IU professors receive special Provost honor

Professor and Director of the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions Richard Miller, who is in the Department of Religious Studies in the IU College of Arts and Sciences, was selected to be the recipient of the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award.

The award honors an IU-Bloomington faculty member who has achieved distinction either as a teacher or a scholar, according to a press release.

Miller was also named a Provost Professor along with fellow faculty members Jerome Busemeyer, a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences who is also in the Cognitive Science Program, and Daniel Perantoni, a professor in the brass department in the Jacobs School of Music.

“Professors Busemeyer, Miller and Perantoni have brought international distinction to Indiana University through their many accomplishments,” said Interim Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel. “They exemplify the broad range of excellence in research, scholarship, creativity and teaching that we enjoy at IU Bloomington. We are proud to have them as colleagues and look forward to celebrating their future achievements.”

Miller is scheduled to deliver the annual Sonneborn Lecture, which will take place during the fall 2012 semester.

“The selection of Provost Professors recognizes faculty members who combine exemplary teaching with outstanding research and creative activity,” Thomas Gieryn, vice provost for faculty and academic affairs, said in a press release. “It’s a great pleasure to honor these three professors and to thank them for their efforts on behalf of faculty colleagues, students and the University.”

— Michael Majchrowicz