SUNY Distinguished Faculty
Promotion to distinguished professor is reserved for those who have achieved national or international prominence and a distinguished reputation within his or her discipline. Promotion to the distinguished teaching rank recognizes the mastery of teaching at the graduate, undergraduate or professional levels. Promotion to distinguished service professor is bestowed upon those who have achieved a notable reputation for extraordinary service not only to the campus and SUNY, but to the community, state and beyond by application of intellectual skills from the individual’s scholarly and research interests.
Specializes in: Human RightsAwards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2007-2008
John William Chaffee, Distinguished Service Professor, History
Affiliated with: Center for Korean Studies (CKS); Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies (CEMERS); Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera (CICO); The Institute for Asia
and Asian Diasporas (IAAD), Director
BA, Swarthmore College; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Specializes in: East Asia, Chinese social history
Awards: University Award for Excellence in International Education, 2003-2004
Subimal Chatterjee, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Management
BS, Jadavpur University, India; MBA, Indian Institute of Management; PhD, University
of Pittsburgh
Specializes in: Seemingly irrational decision making; role of context in shaping value
perceptions, managing customer satisfaction and brand loyalty
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003-2004
Zu-yan Chen, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Asian and Asian-American Studies
Affiliated with: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Confucius Institute
of Chinese Opera; THe Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas (IAAD); Translation,
Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)
BA, MA, Fudan University; PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Specializes in: Pre-modern Chinese poetry and poetics; Chinese culture; Confucianism;
language pedagogy
Awards: University Award for Excellence in International Education, 2012-2013; Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008-2009
Marilynn R. Desmond, Distinguished Professor, English and Comparative Literature
Affiliated with: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS)
BA, Sonoma State University; MA, University of Oregon; PhD, University of California
at Berkeley
Specializes in: Medieval literature; classics and medieval narrative; Chaucer; feminist
theory/queer theory; manuscript studies; francophone middle ages
Awards: University Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, 2002-2003
Mark L. Fowler, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliated with: Freshman Research Immersion (FRI)
BT, Binghamton University (SUNY); PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Specializes in: Digital signal processing; video compression; data compression for
remote sensing; signal processing for emitter location; wavelet transform theory and
applications
Awards: University Award for Outstanding Graduate Director, 2012-2013; Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2011-2012; Chancellor's Award for Excellence
in Teaching, 2006-2007
John W. Frazier, Distinguished Service Professor, Geography
BA, MA, PhD, Kent State University
Specializes in: Applied geography; race/ethnicity studies
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2009-2010
Jessica J. Fridrich, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Specializes in: Steganography and steganalysis of digital images; digital forensics;
signal estimation and detection; machine learning
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2006-2007; Chancellor's Outstanding Inventor, 2002
Ralph M. Garruto, Honorary Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Affiliated with: Biomedical Anthropology Program; Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS);
Freshman Research Immersion Program (FRI)
BS, MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Specializes in: Biomedical anthropology and neurosciences
Awards: Provost's Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring,
2015-2016
Kanad Ghose, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science
Affiliated with: Center for Energy-Smart Electronic Systems (ES2), a National Science
Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center; and the Center for Heterogeneous
Integration Research in Packaging (CHIRP)
BTech, MTech, University of Calcutta; MS, PhD, Iowa State University
Specializes in: Computer architecture and parallel processing, power-aware systems,
and high-performance computing and communication systems
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2005-2006
Douglas R. Holmes, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Affiliated with: Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)
BA, Bennington College; MA, PhD, Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Specializes in: Political economy of European integration; central banking in the
US and Europe
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2013-2014
J. David Jentsch, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
BA, The Johns Hopkins University; MA, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine
Specializes in: Drug addiction and alcoholism, impulsivity, behavior genetics, incentive
motivation, reinforcement and reward
Mohammad T. Khasawneh, Distinguished Professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
BS, MS, Jordan University of Science and Technology
PhD, Clemson University
Affiliated with: Watson Institute for Systems Excellence (WISE), Director; Healthcare
Systems Engineering Center, Founding Director
Specializes in: Healthcare delivery systems, human factors engineering/ergonomics,
digital human modeling in manufacturing and healthcare
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010-2011; University Award
for Outstanding Graduate Director, 2014-2015; University Award for Excellence in International
Education, 2015-2016
Subal C. Kumbhakar, Distinguished Professor, Economics
BA, MA, University of Calcutta
MA, PhD, University of Southern California
Specializes in: Econometrics; applied microeconometrics; measurement of efficiency
and productivity
Mark F. Lenzenweger, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
BA, Cornell University; MA, PhD, Yeshiva University
Specializes in: Schizophrenia and schizotypy; longitudinal study of personality disorders;
quantitative methods
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2005-2006
Tim K. Lowenstein, Distinguished Professor, Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
Affiliated with: Binghamton Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Freshman Research Immersion
(FRI)
BA, Colgate University; PhD, The Johns Hopkins University
Specializes in: Aqueous geochemistry; geomicrobiology; paleoclimatology; fluid inclusions
Awards: University Award for Excellence in Research, 2000-2001
Steven Jay Lynn, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Affiliated with: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)
BA, University of Michigan; PhD, Indiana University
Specializes in: Clinical applications of cognitive psychology; hypnosis; experimental
psychopathology; sleep and dissociation; memory trauma and risk prevention; science
versus pseudoscience
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2002-2003
Randall H. McGuire, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Affiliated with: Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems,
and Civilizations (FBC); Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program (LACAS)
BA, University of Texas; MA, PhD, University of Arizona
Specializes in: Archaeology; social theory; historical archaeology; U.S. Southwest;
Northern Mexico
Awards: University Award for Excellence in Research, 1996-1997; Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Teaching, 1991-1992
Weiyi Meng, Distinguished Service Professor, Computer Science
BS, Sichuan University
MS, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Specializes in: Metasearch engineering, web database integration, internet-based information
retrieval
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2007-2008
Ronald N. Miles, Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Affiliated with: Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies and Environmental
Sustainability (CREATES); Institute for Materials Research (IMR); Integrated Electronics
Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials Science and Engineering Program
BSEE, University of California at Berkeley; MSE, PhD, University of Washington
Specializes in: Mechanical vibrations; acoustics
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1996-1997
Ralph R. Miller, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Affiliated with: Center for Cognitive and Psycholinguistic Sciences (CaPS); Center
for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience (CDBN); Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS);
Integrative Neuroscience Program
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS (Physics), MS (Psychology), PhD, Rutgers
University
Specializes in: Elementary information processing (animals/humans)
Awards: University Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, 2004-2005; University
Award for Excellence in Research, 1996-1997
Kanneboyina Nagaraju, Distinguished Professor, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
BVSc&AH (DVM equivalent), College of Veterinary Sciences; MVSc, Indian Veterinary
Research Institute; PhD, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute or Medical Sciences
Specializes in: Translational research in autoimmune and genetic muscle diseases
Nkiru Nzegwu, Distinguished Professor, Africana Studies
Affiliated with: Africa Knowledge Project and Africa Resource Center
PhD, University of Ottawa
Specializes in: A range of ideas and activities including writing and editing books,
articles, book chapters and poetry, curating art exhibitions and producing exhibition
catalogs, and painting
Awards: Fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Foundation, Cornell
University's A.D. White Society for the Humanities, the Canada Council and the UCLA
Institute for the Study of Gender in Africa
Pedro Ontaneda, Distinguished Professor, Mathematical Sciences
BS, Universidad Católica; MS, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; PhD, State University
of New York at Stony Brook
Specializes in: Topology of aspherical spaces and differential geometry
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2018
Specializes in: Micro/nanomechanics and optomechanics
James M. Pitarresi, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Affiliated with: Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC)
BS, MS, PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Specializes in: Computational mechanics; vibration modeling and testing; opto-mechanical
techniques; electronic packaging
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998-1999
Solomon W. Polachek, Distinguished Professor, Economics
Affiliated with: Center on Democratic Performance
AB, The George Washington University; PhD, Columbia University
Specializes in: Labor economics; human capital and income distribution; econometrics;
impact of economic considerations on international relations
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005
Mark D. Poliks, Distinguished Professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated with: Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM); Small
Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (S3IP); New York State Node of the DoD NextFlex
Manufacturing USA; FlexTech Alliance
BS, University of Massachusetts; MS and PhD, University of Connecticut
Specializes in: Electronic materials, electronics packaging, flexible electronics
and roll-to-roll manufacturing, additive manufacturing, sensory systems
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2017
Anthony Preus, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Philosophy
Affiliated with: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Philosophy,
Politics, and Law Program (PPL); Translation, Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)
BA, Luther College, Decorah Iowa; BA, MA, Oxford University; PhD, The Johns Hopkins
University
Specializes in: Ancient Greek philosophy; ancient biological and medical science;
medical ethics; medieval philosophy
Raymond G. Romanczyk, Distinguished Service Professor, Psychology
Affiliated with: Center for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience (CDBN), Associate
Director; Institute for Child Development (ICD), Executive Director
BA, Stony Brook University (SUNY); MS, PhD, Rutgers University
Specializes in: Autism spectrum disorders; professional ethics; applied behavior analysis;
behavior therapy; technology application to human services; large scale service delivery
systems
Awards: Lois B. DeFleur Award for Academic Achievement at Binghamton University, 2014
Bahgat G. Sammakia, Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Affiliated with: Binghamton Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Center for Energy-Smart
Electronic Systems (ES2); Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials
Science and Engineering Program
BS, University of Alexandria; MS, PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Specializes in: Electronics packaging and thermal management in data centers
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2009-2010
Daryl Santos, Distinguished Service Professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated with: Watson Institute for Systems Excellence; Diversity initiatives and
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusiveness
BS, Cornell University; MS and PhD, University of Houston
Specializes in: Production and scheduling control, engineering optimization, quality
assurance, engineering management, electronics packaging
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005; Chancellor's Award for
Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2011
Awards: Chancellors Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities 2016-2017
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities 2016-2017
AAM Fellow
Specializes in: Complex systems science and engineering, network science, computation social science, mathematical modeling and simulation, artifical life/chemistry and computer and information sciences
Krishnaswami (Hari) Srihari, Distinguished Professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated with: Center for Healthcare Systems Engineering (CHSE); Integrated Electronics
Engineering Center (IEEC); Watson Institute for Systems Excellence (WISE)
BS, University of Madras; MS, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Awards: University Award for Excellence in International Education, 2013-2014; Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2001-2002; University
Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, 2001-2002
Susan Strehle, Distinguished Service Professor, English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Affiliated with: Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender (CHSWG); Center
for Writers (CW); Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
BA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Specializes in: American literature; contemporary fiction; women writers
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2004-2005; Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1977-1978
John Tagg, Distinguished Professor, Art History
BA, University of Nottingham, England; MA, The Royal College of Art, London
Specializes in: Histories of photography; twentieth-century American cultural history;
cultural theory and criticism; history and theory of art history
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001-2002
Elizabeth Tucker, Distinguished Service Professor, English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Affiliated with: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Center for
Writers(CW)
BA, Mount Holyoke College; MA, University at Buffalo (SUNY); PhD, Indiana University
Specializes in: Folklore; children's studies; fantasy
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2008-2009; Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992-1993
M. Stanley Whittingham, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Affiliated with: Freshman Research Immersion (FRI); Institute for Materials Research
(IMR), Director; Materials Science and Engineering Program; NorthEast Center for Chemical
Energy Storage (NECCES), Director
BA, MA, DPhil, Oxford University, England
Specializes in: Preparation and chemical and physical properties of novel inorganic
oxide materials
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,
2006-2007, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2019
Jaimee Wriston Colbert, Distinguished Professor, English and Creative Writing
BA, University of Washington; MA, Brown University
Specializes in: Fiction workshops, contemporary literature
Awards: International Book Award in Fiction-Short Stories; Finalist for the American
Fiction Prize; 2018 Indie Excellence Award in Literary Fiction; Featured Book on eco-fiction.com:
Authors who Tackle Climate Change; CNY 2017 Book Award in Fiction; Finalist for the
American Book Fest Best Books of 2017; Finalist for the Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction;
and many others; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2013; Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2019
Francis J. Yammarino, Distinguished Professor, School of Management
Affiliated with: Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo); Center
for Leadership Studies (CLS), Director
BS, MBA, PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Specializes in: Leadership; teams; multi-level issues
Awards: University Award for Excellence in Research, 2000-2001
Kaiming Ye, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
BS, MS, PhD, East China University of Science and Technology
Affiliated with: Center of Biomanufacturing for Regenerative Medicine, Director
Specializes in: Advanced biomanufacturing, 3D printing, stem cell and regenerative
medicine, nanomedicine, cell engineering, vaccine development, single molecular imaging,
biosensors
Awards: Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and
of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers
Awards: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2013-2014
Emeritus Distinguished Faculty
William T. Battin, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences*
Aldo S. Bernardo, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Romance Languages and Comparative Literature*
Zack Bowen, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, English*
Karen M. Bromley, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Education
Norman F. Cantor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History*
George D. Catalano, Distinguished Service Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Mario A. Di Cesare, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, English and Comparative Literature*
Martin C. Dillon, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Philosophy*
Thomas L. Dublin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History
Melvyn Dubofsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History
John J. Eisch, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Chemistry*
F. Thomas Farrell, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences
Steven C. Ferry, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences
Marilyn Gaddis Rose, Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Comparative Literature*
Frederick Garber, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Comparative Literature*
Kenneth V. Greene, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Economics
Earl J. Hamilton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Economics*
Peter Hilton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences*
Richard I. Hofferbert, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Political Science*
Michael M. Horowitz, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Anthropology*
Bernard F. Huppé, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, English*
K. Keith Innes, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Chemistry*
Robert L. Isaacson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology*
William H. Isbell, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Kenneth M. Jacobs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cinema
Gary D. James, Distinguished Service Professor, Anthropology*
Gerald E. Kadish, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, History
Galway George Kinnell, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, English*
George J. Klir, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering*
Saul Levin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Ancient Languages*
Harry B. Lincoln, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Music*
Stephen A. Lisman, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Gloria E. Meredith, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sandra D. Michael, Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Biological Sciences
Wilhelm F Nicolaisen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, English and Folklore*
Thomas A. O'Connor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Romance Languages and Literatures*
Isidore O. Okpewho, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Africana Studies*
Richard E. Pastore, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Philip M. Piaker, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, School of Management*
Donald G. Quataert, Distinguished Professor, History*
Jean H. Quataert, Distinguished Professor, History*
Beverly Rainforth, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Education
G. Philip Rightmire, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Stephen David Ross, Distinguished Professor, Philosophy
Kathryn Kish Sklar, Distinguished Professor Emerita, History
Victor A. Skormin, Distinguished Service Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
William V. Spanos, Distinguished Professor, English, General Literature and Rhetoric*
Linda P. Spear, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Psychology*
Norman E. Spear, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Gale A. Spencer, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Nursing
George H. Stein, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, History*
Anna L. Tan-Wilson, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Biological Sciences
Richard C. Trexler, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History*
Albert H. Tricomi, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, English, General Literature and Rhetoric
John E. Vernon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, English, General Literature and Rhetoric
W. Warren Wagar, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, History*
Immanuel Wallerstein, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Sociology*
Edward Weisband, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Political Science
David Sloan Wilson, Distinguished Professor, Biological Sciences
Shelemyahu Zacks, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences
*deceased
