Jeanne Campbell Reesman, professor of English, and Richard E.W. Adams, professor
of anthropology
Ashbel Smith Professorships: Jeanne Reesman and Richard E.W. Adams
(May 6, 2002)--Jeanne Campbell Reesman, professor of English in the Department of English, Classics, and Philosophy in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, was honored at the 2002 Faculty Honors Convocation as the Ashbel Smith Professor of English 2001-2006.
Reesman has a distinguished record of scholarship and service within the UTSA community and well beyond. From 1998-2001, she served as interim dean of graduate studies, during which time she worked diligently to ensure UT System Board of Regents and Texas Coordinating Board for Higher Education approval for a record number of new doctoral programs at UTSA.
Reesman was the first woman division director in the former College of Fine Arts and Humanities, where she headed the Division of English, Classics, and Philosophy (1994-1998). One of the world's leading authorities on American author Jack London, Reesman co-founded the Jack London Society and remains its executive coordinator. In 1995, she was named Jack London Woman of the Year.
A prolific and frequently published author, she received the UTSA President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Excellence, and more recently, was the recipient of a UTSA Faculty Summer Research Award.
The co-editor of a new French series of translations of London's work, she was recently interviewed for an Arts and Entertainment Network "Biography" series program on the author.
Reesman also has been named to the Forester Prize Committee of the Modern Language Association's American Literature Section and is director for the association's upcoming conference.
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Richard E.W. Adams, professor in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, was honored at the 2002 Faculty Honors Convocation as the Ashbel Smith Professor of Anthropology 2002-2007.
Richard Adams and anthropology are synonymous at UTSA. A member of the faculty since 1972, the internationally known scholar helped establish the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in the discipline.
Owing both to Adams' academic stature and to the quality of training he provides them, his graduate students have consistently obtained entry into the finest doctoral programs in the nation.
These contributions are in addition to his work as the first dean of the then College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Adams' single most important technical contribution to the field involved pioneering the use of aerial synthetic aperture radar surveys to locate archaeological sites hidden in the jungle, a technique which also has important applications in geology and land-use planning.
He then used the technique to identify the Rio Azul archaeological site in Guatemala, the findings from which have added significantly to our knowledge of Mayan civilization. He has also helped to train scholars from around the world in the use of the technique.
The author of more than 90 published articles and 15 books, with two more
under production, Adams has consistently attracted research funding from NASA,
the National Geographic Society, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National
Endowment for the Humanities, to name a few.
His work has been featured in National Geographic, and he has been named a
life fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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