TAMIU’s Dr. Anna Cieslicka Designated Regents Professor by A&M System Board of Regents
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has designated 18 faculty members and 13 agency service, extension, or research professionals within the A&M System as Regents Professors and Regents Fellows for their exemplary performance during the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
Texas A&M International University (TAMIU)’s Dr. Anna B. Cieslicka, professor of Psychology, was selected as a Regents Professor.
Bill Mahomes, Chairman of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, noted that each recipient has made significant contributions to their field and the State of Texas.
“Each of these distinguished individuals has made significant contributions to their fields and to the state of Texas. Their achievements embody the A&M System’s mission of service and innovation, and I hope their dedication will motivate others,” Chairman Mahones said.
TAMIU provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, Dr. Claudia San Miguel, shared her thoughts on Dr. Cieslicka’s selection.
“Dr. Cieslicka is a full Professor of Psychology who has been with TAMIU for 15 years and has had an outstanding academic career at our campus, excelling in teaching, research, and service. She is an excellent teacher and mentor to graduate and undergraduate students, as evidenced by her being awarded this award, as well as TAMIU’s 2012 University Teacher of the Year. She is also one of TAMIU’s top scientific researchers and was a recipient of TAMIU’s 2014 University Scholar of the Year award.
“Dr. Cieslicka's research primarily looks at the structure and function of the bilingual mental lexicon. In addition to her primary research on bilingual processing, she also focuses on two other areas. First, she explores how bilinguals and second/foreign language learners understand figurative language, leading to the development of the Literal Salience Model. Second, Dr. Cieslicka is involved in cutting-edge EEG (electroencephalogram)-ERPs (Event Related Potentials) methodology, which allows for recording neural correlates reflecting the underlying meaning integration processes occurring in real-time as participants read the presented language stimuli.
“It is my pleasure to congratulate Dr. Cieslicka on being named by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents as a Regents Professor. Being named by The Texas A&M Board of Regents as a Regents Professor is one of the greatest honors for faculty,” Dr. San Miguel observed.
About the Regents Professor and Fellow Awards
The Regents Professor Awards program was established in 1996, and the Regents Fellow Service Awards program was created in 1997 to honor employees who have made extraordinary contributions to their university or agency, as well as to the people of Texas.
Regents Professor Award Recipients
In addition to Dr. Cieslicka, this year’s recipients of the Regents Professor Award are:
Dr. Kyle T. Alfriend, Texas A&M University; Dr. Ping Chang, Texas A&M University;
Dr. Jieming Chen, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Dr. Alejandro del Carmen, Tarleton State University; Dr. Ali Fares, Prairie View A&M University; Dr. Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Dr. Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University; Dr. Wowek Sean Kearney, Texas A&M University-San Antonio and Dr. Bani Mallick, Texas A&M University.
Also, Dr. Christopher Marshall, Texas A&M University at Galveston; Dr. William J. Murphy, Texas A&M University; Dr. Michael H. Perri, Texas A&M University-Texarkana; Dr. Eric Petersen, Texas A&M University; Dr. Joe W. Priest, Tarleton State University; Dr. Narasimha Reddy, Texas A&M University; Dr. Lin Shao, Texas A&M University, and Dr. Brian Zator, Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Regents Fellow Award Recipients
This year’s recipients of the Regents Fellow Award are:
Sheryl Austin, PVAMU Cooperative Extension Program; Jordan Brod, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; Dorian Davis, Texas Division of Emergency Management; José Garza, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service; Dr. Daniel S. Hale, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service; Joel Hambright, Texas A&M Forest Service, and Dr. Daniel Leskovar, Texas A&M AgriLife Research.
Also, Mary Levien, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Rebecca Marianno, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Jana Osbourn, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service; Dr. David Schrank, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Dude Speed, Texas Division of Emergency Management, and Travis Zamzow, Texas A&M Forest Service.
To date, 323 Texas A&M System faculty members have been recognized with the Regents Professor Award and 201 agency professionals have received the Regents Fellow Service Award.
About The Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a budget of $7.3 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, a comprehensive health science center, eight state agencies, Texas A&M-Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS, the Texas A&M System educates more than 157,000 students and makes more than 21 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceed $1.5 billion and help drive the state’s economy.
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