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Endowed Chairs and Professorships

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Holders of Endowed Chairs
Holders of Endowed Professorships

Endowed Chairs and Professorships

Chairs and Professorships are endowments created by generous donations and awarded to outstanding faculty who are leaders in the classroom, in their respective discipline, and who excel in service to the institution. Endowments for faculty are crucial in the recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers and researchers and support their research and creative works. Funding for endowed chairs and professorships provides the resources to do research, publish their findings, travel to conferences, and create opportunities for students to engage in high-impact practices.

  • Research expenses may include the following:

    • airfare, meals, parking, car rental, etc. for travel related to research
    • professional association annual membership dues (not extended or lifetime memberships)
    • conference fees
    • subscriptions
    • transcription fees
    • subvention fees
    • offprint fees
    • student research assistants
    • research collaboration with faculty and/or student co-authors
    • research supplies and equipment (IT approval is required for technology purchases)

    Expenses not listed above require prior authorization of the Dean of the Faculty. All expenditures over $500 require prior approval from the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Endowed chair budgets may not be used for entertainment, meals or other similar local expenses not directly related to research. Endowed chair budgets may not be used for student entertainment, including meals, unless the students are working directly on research. (Departmental, FYS, and Paideia funds can be used, when available and previously approved, for non-research related student entertainment costs.) Endowed chairs are expected to teach the load consistent with their appointment letter. Endowed chairs who receive a course release are not eligible for overload compensation.

  • An appointment as holder of an endowed chair or professorship is made by the President in consultation with the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

    Endowed chairs and professorships may be appointed from within the faculty but also be used for recruiting and retaining distinguished faculty members.

  • Holders of endowed chairs and professorships are expected

    • To maintain a level of excellence in their research and/or creative endeavors
    • To maintain a level of excellence in their teaching
    • To maintain excellence in their service to the department, college and university
    • To report annually to thank the donors, describing how they used the funds
  • Term of appointment of endowed chairs and professorships varies.

 

Endowed Chairs

Elizabeth Root Paden Chair

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Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair in Science

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Lucy King Brown Chair

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Margarett Root Brown Chair in Fine Arts

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Herman Brown Chair

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John H. Duncan Chair

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Garey Chair

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Garey Chair

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Garey Chair

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Garey Chair

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Garey Junior Chair

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Garey Junior Chair

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Lord Chair in Mathematics and Computer Science

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Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair in Economics

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Herbert and Kate Dishman Chair in Science

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Robert Sherman Lazenby Chair in Physics

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John Shearn Chair in Business

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Suzanne and Ed Ellis Term Chair

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Tower-Hester Chair in Political Science

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Endowed Professorships

Cargill Professorship in Education

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Lurlyn and Durwood Fleming Professorship in Religion and Philosophy

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Carolyn and Fred McManis Professorship

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Genevieve & Thatcher Atkin Junior Professorship in Mathematics

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Genevieve & Thatcher Atkin Junior Professorship in Physics

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Herbert and Kate Dishman Professorship in Special Education

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Professorship

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Christine Robertson Morenz Professorship

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.

     

Corbin Robertson, Jr. Professorship

    • Held By

      Bob Snyder

    • DEPARTMENT

      Political Science

    About the Holder

    Bob Snyder strives to introduce students to the different perspectives in the study of International Relations and to have them to be able to compare and contrast the different theoretical and methodological approaches. His courses also survey contemporary history.  He uses several pedagogical methods that emphasize an interactive approach.

    Snyder received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1993.