State Winners
2012 U.S. Professors of the Year
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education are proud to present the 2012 state winners
of the U.S. Professors of the Year awards.
A Professor of the Year was recognized in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
ARIZONA
Albrecht Classen
University Distinguished
Professor of German Studies
University of Arizona
ARKANSAS
Stephanie Vanderslice
Professor, Department of Writing
University of Central Arkansas
COLORADO
Barry Fagin
Professor of Computer Science
U.S. Air Force Academy
CONNECTICUT
Deborah A. Carroll
Professor of Psychology
and Director, B.S. Psychology
Research Specialization
Southern Connecticut State University
ILLINOIS
Gary L. Creasey
Professor of Psychology
Assistant Director, U.S.
Department of Education,
TEACHER+PLUS Project
Illinois State University
INDIANA
Michele T. Villinski
Hiram L. Jome Professor
and Associate Professor of
Economics and Management
Co-director of the Environmental
Fellows Program
DePauw University
KENTUCKY
Tom McCollough
Nelson and Martha McDowell Rodes
Professor of Religion
Centre College
MONTANA
Michael W. Morrow
Professor of Biology
University of Montana Western
NEBRASKA
Rita M. Lester
Professor of Religion and Chair of
Philosophy and Religion
Nebraska Wesleyan University
NEVADA
Alfredo Fernández-González
Associate Professor of Architecture
Director, Natural Energies Advanced
Technologies Laboratory
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
NEW JERSEY
Kent D. Fairfield
Associate Professor of Management
Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies
School of International Service
American University
MARYLAND
John Hamman
Professor and Chair, Germantown
Mathematics Department
Montgomery College
NEW MEXICO
Kenneth J. Martin
Regents Professor of Finance
New Mexico University
FLORIDA
Pat Anderson
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
MASSACHUSETTS
Michael Barnett
Associate Professor of Science
Education and Technology
Lynch School of Education
Boston College
NEW YORK
Rees Shad
Coordinator of the Media
Design Programs
Hostos Community College of the
City University of New York
MICHIGAN
Stephen DeBacker
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
of Mathematics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
OHIO
Gillian Oakenfull
Associate Professor and Director
of Experiential Learning/
Department of Marketing
Miami University
GEORGIA
Judith Lupo Wold
Clinical Professor and
Interim Associate Dean for
Educational Innovation
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School
of Nursing
Emory University
IDAHO
Daniel Bukvich
Professor of Percussion and Theory
University of Idaho
MISSOURI
Eric William Nelson
Professor of History
Missouri State University
OREGON
Juliet W. Brosing
Professor of Physics
Pacific University
SOUTH CAROLINA
Alliston K. Reid
Reeves Family Professor
of Psychology
Wofford College
TENNESSEE
Mike Pinter
Professor of Mathematics
Director of the Teaching Center
Belmont University
TEXAS
Greg Sherman
Professor of Physics
Collin College
UTAH
Michael Christiansen
Professor of Music and
Director of Guitar Studies
Utah State University
VIRGINIA
Robert Swap
Research Professor, Department of
Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
WASHINGTON
Karl J. Fields
Professor of Politics and
Government and Asian Studies
University of Puget Sound
WEST VIRGINIA
Dan Hollis
Associate Professor of Journalism
and Mass Communications
Marshall University
WISCONSIN
Gregory S. Aldrete
Frankenthal Professor of History
and Humanistic Studies
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay