Published: Sept. 19, 2018

In recognition of their exceptional service, teaching and research, three members of the 麻豆影院 faculty聽have been named 2018 Professors of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences.

profs of distinctionThe new professors of distinction are聽Mitchell C. Begelman of astrophysical and planetary sciences, Christopher Braider of French and Italian and Janet Jacobs of women and gender studies.

Mitchell C. Begelman, Christopher Braider and Janet Jacobs have been named professors of distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences.

This revered聽title聽is reserved for scholars and artists of national and international acclaim whose college peers also recognize as exceptionally talented teachers and colleagues. Honorees of this award hold this title for the remainder of their careers in the College of Arts and Sciences at CU 麻豆影院.

The trio will be honored on聽Monday, Sept. 24,聽at 3:30 p.m., in the聽Old Main Chapel聽on campus. At the free and public event, each will give a 20-minute public presentation based on his or her research or scholarly work. A reception in the Heritage Center on the third floor of Old Main will follow.

Janet Jacobs | Department of Women and Gender Studies
Hidden Heritage; The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews and The Holocaust Across Generations: Trauma and Its Inheritance Among Descendants of Survivors. She is a recipient of the Hazel Barnes Award.

Her lecture is titled聽鈥淪ites of Terror and the Memory of Genocidal Trauma.鈥