Poet and literary essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming is the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair of Environment and Social Justice, a professor in the Department of English in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and an affiliate faculty member in the Institute of the Environment.
Hoshin Gupta is a hydrologist, systems theorist and philosopher with strong technical skills in complex algorithm development. He is a professor of systems analysis in the Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences.
The research of Melissa Fitch focuses on Asian representations of Latin American popular culture and crosses into numerous fields, such as women's studies, border studies, Luso-Brazilian culture, and global and cultural studies. She is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Daniel McDonald works in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Cooperate Extension as a director, area agent and associate regional specialist focusing on family consumer health sciences. Improving the health and well-being of underserved children and adults is a primary focus of his research.
From left: Daniel McDonald, Melissa Fitch, President Robert C. Robbins, Provost Andrew Comrie, Hoshin Gupta, Alison Hawthorne Deming and student regent Vianney Careaga.
University of Arizona faculty members Alison Hawthorne Deming, Hoshin Gupta and Pham Huu Tiep have received the appointment of Regents' Professor for 2017. The state's highest faculty rank goes to full professors who have demonstrated achievements resulting in national or international recognition.
The new Regents' Professors were honored at a ceremony on Thursday in Crowder Hall. At that time, the UA also presented awards to University Distinguished Professor Melissa Fitch and University Distinguished Outreach Faculty Daniel McDonald.
Tiep is on sabbatical and was not present at the ceremony. Also not present was Dr. David G. Armstrong, who was named University Distinguished Outreach Faculty for 2017 before leaving the UA to join the University of Southern California.
History professor Julia Clancy-Smith, named a Regents' Professor for 2015 but unable to participate in the corresponding ceremony, joined the new group at Thursday's event.
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