2020 Professor with Distinction
Nominations for the 2020 Professor with Distinction will open on January 21. The recipient of the award will be announced during Spring 2020 Commencement.
Dr. Sandy Hoover
2019-2020 Professor with Distinction Recipient
Professor of History, '06
Chair of the Department of History & Political Science
B.A. Southeastern Oklahoma State University; M.A. Oklahoma State University; Ph.D. Texas Tech University
Dr. Laurie Smith
2018-2019 Professor with Distinction Recipient
Professor of Sociology, '91
Chair of Department of Behavioral Sciences, and Interim Dean of School of Natural and Social Sciences
B.A., University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; M.A. Baylor University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Lynn New
2017-2018 Professor with Distinction Recipient
Professor of Psychology, '86-'18
Dean of the School of Natural & Social Sciences
B.S., Texas A&M University; M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Dr. John Sargent
2016-2017 Professor with Distinction Recipient
Professor of Teacher Education, '03
Dean of the School of Education
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.S., Binghamton University; Ed.D., Louisiana Tech University
2015-2016 Professor with Distinction Recipients
Dr. Stan Coppinger
Professor of English, '10-'15
B.A. Biola University, M.A. Tarleton State University, Ph.D. Baylor University
Dr. Donna Dooley
Professor of Teacher Education and Dean of School of Education, ’98-'15
B.A., M.S., Ed.D., Louisiana Tech University
Dr. Bill Mills
Professor of Computer Science, ’84
B.S., M.S., Ed.D., East Texas State University; additional graduate study at University of Utah
and Utah State University
2014-2015 Professor with Distinction Recipients
Dr. Roy G. Darville
Professor of Biology and Chair of Department of Biology and Chemistry, ’83
B.S., M.S., Lamar University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University; additional graduate study at
the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and University of South Bohemia
Dr. Marty S. Warren
Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Department of Mathematics, ’92
B. A., M.S., Ph.D., Baylor University
Dr. Cassandra M. Falke
Associate Professor of English, ’06-'14
B.A., University of Georgia; M.L.A., St. John’s College; Ph.D., University of York