Texas A&M names five faculty members Distinguished Professors
Texas A&M University today recognized five of its most outstanding faculty members with one of its highest honors: the title of University Distinguished Professor.
Texas A&M University today recognized five of its most outstanding faculty members with one of its highest honors: the title of University Distinguished Professor.
The five new University Distinguished Professors join more than 90 current faculty members who hold the title. The designation identifies faculty members who are preeminent in their fields, who have made at least one seminal contribution to their discipline, and whose work is central in any narrative of the field and is widely recognized to have changed the direction of scholarship in the field.
“University Distinguished Professors represent the highest level of achievement for our faculty,” said Dr. Carol A. Fierke, provost and executive vice president. “They are recognized as preeminent scholars in their fields and their accomplishments are exemplified by seminal contributions to their respective disciplines. They demonstrate to the world the high quality of scholarship underway at Texas A&M University.”
For 2018, the new University Distinguished Professor in the College of Liberal Arts is:
Stephen Maren, professor and holder of the Claude H. Everett Jr. ’47 Chair, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Liberal Arts. He is a behavioral neuroscientist that specializes in the neurobiology of learning and memory. Maren has made several seminal contributions to uncovering the neurobiological basis of emotional learning and memory, particularly memory of fearful experiences. Each of these contributions has driven new empirical and theoretical work in the field and has been foundational to understanding the basic synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying both normal and pathological fear memories.
For a complete list of the other faculty members named University Distinguished Professor, click here.