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” |
| 2008 | Professor Larry Sklar, Pathology and Pharmacy, “Team Science: Partnerships for Innovation, Discovery, and Translation” |
| 2009 | Professor Ferenc Szasz, History, “Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends” |