Distinguished Scholars are outstanding mid-career faculty who are both leading experts in their fields and highly valued contributors to the teaching, research, and outreach missions of the University of Arizona. The designation of Distinguished Scholar honors faculty whose research, scholarship, and/or creative contributions promise to catapult their disciplines to new levels of innovation. The following University faculty have been recognized as Distinguished Scholars.
- Ali Behrangi, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
- Kacey Ernst, Department of Epidemiology and Statistics
- Jonathan Sprinkle, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Adam Henry, School of Government and Public Policy
- Ming Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Russell Toomey, Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Valerie Trouet, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research
- Jennifer McIntosh, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
- Arvinder Sandhu, Department of Physics
- Erin Turner, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies
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- Erica Corral, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Armin Sorooshian, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jon Njardarson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Melissa Fitch, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- David Marcus, James E. Rogers College of Law
- David Raichlen, School of Anthropology
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- Joellen Russell, Department of Geosciences
- Celeste González de Bustamante, School of Journalism
- Ivan Djordjevic, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- A. Elizabeth "Betsy" Arnold, School of Plant Sciences
- Barron Orr, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
- Christopher Scott, School of Geography and Development
- Sama Alshaibi, School of Art
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- Shelly Cooper, Fred Fox School of Music
- Nathan Cherrington, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Donna Wolk, Department of Pathology
Click to read more about the 2012 recipients in UA@Work
For more information on how to nominate a faculty member for this award go to provost.arizona.edu