UNM - OVPRED - Annual Research Lectureship Recipients

The Annual Research Lectureship

Selection of a faculty scholar to deliver the Annual Research Lecture is one of the highest honors the University of New Mexico bestows on its colleagues. The purpose of the lectureship is to encourage research and creative work on the University campus.

1954 Professor Leslie Spier, Anthropology, "Some Aspects of the Nature of Culture"

1955 Professor Henry Welhofen, Law, "Crime, Law and Psychiatry"

1956 Professor Edward F. Castetter, Biology, "The Vegetation of New Mexico"

1957 Professor France V. Scholes, History, "The Spanish Conqueror as a Business Man: A Chapter in the Life of Hernando Cortez"

1958 Professor Lincoln LaPaz, Astronomy, "Some Aspects of Meteoritics"

1959 Professor William J. Parish, Business Administration, "The German Jew and the Commercial Revolution in Territorial New Mexico"

1960 Professor Victor H. Regener, Physics, "Science in Space"

1961 Professor Stuart A. Northrop, Geology, "New Mexico's Fossil Record"

1962 Professor Thomas M. Pearce, English, "The Lure of Names"

1963 Professor Ralph D. Norman, Psychology, "Intelligence Tests and the Personal World"

1964 Professor Milton Kahn, Chemistry, "Radioisotopes in the Study of Unweighable Amounts of Matter"

1965 Professor Edwin Lieuwen, History, "Men on Horseback: The Latin-American Military Elites"

1966 Professor Richard C. Dove, Mechanical Engineering, "Advances in Man's Ability to Measure His Environment"

1967 Professor Stanley S. Newman, Anthropology, "Relativism in Language and Culture"

1968 Professor Archie J. Bahm, Philosophy, "Philosophy-1968"

1970 Professor Gerald Nash, History, "The American West in the 20th Century"

1971 Professor James Yao, Civil Engineering, "Earthquake Engineering and Structural Safety"

1973 Professor Hugh M. Miller, Music, "Humor in Music"

1974 Professor Frank A. Logan, Psychology, "Learning Theory and Higher Education"

1975 Professor Ralph C. Williams, Jr., M.D., Medicine, "Suppressor T-cells: Their Possible Relationship to Autoimmunity and Cancer"

1976 Professor Clinton Adams, Art, "Mind, Eye, Hand and Stone"

Professor Garo Z. Antreasian, Art, "Some Aspects of Process and History in My Work"

1977 Professor Martin C. Needler, Political Science and Sociology, "The Logic of Conspiracy: The Latin American Military Coup as a Problem in the Social Sciences"

1978 Professor Henry C. Ellis, Psychology, "Strategies and Flexibility in Human Memory"

1979 Professor R. Philip Eaton, M.D., Medicine, "Problems in Human Biology: The Necessity for Collaborative Research"

1980 Professor Raymond R. MacCurdy, Modern and Classical Languages, "Don Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Seventeenth Century Spanish Dramatist and Feminist"

1981 Professor Klaus Keil, Geology and the Institute of Meteoritics, "Meteorites: The Asteroid Connection"

1982 Professor Hamlin Hill, English and American Studies, "Huckleberry Finn's Humor Today"

1983 Professor Beaumont Newhall, Art History and Photography, "The Unreality of Photography"

1984 Professor Lewis R. Binford, Anthropology, Acting Director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, "Changing Views of the Human Past"

1985 Professor Howard C. Bryant, Physics and Astronomy, "A Physicist's Journal: From the Glory to the Two-Electron Ion"

1986 Professor Randy Thornhill, Biology, "Sexual Selection: The Nature of the Traits it Favors and What Controls its Operation"

1987 Professor Marlan O. Scully, Physics and the Center for Advanced Studies, "From Laser Physics to the Life Sciences: The Ramblings of a Quantum Cowboy"

1988 Professor Ellen H. Goldberg, Microbiology, "Genetic Basis of Sexual Expression"

1989 Professor Rudolfo A. Anaya, English, "Aztlan: A Homeland Without Boundaries"

1990 Professor Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., Medicine, "The Hazards of Breathing: Cigarette Smoking, Radon, and Public Policy"

1991 Professor Richard W. Etulain, History, "Reimagining the American West: Toward a Postregional Culture"

1992 Professor William R. Miller, Psychology and Psychiatry, "The Value of Being Wrong: Two Decades of Unexpected Findings in Treating Alcohol Problems"

1993 Professor Roger Y. Anderson, Earth and Planetary Sciences, "Climates of the Future: A Retrospective"

1994 Professor Albert E. Utton, Director, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Resource Center, "Water in the Arid Southwest: An International Region Under Stress"

1995 Professor Robert T. Paine, Chemistry, "Exercises in Molecular Assembly: Some Designs and Accidents"

1996 Professor Kathryn G. Vogel, Biology, "The Extracellular Matrix of Connective Tissue: Studying the Sticky Stuff"

1997 Professor Louise Lamphere, Anthropology,"From Mill Town to Multinational: Gender, Family and Policy in Working Class Communities"

1998 Professor Vera John-Steiner, Language, Literacy and Socio-cultural Studies, "Creativity and Collaboration: A Socio-cultural Approach"

1999 Professor James Brown, Biology, "The Scale of Life: Of All Creatures Great and Small"

2000 Professor Linda Biesele Hall, History, "The Virgin Mary, Coatlicue, and Pachamama: Thoughts on the Sacred Feminine in Latin America"

2001 Professor Mohamed S. El-Genk, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, "Space Exploration: A Journey into the Future"

2002 Regents’ Professor Everett M. Rogers, Communication and Journalism, "Applications of the Diffusion Model: Spread and Consequences of the Internet"

2003 Distinguished Professor Jane E. Buiksta, Anthropology, "Dialogues with the Dead: Mummies, Monuments, and Mallquis"

2004
Professor Joan Bybee, Linguistics,"Say It Again: How Usage Shapes Language"

2005
Professor Nitant Kenkre, Physics and Astronomy,"Movers and Shakers in Physics and Biology"

2006
Professor Jean-Claude Diels, Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Laser Light: Sensing nano changes with the lightest touch, and creating power threads in light tunnels—a Prometheus' destiny”

2007
Professor Clifford Dahm, Biology, “Reflections Upon the Science of Water in the New Mexico Year of Water”

1954	Professor Leslie Spier, Anthropology, "Some Aspects of the Nature of Culture"
1955	Professor Henry Welhofen, Law, "Crime, Law and Psychiatry"
1956	Professor Edward F. Castetter, Biology, "The Vegetation of New Mexico"
1957	Professor France V. Scholes, History, "The Spanish Conqueror as a Business Man: A Chapter in the Life of Hernando Cortez"
1958	Professor Lincoln LaPaz, Astronomy, "Some Aspects of Meteoritics"
1959	Professor William J. Parish, Business Administration, "The German Jew and the Commercial Revolution in Territorial New Mexico"
1960	Professor Victor H. Regener, Physics, "Science in Space"
1961	Professor Stuart A. Northrop, Geology, "New Mexico's Fossil Record"
1962	Professor Thomas M. Pearce, English, "The Lure of Names"
1963	Professor Ralph D. Norman, Psychology, "Intelligence Tests and the Personal World"
1964	Professor Milton Kahn, Chemistry, "Radioisotopes in the Study of Unweighable Amounts of Matter"
1965	Professor Edwin Lieuwen, History, "Men on Horseback: The Latin-American Military Elites"
1966	Professor Richard C. Dove, Mechanical Engineering, "Advances in Man's Ability to Measure His Environment"
1967	Professor Stanley S. Newman, Anthropology, "Relativism in Language and Culture"
1968	Professor Archie J. Bahm, Philosophy, "Philosophy-1968"
1970	Professor Gerald Nash, History, "The American West in the 20th Century"
1971	Professor James Yao, Civil Engineering, "Earthquake Engineering and Structural Safety"
1973	Professor Hugh M. Miller, Music, "Humor in Music"
1974	Professor Frank A. Logan, Psychology, "Learning Theory and Higher Education"
1975	Professor Ralph C. Williams, Jr., M.D., Medicine, "Suppressor T-cells: Their Possible Relationship to Autoimmunity and Cancer"
1976	Professor Clinton Adams, Art, "Mind, Eye, Hand and Stone"
	Professor Garo Z. Antreasian, Art, "Some Aspects of Process and History in My Work"
1977	Professor Martin C. Needler, Political Science and Sociology, "The Logic of Conspiracy: The Latin American Military Coup as a Problem in the Social Sciences"
1978	Professor Henry C. Ellis, Psychology, "Strategies and Flexibility in Human Memory"
1979	Professor R. Philip Eaton, M.D., Medicine, "Problems in Human Biology: The Necessity for Collaborative Research"
1980	Professor Raymond R. MacCurdy, Modern and Classical Languages, "Don Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Seventeenth Century Spanish Dramatist and Feminist"
1981	Professor Klaus Keil, Geology and the Institute of Meteoritics, "Meteorites: The Asteroid Connection"
1982	Professor Hamlin Hill, English and American Studies, "Huckleberry Finn's Humor Today"
1983	Professor Beaumont Newhall, Art History and Photography, "The Unreality of Photography"
1984	Professor Lewis R. Binford, Anthropology, Acting Director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, "Changing Views of the Human Past"
1985	Professor Howard C. Bryant, Physics and Astronomy, "A Physicist's Journal: From the Glory to the Two-Electron Ion"
1986	Professor Randy Thornhill, Biology, "Sexual Selection: The Nature of the Traits it Favors and What Controls its Operation"
1987	Professor Marlan O. Scully, Physics and the Center for Advanced Studies, "From Laser Physics to the Life Sciences: The Ramblings of a Quantum Cowboy"
1988	Professor Ellen H. Goldberg, Microbiology, "Genetic Basis of Sexual Expression"
1989	Professor Rudolfo A. Anaya, English, "Aztlan: A Homeland Without Boundaries"
1990	Professor Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., Medicine, "The Hazards of Breathing: Cigarette Smoking, Radon, and Public Policy"
1991	Professor Richard W. Etulain, History, "Reimagining the American West: Toward a Postregional Culture"
1992	Professor William R. Miller, Psychology and Psychiatry, "The Value of Being Wrong: Two Decades of Unexpected Findings in Treating Alcohol Problems"
1993	Professor Roger Y. Anderson, Earth and Planetary Sciences, "Climates of the Future: A Retrospective"
1994	Professor Albert E. Utton, Director, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Resource Center, "Water in the Arid Southwest: An International Region Under Stress"
1995	Professor Robert T. Paine, Chemistry, "Exercises in Molecular Assembly: Some Designs and Accidents"
1996	Professor Kathryn G. Vogel, Biology, "The Extracellular Matrix of Connective Tissue: Studying the Sticky Stuff"
1997	Professor Louise Lamphere, Anthropology,"From Mill Town to Multinational: Gender, Family and Policy in Working Class Communities"
1998	Professor Vera John-Steiner, Language, Literacy and Socio-cultural Studies, "Creativity and Collaboration: A Socio-cultural Approach"
1999	Professor James Brown, Biology, "The Scale of Life: Of All Creatures Great and Small"
2000	Professor Linda Biesele Hall, History, "The Virgin Mary, Coatlicue, and Pachamama: Thoughts on the Sacred Feminine in Latin America"
2001	Professor Mohamed S. El-Genk, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, "Space Exploration: A Journey into the Future"
2002	Regents’ Professor Everett M. Rogers, Communication and Journalism, "Applications of the Diffusion Model: Spread and Consequences of the Internet"
2003	Distinguished Professor Jane E. Buiksta, Anthropology, "Dialogues with the Dead: Mummies, Monuments, and Mallquis"
2004	Professor Joan Bybee, Linguistics,"Say It Again: How Usage Shapes Language"
2005	Professor Nitant Kenkre, Physics and Astronomy,"Movers and Shakers in Physics and Biology"
2006	Professor Jean-Claude Diels, Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Laser Light: Sensing nano changes with the lightest touch, and creating power threads in light tunnels—a Prometheus' destiny”
2007	Professor Clifford Dahm, Biology, “Reflections Upon the Science of Water in the New Mexico Year of Water”