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Presidential Professorships
Purpose: To recognize and facilitate the scholarly productivity of distinguished faculty.
- Tenure at the rank of full Professor at the University of North Florida.
- Strong record of significant scholarly accomplishment in the form of publications, grants, collaborations, or any discipline-specific index of achievement.
- Not previously held a Presidential Professorship at the University of North Florida.
The John A. Delaney Endowed Presidential Professorship

Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Delaney Presidential Professors
- J. Mitch Miller, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice (2020-2023) Press Release
- C. Dominik Guess, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (2017-2020)
- Kenneth Laali, Department of Chemistry (2014-2017)
- Andrew Buchwalter, Department of Philosophy (2011-2014) Watch Presidential Professor Lecture
- David Courtwright, Department of History (2005-2008)
The Terry Presidential Professorship
Kerry L. Clark (2025-2028)
Professor of Epidemiology & Environmental Health
Department of Public Health
Terry Presidential Professors
- Amy Lane, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (2022-2025) Press Release
- Cliff Ross, Department of Biology (2019-2022)
- John Hatle, Department of Biology (2016-2019)
- Lev Gasparov, Department of Physics (2013-2016)
- Thomas Pekarek, Department of Physics (2010-2013)
- Gary Smart, Department of Music (2006-2009)
Faculty Awards
Faculty Awards
Past Recipients