Carter, School of Music

2008

July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2013

Daniel L. Gebo, Department of Anthropology
Narayan S. Hosmane, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Christine D. Worobec, Department of History

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