DISCOVERY SHEET 2015
TOP RANKINGS
Clinical Psychology Graduate
Program No. 1 “Hidden Gem.”
—Parent, Calllahan & Ruggero
Philosophy MA Program among
Top 12 in nation.
—The Philosophical Gourmet Report
Physical & Life Science Majors
Rank 12th in Earning Potential:
$90K+ for Mid-Career Salary.
410
—2014-2015 College Salary Report
Professors
Mathematics Graduate
Program No. 18 in nation.
9,818
Students
—GraduatePrograms.com
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Undergraduate Health &
Fitness Program ranked in Top
10 % (No. 31 out of 426).
Departments
36
Bachelor Degrees
—College Factual
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DISCOVERIES
Master’s Degrees
16
Astrophysicist Tom Maccarone
was on team that discovered
the brightest pulsar ever.
PhD Degrees
$14.1 million
Research Grants
—Department of Physics
—Museum of TTU
Physicist Nural Akchurin and
the High Energy Physics Group
helped prove Higgs boson, a
discovery that won the Nobel
Prize in Physics for 2 European
colleagues.
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Asst. Paleontology Curator Bill
Mueller found a new species of
prehistoric reptile.
INNOVATORS
— Euro. Org. for Nuclear Research
Historian
Emily Skidmore
Phil Zwickler Grant,
Cornell University Library
Philosophy Chair
Mark Webb
Peace & Dialogue Award,
Dialogue Inst. Southwest
English Professor
Jill Patterson
2014 Soros Justice
Fellowship
Psychologist
Jennifer Brown
Protege, APA’s HIV/AIDS
Cyber Mentors Program
Sociologist
Christina Bradatan
AAAS Science &
Technology Fellowship
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RESEARCH
CLIMATE
SCIENCE
CENTER
Atmospheric Scientist Eric Bruning
is studying the texture of lightening
and the texture of wind.
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Technical Communicator Rich Rice: 2014 Fulbright Scholar who
conducted research in India during the fall.
Classics Professor Chris Witmore: 2014-15 Donnelly Family
Fellowship from the National Humanities Center.
—$738K NSF CAREER grant
INSTITUTE FOR
FORENSIC SCIENCE
Psychologist Jennifer Brown is
researching how drug treatment
affects other aspects of life.
Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee: 2014 Fulbright-Nehru
Academic & Professional Excellence Award.
—$1.2 million CPRIT grant
Mathematician Bijoy Ghosh: Fellow, International Federation of
Automatics Control.
—$300K NIH/NIDA
Exercise & Sport Scientist Youngdeok Kim: 2014 Doctoral
National Scholar by the American Kinesiology Association.
CENTER FOR
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
Atmospheric Scientist John
Schroeder is developing new ways
to analyze air flow near wind farms.
Advanced Materials Scientist Seshadri Ramkumar: 2014
Outstanding Merit , Technical Assoc. of Pulp & Paper Industry.
—$1.4 million, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Atmospheric Scientist John Schroeder: 2014 Top Professor at
Affordable Large Public Colleges, by AC Online.
NATIONAL
WIND
INSTITUTE
Biologist David Ray’s team mapped
the genomes of a crocodile, an
alligator and a true gharial.
Historian Barbara Hahn: Marie Curie Incoming International
Fellow, University of Leeds, European Commission.
—National Science Foundation
Student Majors, by Discipline
Professors, by Discipline
Assoc. Professor
Full Professor
19
6
Graduate
8
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
17
13
8
21
4
10
7
4
17
GENERAL STUDIES
370
4
11
2
5
12
9
11
Dean
W. Brent
Lindquist
brent.lindquist@ttu.edu
10
77
72
344
1,604
PRE-PROFESSIONAL HEALTH*
114
926
SOCIO, ANTHRO & SOCIAL WORK 38
Associate Dean
Associate Dean
Recruitment
stefanie.borst@ttu.edu
Student Affairs
jorge.iber@ttu.edu
Stefanie Borst
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57
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
5
228
30
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Pre-Professional Health courses are taught by professors in the various sciences.
334
123
PHYSICS
11
3
84
PHILOSOPHY
7
7
323
1,409
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
5
3
81
77
HISTORY
22
3
246
44
HLTH/EXER SPORT SCIENCES
15
108
209
183
GEOSCIENCES
4
13
108
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
12
10
408
47
ENGLISH
18
General Studies courses are taught by professors across the College.
7
85
ECONOMICS
8
1,229
CLASSICAL/MOD LANG & LIT
6
2
88
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY
13
6
Undergrad
*not a department or a degree, but a professional track
17
12
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Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe: among TIME Magazine’s
Top 100 Most Influential People 2014.
Analytical Chemist Yehia Mechref
is studying how breast cancer
moves to the brain.
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ACCOLADES
CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Asst. Professor
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Jorge Iber
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Associate Dean
Associate Dean
Associate Dean
Faculty Affairs
randy.mcbee@ttu.edu
Academic Affairs
david.roach@ttu.edu
Research
john.zak@ttu.edu
Randy D. McBee
David Roach
John Zak