Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 21 distinguished professors for 2022.
The distinguished professor title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited number of outstanding professors for whom endowed chairs or professorships are otherwise unavailable.
The University's 2022 distinguished professors are:
College of Agricultural Sciences
- Karen Fisher-Vanden, professor of environmental and resource economics and public policy
- Gregory Ziegler, professor of food science
College of Arts and Architecture
- Marica Tacconi, professor of music and art history
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Sukyoung Lee, professor of meteorology
- Joan Redwing, professor of materials science and engineering
College of Education
- Gail Boldt, professor of education
- William Rothwell, professor of education
College of Health and Human Development
- Mary Jane De Souza, professor of kinesiology and physiology
- Douglas Teti, professor of human development and family studies
- Krista Wilkinson, professor of communication sciences and disorders
College of Information Sciences and Technology
- James Wang, professor of information sciences and technology
College of the Liberal Arts
- Amy Allen, professor of philosophy and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies
- Francis Dodoo, professor of sociology and demography and African studies
- Denise Solomon, professor of communication arts and sciences
College of Medicine
- Dr. Richard Mailman, professor of pharmacology
Eberly College of Science
- Michael Axtell, professor of biology
- Manuel Llinas, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
Penn State Berks
- Laurie Grobman, professor of English and women’s studies
Penn State Brandywine
- Laura Guertin, professor of Earth sciences
Penn State New Kensington
- Robert Mathers, professor of chemistry
Smeal College of Business
- Dennis Gioia, professor of management