Judith Fetterley and Robert Amerigo Rosellini were among a group of 15 State University System faculty around New York to be named Distinguished Teaching Professors. The designation, which ranks above that of full professor, recognizes outstanding teaching.

Fetterley, a UAlbany faculty member for 27 years, holds joint appointments in the departments of English and Women�s Studies. The highly respected literary and cultural scholar and internationally known feminist theorist received the Chancellor�s Award for Excellence in Education in 1990; she is also a Collins Fellow and the recipient of a 1995 Bread and Roses Award. Fetterley�s numerous books include Provisions: A Reader from 19th Century American Women and The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction.

Psychology department chair Rosellini, who encourages senior faculty to teach introductory courses, regularly teaches Introduction to Psychology, History of Psychology, and Psychology of Learning. At the graduate level, he teaches seminars in Learning and Conditioning, and supervises the departmental Practicum on Teaching. Over the years, 12 doctoral students have received their Ph.D. under his direction. Rosellini, whose research interests include associative learning processes in invertebrates, animal learning and behavior, and animal models of addiction, has co-authored articles for numerous publications, including the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Learning and Motivation; Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior; and Brain Research Reviews.

During his 27 years at UAlbany, Professor of Geography and Planning John S. Pipkin has earned many awards. Last spring, he added another honor — Collins Fellow — to his list of personal achievements.

Pipkin received bachelor�s and master�s degrees at the University of Sheffield in his native England, then earned his M.S. and his Ph.D. at Northwestern. In the years since his arrival at the University at Albany in 1974, he has taught undergraduate and graduate versions of spatial analysis and several courses in urban geography. For the 2001–02 academic year, Pipkin will teach The American City; Foundations of Great Ideas, a Presidential Scholars course; Urban Design; and History of Geographic Thought.

Pipkin, whose research interests include urban, economic, and transportation geography; urban design; and mathematical and statistical applications, has also written or co-authored numerous books, book chapters, and reports. His books include Urban Social Space (1981), written with M.E. LaGory; and Remaking the City: Social Science Perspectives on Urban Design (1983), edited with M.E. LaGory and J.R. Blau. In addition, Pipkin has contributed articles to such journals as Geographical Analysis, Urban Geography, Transportation Research, and Professional Geographer, and presented papers at annual conferences of the Association of American Geographers. He was also the featured speaker for the University at Albany�s undergraduate commencement exercises in 1999.

His years at UAlbany have been distinguished by service in many administrative positions and volunteer capacities. Pipkin chaired the Department of Geography and Planning from 1983–86 and, in 1992, was appointed to the faculty of the Ph.D. program in Information Science. He also served as dean of Undergraduate Studies and associate vice president for Academic Affairs from 1995–99. This year, he is on the executive committee of the University Senate, as well as a representative to the SUNY-wide Senate.