Named Professorships

Stipend: $5,000 | Discipline: Open | Position: Full Professor

John E. Weaver and Aaron Douglas Professorships for Teaching Excellence were established in 2008 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to recognize faculty members with the rank of full professor who demonstrate sustained and extraordinary levels of teaching excellence and national visibility for instructional activities and/or practice. Nominees must have at least three years in rank as a full professor in order to be considered for the professorship. Individuals awarded the professorship may elect either the Douglas or Weaver designation. They are known as Weaver or Douglas professors and professor of (field). Beginning in 2024-25, this professorship will be awarded as a non-renewable professorship with a five-year term. Holders are eligible to be re-nominated at the end of the five-year term. This change does not apply to professorships awarded prior to 2024-25.

Stipend: $3,000 | Discipline: Open | Position: Associate Professor

The Susan J. Rosowski Professorship recognizes faculty at the associate professor level for their contributions in research and teaching, who show exceptional promise for future excellence, and who have achieved distinguished records of scholarship or creative activity. Normally, successful nominees for this professorship will have at least two years in rank as an associate professor. A faculty member at the rank of associate professor may not be nominated during the same year they are being reviewed for promotion to full professor. The five-year, one-time appointment professorship carries a $3,000 annual stipend.