Four Cornerstone Fellows announced by the College of Liberal Arts

Craig Kallendorf, professor of English and classics; Mary Meagher, professor of psychology; Rogelio Saenz, professor of sociology; and Dan Wood, professor of political science, have been selected as inaugural recipients of Cornerstone Faculty Fellowships .

With a combination of gift funds and College of Liberal Arts operating funds, the college will present Cornerstone Fellowships yearly to three or four full professors who have developed outstanding professional records.

Recipients of these awards normally have professional records that include scholarly work in highly regarded venues, external funding, outstanding classroom contributions, and service of major departmental, college or university committees.

Cornerstone Faculty Fellows are awarded $30,000 for a professional bursary payable over a 4-year period. The funds are to be used in support of professional activities, including professional travel expenses, the purchase of teaching and research material or equipment, the funding of graduate assistants, and the funding of summer research salaries.

Kallendorf received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. He has received external funding from many recognized societies, including a Harvard University Fellowship from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation in 2008 and a National Endowment for the Humanities. Kallendorf’s interests include Renaissance comparative literature, classics, and rhetoric.

Meagher received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and came to Texas A&M in 1988. Her areas of specialization include behavioral and cellular neuroscience and clinical psychology. Meagher has been largely funded by the National Institute of Health, including recent grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Saenz received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University. His research interests include demography, Latina/Latino sociology, race and ethnic relations and social inequality. He has received outside funding most recently by the National Science Foundation for his work on diversifying graduate education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for work on patterns of poverty in the Texas borderland and Mississippi delta.

Wood received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Houston. He was listed in the January 2007 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics as among the 400 most cited political scientists since 1940. He specializes in the American presidency, with recent focus on influencing the economy, saber-rattling, and various domestic policies. Wood was a University Faculty Fellow from 2002-2006 and has received financial support from the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and various other entities.

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Contact: Holly Lambert, hollyalyselambert@libarts.tamu.edu, 979.862.4879