Duke Awards Distinguished Professorships, Inducts New Bass Society Members
Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 13 members of its faculty. Another five were inducted into the Bass Society of Fellows for Excellence in Teaching and Research.
The professors were recognized at a May 3 dinner at Penn Pavilion on West Campus.
The recipients are:
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Mark B.N. Hansen, James B. Duke Professor of Literature, effective July 1, 2017
Anne D. Yoder, Braxton Craven Professor of Evolutionary Biology, effective July 1, 2017
Nicholas School of the Environment
Daniel Rittschof, Norman L. Christensen Professor of Environmental Sciences, effective July 1, 2017
School of Law
Lisa K. Griffin, Candace M. Carroll and Leonard B. Simon Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2017
Carolyn McAllaster, Colin W. Brown Clinical Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2017
Darrell A.H. Miller, Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2017
Sanford School of Public Policy
Judith Kelley, ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy Studies, effective July 1, 2017
Bruce R. Kuniholm, University Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy, effective July 1, 2017
William A. Pizer, Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy, effective July 1, 2017
School of Medicine
Jiaoti Huang, Endowed Department Chair of Pathology, effective July 1, 2017
William E. Kraus, Richard & Pat Johnson University Professor of Cardiology, effective July 1, 2017
William Maixner, Joannes H. Karis, M.D. Professor of Anesthesiology, effective July 1, 2017
Maria A. Schumacher, Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Biochemistry, effective July 1, 2017
New Inductees to the Bass Society of Fellows for Excellence in Teaching and Research
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Emily S. Bernhardt, Jerry G. and Patricia Hubbard Professor of Biology, effective July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022
Lenhard Ng, Eads Family Professor of Mathematics, July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021
Sanford School of Public Policy
Kristin A. Goss, Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor of Public Policy, effective July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Marc A. Sommer, W.H. Gardner Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022
Nicholas School of the Environment
Joel Meyer, Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Associate Professor of Molecular Environmental Toxicology, effective July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022