In recognition of their exceptional service, teaching and research, three members of the University of Colorado Boulder faculty have been named 2018 Professors of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences.
The new professors of distinction are 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 title 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 Boulder.
The trio will be honored on Monday, Sept. 24, at 3:30 p.m., in the Old Main Chapel 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.
Her lecture is titled “Sites of Terror and the Memory of Genocidal Trauma.”