This section highlights some more cool stuff, service to Austin College, and a selection of awards and recognition.
More Cool Stuff
Austin College Service
Austin College is an engaging place with great people. I have been fortunate to serve in various leadership roles on campus, including
- Donald MacGregor Chair in Natural Science, 2019-present
- Adams Observatory Director, 2013-present
- Physics Department Chair, 2005-2020
- Chair of Executive Committee of the Faculty, 2018-19
- College Marshal, 2014-19
- Phi Beta Kappa Secretary-Treasurer, 2005-2013
- New Science Building Planning (IDEA Center), Physics Department Lead, 2000-2013
- Earth System Science Education Principal Investigator, 2004-10
Honors and Awards
- Minnie Stevens Piper Texas Professor of the Year
- The Princeton Review’s Best 300 Professors
- Microsoft Partners in Learning Daily Edventures Global Heroes in Education
- Most Creative Teacher in the South, Oxford American Magazine
- Austin College Homer P. Rainey Award for Outstanding Achievement and Service
- Austin College Cindy Bean Service to Alumni Award
- Austin College Science Division Awards
- Teaching
- Scholarship
- Service (three times)
- Special Recognition from Austin College Student Assembly
- TEDxAustinCollege
- Faculty of the Month (twice)
- CASE Professor of the Year nominee
- Outstanding University Press Book for Public and University Libraries
- Bild der Wissenschaft Readers Choice “Knowledge Book of the Year”
- PROSE Award Honorable Mention in Cosmology and Astronomy (equivalent of Academy Awards for scholarly works)
For a full list of service contributions and honors (and maybe some more cool stuff), please take a look at my CV.