NAU News Feature
April 9, 2019
At President Rita Cheng’s recommendation, the Arizona Board of Regents has approved three professors to be promoted to the rank of Regents’ Professor, the highest rank a faculty member can achieve.
Nominees must be full professors, have outstanding achievements and be distinguished nationally and internationally in their fields. No more than 3 percent of faculty have achieved this rank. Of those joining this elite group, one is a leading expert on participatory public health research among Native American communities, another is internationally known for his research in fire ecology and forest restoration, and the third is one of the world’s foremost scholars on phenology and is one of the most highly cited researchers in his field. Read more …