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ATLANTA — Georgia State University has appointed and reappointed faculty to its highest institutional-level faculty rank, the Distinguished University Professorship.
The appointment of Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State is intended to recognize a sustained and outstanding record in scholarship and instruction, and to provide the impetus for continuing high achievement.
Distinguished University Professors are expected to serve the university as exemplary faculty members by contributing to its research, instructional and service missions.
The appointed and reappointed faculty include:
New Appointments
- David Houchins, Department of Learning Sciences, College of Education & Human Development
- Sang-Moo Kang, Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
- Todd Maurer, Department of Managerial Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
- Dominic Parrott, Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Josh Russell, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences
- Shannon Self-Brown, Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health
- Kris Varjas, Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, College of Education & Human Development
Reappointments
- Lisa Armistead, Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Lindsey Cohen, Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, Center for Translational Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
- Jonathan Todres, College of Law
The term of the Distinguished University Professor is five years and may be renewed once upon successful reapplication and reevaluation. No more than 5 percent of the university’s tenured faculty members may hold this title at any time.
Additional information about faculty who have been appointed or reappointed with the University System of Georgia’s highest professorial ranking, the Regents’ Professorship, will be announced in August.
Further information about past Distinguished University Professor appointments, Regents’ Professors and faculty award winners is available at https://faculty.gsu.edu/awards.
Honorees and faculty who have earned promotion and/or tenure will be recognized at the university’s Celebrating Faculty Excellence event in September.