2012

FALL RECEPTION
Monday, October 8th
4:00 6:30 p.m.

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center Hagler Auditorium

Program
Welcome Performance by the Cassatt String Quartet Deans Remarks Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Awards Vision 2020 Graduate Fellows Rothrock Fellows Cornerstone Fellows Endowed Faculty Appointments Recognition of Dr. George Bass Welcome to New Faculty Reception

Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Awards, 2012

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Suzanne Eckert

Associate Professor of Russian

Elisabeth T. Rich

Associate Professor of History

Adam R. Seipp

2012 Vision 2020 Graduate Fellows

Nathan B. Favero, Political Science Kendall Funk, Political Science Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis, Communication Megan L. Greenfelder, Anthropology Maria Gil Poisa, Hispanic Studies

2012 Rothrock Fellows

Associate Professor of Psychology

Steve Balsis

Associate Professor of English

Britt Mize

Ke-Li Xu Associate Professor of Economics

2012 Cornerstone Fellows

Professor of Psychology

John F. Edens

Professor of Sociology

Harland Prechel

Professor of Anthropology

Lori Wright

Endowed Faculty Appointments

Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching Alfred F. Chalk Professorship in Economics Sara and John Lindsey Professorship in Liberal Arts Crawley Family Foundation Faculty Fellowship in Music

Chester S. Dunning
Professor of History

Professor of Economics

Guoqiang Tian

Professor of Economics

Catherine Coleman Eckel

Jayson Beaster-Jones
Assistant Professor of Music and Performance Studies

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Nautical Archaeology Founder, Institute of Nautical Archaeology Elected 2012 fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

George F. Bass

2012-2013 New Liberal Arts Faculty

Mary Campbell
Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D., 2004, University of WisconsinMadison Expertise: attitudes toward multiracial individuals and relationships; racial inequality in educational achievement,in the legal profession, and in health outcomes in hospitals

Violet M. Showers Johnson

Professor of History and Director, Africana Studies Program Ph.D., 1992, Boston College Expertise: race and ethnicity, immigration and migration in the U.S., Africa, and the Caribbean

Natalie Khazaal

Catherine Coleman Eckel

Professor of Economics Sara and John Lindsey Professor in Liberal Arts Ph.D., 1983, University of Virginia Expertise: experimental economics, microeconomics, public economics

Assistant Professor of International Studies (Arabic) Ph.D., 2007, University of California, Los Angeles Expertise: Arab culture and media

Steven Maren

Pat Rubio Goldsmith

Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D., 1999, University of Arizona Expertise: race and ethnicity, school neighborhood segregation, human rights issues relating to U.S./Mexican border

Professor of Psychology (Neuroscience) Ph.D., 1993, University of California, Los Angeles Expertise: behavioral and cellular neuroscience, neurobiology of learning and memory

University Awards
Texas A&M University Professorships for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence

Professor of English

Dennis Berthold

Professor of Political Science

Kim Quaile Hill

Texas A&M University Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Michael R. Waters
Professor of Anthropology

University Honors Program 2012 Honors Teacher-Scholar Jyotsna Vaid

Professor of Psychology

Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar Steve Balsis

Associate Professor of Psychology

Faculty Promotions (effective Sept. 1, 2012)

Promotion to Professor

Sharon L. Gursky
Anthropology

Luis Filipe Vieira de Castro

Anthropology

Lori E. Wright
Anthropology

Maura Carey Ives

English

International Studies

Federica Ciccolella

Cynthia A. Bouton
History

Andrew J. Kirkendall
History

Gregory F. Pappas
Philosophy

Faculty Promotions (effective Sept. 1, 2012)

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

Srividya Ramasubramanian
Communication

Economics

Ke-Li Xu

Shona N. Jackson
English

Britt Mize
English

Glenn A. Chambers
History

Michael T. Koch
Political Science

Christine S. Lipsmeyer
Political Science

Diego A. von Vacano

Political Science

Steve Balsis
Psychology

Marisol Perez
Psychology

Wendy Leo Moore

Sociology

Nancy Plankey Videla

Sociology

Promotion to Instructional Associate Professor

Promotion to Senior Lecturer

Rachel Hull
Psychology

International Studies

George Adams

Ines Degnon Golsan

International Studies

National and International Awards and Honors (2011-2012 academic year)

Christopher H. Berry
Assistant Professor of Industrial/ Organizational Psychology

Ted Goebel

Professor of Anthropology

2012 Early Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Management Human Resources Division

Distinguished Lecturer, presented by the scientific research society Sigma Xi

James C. Bradford
Professor of History

Mark Hoekstra

Associate Professor of Economics

Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair in Naval Heritage, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 2012

Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research

Deborah Carlson

Craig Kallendorf

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sara W. and George O. Yamini Fellow

Professor of English and Classics

Elected President of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology

Fellowship for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities

Joseph G. Dawson III

Professor of History

Randy Kluver

Associate Professor of Communication

Charles B. Ewing Chair of Military History, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, 2012

U.S.-Korea International Education Administrator Seminar award from the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Eduardo Espina

Professor of Hispanic Studies

Claire Katz

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 2010-2011

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, Womens and Gender Studies

Copeland Fellow, AmherstCollege, 2011-2012

Mark A. Fossett

Professor of Sociology and Director, Texas Census Research Data Center

Brian McAllister Linn

Elected President, Southwestern Sociological Association

Ralph R. Thomas Professor in Liberal Arts, History

Edwin H. Simmons Award for Distinguished Service Society of Military History, 2012

National and International Awards and Honors (2011-2012 academic year)

Jonathan Meer
Assistant Professor of Economics

Linda Radzik

CASE H.S. Warwick Award for Outstanding Research in Alumni Relations for Educational Advancement, 2012 Kenneth J. Meier

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Alexander von Humbolt Foundation Research Fellowship for work in residence at the Eberhard Karls Universitt, Tbingen, Germany, 2011-2012 Larry J. Reynolds

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science

2011 H. George Frederickson Award by the Public Management Research Association for lifetime achievement and continuous contributions to public management research over an extended career Christopher Menzel

University Distinguished Professor of English

Elected president of the Margaret Fuller Society, 2012-2014 Daniel L. Schwartz

Assistant Professor of History Associate Professor of Philosophy

Visiting Research Fellow at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities

Brian H. Stagner Leslie Charles Morey

Professor of Clinical Psychology

Clinical Professor of Psychology

2012 Walter G. Klopfer Award from the Society for Personality Assessment

2012 Karl F. Heiser American Psychological Association Presidential Award for Advocacy

Ada Palmer

Katherine Unterman

Assistant Professor of History

Assistant Professor of History

Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Fellowship, 2011

J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History Library of Congress and the American Historical Association

Jason C. Parker

Associate Professor of History

Cynthia Ann Werner

Truman Scholars Award, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, 2011

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology

Elected President of the Central Eurasian Studies Society

Leadership Appointments, 2012

Department Heads
Harris M. Berger
Head, Department of Performance Studies

Centers, Institutes, Programs

Violet M. Showers Johnson
Director, Africana Studies Program and Professor of History

Steven M. Oberhelman

Other
Kirsten Pullen
Director, Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts

Interim Head, Department of Hispanic Studies

Robert R. Shandley

Head, Department of International Studies

Deans Office
Andrew Armstrong
Director of Advising

Gary Varner

Head, Department of Philosophy

Doug Eckel

Director of Graduate Studies

Paul J. Wellman

Interim Head, Department of Psychology

Cynthia Ann Werner

Head, Department of Anthropology

Faculty and Staff Retirements

Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., Psychology Terri Burger, Deans Office D. Bruce Dickson, Anthropology Joanna Gibson, English Laurie Lind, Anthropology Robin Smith, Philosophy Leanne South, Deans Office