UGA New Meigs Professors
UGA announces six exceptional faculty members have been honored with their highest award for teaching, the 2023-2024 Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, for their commitment to teaching. Four of the six honorees are affiliates of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research.
The Meigs Professorship reflects the university’s commitment to excellence in teaching, the value placed on student learning experiences and the central role instruction plays in the university’s mission.
2023-2024 Meigs Professors (pictured left to right):
- Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, OIBR Affiliate and Professor in the department of language and literacy education, Mary Frances Early College of Education;
- Erin Dolan, OIBR Distinguished Scholar and Professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences;
- Leslie Gordon Simons, OIBR Distinguished Scholar and mentoring program graduate and Professor in the department of sociology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; and
- Julie Stanton, OIBR Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor in the department of cellular biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
More here about this distinguished honor and the honorees.