Alumni Professor Award
Twenty-five, five-year non-renewable Alumni Professorships are sponsored by the Auburn Alumni Association, with funds endowed from annual giving. The Professorships carry an annual $3,500 salary supplement. The Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost calls for nominations from department heads through deans. The awards are presented on the basis of research, publishing and teaching.
2021 Winners
Jack DeRuiter
Drug Discovery and Development
David Held
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Christopher Lepczyk
Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Jennifer Robinson
Psychological Sciences
Melody Russell
Curriculum and Teaching
Alumni Professors
2020 – 2021
Andreas Kavazis
Kinesiology
Latif Kalin
Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
Edward Sikora
Plant Pathology
Levent Yilmaz
Computer Science/Software Engineering
Tracy Witte
Psychology
Francesca Adler-Baeder
Human Development & Family Studies
James. R. Linder
Curriculum and Teaching
Stuart Loch
Physics
Xiao Qin
Computer Science & Software Engineering
Katheryn Scott-Lawrence
Entomology & Plant Pathology
Benson Akingbemi
Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology
Dennis DeVries
Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences
Peter Hastie
School of Kinesiology
John Rapp
Psychology
Yaoqi Zhang
Forestry and Wildlife Science
Dawn Boothe
Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
Stephen Dobson
Biological Sciences
Joseph Kloepper
Entomology and Plant Pathology
George Plasketes
Communication and Journalism
Anton DiSclafani
English
Andreas Kavazis
Kinesiology
Latif Kalin
Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
Edward Sikora
Plant Pathology
Levent Yilmaz
Computer Science/Software Engineering
Tracy Witte
Psychology
Past Recipients
2019 ALUMNI PROFESSORS
Francesca Adler-Baeder
College of Human Sciences
Human Development & Family Studies
James. R. Lindner
College of Education
Agriscience Education
Stuart Loch
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Physics
Xiao Qin
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Computer Science & Software Engineering
Katheryn Scott-Lawrence
College of Agriculture
Plant Pathology
2018 ALUMNI PROFESSORS
Benson Akingbemi
Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Dennis DeVries
Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
College of Agriculture
Peter Hastie
Kinesiology
School of Kinesiology/College of Education
John Rapp
Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Yaoqi Zhang
Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
College of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
2017 ALUMNI PROFESSORS
Kira Bowen
Plant Pathology Professor
Robert Boyd
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Z. Y. Cheng
Materials Engineering
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
J. Scott McElroy
Department of Crop, Soil and
Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture
2016 ALUMNI PROFESSORS
Dawn Boothe
Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Stephen Dobson
Biological Sciences
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Joseph Kloepper
Entomology & Plant Pathology
College of College of Agriculture
George Plasketes
School of Communications & Journalism
College of Liberal Arts