Ardeshir Anjomani - Planning and Public Affairs

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your forty-five years of distinguished service as a professor and program director;

WHEREAS, your dedication to doctoral education has been unmatched. You’ve chaired or served on over 100 dissertation committees, leading students to successful careers in government, private sector, and academic endeavors;

WHEREAS, your research on forecasting metropolitan growth/decline and urban form and your development of innovative solutions for sustainable integrated landuse/economic development/transportation planning through applications of planning models and GIS technology fostered lasting community improvements;

WHEREAS, you served with distinction across programs, departments, and university, such as chair of promotion and tenure committees, search committees, critical program accreditation self-studies, university services such as the Graduate Assembly, and program review committees;

THEREFORE, for your unrivaled positive impact on our students and faculty, including your willingness to help others in the university and the community, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Erian Armanios - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your sixteen years of distinguished service to the education of future mechanical and aerospace engineers and your lifelong devotion to the principles of our profession;

WHEREAS, your pivotal research in composite science and technology has shaped our understanding of how laminates perform under stress and load, bringing national attention to our department; likewise, your strong leadership as President of the American Society for Composites has made UTA an appealing institution for new faculty and students;

WHEREAS, your insights, values, and wisdom as Chair encouraged shared academic principles that value collegiality coupled with a future vision;

WHEREAS, your kind demeanor and sage advice have supported generations of students navigate a demanding curriculum, building relationships that extended across their subsequent careers;

WHEREAS, your guidance to the College of Engineering as Interim Dean during periods of transition kept the College on a course of continuous improvement in both educational quality and professional reputation;

THEREFORE, for your service to the University and to the study and practice of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor and Chair Emeritus.

Venkat Devarajan - Electrical Engineering

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for over thirty years of distinguished service;

WHEREAS, your multi-pronged research reveals you as a Renaissance man, with over 80 publications or presentations in fields such as digital telecommunications, computer graphics, flight and surgical simulation, and cartographic algorithms. Your election as an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics demonstrates your status in the research community;

WHEREAS, you have chaired or served on over 75 dissertation and master’s committees, funding almost all of your students with your own research dollars. You have also supported them in building their own start-ups and employed them in your own, helping them launch successful careers;

WHEREAS, your engagement with the curriculum—particularly your development of new courses in Telecommunications Networks, Probability and Signals, Digital Photogrammetry, and Engineering Entrepreneurship—has ensured that students have the future-facing skills they need;

WHEREAS, your innovative teaching has brought important recognition. In 2012 UTA’s IEEE Student Chapter named you Professor of the Year; and in 2008 you were honored with the UTA Graduate School Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring;

THEREFORE, for your impressive contributions across fields, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Jean Gao - Computer Science and Engineering 

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for twenty-two years of distinguished service;

WHEREAS, your distinguished research—with seven million dollars in research funding—has garnered important accolades, from a 2006 National Science Foundation Career Award to your 2022 election as a Lifetime Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Likewise, your role as a National Human Genome Research Institute program director reflects your powerful standing in the research community;

WHEREAS, your international service to the profession as a chair and co-chair of IEEE conferences on bioinformatics in biomedicine and on biomedical engineering and informatics have brought strong positive attention to the department and university;

WHEREAS, as an educator, you have chaired or served on over 60 dissertation or master’s committees, guiding students in their research and leading them to successful careers. And your development of courses in pattern recognition and bioinformatics have ensured that our curriculum stays cutting-edge and attractive to students;

WHEREAS, your service to the department and the university has been exemplary, chairing both the department and college Tenure and Promotion Committees, faculty search committees, and the Comprehensive Periodic Evaluation committee; 

THEREFORE, for your multifaceted contributions, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Benito Huerta - Art and Art History

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for over 25 years of honorable and influential leadership in The Gallery at UTA; 

WHEREAS, your work as an artist, educator, curator, and Artistic Director has been remarkable, bringing international recognition deeply important to our community. This marvelous work brought distinction and acclaim, positively influencing students, colleagues, and the wider artistic community; 

WHEREAS, your curation of more than 40 exhibitions brought important contemporary art to the public and elevated the discourse on art for all. Your vision, dedication, and deep appreciation of the ways art and culture can be transformative for individuals and communities have had an indelible impact here, nationally, and beyond; 

WHEREAS, your own artworks, held both in significant public collections and installed on the UTA campus, have formed parts of civic displays of permanent public art that have enriched the creative landscape;

WHEREAS, your kindness, wit, erudition, and generous spirit have made lasting impressions on all with whom you have worked;

THEREFORE, for your dedication to the Arts, to your students and colleagues, and the University, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Peggy Kulesz - English

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for twenty-five years of distinguished service. As a teacher, mentor, and administrator, you made a lasting impression on the Department of English and the university; 

WHEREAS, for your dedication to teaching, which has been recognized at the highest levels, and your unwavering commitment to undergraduate and graduate education in English. Your skill in developing new courses, modifying existing ones, and fine-tuning assignments have offered students multiple active learning opportunities; 

WHEREAS, for your knowledge of and passion for early American literature and your commitment to teaching ENGL 3340, History of American Literature, informed and inspired undergraduate students semester after semester; 

WHEREAS, for your intelligent, measured wisdom, such that administrators, colleagues, and students alike sought your counsel;

WHEREAS, for your skillful administration of the First Year English program and your piloting of a key collaboration between the departments of English and Engineering;

THEREFORE, for your steadfast and longstanding commitment to the University and the Department of English, your dedication to the betterment of our community, and your constant good humor, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus.

Kent Lawrence - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your 64 years of illustrious and distinguished service to the education of future mechanical and aerospace engineers, your lifelong devotion to the principles of our profession, and your role in establishing, nurturing, and growing the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;

WHEREAS, your kind and caring demeanor and sage advice have supported generations of students in navigating a complex and demanding curriculum;

WHEREAS, your outstanding editions of the trusted ANSYS Workbench Tutorial have helped countless students — both in the U.S. and abroad — to gain proficiency in ANSYS Fluent and to understand key engineering principles like stress analysis, heat transfer, thermal stress, vibration, buckling, and nonlinear systems; 

WHEREAS, your creation of innovative pedagogical materials for structural analysis and dynamics and your use of computing and software to accelerate the pace of learning are continuing to educate countless practicing engineers;

THEREFORE, for your dedication to teaching, commitment to students, and collaboration with colleagues in realizing the mission of the Department, College, and University, and for your service to the study and practice of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus. 

Maria Martinez-Cosio - Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your twenty years of distinguished service. Over your career, you were more than a teacher and a scholar, offering outstanding service as Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Dean for the College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs (CAPPA), Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, and other program leadership. Few faculty hold such a variety of critical roles, and fewer still with your lasting, positive impact; 

WHEREAS, your urban affairs research, including major grant funding, leaves an impressive mark on the discipline, particularly with clear, practical implications in fostering diversity of opportunities via your life-long dedication to improving educational opportunities for Hispanic students;

WHEREAS, you led CAPPA during the COVID-19 crisis with strong, compassionate guidance and a clear dedication to shared governance; 

WHEREAS, your tremendous mentorship of doctoral students, particularly women of color, is beyond outstanding, offering substantial support even while you served in administrative positions;

WHEREAS, your extraordinary kindness and support made all our faculty better scholars, teachers, and colleagues;

THEREFORE, for your dedication to teaching, commitment to students, and collaboration with colleagues in realizing the UTA mission, The University of Texas at Arlington confers on you the title of Professor Emeritus.

David E. Narrett - History

WHEREAS, the faculty, students, and alumni of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your forty-one years of distinguished service to the history profession and to UTA and its students;

WHEREAS, your international reputation as a scholar whose meticulous research and insightful analysis of colonial inheritance practices, of the high-stakes contests over territory in the eighteenth-century borderlands of Louisiana and Florida, and of the Cherokees as warriors and diplomats, has transformed our understanding of Early American history and brought prestige to UTA; 

WHEREAS, your scholarship has been distinguished by its depth, clarity, and relevance, and your rare ability to synthesize legal, economic, and political history has allowed you to challenge conventional narratives;

WHEREAS, the high standards you brought to research were mirrored in your teaching, so that scores of undergraduate history and pre-law students enjoyed your passion for history and cherished their ability to meet the challenge you offered them;

WHEREAS, your mentorship of eight doctoral students and more than thirty masters and honors students has been a testament to the value you place on training the next generation of scholars; 

THEREFORE, for your scholarship, commitment to students, and long service, The University of Texas at Arlington confers on you the title of Professor Emeritus. 

Andrew Ortiz - Art and Art History

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for 27 years of honorable and innovative service to the creative community;

WHEREAS, your rich understanding of the power of photography and how to enhance that power through digital tools shaped your transformative curriculum design and delivery in our Photography concentration as well as across your own acclaimed artwork;

WHEREAS, your dedication to building conceptual depth in the work of your students has immeasurably influenced their lives and work. Your cutting-edge curricula integrated new technologies, helping students develop the skills and techniques they need to bring their imaginative ideas to life;

WHEREAS, your dedication to innovation in photographic artmaking and to blending technical proficiencies with critical analysis have been intellectually stimulating and comprehensive, expanding student engagement with their art and their understanding of what could and might be done;

WHEREAS, your artwork has received national and international attention, included in over 50 group exhibitions and featured in 35 solo exhibitions, and collected both privately and publicly, constituting an impressive record of creative accomplishment;

THEREFORE, with our deepest gratitude, respect, and thanks, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Catherine Ortiz - Modern Languages

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for fifteen years of distinguished service marked by innovation, dedication, and lasting impact as Coordinator of Lower-Level Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages;

WHEREAS, after earning your M.A. in Spanish from UTA in 2009, you led with unwavering commitment to academic excellence, mentoring instructors and graduate assistants while championing student success;

WHEREAS, your visionary efforts led to the 2010 development of the first online Spanish courses and a comprehensive virtual study program, greatly enhancing access and learning for online students;

WHEREAS, you successfully negotiated custom textbook editions that reduced student costs and generated departmental royalties used to fund annual scholarships;

WHEREAS, your commitment extended beyond the classroom through active recruitment, outreach, and cultural engagement, fostering community and inclusivity, particularly for Hispanic and visually impaired students;

WHEREAS, you led a major curriculum overhaul aligned with ACTFL standards, introducing student-centered methods that improved outcomes and pedagogical innovation; 

WHEREAS, your teaching philosophy emphasized cultural understanding, transforming how students engage with language and difference;

THEREFORE, for your exceptional contributions, leadership, and dedication, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Senior Lecturer Emeritus.

Luis Rosado - Curriculum & Instruction

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for more than three decades of distinguished service. Your scholarly excellence, tireless advocacy, and unwavering commitment to student achievement have shaped the education of many communities; 

WHEREAS, you have been a national leader in bilingual and multicultural education, shaping the field through groundbreaking research, impactful teaching, and the mentorship of future educators and scholars; 

WHEREAS, you led the development of The University of Texas at Arlington’s Center for Bilingual and English as a Second Language Education, which has been instrumental in the academic and professional development of thousands of bilingual educators and administrators; 

WHEREAS, your leadership and service have been recognized with numerous professional and publication honors, including being recognized as Phi Kappa Phi Recognized Professor and the Texas Higher Education Honoree from the Bilingual Education Association of the Metroplex, reflecting your lifelong commitment to educational excellence;

WHEREAS, you have served as a trusted mentor, respected colleague, and bridge between academic institutions and the communities we serve; 

THEREFORE, for your scholarship, commitment to students, and recognition of a career defined by excellence, leadership, and lasting impact, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Shelley Smith - Sociology and Anthropology

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for thirty-four years of distinguished service to the education of future anthropologists and your lifelong devotion to the principles of our discipline;

WHEREAS, you served as UTA's first female faculty member in the Anthropology program, bringing broadened perspectives and paving the way for other women to study and teach in Anthropology;

WHEREAS, your research as a biological anthropologist has illuminated our understanding of morphological change, while your examinations of museum exhibitions have helped us better understand the politics of museums, evolution, science and race;

WHEREAS, your insights, values, and wisdom regarding the education of anthropologists established academic principles that still guide the program today;

WHEREAS, your gracious guidance has led students across the curriculum and helped them to create strong careers, whether in the academy or the private sector; 

WHEREAS, your stable, long-term leadership as Department Chair advanced our programs in both educational quality and national reputation, helping us realize our departmental mission;

THEREFORE, for this dedication, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus. 

Maria Trache - Higher Education Adult Learning and Organizational Studies

WHEREAS, the faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize you for more than a decade of distinguished service as a scholar, mentor, and academic leader;

WHEREAS, you have advanced UTA’s mission through research, teaching, service, and leadership, including serving as Coordinator of the Higher Education Administration masters program, and as interim department chair;

WHEREAS, your nationally and internationally recognized research, addressing college readiness, STEM pathways, and immigrant integration, has produced influential publications and funded projects, and earned you selection as a 2024–2025 Fulbright Scholar at Transilvania University of Brasov in Romania;

WHEREAS, you have been an unwavering advocate for students, mentoring master’s and doctoral students with rigor and care, fostering their research skills, and guiding them toward professional success. You have supported junior faculty with generosity, integrity, and a commitment to equity;

WHEREAS, you have elevated UTA’s reputation through your collaborative spirit, international engagement, and leadership in program development. Your work has bridged disciplines, connected global perspectives to local contexts, and expanded opportunities for students and colleagues;

THEREFORE, for your exemplary scholarship, dedicated service, and lasting impact on students, colleagues, and the field of higher education, The University of Texas at Arlington confers upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Lauri Jensen-Campbell - Psychology

WHEREAS, on behalf of the Department of Psychology, the faculty, administration, and your former students at The University of Texas at Arlington, we recognize and commend you for your 21 years of dedicated service, teaching, and research.

Gerald Saxon - History

WHEREAS, the faculty and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your 38 years of distinguished service. As a librarian, archivist, and Texas historian, you have transformed the institution and left a lasting impact on its students.

WHEREAS, in nearly two decades serving in key roles in UTA Libraries, including as its first dean from 2004 to 2011, you demonstrated vision and administrative talent. Today UTA is a nationally recognized repository for archival materials in such areas as cartography, disability history, and the US-Mexico War, in large part due to your leadership.

Antoinette Sol - Modern Languages

WHEREAS, The University of Texas at Arlington commends you for 28 years of distinguished service. During your career, you were more than a teacher and a scholar. You served as departmental graduate advisor, chaired your department, chaired the faculty senate twice, and served as vice provost of faculty affairs for seven years. Few faculty on campus have had as many different leadership roles and left such a deep mark.

WHEREAS, as a scholar of eighteenth-century French women’s writing, and Francophone world literature and postcoloniality, you produced impactful articles and

books about revolution, gender, and race. You did more than interpret literature; you recovered forgotten voices and brought them forward for others to study.

WHEREAS, in your work on comics and graphic fiction, your editorial work received a notable award in 2023 from the National Popular Culture Association.

WHEREAS, you have presented research in the most faraway and exotic places in the world, and you have woken up sleepy conference rooms with your brilliance and delightful flashes of wit and spontaneity.

WHEREAS, for your unwavering loyalty to our campus, your dedication to the betterment of our community, and your good cheer, the faculty of UT Arlington confers

upon you the title of Professor Emeritus.

Beverly Black - Social Work

The University of Texas at Arlington and your colleagues in the School of Social Work, along with a myriad of former students, wish to express their appreciation for your many years of dedicated teaching, service, and research. 

You are a legendary social scholar and educator. You were a transformative Program Director for the Master of Social Work and Ph.D. Programs in our school. You were always available to mentor students and faculty and offer an honest opinion. Your career, and especially your mentorship of doctoral students, is held as the ideal. Your well-earned reputation, substantive knowledge, and unswerving dedication to students have hugely lifted our program. It isn't easy to express the professional impact you had on the trajectories of over a hundred doctoral students who graduated and are now themselves teaching a generation of social workers. 

Your scholarship in interpersonal violence sets you out as a pioneer in articulating the perspectives and needs of adolescents experiencing dating violence. Through your scholarly work, you have made substantial contributions to the efficacy and relevance of interventions available for teens today. You are the recipient of numerous awards for your scholarship, including being named a Fellow of the Society for Social Work Research, the Feminist Scholar Award, and the Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award from the Council on Social Work Education. Your substantive expertise was recognized and sought after by the Centers for Disease Control.

UTA and the School of Social Work have been fortunate to receive the knowledge, leadership, and dedication you shared with students and colleagues over the past 16 years. 

With deep gratitude, respect, and affection, you are named Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

Elisabeth Cawthon - History and Geography

Your colleagues in the College of Liberal Arts and the faculty and members of the faculty, staff, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington wish to honor and commend you for over three decades of dedicated teaching, research, service, and administration.   

A history instructor of great skill and compassion, you met students where they were, helping them learn content and skills and guiding them in establishing a lifelong interest in learning. You were an inaugural member of the University’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers, a UT System Regents Outstanding Teaching Awardee, and advanced to national consideration as a Carnegie Foundation nominee. Students counted on you as a mentor, referee, and thesis-director par excellence.  

In 2012, you helped establish the Pre-Law Center to help students navigate the process of applying to law school and succeeding there. Today, thousands of students have benefited from your vision. 

As a member of the Dean’s staff and then as Dean, your strength, transparency, and supportiveness as a leader served to build community. Your steady hand guided the College through challenges small and significant, and we are deeply grateful for your wisdom. 

For your lasting impact on your colleagues, dedication to students, and honorable and distinctive service, the University confers upon you the title of Dean Emerita.  

Maureen Courtney - Graduate Nursing

The University of Texas at Arlington and your colleagues in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) are honored to recognize your 43-year career and your impact on students, faculty, and the nurse practitioner (NP) profession. Your most lasting impact on UTA and the College was to bring a clear vision to the role of the NP. Your vision of how NPs could impact the local community led to funding to develop two nurse-managed clinics in medically underserved neighborhoods, which still exist today. You forged a path forward for CONHI to educate thousands of future NPs.  

We appreciate the distinctive nature of your research investigating NP practice, behavioral economics, and patient decision-making and your pioneering work on publishing one of the first articles regarding behavioral economics in nursing. Your work in Design Thinking resulted in the first workshop at a national meeting, helping NPs learn about the innovative design process and patient care.  

Your service to UTA and the profession is truly remarkable. You served on the faculty senate and the President’s Advisory Council under different presidents. Your thoughtful and deliberate reasoning helped shape policy at all levels, and your voice in the professional space helped shape NP policy. You are an inspiration to countless novice nurse practitioners at UTA and beyond. With the utmost gratitude, respect, and admiration, you are named Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

Joyce Goldberg - History and Geography

The faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your thirty-eight years of distinguished service to the education of our students and your lifelong devotion to the principles of our profession.  

Your dedication as a teacher has been recognized by students and colleagues alike. Teaching awards, including the student-chosen Golladay and faculty-chosen Chancellor’s Awards, reflected the extraordinary amount of time and effort you invested in instructing your students how to read and write effectively—the latter aided always by a signature purple-ink pen. Colleagues who overheard snippets of your many student conferences learned a lot about patience, persistence, and caring.

Your scholarship on nineteenth-century US-Latin American relations earned you the respect of your peers in diplomatic history not only for your own scholarship in The Baltimore Affair, but also as an editor in a key collection of primary source documents used widely in the field.

For your dedication to your students and to the historical profession, the title of Associate Professor Emerita is hereby conferred upon you. 

Abdolhossein Haji-Sheikh - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your enduring scholarship, your contributions to the field of heat transfer, your contributions in the establishment of the education and research mission of our department and your lifelong devotion to the principles of our profession.

Your efforts and contributions over a period of more than fifty years have and continue to place MAE on a pioneering path. Your tireless efforts in the early days of your career laid the foundations on which the thriving education and research program in our department stands today. You, among others, helped establish several new classes, laboratories, a new graduate program and research labs. Your efforts were instrumental in successful ABET accreditation of our undergraduate programs.

You are internationally known and respected scholar in the area of conduction heat transfer. Over the course of your career at UTA, you developed new theoretical methods to analyze conduction heat transfer problems and contributed measurements of significant and interesting heat transfer phenomena. Your textbook on Green’s functions method to solve thermal conduction problems is highly respected worldwide. You received several accolades and recognition throughout your career, including the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, which is the highest technical award presented in the research field of heat transfer. 

For your exceptional, internationally recognized scholarship, dedication to teaching, commitment to students, and for your service to the University and the heat transfer research community, the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

Rod Hissong - Public Affairs and Planning

Your colleagues in the Department of Public Affairs and Planning, other faculty, staff, administration, and students of The University of Texas Arlington honor you for 32 dedicated years of outstanding teaching, service, administration, and research.

Joining UTA in 1988, you became an exemplary teacher - recognized as a charter member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers in 1996. Teaching urban economics and public financial management, your doctoral supervision impact was exemplary. You directed the public affairs doctoral programs for twenty years and annually averaged two supervised graduates.

Your service and administrative contributions are unparalleled. You served as Faculty Senate Chair (1996-98) in a challenging administrative period. As Graduate Assembly Chair (2015-17), you oversaw the development of the paper publication dissertation alternative. As Associate Dean for the School of Urban and Public Affairs (2001-2011), you fostered a remarkable growth in enrollment and faculty.

Your urban economic development  and applied research in related Texas city policies, as well as racial equity in our state's criminal justice processes, have lasting impacts. Few careers demonstrate such remarkable public contributions via research.

It is with the utmost gratitude and respect that you are named Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at Arlington.

"Max" Qinhong Hu - Earth and Environment Sciences

The University of Texas at Arlington and your colleagues in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) are honored to recognize your 15 years of excellence in teaching, research, and service to our students, alumni, and faculty.  

You have excelled as a researcher and educator during this period. Your achievements have been recognized with several distinguished awards, including the UTA Distinguished Record of Research Award and the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award. You have published over 350 journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports and have presented these at international conferences. Your research achievements have also been recognized by major federal grants from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation and other sponsors.   

You supervised fourteen Ph.D. students; eleven of them have already successfully graduated, and many of them have received awards and become faculty themselves. You supervised 40 graduate students on the Master's track and seven postdoctoral scholars and hosted many international visitors.  

We greatly appreciate your outstanding service to the EES Department as graduate advisor for Ph.D. students, chair of the Tenure and Promotion committee, and serving as department representative in the faculty senate. You served the science community as an Editor-in-Chief or associate editor for several international journals.

With the utmost gratitude, respect, and admiration, you are named Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

Stephen Maizlish - History and Geography

Faculty, students, and alumni in the Department of History, as well as the University of Texas at Arlington community wish to commend you for your forty-two years of outstanding service to the University. 

Your scholarship on the political history of the United States during 1850s has transformed our understanding of the dynamics of that era. Deep research and careful analysis of the Compromise of 1850 revealed how entrenched sectional positions were and that what historians have long referred to as a “national compromise” was anything but. As one imminent reviewer summarized, your work is “an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins of the Civil War.”

Your contributions to the Department of History were equally important. We are especially grateful for your service as graduate advisor, for which you achieved recognition at both the university and national level.

For your keen insights into the political history of the United States, prodigious hard work on behalf of the University, and especially your dedication to the students of the University of Texas at Arlington, we confer upon you the title of Associate Professor Emeritus.

Barbara Tobolowsky - Education: Leadership & Policy Studies.

WHEREAS, your colleagues in the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, the administration of The University of Texas at Arlington, and a myriad of former students wish to express their appreciation for your years of dedication. During your tenure, you created a legacy of exemplary teaching and commendable service.

WHEREAS, you exhibited unparalleled dedication to students always striving to implement your vision of creating learning opportunities for graduate students to expand their horizons and examine U.S. higher education from a broader perspective. Your dedication to students yielded chairing 17 doctoral students and serving on more than 30 committees. You also impacted programs by developing four courses in the ELPS master’s in higher education and four core courses in the PhD. Program.

WHEREAS, in addition, you served students and faculty through your leadership on numerous committees including Recruitment, Scholarship, Faculty Awards, Recognition, Research, and Faculty Affairs Committee, IRB Board, Terry Scholars Review Team, Faculty Senate, and the SACS QEP Development Team.

WHEREAS, by every measure, you are exceptional in teaching excellence, curriculum development, service, and research. With the utmost gratitude, affection, and respect, the faculty of The University of Texas at Arlington grant you the title of Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

Mary Whiteside - Information Systems & Operations Management

The University of Texas at Arlington and your colleagues in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management are honored to recognize your 39 years of excellence in teaching, research, and service to our students, alumni, and faculty.  

You are an accomplished teacher who served on over 100 dissertation committees (and chaired or co-chaired 11 dissertations), not as a passive member but as a methodologist who ensured that the research methods employed were appropriate and that the statistical tests conducted were robust.  

You were a true scholar who was intellectually curious and pursued research not because of publications but because you enjoyed doing it. You served as the Information Systems & Operations Management department chair for many years. Under your leadership, the department flourished, and you played an instrumental role in hiring new faculty members and expanding the department's course offerings and programs. You have rendered service of the highest quality, often putting the interests of the institution, your colleagues, and students ahead of your own. You have left an indelible mark on our institution, and your legacy will continue to inspire future generations of academics. With the utmost gratitude, affection, and respect, the faculty of The University of Texas at Arlington grant you the title of Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

James Williams - Civil Engineering

Your colleagues in the Department of Civil Engineering and members of the faculty, staff, and administration of The University of Texas Arlington wish to honor and commend you in recognition of your 36 years of outstanding service to the University.  

Your commitment to civil engineering students’ success was unmatched. For over 30 years, you served actively as faculty advisor for the UTA student chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Tau Beta Pi. You made arrangements and traveled annually with 40-50 students to the major ASCE state and national events, including concrete canoe and steel bridge competitions. You made students feel that they were part of the civil engineering community, gave them a sense of camaraderie, and served as an outstanding role model for them.  

Moreover, you did more than any other faculty member in building and maintaining an active and engaged network of civil engineering alumni. You are fondly remembered by hundreds of students who have gained through your activities on their behalf.  

Thus, with deep gratitude, respect, and affection, the University of Texas at Arlington faculty grant you the title of Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

Robert Young - Sociology and Anthropology

Your colleagues in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and members of the faculty, staff, and administration of The University of Texas Arlington wish to honor and commend you in recognition of your 31 years of outstanding service to the University.

In 1991, you joined UT Arlington as Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program. You dedicated 14 years to department leadership, including eight years as department chair. During your time at UT Arlington, you mentored a large number of students and faculty, and did so with collegiality, humor, and warmth. While maintaining a strong dedication to service and teaching, your research added to the sociological literature in the areas of social psychology, symbolic interactionism, and social deviance and control. Your commitment to the profession of sociology and to the UTA Sociology program and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, its students, faculty, and staff was inspiring. You have left your mark, and we thank you. It is with the upmost gratitude, respect, and admiration that you are named Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Arlington.

Charles Chiasson - Philosophy and Humanities

The faculty, alumni, and students of the Department of Philosophy & Humanities and the administration of the College of Liberal Arts and The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your thirty-five years of extraordinary teaching, path-breaking research and dedicated service, your lifelong devotion to the pursuit of excellence in Classical Studies, and your generosity in sharing that devotion and its fruits with your colleagues, students, and the university, professional, and local communities.

The Department of Philosophy & Humanities is forever in your debt for your unwavering commitment to the mission of the Department, the achievement of excellence in all areas, and the well-being of its students and faculty. Your heart and mind will always be remembered and revered in the Department, the College, and the University.

For your dedication to teaching, contributions to the profession, and collaboration with colleagues, for your great successes in realizing the mission of the Department and College, and for your service to the University and to the study and practice of Classics, the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

Norman Cobb - Social Work

Your colleagues in the School of Social Work, the administration of The University of Texas at Arlington, and myriad of former students wish to express their appreciation for your thirty-two years of mentorship, teaching and training, and scholarship. You have consistently been one of the most popular instructors in the school and have mentored other faculty both in social work and across the University who seek your help in assisting them in teaching skills and techniques. You were always available and willing to provide assistance.

Our advancement of social work reaches past the classroom. You are an expert in the theory and practice of mental health services and published many chapters on the subject in some of the most popular textbooks in the field. Your contributions will surely benefit students and alumni for many years in the future. Your collegiality and service to the school and the university and the tremendous positive influence you have had on your colleagues and the students continue to serve as an example for others; therefore the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

Donald Frank Gatzke - Architecture

The faculty, alumni, students, and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your decades of distinguished service to education, lifelong devotion to the principles of our profession, and role in establishing and nurturing the School of Architecture.

During your tenure as dean, you championed the school’s evolution into a nationally respected institution, the Master of Architecture program’s excellence was recognized by Design Intelligence as second in the region, consistently high scores became routine during our several accreditations, and you developed strong relationships throughout the profession. Further, you were instrumental in creating twenty-one endowment funds to support students, faculty, and school programs. Your leadership fostered the creation of impactful initiatives, including the Center for Metropolitan Density, the Property Repositioning and Turnaround Strategies certificate, the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture, and the Digital Fabrication Consortium. Under you, the School of Architecture, the School of Urban and Public Affairs, and the City of Arlington established the Arlington Urban Design Center. You modeled community engagement with projects such as La Bajada Urban Youth Farm. While impressive, these are only a few of your many valued accomplishments as you also developed a strong relationship with the profession locally and nationally.

For your dedication to administration and teaching, commitment to students and collaboration with colleagues in realizing the school’s mission, and for service to the University and the design fields, the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

R. Leighton McWilliams - Art  and Art History

The Art and Art History Department is deeply grateful and appreciative for your many years of honorable and effective leadership and mentorship. As an administrator and professor, you accomplished many endeavors that elevated the department, college, and University to new heights. You assisted in doubling student numbers and bringing new programs such as the Master of Fine Arts. You managed the department’s unit effectiveness plan and the CASIM space audits, oversaw curriculum development, and supported the NASAD accreditation. Further, your service to the department and beyond led you to sit on countless committees serving as a steadfast advocate for the department and the wider University community. Through your creative acumen, you have shown your artwork locally, nationally, and internationally with innumerable solo and group photography exhibitions. This work also garnered many awards, including the Society of Photographic Education and “Best Photographer in 2012” from Fort Worth Weekly.

Your professional leadership put the success of students, staff, and faculty over all else. It is for these and too many other reasons to cite that The University of Texas at Arlington, along with the members of the Art and Art History Department, awards you the title of Professor Emeritus with our deepest gratitude and thanks.

Charles Nussbaum - Philosophy and Humanities

The faculty, alumni, and students of the Department of Philosophy & Humanities and the administration of the College of Liberal Arts and The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your thirty-five years of extraordinary teaching, path-breaking research and dedicated service, your lifelong devotion to the pursuit of excellence in Classical Studies, and your generosity in sharing that devotion and its fruits with your colleagues, students, and the university, professional, and local communities.

The Department of Philosophy & Humanities is forever in your debt for your unwavering commitment to the mission of the Department, the achievement of excellence in all areas, and the well-being of its students and faculty. Your heart and mind will always be remembered and revered in the Department, the College, and the University.

For your dedication to teaching, contributions to the profession, and collaboration with colleagues, for your great successes in realizing the mission of the Department and College, and for your service to the University and to the study and practice of Classics, the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

Kenneth L. Reifsnider - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty and administration of The University of Texas at Arlington are honored to recognize your enduring scholarship and distinguished service to the education of future scientists and engineers, your international recognition which earned you induction into the National Academy of Engineering among others, your lifelong devotion to the principles of our profession, and your role in establishing the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies (IPPM). 

Under your leadership, IPPM brought together faculty across the College of Engineering forming a multidisciplinary team of researchers working in areas spanning from computational composite mechanics to energy storage and multiphysics phenomena modeling. IPPM integrated research with education providing an exceptional environment for graduate students to work on timely and challenging research projects sponsored by industry and government funding agencies. With an annual research expenditure rate of $1 million on average, IPPM has made a stellar contribution to achieving our designation as a Texas Tier One university. 

Your ever-willingness to step in and generously contribute your time and talent has impacted: graduate students enrolled in the state-of-the-art course you developed on high temperature, high-rate composite systems; senior teams in timely environmental capstone design projects; and freshmen in “Student Success” (UNIV-EN 1131). Thank you for sharing your experience, wisdom and best practices for academic success for students at all stages.

For your exceptional, internationally recognized scholarship, dedication to teaching, commitment to students, mentorship of colleagues in establishing and growing IPPM, and for your service to the University, the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

Dog-Jun (DJ) Seo -Civil Engineering

Your colleagues in the School of Social Work, the administration of The University of Texas at Arlington, and myriad of former students wish to express their appreciation for your thirty-two years of mentorship, teaching and training, and scholarship. You have consistently been one of the most popular instructors in the school and have mentored other faculty both in social work and across the University who seek your help in assisting them in teaching skills and techniques. You were always available and willing to provide assistance.

Your advancement of social work reaches past the classroom. You are an expert in the theory and practice of mental health services and published many chapters on the subject in some of the most popular textbooks in the field. Your contributions will surely benefit students and alumni for many years in the future. Your collegiality and service to the school and the university and the tremendous positive influence you have had on your colleagues and the students continue to serve as an example for others; therefore the title of Professor Emeritus is hereby conferred upon you.

Revenor Baker - Information Systems & Operations Management

Don Liles - Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering

John Priest - Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering

Alan Saxe - Political Science

Maria Scannapieco - Social Work