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William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of History and Professor Emerita of German, Russian and East European Studies

Celia Applegate is a historian whose scholarship has advanced understanding of modern Germany, with particular emphasis on culture, nationalism and the history of music. She joined 五一茶馆儿 in 2012 as the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and later held additional appointments in musicology and German, Russian and East European studies. Her work is particularly known for demonstrating how music functioned as a central medium through which ideas of nationhood and cultural identity were created and experienced in modern Germany. Applegate earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Bryn Mawr College in 1981 and her Ph.D. in history from Stanford University in 1987. Before coming to Vanderbilt, she held faculty and leadership positions at the University of Rochester, where she

was professor of history and an affiliate of the Eastman School of Music.

She is the author of three influential books, including Bach in Berlin: Nation and Culture in Mendelssohn鈥檚 Revival of the St. Matthew Passion (Cornell University Press, 2005), which received the German Studies Association鈥檚 DAAD Book Prize, and The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme (University of Toronto Press, 2017). Her earlier work, A Nation of Provincials: The German Idea of Heimat (University of California Press, 1990), remains a foundational contribution to the study of regionalism and national identity in Germany. A book based on her research and lectures, including the 2022 Mosse Lectures in Jerusalem, was published by University of Wisconsin Press in 2025 as The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in聽 Germany鈥檚聽 Long聽 Nineteenth Century, part of the George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas. Applegate has also edited volumes, published extensively in leading journals, and played a major role in the profession, including serving as president of the German Studies Association and the Central European History Society. Her current work, Music and the Germans: A Local, National, and Central European History, explores the history of musical culture in modern Germany and will be published by Oxford

University Press.

Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology

Jo-Anne Bachorowski鈥檚 work has examined how vocal expression鈥攅specially laughter鈥攕hapes emotional communication and social interaction.

She earned her A.B. (1980) in psychology from the College of the Holy Cross and her M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (1991) in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison. She joined Vanderbilt in 1995 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2002. Over a 30-year career, she made sustained contributions to research, teaching and service in the Department of Psychology.

Bachorowski鈥檚 research has focused on vocal communication, including the acoustic expression of emotion, laughter and infant-directed speech. Her work demonstrated that vocal signals of emotion are not consistently aligned with internal emotional states, challenging traditional 鈥渘atural kinds鈥� models and supporting constructionist perspectives. She also showed that the variability in laughter shapes listeners鈥� emotional responses and facilitates social connection. This work has received broad attention in both scientific and popular media.

Bachorowski has been a dedicated teacher and mentor, teaching courses ranging from large introductory classes in general and abnormal psychology to advanced seminars on clinical science and emotion. She received Vanderbilt鈥檚 Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2005. She also held key leadership roles in the department, including director of clinical training, director of undergraduate studies and co-director of the honors program. At the university level, she served on the College of Arts and Science Immersion Committee and was an inaugural faculty head of house on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, where she helped build a strong intellectual and residential community.

Julia Eleanor Blair Chenault Endowed Professor of Nursing Emerita and Professor Emerita of Nursing

Julie V. Barroso is a nurse scientist whose research has advanced understanding of HIV-related fatigue, stigma and long-term survivorship among people living with HIV. She joined the 五一茶馆儿 School of Nursing in 2020 after holding faculty and leadership roles at the Medical University of South Carolina, Duke University and the University of Miami.

Barroso earned her B.S.N. (1983) from Florida State University, her M.S.N. (1988) from the University of South Florida, and her Ph.D.聽 (1993) from the University聽 of Texas at Austin. Her research has focused on the lived experience of chronic illness, particularly among individuals with HIV. She developed the HIV-Related Fatigue Scale, a widely used tool for measuring fatigue in this population, and has contributed to qualitative research methodology, including co-authoring the Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research (Springer Publishing, 2007).

She has maintained a sustained program of federally funded research for more than two decades and has published more than 100 scholarly articles. At Vanderbilt, her work included studies of stigma among women living with HIV and symptom measurement in long COVID. She has also mentored numerous faculty and students and taught across master鈥檚, doctoral and clinical programs. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has received recognition for excellence in teaching and mentorship.

Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Management

Bruce Barry is a scholar of negotiation, business ethics and workplace rights whose work draws on psychology, sociology, management, philosophy and public policy. His research has focused on social issues in management, including ethics and workplace rights, as well as the dynamics of power, influence, negotiation, conflict, and justice in organizations.

Barry earned his B.A. (1980) and M.A. (1981) from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. (1991) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1991 and served as director of the Owen Graduate School of Management鈥檚 Ph.D. program from 1998 to 2004. He also served as chair of the 五一茶馆儿 Faculty Senate in 2008鈥�09 and held visiting appointments at institutions in Australia.

His research has been widely published in leading journals across management, psychology and ethics. His book Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace (Berrett-Koehler, 2007) examines the limits of employee expression, and his co-authored textbooks on negotiation, now in multiple editions, are widely used in higher education and have been translated into numerous languages.

Barry has held major leadership roles in his field, including serving as editor-in- chief of Business Ethics Quarterly and as president and fellow of the International Association for Conflict Management. He has also served in leadership roles within the Academy of Management and on editorial boards of leading journals.

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Dr. Gordon R. Bernard鈥檚 work has advanced the care of critically ill patients and the conduct of large-scale clinical research in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He earned his B.S. from Southern University in 1972 and his M.D. from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1976. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1981 as a physician-scientist and became medical director of the Medical Intensive Care

Unit and director of pulmonary and critical care research programs in 1983.

Bernard鈥檚 research has focused on improving care and outcomes for critically ill patients with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome. In 1987, he established the Vanderbilt Coordinating Center to support multi-institutional and international clinical trials.

He has authored or co-authored more than 350 scientific publications and is a member of the American Association of Physicians. He served for 16 years as director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and has played a central role in advancing clinical and translational science at Vanderbilt, including integrating research into routine clinical care through a learning health system.

Bernard has also contributed to national research initiatives, serving in leadership roles for NIH-funded programs supporting clinical and translational research, including as contact principal investigator for one of the NIH鈥檚 Trial Innovation Centers. His honors include the Alfred Soffer Research Award, the William J. Darby Award, and selection as an Amberson Lecturer of the American Thoracic Society.

Professor Emeritus of Hearing and Speech Sciences

James W. Bodfish is an expert in autism, with particular focus on repetitive behaviors, neurobiology and drug development. His research has provided important insights into the characterization of heterogeneous symptoms and the functional impairments associated with those symptoms in individuals with autism.

He earned his B.S. in 1983 from the University of New Haven and his M.A. (1985) and Ph.D. (1986) in experimental psychology from the University of Alabama. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral neurology at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Since joining Vanderbilt in 2012 in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Bodfish has served as vice chair for research, helping to expand the department鈥檚 research programs, including clinical research in autism. He was also the inaugural holder of the Thomas and Jane Yount Chair in Hearing and Speech Sciences.

Bodfish has authored more than 100 publications in leading journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Science, PLOS One, The Journal of Pediatrics, and Behavioural Brain Research. He has mentored numerous postdoctoral fellows and served on more than 40 doctoral committees. He has also led collaborative efforts across Vanderbilt to translate research findings into improved clinical care for individuals with autism and served as deputy director of clinical translation at the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation.

Professor Emeritus of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Mark R. Boothby is an immunologist and rheumatologist whose career spans decades in academic medicine, research, and clinical practice. His work has contributed to understanding how the immune system functions in health and disease, and informs therapeutic approaches.

He earned his B.S. in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison in 1976, followed by M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1983 through the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado and a rheumatology fellowship at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital, where he conducted molecular immunology research and later held faculty appointments at Harvard University.

Boothby joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1992 as the first primary faculty member in the expanded Department of Microbiology and Immunology. His research聽聽 has provided key insights into the dysregulation of immune cells in autoimmune disease and cancer. He was promoted to professor in 2006 and taught medical and doctoral students while maintaining a part-time rheumatology practice. His service to Vanderbilt included contributions to faculty recruitment, strategic planning and biosafety initiatives.

He has published approximately 140 papers, including more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles, in leading journals such as Nature, Science, Immunity, PNAS and the Journal of Experimental Medicine. He has served on National Institutes of Health study sections and advisory boards for organizations including the Arthritis Foundation and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, as well as the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Alan R. Bowers served on the faculty of 五一茶馆儿 for more than four decades, teaching courses in environmental engineering, including environmental chemistry and biological and physical鈥揷hemical processes, and conducting research that applies engineering principles to the treatment and remediation of environmental contaminants in water and wastewater systems.

He earned his B.C.E. (1976), M.C.E. (1978) and Ph.D. (1982) from the University of Delaware, all in civil and environmental engineering, and joined Vanderbilt in 1982. His research has focused on environmental engineering processes, including biological wastewater treatment, the transport of metals in soils and groundwater, and the chemical transformation of toxic organic compounds. His work also examined the fate of emerging contaminants, including pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and the recovery of vital resources such as phosphorus from wastewater systems. He has consulted for federal agencies and industry and has published widely in journals, books and conference proceedings. One of his publications was cited by Advances in Engineering as 鈥渙ne of the most significant publications in science and engineering鈥� in 2017.

As a teacher, Bowers was known for making complex material accessible and for connecting course concepts to real-world applications. He was highly regarded by students for his commitment to their learning and success.

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Richard M. Breyer is a molecular pharmacologist whose research has advanced understanding of eicosanoid receptors, particularly E-prostanoid (EP) receptors, and their role in inflammation, vascular function and neurodegenerative disease.

He earned his B.S. (1978) from the University of Michigan and his M.S. (1982) and Ph.D. (1988) in biology and biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed postdoctoral training in receptor biology in France and joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1991, with primary appointment in medicine and secondary appointments in biochemistry and pharmacology.

Breyer鈥檚 work has focused on the molecular mechanisms of prostaglandin signaling and its role in conditions such as asthma, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. His research has provided key insights into the regulation of renal function, blood pressure, metabolism and neuroinflammation, and has contributed to the development of targeted therapeutic approaches. He has published extensively in leading journals, including Science, Nature, PNAS, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

He has also contributed to collaborative research initiatives, including the Vanderbilt Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Research Center, and has mentored numerous graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of the Humanities Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies

Robert Ford Campany is a leading scholar of Chinese religious history whose work has reshaped understanding of Daoist, Buddhist, Confucian and popular religious traditions in late classical and medieval China. His research spans more than a millennium and has been widely recognized for its depth, originality and influence. He earned his B.A. from Davidson College in 1981 and his M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1988) from the University of Chicago and began his academic career at Indiana University in 1988. In 2006 he joined the University of Southern California, where he served as director of the School of Religion, and in 2010 he joined 五一茶馆儿 as professor of Asian studies. In 2021 he was named the Gertrude Conaway

Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities.

Campany is the author of seven monographs and more than 40 scholarly articles. His books include Making Transcendents:聽 Ascetics聽 and聽 Social聽 Memory聽 in聽 Early聽 Medieval聽 China (University of Hawai鈥檌 Press, 2009), which received the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, and The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE鈥�800 CE (Harvard University Asia Center, 2020), which was awarded both the Joseph Levenson Prize and the M茅daille Stanislas Julien. His research has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Guggenheim Foundation. His work is particularly known for examining how religious practices, narratives, and ideas of self-cultivation shaped everyday life and social memory in early China.

Campany has also provided extensive service to his field, including co-editing the Journal of Chinese Religions and serving on advisory and editorial boards of major scholarly organizations. At Vanderbilt, he directed the Program in Asian Studies and served on numerous faculty and program committees.

E. Bronson Ingram Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Accounting

Paul K. Chaney is a distinguished financial accounting scholar whose research has examined mergers and acquisitions, earnings management, and auditor reputation. He has taught at the Owen Graduate School of Management for more than four decades, shaping generations of students and bringing a broad perspective on accounting research and practice to the classroom.

Chaney earned his B.S. (1975) from Indiana University鈥揚urdue University at Fort Wayne and his M.B.A. (1977) and Ph.D. (1983) from Indiana University. He joined Vanderbilt in 1984 and served in key leadership roles, including area head of accounting and member of the Faculty Senate.

His research has been published in leading journals, including Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and Journal of Accounting Research. His work has also been cited in major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Financial Times. He co-authored Advanced Accounting (Wiley, 8th ed., 2022).

Chaney received the Owen Graduate School of Management鈥檚 Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching three times and the school鈥檚 research award. He has served as editor of The International Journal of Accounting and as a member of the editorial boards of several leading journals.

His work has had a lasting impact on academic research and the practice of financial accounting.

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology

Dr. David H. 颁丑别蝉迟苍耻迟鈥檚 career in clinical care, research and education has spanned more than four decades, advancing obstetric anesthesia and the care of maternal鈥� fetal patients.

He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from Samford University in 1974 and his M.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1978. He completed residencies in anesthesiology and obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University, establishing a focus on obstetric anesthesia.

Chestnut joined 五一茶馆儿 as professor of anesthesiology in 2014. He is the founding and senior editor of 颁丑别蝉迟苍耻迟鈥檚 Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice (Elsevier, 7th ed., 2025), a widely used reference in obstetric anesthesia. His research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, has included both laboratory and clinical studies, and he has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Before joining Vanderbilt, Chestnut held tenured faculty positions at the University of Iowa, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Wisconsin, and he served as chair of anesthesiology at UAB. He has held national leadership roles, including president of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, and he served for 12 years on the board of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is a diplomate of both the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His honors include the John J. Bonica Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. In 2013 the David H. Chestnut Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology was established at UAB.

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Dr. Brian W. Christman has contributed to improving the care of patients with complex pulmonary and critical illness throughout his tenure at Vanderbilt.

After earning a B.S. from Tulane University in 1977 and an M.D. from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1981, he joined Vanderbilt in 1981 and completed residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary/ critical care medicine. After he joined the faculty in 1987, his clinical work was broadly focused on pulmonary and critical care conditions. Dr. Christman served as associate director of the Vanderbilt intensive care unit and director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program. His research contributed significantly to the research program within the field and was published in prestigious journals. As associate program director for the Vanderbilt Internal Medicine Residency Program, he worked closely with trainees to develop their clinical skills and progress toward independent practice. As professor and vice chair of the Department of Medicine, Christman played a key role in clinical leadership and education, overseeing faculty activity, improving quality of care, and mentoring residents, fellows and junior faculty.

He has received numerous honors, including multiple Hugh Jackson Morgan Teaching Awards from the Vanderbilt Department of Medicine, and has served as president of the Tennessee Thoracic Society and chair of the 五一茶馆儿 Faculty Senate. He has also served since 2003 as chief of the medical service for the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).

Christman has dedicated his career to advancing knowledge in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine through patient care, education and research. His work has been supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Cancer Institute, both part of the National Institutes of Health, as well as by the American Lung Association.

Louise B. McGavock Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Roger J. Colbran is a biochemist and neuroscience researcher who has advanced understanding of molecular signaling in the brain and is best known for his work on calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and its roles in synaptic signaling, plasticity and brain disorders.

He earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in biochemistry from the University of Bristol in 1982 and a Ph.D. from Newcastle University in 1986 and has spent his research career at 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine. He has been a senior faculty member in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, where he held the Louise B. McGavock Chair and served in departmental leadership roles, and an investigator with the Vanderbilt Brain Institute and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. He has also been affiliated with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center.

His lab has used multidisciplinary approaches to identify key molecular mechanisms that control where and when protein kinases and phosphatases (especially CaMKII) act at synapses in the brain. Key observations include demonstrating how CaMKII interacts with both ligand- and voltage-gated calcium channels, as well as other synaptic targets, to shape neuronal signaling. He has also shown how these mechanisms regulate synaptic activity and memory processes in the hippocampus and striatum and link CaMKII dysfunction to neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Colbran has delivered numerous invited seminars and has published approximately 150 primary research papers, review articles, commentaries and editorials that together have been cited more than 18,000 times. Colbran has taken on significant editorial roles, including serving as an associate editor for the Journal聽 of聽 Biological聽 Chemistry for 12 years. He聽 has served on more than a hundred Ph.D. dissertation committees and has mentored several junior faculty

members. Many of his trainees continue work on CaMKII and synaptic signaling.

Professor Emerita of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Alice Clark Coogan is a pathologist and educator whose career has been defined by leadership in medical education, cytopathology and academic medicine.

Coogan earned her B.A. from Stanford University in 1984 and her M.D. from 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine in 1988. She completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a fellowship in cytopathology at Duke University Hospital, where she later joined the faculty and was associate director of residency training. In 1997, she was recruited to Vanderbilt for her expertise in cytopathology and her commitment to medical student and graduate medical education.

She assumed leadership of Pathology 501, a required course for all second-year medical students, launched the Cytopathology Fellowship Program in 2009, and chaired the VUSM Admissions Committee from 2014 to 2018. She received multiple awards for excellence in teaching, including the Jack Davies Basic Sciences Teaching Award and the Shovel Award, a student-selected honor presented annually by the School of Medicine graduating class. She was also inducted into the 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center鈥檚 Academy for Excellence in Education and is widely recognized for her mentorship of medical students, residents, fellows and faculty.

Coogan was named the Dorothy Beryl and Theodore R. Austin Professor of Pathology in 2020 and became the first female chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, serving in that role for six years. She led the department and the broader VUMC enterprise through the COVID-19 pandemic, oversaw the strategic expansion of clinical laboratory services with the opening of VUMC鈥檚 MetroCenter labs, and strengthened research programs that helped PM&I rank among the top 10 nationally in National Institutes of Health funding.

Professor Emerita of Medicine

Nancy J. Cox is a computational geneticist whose work has advanced large- scale human genetics research and genomic medicine. She earned her B.Sc. from the University of Notre Dame in 1978 and her Ph.D. in human genetics from Yale University in 1982. After postdoctoral research at Washington University聽 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, she joined the faculty of the University of Chicago and later 五一茶馆儿, where she was named the Mary Phillips Edmonds Gray Professor of Genetics.

At Vanderbilt, Cox founded and led the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, directed the Department of Medicine鈥檚 Division of Genetic Medicine, and led large-scale genotyping efforts for more than 100,000 BioVU samples.

She has authored nearly 500 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and reports, with more than 81,000 citations. She has lectured widely in the United States and internationally and has contributed extensively to the Human Genetics graduate program at Vanderbilt. Her trainees have included nearly 40 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, as well as numerous undergraduates, medical students and fellows.

Cox has held national leadership roles with the American Society of Human Genetics, including service as president, and served as editor-in-chief of Genetic Epidemiology. She has also served as chair of the Biological Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and as a council member of the National Human Genome Research Institute. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and received the American Society of Human Genetics Leadership Award in 2023. Her Vanderbilt honors include the Richard Caprioli Award and the Mary Jane Werthan Award.

Professor Emerita of Medicine

Dr. Leslie J. Crofford is a rheumatologist and physician-scientist whose work has advanced understanding of inflammation, pain and stress in rheumatic disease.

A native of Nashville, Tennessee, she earned her B.A. from 五一茶馆儿 in 1980 and her M.D. from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in 1984. She completed her internal medicine training at Washington University鈥檚 Barnes Hospital and then pursued research and clinical fellowships in molecular genetics and rheumatology at the National Institutes of Health.

She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1993 and was promoted to professor in 2004. She later served at the University of Kentucky as Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, chief of the Division of Rheumatology, and director of the Center for the Advancement of Women鈥檚 Health. In 2013 she returned to Vanderbilt as professor of medicine, with a joint appointment in pathology, microbiology and immunology, and in 2016 was named the Wilson Family Chair in Medicine. She served as division director of Rheumatology and Immunology from 2014 to 2024 五一茶馆儿.

Her research has focused on the role of inflammatory mediators in rheumatic disease, particularly prostaglandins in arthritis. She has maintained continuous research support from the National Institutes of Health and major foundations and has published more than 300 journal articles, with more than 40,000 citations and an h-index of 96.

Crofford has held national leadership roles, including president of the Rheumatology Research Foundation and member of the executive committee of the American College of Rheumatology Board of Directors. She has also served on the Rheumatology Subspecialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the advisory council of the NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and the National Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the Arthritis Foundation.

Professor Emerita of Education

Ana Christina da Silva Iddings鈥� work centers on multilingualism, literacy, teacher education and educational equity. Across research, teaching and service, her career reflects a sustained commitment to equity, democratic participation and the preparation of educators for just and sustainable futures.

She earned her B.A. (1991) from California State Polytechnic University and her

M.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (2001) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where her dissertation received the College of Education鈥檚 Dissertation of the Year Award. She joined Vanderbilt Peabody College in 2001 as assistant professor of language and literacy and served as director of elementary education programs from 2002 to 2006. Following a decade at the University of Arizona, she returned to Peabody in 2016 as professor of the practice in the Department of Teaching and Learning, with an affiliate appointment in the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies.

Her research examines how multilingual learners, families and educators navigate educational systems shaped by sociopolitical inequality, drawing on ecological perspectives, Freirean praxis and sociocultural theory. Her work spans family literacies, early childhood education, teacher preparation and sustainability education. Her international collaborations extend across Latin America and Europe, including partnerships with leading universities in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Most recently, she has held appointments as researcher at the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Oslo and has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Fellowship (2026鈥�27), working with colleagues at the University of Oslo to advance her work on multilingual education in the digital age.

Acentral strand of herscholarship has been the transformation of teachereducation. As director of the Peabody Learning, Diversity and Urban Studies M.Ed. program (2016鈥�25) and director of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in International Teaching Program (2023鈥�24), she mentored more than 150 graduate students and advanced praxis-based, community-embedded approaches to preparing educators to work effectively with vulnerable populations and historically marginalized communities.

Da Silva Iddings has authored and edited three scholarly books with Cambridge University Press and Routledge, published widely in leading journals and handbooks, and served as associate editor of Urban Education and the Journal of Literacy Research. She is an elected member of the Literacy Research Association Executive Board and has secured research funding from the Fulbright Program, the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation and the Helios Education Foundation, among others. Her honors include the inaugural READY Faculty Fellowship at 五一茶馆儿, the Peabody Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Award, the Curb Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Public Scholarship, the Vanderbilt Athletics Distinguished Faculty Award, and multiple international visiting professorships.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Benoit M. Dawant is an engineer and researcher whose work has advanced medical image analysis and image-guided interventions and contributed to their application in clinical practice.

He earned his M.S. in electrical engineering from the Universit茅 Catholique de Louvain in Belgium in 1982 and his Ph.D. in systems engineering from the University of Houston in 1987. He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1988 and has contributed to interdisciplinary research at the interface of engineering and medicine. He was the founding director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering and served as its director from 2011 to 2024 五一茶馆儿. He served as interim chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering during the 2024 五一茶馆儿鈥�25 academic year and has held faculty appointments in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, computer science, radiology, neurological surgery and otolaryngology. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2019 he was named Vanderbilt Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor, recognizing excellence in scholarship, teaching and service.

Dawant鈥檚 research focuses on improving medical procedures through advanced imaging and computation. His work supports image-guided surgical and interventional procedures across several areas, including deep brain stimulation for Parkinson鈥檚 disease, cochlear implants, and radiation therapy planning in oncology. He is particularly known for developing computational methods that enable more precise and personalized interventions.

Dawant has graduated 25 Ph.D. students, authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific publications cited more than 20,000 times, and holds 11 U.S. patents, reflecting the translational impact of his work. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and other federal funding agencies.

Ingram Professor of Anthropology Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Arthur A. Demarest is an anthropologist and archaeologist whose work has advanced understanding of the ancient Maya and other Mesoamerican civilizations. He studied Mesoamerican anthropology and archaeology at Tulane University, earning his B.A., summa cum laude, in 1974. He earned his Ph.D. in anthropology and archaeology at Harvard University in 1981 and joined Vanderbilt in 1984. He has held the Ingram Chair in Anthropology and served as the director of the Vanderbilt

Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology and Development.

Demarest hasworked in Mesoamerica formore than 35 years, leading archaeological excavations and expeditions. He is widely regarded as one of the world鈥檚 leading experts on the Maya and has also studied the Olmec, Inca and Aztec civilizations, the collapse of civilizations, the role of religion in ancient societies, and ethics聽聽聽聽 in anthropology. He has divided his efforts between archaeological excavation and exploration, development programs for Indigenous Maya communities, and management of the Vanderbilt-owned, Maya-managed Cancu茅n tropical forest and archaeological park in the Pet茅n region of Guatemala. He has served as director of both the Vanderbilt Cancu茅n Regional Archaeological Project and the Vanderbilt/ Universidad del Valle San Andr茅s Semetabaj Regional Archaeology and Development project in Guatemala鈥檚 volcanic highlands.

Demarest is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and monographs and more than 100 articles and book chapters. He has received numerous awards for his archaeological and educational work in Guatemala and for his development work assisting contemporary Q鈥檈qchi鈥� Maya communities. In 2000,聽 Demarest was presented with the Orden del Pop, a career leadership award bestowed by Guatemala鈥檚 Universidad Francisco Marroqu铆n in recognition of his service to Guatemalan archaeology, particularly his training of many Guatemalan leaders in the archaeology of their country.

In 2004, Demarest became the first U.S. citizen to be awarded the Orden Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural de Guatemala, presented by the president of Guatemala, 脫scar Berger. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2003 by Tulane University, and in 1987 received the Madison-Sarratt Award from 五一茶馆儿 for outstanding undergraduate teaching.

Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics

William D. Dupont鈥檚 work has advanced statistical methods in biomedical research and contributed to major discoveries in cancer, public health and clinical medicine. He earned his B.Sc. (1969) and M.Sc. (1971) from McGill University and his Ph.D. (1977) from Johns Hopkins University, then joined Vanderbilt in the Department of Preventive Medicine. He led the Division of Biostatistics from 1987 to 2003, before it became a standalone academic department. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and co-recipient (with the late David L. Price) of 五一茶馆儿

School of Medicine鈥檚 Ernest W. Goodpasture Award for Groundbreaking Research. Dupont is one of the world鈥檚 leading authorities on breast cancer pathogenesis.

His landmark study of women diagnosed with fibrocystic breast disease transformed the assessment and classification of breast tissue anomalies, ultimately reducing the number of radical mastectomies performed for benign lesions. He has also played key roles in studies of asthma, respiratory syncytial virus infection, neonatal abstinence syndrome, opioid policy, and autonomic disorders. In addition, he is widely recognized for innovative statistical software development; with W.D. Plummer, he developed the PS Power and Sample Size Calculation tool, a free interactive program used by thousands of investigators since its debut in 1990.

As a founding faculty member, Dupont has been integral to the success of Vanderbilt鈥檚 Master of Public Health and biostatistics graduate programs. His development of the Biostatistics II course for MPH students led to his widely used textbook,聽 Statistical聽 Modeling聽 for聽 Biomedical聽 Researchers:聽 A聽 Simple聽 Introduction聽 to聽 the聽聽 Analysis of Complex Data (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2009). He was inducted into Vanderbilt鈥檚 Academy for Excellence in Education in 2021 in recognition of his efforts to make biostatistical training accessible to students from a wide range of backgrounds.

Joel G. Hardman and Mary K. Parr Chair Emeritus in Pharmacology and Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

Ronald B. Emeson is a distinguished professor and researcher in pharmacology, neuroscience and molecular biology. His research has focused on the regulation and significance of RNA processing events and their implications for neurologic and metabolic dysfunction.

He earned his B.A. in biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1980 and his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1986. He conducted most of his doctoral training in absentia in the Department聽 of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, working under the mentorship of Elizabeth Eipper and Richard Mains and focusing on the post- translational processing of neuropeptides in the hypothalamus.

Emeson then pursued postdoctoral training. Under the mentorship of Michael G. Rosenfeld at the University of California San Diego, he gained further experience in molecular neurobiology, and as a research associate at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he studied the molecular mechanisms underlying the alternative splicing of transcripts encoding peptide neurotransmitters.

In 1991, Emeson joined the faculty at 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine, where he has served in various roles, including holding the Joel G. Hardman and Mary K. Parr Chair in Pharmacology. He also has held secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Biochemistry, the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Professor Emeritus of Radiology

Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer is a radiologist whose career has advanced ultrasound and sonography in clinical practice, research and education, and who has mentored generations of radiologists and clinician-scientists. He was named the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Radiology and served as medical director of ultrasound at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center.

Fleischer earned his B.S. in biology from Emory University in 1973 and his M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia in 1976. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1980 after completing his radiology residency and fellowship at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center.

Fleischer鈥檚 research has advanced sonographic techniques in cancer detection and treatment. His expertise in gynecologic oncologic imaging has led to mentorship of trainees and support for early-career investigators in areas such as microbubble research and tumor vascularity assessment. His clinical and basic science investigations have supported oncologic applications of sonography in gynecologic, hepatic and prostatic cancers. His leadership in contrast-enhanced ultrasound and microvascular perfusion imaging has informed early-stage ovarian cancer evaluation and tumor response studies. His work in lymphedema and fibrosis assessment for oral cancer patients has further expanded radiology鈥檚 role in comprehensive cancer care. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and 25 medical books and has served as editor of Clinics in Oncology and as associate editor of the Journal of

Ultrasound in Medicine.

Brownlee O. Currey Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Management

Raymond A. Friedman is a scholar of negotiation and organizational behavior whose work has advanced understanding of conflict resolution, diversity and management across cultural contexts, particularly in Chinese organizational settings. Friedman earned his B.A. in economics and political science from Yale University 聽in 1980. In 1987, he earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago and joined the faculty at Harvard Business School. He joined Vanderbilt in 1994 and served as associate dean for faculty and research at the Owen Graduate School of

Management from 2010 to 2013.

His research explores negotiation, conflict resolution, and diversity, as well as management in Chinese organizational and cultural contexts. He has served on the editorial board of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and has held leadership roles including president of the International Association for Chinese Management Research, chair of the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management, and president of the International Association for Conflict Management.

Friedman has published in leading journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Annals, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Human Relations. His recent work examines how contracts are understood in Chinese and Western contexts, the role of anger in organizations, and the use of large language models鈥擜I systems trained to identify patterns in language-based data鈥攖o analyze negotiation transcripts.

Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. D. Catherine Fuchs is a psychiatrist and educator whose career has been marked by leadership in medical education, clinical training and student mentorship in psychiatry.

Fuchs earned her B.A. from 五一茶馆儿 in 1978 and her M.D. from 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine in 1982. She completed training in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center and joined the faculty in 1987.

She entered private practice in 1989 while also serving as co鈥損rincipal investigator on a Vanderbilt grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, returning to the Vanderbilt faculty in 1996. She held numerous educational leadership roles, including program director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and the General Psychiatry Residency, and served as a master clinical teacher in psychiatry at VUSM. She was promoted to professor in the Clinician Educator Track in 2014, with a secondary appointment in pediatrics, and held the Bixler-Johnson- Mayes Chair in Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Fuchs has served Vanderbilt in a wide range of roles, including chair of the Faculty Senate, director of the Psychological and Counseling Center, and faculty co-chair of admissions for the 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine. A founding member of the Vanderbilt Academy for Teaching Excellence, she has contributed to curriculum development that advances understanding of the intersection of mental and physical health. She is a member of the Pediatric Delirium Team, part of the Critical Illness Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center at Monroe Carell Jr. Children鈥檚 Hospital at Vanderbilt. In this role, she studies pediatric delirium and the impact on children and their families in the intensive care unit.

She has received several VUSM honors, including the Leonard Tow Humanism Award, the Shovel Award for clinical teaching with significant impact on students鈥� education, and the Brittingham Award for Clinical Teaching. She also received the Jefferson Award for distinguished service at 五一茶馆儿. She served on the Vanderbilt Alumni Board and currently serves on the board of Shade Tree Clinic, where she was instrumental in developing the pediatric psychiatry clinic and protocols for safe, effective care delivery.

Professor Emerita of Nursing

Mary Jo Gilmer is an internationally known nurse scientist and leader in pediatric palliative care whose work integrates compassionate care with rigorous research to address the needs of vulnerable populations.

She earned her B.S.N. from Michigan State University in 1971, her M.S.N. from the University of Illinois in 1978, her MBA from Queens University of Charlotte in 1989, and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1997. She joined Vanderbilt in 1998. Her career took a pivotal turn during her tenure as clinical director of the Pediatric Palliative Care Team at Vanderbilt Children鈥檚 Hospital, when she helped a dying adolescent find comfort in having a dog close by during the final hours of her life. This experience informed the development of programs to reduce suffering and improve quality of life in children with life-threatening conditions.

Gilmer has been integral in obtaining and managing more than $11 million in pediatric palliative care research funding. Her commitment to mentoring emerging researchers across disciplines has further strengthened pediatric palliative care nationally and internationally. She was instrumental in developing and disseminating national practice standards adopted by more than 30 children鈥檚 hospitals in the United States.

She has more than 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals, with more than 3,000 citations. Her research has influenced clinical practice and reached the broader community through media coverage, including features on CNN and Al Jazeera. Her accolades, including fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing and induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International Researcher Hall of Fame, underscore her numerous contributions to nursing and health care.

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

Todd D. Giorgio鈥檚 work has advanced the development of biomaterials and interdisciplinary approaches to solving complex problems in medicine and biology. He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1987 after earning his B.S. from Lehigh University in 1982 and his Ph.D. from Rice University in 1986, both in chemical engineering. His Vanderbilt career has been marked by teaching, research with an emphasis on translation to practice, and professional service. His work lies at the intersection of engineering, biology, and medicine, with a focus on developing

interdisciplinary teams to address unmet needs.

His teaching has been wide-ranging, reflecting appointments in the Department of Chemical Engineering (1987鈥�2006) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (2006鈥�2026). He聽 taught transport phenomena, earning the Tau Beta Pi Teacher聽聽 of the Year Award in 1995, and later developed courses in nanobiotechnology and advanced functional biomaterials.

His research has focused on understanding complex biological systems through 鈥渟mart鈥� biomaterials for gene and drug delivery. He has collaborated widely across disciplines and contributed to the development of novel biomaterials for oncology and immunology applications, including work related to women鈥檚 health. Research from his lab contributed to the formation of four early-stage companies, and his students have gone on to careers in industry, academia, and public service, and many have become entrepreneurs.

Giorgio is a registered professional engineer and an elected fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He served as chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering for nine years, during which the department expanded its faculty and graduate programs and increased its research activity and national visibility.

Hortense B. Ingram Professor of Cancer Research Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry

Scott W. Hiebert鈥檚 research has advanced understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying cancer.

He earned his B.S. from Bethel College in Kansas in 1982 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry, molecular biology and cellular biology from Northwestern University in 1987. He completed postdoctoral training at Duke University, focusing on cell cycle control and the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor. In 1991, he joined the faculty at St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital.

Since joining Vanderbilt in 1999, he has led the Signal Transduction and Cell Proliferation Program and served in leadership roles at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, including associate director for basic research, research education and shared resources.

His research has produced important discoveries on how chromosomal translocations contribute to cancer. He is also a dedicated mentor whose trainees have gone on to careers across academia, industry and clinical medicine. He has served on major national committees, including the National Cancer Advisory Board, to which he was appointed in 2016 by President Obama.

Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History Emeritus

James Hudnut-Beumler is a historian of American religion whose work has examined the cultural, economic and institutional dimensions of Protestantism and religious life in the United States.

He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 2000 and served as dean of the Divinity School until 2013, when he returned to full-time teaching, research and writing.

He earned his B.A. from the College of Wooster in 1980, his聽 M.Div.聽 from Union Theological Seminary in 1983, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989. Before coming to Vanderbilt, he served as dean of the faculty at Columbia Theological Seminary, a program associate for Lilly Endowment, and director of the undergraduate program at Princeton鈥檚 School of Public and International Affairs.

His scholarship focuses on American Protestantism and religion in the American South. His books include Looking for God in the Suburbs (Rutgers University Press, 1994), Generous Saints (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999), In Pursuit of the Almighty鈥檚 Dollar (The University of North Carolina Press, 2007), and Strangers and Friends at the Welcome Table (The University of North Carolina Press, 2018), among others. He has also co-authored and co-edited several major works on American religious history.

He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, and the Organization of American Historians.

E. Bronson Ingram Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Management in Marketing

Dawn Iacobucci鈥檚 research has advanced understanding of consumer behavior, marketing strategy and quantitative methods in business research.

She joined the Owen Graduate School of Management in 2007 and served as senior associate dean from 2008 to 2010. She earned her Ph.D. in quantitative psychology, along with degrees in statistics and psychology, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and also holds an M.T.S. from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary.

She began her academic career at Northwestern University鈥檚 Kellogg School of Management and later held faculty positions at the University of Arizona and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Her research has appeared in leading journals, including Harvard Business Review, Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science and Journal of Marketing Research. She has also authored several books, including Marketing Management (Cengage, 7th ed., 2026), a widely used textbook in marketing and marketing research.

Professor Emeritus of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Gary P. Jacobson has served Vanderbilt and 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center for more than 20 years, making significant contributions to the field of communication disorders through his teaching, clinical practice and research. His work has focused on improving the evaluation and diagnosis of vestibular disorders, which affect the inner ear system responsible for balance and spatial orientation.

He earned his B.A. in speech communication from California State University, Fullerton in 1974, his M.S. in audiology from the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison in 1975, and his Ph.D. in audiology from Kent State University in 1978. He joined Vanderbilt in 2003 as director of the Division of Audiology in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and later became director of the Division of Vestibular Sciences, expanding both divisions in collaboration with departments across Vanderbilt.

Jacobson鈥檚 teaching and mentoring of graduate students are reflected in consistently strong evaluations, and he played a key role in the audiology graduate program鈥檚 national reputation. He also served as lead editor of Balance Function Assessment and Management (Plural Publishing, 2008, 2014, 2018), a widely used textbook in the field.

Professor Emeritus of Physics

Thomas W. Kephart is a theoretical physicist whose research has spanned particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, with contributions to fundamental questions in quantum field theory and the structure of the universe.

His career in teaching and research has spanned nearly five decades. He has taught courses from introductory physics to graduate quantum field theory and has been an invited speaker at conferences and a visiting scholar at universities and laboratories worldwide. He has collaborated extensively with students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty.

Kephart earned his B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1971, his M.S. from North Texas State University in 1975, and his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Northeastern University in 1981. He received postdoctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Purdue University. He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1985 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1991, and to professor in 2007.

He has received numerous awards and fellowships. These include a Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, selection as a Visiting Scientist at SLAC, a PPARC Visiting Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, election as a fellow of the American Physical Society, a Visiting Fellow of the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, a Gambrinus Fellow TU Dortmund and, most recently, a recipient of a Wolfram Innovator Award.

He has published more than 175 papers in refereed journals and numerous articles in conference proceedings. His research includes a wide range of topics, including the first calculation of chiral gauge anomalies in higher dimensions, family unification, grand unified theories, discrete symmetry in gauge theories, theories with fractionally charged color singlets, the prediction that glueballs are knotted QCD flux tubes, group theory methods, and aspects of the strong CP problem, including lasing axion clusters, superradiance around black holes, and CP violation due to gravity.

His work in astrophysics includes theories of dark matter and gauge theories with magnetic monopoles, including the suggestion that magnetic monopoles may be a component of ultra鈥揾igh energy cosmic rays. His research in gravity includes black hole entropy, wormholes and cosmology. More recently, he has focused on a series of papers on the classification of quantum entanglements and their applications.

Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning

Kevin M. Leander is a scholar of literacy and learning whose work has advanced theories and practices concerning language, identity, social space and embodied affect. He grew up on the Iron Range in Minnesota and in Boulder, Colorado, and earned his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1985 as a first-generation college student. After majoring in French and teaching English and French in the United States and abroad, he developed a long-standing interest in the relationships among language, literacy, culture and identity. He earned his M.A. in 1995 and his Ph.D. in education in 1999 from the University of Illinois, under the direction of Bertram C. Bruce, and

joined Vanderbilt in 1999.

In Vanderbilt鈥檚 Department of Teaching and Learning, Leander developed innovative courses, integrating academic coursework with community development projects, ethnography, mapping, dramatic improvisation and other experimental methods. He served as primary adviser and thesis director for 14 doctoral students. From 2012 to 2018, he and his family lived in Memorial House on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, where he served as head of house, providing leadership and mentoring.

Leander鈥檚 research examines how people learn and use literacy across social spaces, digital environments and everyday physical experiences. He has studied how students develop identities in classrooms, how migrant youth engage with new media, how professionals use visual and spatial tools, and how reading and writing connect to play and physical activity.

His earlier work advanced relations of literacy to social space, place and mobility, examining for instance how literacy learning is shaped by movements among language, bodies, environments and economic forces. Leander has also been an innovative international leader in developing theory concerning literacy and embodied affect鈥� contributions recognized by the Literacy Research Association in 2020. His current work in the U.S. and Europe examines how artificial intelligence and digital platforms are reshaping language and literacy education.

Leander鈥檚 research is internationally recognized and has been presented in keynotes and seminars across many countries. His international work also includes a five-year research study with colleagues in the Netherlands on media and migration and a Fulbright Scholar Award in Oslo, Norway.

Professor Emeritus of Operations Management and Quantitative Methods

Larry J. LeBlanc is a specialist in management science and business analytics whose work has emphasized the practical application of quantitative methods in decision-making. His teaching and consulting have helped bring analytical tools into widespread use in business settings.

He joined the Owen Graduate School of Management at 五一茶馆儿 in 1980 and became widely known for his innovative approach to teaching management science. By integrating Microsoft Excel into his courses, he transformed what had been one of the least popular electives into one of the most sought-after offerings in the program.

LeBlanc earned his B.S. in mathematics from Loyola University in 1969 and his

M.S. (1971) and Ph.D. (1973) in industrial engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University. His research has focused on applying quantitative methods to real-world problems, including supply chain analysis, telecommunications network design, forecasting and large-scale optimization modeling, as well as improving the reliability of spreadsheet-based analysis.

He has maintained an active consulting practice with organizations including FedEx, Nissan North America, DaVita and the U.S. Army Inventory Research Office, applying analytical models to improve operations and decision-making. He has also been active internationally as a visiting professor, researcher and invited speaker, with engagements at universities and institutions across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

LeBlanc has held leadership roles in the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), including service as chair and council member of the Transportation Science Section and as secretary and council member of the Telecommunications Section. He taught courses in business analytics, data visualization and spreadsheet modeling, emphasizing practical problem-solving and the effective use of analytical tools in business decision-making.

Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry

Daniel C. Liebler is a leader in biochemistry and chemical biology whose research has advanced understanding of how chemicals interact with biological systems.

He joined 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine in 2003 after holding faculty appointments at the University of Arizona from 1987 to 2003. Liebler earned his B.S. from Villanova University in 1980 and his Ph.D. in pharmacology from 五一茶馆儿 in 1984. He completed postdoctoral training in biochemistry and biophysics at Oregon State University.

Over a four-decade career, Liebler鈥檚 research has focused on the chemistry聽聽聽聽聽 of oxidative stress, inflammation and toxicity, including studies of antioxidant systems and reactive intermediates鈥攈ighly reactive molecules formed during chemical reactions鈥攊n biological processes. He has been a leader in applying mass spectrometry and proteomics to problems in biochemistry, cancer biology and drug development.

Liebler has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored two books, and holds multiple U.S. and international patents. He directed the Jim Ayers Institute for Precancer Detection and Diagnosis at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center from 2006 to 2015 and mentored dozens of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

He has served on advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health, the National Research Council, and numerous academic research centers, as well as on expert panels for the Cosmetic Ingredient Review and the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society.

In 2017, Liebler founded Protypia, a company focused on mass spectrometry platforms for drug development, which was acquired by Inotiv in 2022.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Human Development

David Lubinski鈥檚 research has advanced understanding of the development of exceptional intellectual talent across the lifespan. He joined 五一茶馆儿鈥檚 Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College in 1998, where he served as director of graduate studies (1999鈥�2003) and co-director of the Quantitative Methods Division (2009鈥�2012).

Lubinski earned his B.A. in 1981 and his Ph.D. in 1987 from the University of Minnesota. He has taught courses in psychometric methods and the assessment of individual differences in human behavior at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

A central focus of his research has been the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, which he co-directs. His work has examined how highly able individuals develop their talents over time and identified factors that influence achievement, creativity and well-being.

Lubinski has served in leadership roles with the American Psychological Association and as president of the International Society for Intelligence Research. His contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the American Psychological Association鈥檚 Early Career Award, the George A. Miller Award (twice), the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the MENSA Research Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, and the International Society for Intelligence Research鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award. His research has been widely cited and featured in leading scientific journals and major media outlets, such as Nature, Science, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Keith G. Meador鈥檚 work explores the intersection of medicine, theology and ethics. He joined 五一茶馆儿 School of Medicine in 2010 as a tenured professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and served as vice chair for faculty affairs before becoming director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society in 2012, where he has served as the Anne Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics.

Meador earned his B.A. from 五一茶馆儿 in 1978, his M.D. from the University of Louisville in 1982, his Th.M. from Duke University in 1986, and his

M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988. He completed his psychiatry residency at Duke University Medical Center and a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the Duke Center for Aging and Human Development.

Before returning to Vanderbilt, Meador held faculty and leadership roles at Duke University and served as medical director of inpatient psychiatry at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and as director of the geriatric psychiatry fellowship program. He also held appointments in the Duke Divinity School, where he founded and directed programs in theology and medicine and in care at the end of life.

Meador鈥檚 research and scholarship have focused on the relationships among religion, spirituality and health, with particular attention to mental health, aging and end-of-life care. He has published extensively in both medical and interdisciplinary venues and has contributed to the development of clinical and educational approaches that integrate ethical reflection with patient care.

He has also led national initiatives in mental health and chaplaincy, including founding the Integrative Mental Health聽 program within聽 the聽 U.S.聽 Department of Veterans Affairs. At Vanderbilt, he collaborated with colleagues in the Divinity School to develop the Doctor of Ministry in Integrative Chaplaincy program.

Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology鈥揌ead and Neck Surgery

James L. Netterville鈥檚 work has advanced the treatment of head and neck disorders over a career that spans more than four decades of clinical care, research and academic leadership. At 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center, he served as the Mark C. Smith Professor, co-founded the Department of Otolaryngology, and held leadership roles including executive vice chair and associate director of the Bill Wilkerson Center.

Netterville earned his B.S. from David Lipscomb University in 1976 and his

M.D. from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in 1980. He completed his residency training in otolaryngology鈥揾ead and neck surgery before beginning his academic career.

He is known for advancing surgical approaches to complex head and neck tumors, particularly through techniques that preserve nerve function while improving patient outcomes. His work has contributed to the treatment of conditions such as carotid body paragangliomas, vagal schwannomas, and parapharyngeal tumors.

He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and has led research supported by the National Institutes of Health, including studies in laryngeal rehabilitation and baroreflex physiology. His commitment to education is reflected in the training of more than 150 residents and more than 60 fellows, many of whom have gone on to leadership roles in academic medicine.

Netterville has also contributed to global health through surgical outreach and training programs in Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, helping local clinicians develop the skills and programs needed to provide head and neck surgical care independently.

His honors include induction into the American Academy of Otolaryngology鈥� Head and Neck Surgery Hall of Distinction and awards recognizing excellence in clinical care, translational research, and international medical outreach.

Associate Professor Emerita of African American and Diaspora Studies

Tiffany Ruby Patterson-Myers is a historian whose scholarship has advanced understanding of the African diaspora, with a focus on the cultural, social and intellectual history of African-descended peoples in the Atlantic world. She joined 五一茶馆儿 in 2007 as an associate professor聽 of聽 African聽 American and diaspora studies, American studies, and history, and later served as chair of the Department of African American and Diaspora Studies from 2022 until her retirement in 2025.

Patterson-Myers earned her B.A. from Indiana University (1970), her M.A. in history from Southern Illinois University (1974), and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Minnesota (1995), where she specialized in the comparative history of African peoples. Her research and teaching have explored the intersections of race, gender, sexuality and class, as well as the role of intellectuals and political movements in shaping modern history.

Her publications include Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life (Temple University Press, 2005) and contributions as an associate editor to Black Women in United States History (Carlson Publishing, 1990). She has also co-edited Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International and published widely on the African diaspora, including the co-authored article 鈥淯nfinished Migrations: Reflections on the African Diaspora and the Making of the Modern World.鈥�

Patterson-Myers has been active in international scholarship and exchange, including participation in research and teaching initiatives in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Her work has been recognized with honors such as Vanderbilt鈥檚 Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Teaching, a Drescher Research Fellowship, and a Frederick Douglass Institute Fellowship.

Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

James G. Patton is a molecular biologist whose research has advanced understanding of RNA biology and its role in development and disease. He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1993 and built a research program spanning RNA splicing, microRNA biology, and cell-to-cell communication.

Patton earned his B.A. in chemistry from the University of St. Thomas in 1980 and his Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry from the Mayo Clinic in 1988. He completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, where he studied the regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing.

At Vanderbilt, Patton鈥檚 early work focused on identifying and characterizing splicing factors that regulate gene expression. He later expanded his research to investigate the roles of small non-coding RNAs in vertebrate development, using zebrafish as a model system. His work contributed to understanding mechanisms of retina regeneration and the interplay of inflammation, cellular aging and tissue repair. More recently, his research examined extracellular RNA and vesicle-mediated communication in colorectal cancer and metastasis.

Patton maintained continuous external funding throughout his Vanderbilt career and published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. His commitment to training is reflected in the mentorship of 27 doctoral students and numerous undergraduate researchers. He also played a central role in graduate and undergraduate education at Vanderbilt. From 1999 to 2021, he served as director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, overseeing the recruitment and training of more than 1,400 Ph.D. students. He directed the Honors Program in Biological Sciences and taught introductory biology courses to thousands of undergraduate students.

Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing Emerita and Professor Emerita of Nursing

Mariann Rebenson Piano is a nurse scientist whose research has advanced understanding of the cardiovascular effects of alcohol use. She served in multiple leadership roles at 五一茶馆儿 School of Nursing, including professor, senior associate dean for research and director of the postdoctoral program.

Piano earned her B.S. from Loyola University in 1979 and her M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1988) from the University of Illinois. Her research has focused on identifying cardiovascular risk factors and the physiological mechanisms associated with unhealthy alcohol consumption. Her work has demonstrated that binge drinking in young adults is associated with early indicators of cardiovascular disease and has contributed to understanding alcohol-related cardiotoxicity.

She has received sustained support from the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies and has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Piano has held leadership roles in national organizations, including the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America, and in 2023 was appointed the inaugural chair of the American Heart Association Scientific Committee on Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Use. Her honors include induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame and the American Heart Association鈥檚 Distinguished Achievement Award.

Professor Emerita of Organizational Leadership

Christine Quinn Trank鈥檚 work has advanced understanding of management education, institutional environments, and the role of rhetoric and history in organizational change. She joined 五一茶馆儿鈥檚 Peabody College in 2011 and served as professor of the practice of organizational leadership and director of the Ed.D. program in Leadership and Learning in Organizations.

Quinn Trank earned her B.A. in political science and economics from the University of Iowa in 1975 and her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa鈥檚 Tippie College of Business in 2001. Her research has examined institutional theory in higher education, the structure of management education and doctoral training, and the relationship between research and practice. More recent work has explored how organizations use narrative and history to shape identity and guide change.

She has published widely in leading journals, including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning聽 &聽 Education,聽 Organizational聽 Research聽 Methods and Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Her scholarship has influenced conversations on professionalism in management education, qualitative research methods and the ethical dimensions of organizational inquiry.

Quinn Trank has provided extensive professional service, including editorial leadership roles with major journals and election to the Academy of Management Board of Governors. She has also been recognized for her teaching and mentorship, receiving Peabody鈥檚 Faculty Excellence in Student Service Award and multiple honors for her contributions as a reviewer and editor.

Carolyn M. Evertson Professor of Teacher Education Emerita and Professor Emerita of Education

Deborah Wells Rowe is a scholar of early childhood literacy whose research has advanced understanding of how young children learn to write. She joined 五一茶馆儿鈥檚 Peabody College in 1986 and served in multiple leadership roles, including chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning from 2017 to 2022.

Rowe earned her B.S. from the University of Kentucky (1976), her M.A.Ed. from Wake Forest University (1982), and her Ph.D. from Indiana University (1986), where she specialized in language and early childhood education. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in literacy education and qualitative research methods, mentoring hundreds of students across Peabody College and the broader university.

Her research has focused on longitudinal, ethnographic studies of how children ages two to five develop as writers, tracing the progression from early mark-making to conventional writing. She is the co-developer of the Write Start! Writing Assessment, a descriptive measure of early writing development, and has led research鈥損ractice partnerships with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to support language and literacy instruction in preschool classrooms.

Rowe is the author of numerous scholarly articles and the book Preschoolers as Authors: Literacy Learning in the Social World of the Classroom (Hampton Press, 1994). Her work has also explored how digital tools, including tablets and cameras, support multilingual and multimodal composing among young learners.

Her contributions have been recognized with major honors, including the Literacy Research Association鈥檚 Oscar S. Causey Award and induction into the Reading Hall of Fame. She has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

John F. Schnelle鈥檚 research, spanning more than three decades, has advanced the development of clinical interventions to improve quality of care and quality of life for older adults, particularly those in long-term care settings.

He earned his B.A. from Hanover College in 1966 and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1970. Before coming to Vanderbilt, he served as director of the UCLA鈥揓ewish Home Borun Center and as a research health scientist at the Sepulveda Veterans Administration Medical Center. In 2006, he joined the Vanderbilt Division of Geriatrics and founded the Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center, serving as its director from 2006 to 2018. He also held roles within Vanderbilt鈥檚 Center for Health Services Research and collaborated with the School of Nursing.

He has led numerous National Institutes of Health鈥揻unded clinical trials focused on improving care for older adults, including those with dementia. His research has examined quality improvement in institutional settings, staffing practices in nursing homes, and strategies to reduce hospital readmissions among older patients transitioning to skilled nursing care, as well as broader questions about staffing resources needed to meet the complex needs of aging populations.

Schnelle has published more than 250 scholarly articles and has mentored numerous faculty members and researchers in gerontology and health services research. His contributions to geriatric care have been recognized with honors including the National Institutes of Health Shannon Award and the Brookdale Award from the National Institute on Human Resources and Aging.

Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible Emeritus

Choon-Leong Seow鈥檚 scholarship has advanced the study of the Hebrew Bible through philology, literary analysis and the history of interpretation.

He earned his B.A. from Pepperdine University (1977), his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary (1980), and his Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and civilizations from Harvard University (1984), where he studied under Frank Moore Cross. He joined Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2015 as Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible and inaugural holder of the Buffington, Cupples Chair in Divinity, following more than three decades on the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary, where he held the Henry Snyder Gehman Chair.

His research focuses on Hebrew poetry and wisdom literature, especially Ecclesiastes and the book of Job. He is widely known for his Anchor Bible commentary on Ecclesiastes and his multivolume commentary on Job. His work combines close textual analysis with attention to how biblical texts have been interpreted across Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions, as well as in literature and the arts.

Seow has published extensively and has received major fellowships, including awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Henry Luce Foundation. He has also served as general editor of the Illuminations commentary series, supporting interdisciplinary approaches to biblical interpretation.

Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Education

Claire E. Smrekar鈥檚 research has examined the social context of schooling and the effects of desegregation and school choice policies on families, schools and communities. She joined 五一茶馆儿鈥檚 Peabody College in 1991 and has served in a range of leadership roles, including director of the Peabody Scholars Program, editor of Peabody Journal of Education and member of the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate.

Smrekar earned her B.A. (1982) from the University of California, Los Angeles and two M.A. degrees (1986, 1989) and Ph.D. (1991) from Stanford University in education policy and sociology. Her research has focused on magnet schools, school choice and the long-term effects of desegregation policies, as well as the relationships among families, schools and communities.

She is the author of three books, including School Choice in Urban America: Magnet Schools and the Pursuit of Equity (Teachers College Press, 1999) and From the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Shifting Landscape of School Desegregation (Harvard Education Press, 2009). Her work has been supported by major funding agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education, the Spencer Foundation and the W.T. Grant Foundation. Smrekar鈥檚 research has been widely cited and featured in national media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and 60 Minutes. She has also served as an expert consultant and witness for the U.S. Department of Justice on school

desegregation cases.

Professor Emerita of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Anne Marie Tharpe is a pediatric audiologist whose work has improved understanding of how hearing loss and hearing technology affect children鈥檚 development and clinical outcomes.

She earned her B.S. in hearing and speech sciences in 1979 from the University of Arizona and her M.S. in 1980 from Vanderbilt, then practiced clinically before returning to Vanderbilt to complete her Ph.D. in hearing science in 1994. She joined the 五一茶馆儿 faculty in 1996 in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and served as chair from 2009 to 2025, guiding its growth as a national leader in clinical care, research and professional training.

Her work has focused on children with hearing loss, including studies of attention, communication and academic outcomes, as well as the use of hearing technologies in clinical and educational settings. Her early research helped establish that even minimal or unilateral hearing loss can affect children鈥檚 academic and behavioral development, and her subsequent work has informed clinical approaches to hearing assessment and intervention in infants and young children.

She has led numerous federally funded research and training programs and has played a central role in preparing clinicians and researchers in audiology and speech-language pathology. Her scholarship includes extensive publications and presentations in pediatric audiology.

Tharpe鈥檚 contributions have been recognized with major honors, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association鈥檚 Honors of the Association and the inaugural Marion Downs Award for Excellence in Pediatric Audiology from the American Academy of Audiology.

Professor Emerita of Medicine

Georgia L. Wiesner is a physician-scientist whose work has advanced the field of cancer genetics and the integration of genetic testing into clinical care. She joined Vanderbilt in 2012 and established the Clinical and Translational Hereditary Cancer Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, helping to integrate hereditary cancer risk assessment into patient care.

Wiesner earned her B.A. (1976) from the University of Northern Colorado and her M.S. (1981) and M.D. (1985) from the University of Minnesota. Before joining Vanderbilt, she held faculty and leadership roles at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, where she directed programs in cancer genetics and genetic counseling.

Her research has focused on family-based studies of hereditary cancer risk and the clinical application of genetic testing. She has contributed to large national research initiatives, including the National Cancer Institute鈥檚 Cancer Moonshot program and the eMERGE network, advancing tools for identifying individuals at risk for hereditary cancer syndromes and improving their clinical management. Her work has helped establish clinical approaches for identifying individuals and families at risk for hereditary cancer and integrating genetic information into routine cancer care.

Wiesner has published extensively and has been an invited speaker at national conferences. She has also held leadership roles in major professional organizations, including serving on the board of the American Society of Human Genetics and as president of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mitchell Wilkes鈥� work has contributed to digital signal processing and its applications across a range of fields, including image and audio processing, computer vision, and robotics. He served on the faculty of 五一茶馆儿鈥檚 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1987 until his retirement, advancing to the rank of associate professor.

Wilkes earned his B.S. (1981) in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University and his M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1987) in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. During his career at Vanderbilt, he conducted research in digital signal processing, adaptive systems, and sensor-based technologies, with applications ranging from robotics and manufacturing to biomedical and behavioral analysis.

His work included interdisciplinary collaborations in areas such as human鈥搑obot interaction and medical signal analysis, contributing to advances in intelligent systems and applied engineering research. He published widely in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and led or contributed to externally funded research projects. His research included work on intelligent robotic systems, medical image computing, and signal-based methods for analyzing speech, behavior and brain activity.

Wilkes was also a dedicated teacher and mentor to undergraduate and graduate students and contributed extensive service to the department and the university over his long tenure.

Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Emeritus

Andr茅s Zamora is a scholar of Spanish literature and culture whose work has examined 19th- and 20th-century narrative, film, and the聽 rhetoric聽 of聽 cultural and ideological discourse. He joined 五一茶馆儿 in 1998 as an assistant professor of Spanish and rose to the rank of professor in 2017, serving as chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese from 2018 to 2023. In 2025 he was named Distinguished Professor of Spanish.

Zamora earned his B.A. (1984) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, his M.A. (1986) from Auburn University, and his Ph.D. (1994) in Spanish from the University of Southern California. His research spans Spanish realism, cultural identity, and the interplay of literature, ideology and the body, as well as the development of Spanish cinema and transatlantic cultural exchange. His work is particularly known for its analysis of how representations of the body in literature and film illuminate questions of power, identity and ideology.

He is the author of five books鈥�El doble silencio del eunuco (Editorial Fundamentos, 1999), Featuring Post-national Spain: Film Essays (Liverpool University Press, 2016), Inciviles batallas espa帽olas (1772鈥�1910) (Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert, 2022), Artefactos excrementales: Tres salvaciones de escatolog铆a cultural (Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert, 2025), and Gald贸s: la novela tiene nombre de mujer (lecturas levemente perversas) (Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert, 2026)鈥攁s well as numerous articles and book chapters in leading journals and edited volumes.

Zamora is also recognized for his teaching, receiving the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. His service to Vanderbilt includes leadership roles as department chair, vice chair and director of graduate studies, as well as contributions to study abroad and interdisciplinary programs.