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Regents Professors

The rank of regents professor can be held by no more than 30 Washington State University faculty members at any one time. Promotion to regents professor requires service to the university for at least seven years and attainment of the highest level of professional achievement. Each college may nominate only two faculty members as candidates for this promotion each year. Those who are promoted to regents professor receive a 10 percent raise and are honored at the Celebration of Excellence Dinner at Showcase. Those who are not selected for promotion may be nominated again.

Year	Name	Title	Current/Emeritus
2026	Tahira Probst	Professor, Department of Psychology	Forthcoming
2026	John Roll	Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health	Forthcoming
2026	Mechthild Tegeder	Professor, School of Biological Sciences	Forthcoming
2025	Jon Oatley	Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences	Current
2025	Carolyn Ross	Professor, School of Food Science	Current
2024	Nairanjana Dasgupta	Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics	Current
2024	Dogan Gursoy	Professor, School of Hospitality Business Management	Current
2023	Min Du	Professor, Department of Animal Sciences	Current
2023	Brian French	Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology	Current
2023	Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson	Professor, Department of Sociology	Current
2022	Joy Egbert	Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning	Current
2022	Patricia Hunt	Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences	Current
2022	Yong Wang	Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering	Current
2021	Danial Baker	Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy	Emeritus
2021	Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe	Professor, Department of Psychology	Current
2020	Katrina Mealey	Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences	Current
2019	Douglas Call	Professor, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health	Current
2019	Scot Hulbert	Professor, Department of Plant Pathology	Current
2019	Jill McCluskey	Professor, School of Economic Sciences	Current
2018	Diane Cook	Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Current
2018	Hussein Zbib	Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering	Emeritus
2017	Kerry Hipps	Professor, Department of Chemistry	Current
2017	Debbie (DJ) Lee	Professor, Department of English	Current
2016	N/A	None Awarded
2015	N/A	None Awarded
2014	Juming Tang	Professor and Scientist, Biological Systems Engineering	Emeritus
2014	Kelvin G. Lynn	Professor of Physics, and Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Director for the Center for Materials Research, George and Diane Conniff Distinguished Professor	Emeritus
2013	Eugene A. Rosa	Professor, Department of Sociology, Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy in the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Service	Emeritus
2013	Terry E. McElwain	Associate Director and Professor, School for Global Animal Health, Executive Director of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory	Emeritus
2012	Thomas W. Okita	Professor and Scientist, Institute of Biological Chemistry	Current
2012	W. Sue Ritter	Professor, Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology	Emeritus
2012	Michael P. Wolcott	Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Institute of Sustainable Design	Current
2011	Sue B. Clark	Professor, Chemistry	Emeritus
2011	Herbert H. Hill	Professor, Chemistry	Emeritus
2010	Nicholas P. Lovrich	Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor, Political Science and Director, Division of Governmental Studies and Services	Emeritus
2010	C. Richard Shumway	Professor, School of Economic Sciences	Emeritus
2010	John W. Wright	Professor, Psychology	Emeritus
2009	Wendy C. Brown	Professor, Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology	Emeritus
2009	Mark G. Kuzyk	Professor, Physics and Astronomy	Current
2009	Lance T. LeLoup	Professor, Political Science and Vice Provost, International Programs	Emeritus
2009	Barry G. Swanson	Professor and Interim Chair, Food Science and Executive Secretary, Faculty Senate	Emeritus
2009	Victor Villanueva	Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of English and Director of The WSU Writing Program	Emeritus
2008	Michael D. Griswold	Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences and Dean, College of Sciences	Emeritus
2008	Norman G. Lewis	Arthur M. and Kate Eisig-Tode Distinguished Professor and Fellow, and Director of the Institute of Biological Chemistry	Current
2008	B. W. Poovaiah	Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture	Emeritus
2008	Gregory W. Yasinitsky	Meyer Distinguished Professor, School of Music	Emeritus
2007	John H. Bodley	Professor, Anthropology	Emeritus
2007	Gerald E. Edwards	Professor, School of Biological Sciences	Emeritus
2007	James M. Krueger	Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology	Current
2007	Guy H. Palmer	Professor, Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology and Director of the School for Global Animal Health	Current
2007	Jack D. Rogers	Professor and scientist in the Department of Plant Pathology and Department of Natural Resource Sciences	Emeritus
2006	Anjan Bose	Distinguished Professor of Power Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture	Current
2006	John A. Browse	Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry	Emeritus
2006	Timothy A. Kohler	Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Emeritus
2006	John P. Reganold	Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences	Emeritus
2006	Michael J. Smerdon	Professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences	Emeritus
2005	Yogendra Gupta	Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute for Shock Physics	Emeritus
2005	Leroy Ashby	Claudius O. and Mary Johnson Distinguished Professor of History	Emeritus
2005	Brian Lamb	Boeing Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory for Atmospheric Research	Emeritus
2004	Frances K. McSweeney	Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Psychology	Emeritus
2004	J. Thomas Dickinson	Paul A. Anderson Professor, Physics	Emeritus
2004	Ronald C. Mittelhammer	Professor and Agricultural Economist, Agricultural and Resource Economics	Current
2003	Ralph G.Yount	Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, and Professor in Basic Medical Sciences in the School of Molecular Biosciences	Emeritus
2003	Donald Dillman	Deputy Director, Research and Development, Social, Economic and Research Center, Thomas S. Foley Distinguished Professor of Government and Public Policy in the Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology	Emeritus
2003	Rodney Croteau	Eisig-Tode Distinguished Professor of Forest Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Chemistry	Emeritus