UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 15 distinguished faculty. 

The University's 2018 distinguished faculty are:

College of Agricultural Sciences

• David A. Mortensen, professor of weed ecology

College of Arts and Architecture

• Velvet Brown, professor of tuba and euphonium

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

• Derek Elsworth, professor of energy and mineral engineering and Geosciences
• Zi-Kui Liu, professor of materials science and engineering

Eberly College of Science 

• Jogesh Babu, professor of statistics, professor of astronomy and astrophysics
• Philip C. Bevilacqua, professor of chemistry, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
• Mauricio Terrones, professor of chemistry, professor of materials science and engineering, professor of physics

College of Education

• Gregory J. Kelly, professor of education
• P. Karen Murphy, professor of education

College of Engineering

• Guohong Cao, professor of computer science and engineering

Penn State Harrisburg

• Glen A. Mazis, professor of philosophy and humanities
• Richard R. Young, professor of supply chain management

College of the Liberal Arts

• Russell W. Cooper, professor of economics
• Christopher Reed, professor of English, visual culture, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies

University Libraries  

• Paige G. Andrew, maps cataloging librarian