AwardsSTEM Fields

Beth Beason-Abmayr Recognized as a Distinguished Educator by the American Physiological Society

Beth Beason-Abmayr, the Kathleen and Randall Mathews Chair in Biosciences at Rice University in Houston, has received the Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Educator Award from the American Physiological Society. The award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to physiology education.

Dr. Beason-Abamyr has been a faculty member with Rice University since 1998. Throughout her long tenure, she been dedicated to advancing undergraduate education through student mentorship and development of course-based research opportunities. She currently chairs the biosciences undergraduate curriculum committee and participates in her department’s committees on undergraduate awards and undergraduate recruiting and advising for prospective majors. She is also an advocate for faculty development, serving as a fellow with the Rice’s Center for Teaching Excellence.

A graduate of Auburn University in Alabama, Dr. Beason-Abamyr received her Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

University of Texas at Arlington President Jennifer Cowley to Step Down

0
Four years after she was named the first woman president of the University of Texas at Arlington, Dr. Cowley has announced that she will step down and return to the faculty.

Megan Walsh to Lead Academic Affairs at Edgewood University in Wisconsin

0
Prior to her new role, Dr. Walsh was dean and campus director of the University of Maine at Machias. Before that, she spent more than a decade with St. Bonaventure University in New York.

Leanne Frost Is CEO of Great Falls College in Montana

0
Dr. Frost has been a member of the Great Falls College community since 2011. For the past six years, she has served as executive director of instruction and student success.

Amanda Morris Foreman Named Interim President of Coastal Pines Technical College

0
"I have seen firsthand the difference technical education can make for our students, their families, and the businesses and industries that depend on a skilled workforce," said Amanda Foreman, the new interim president of Coastal Pines Technical College in Georgia.

A Pair of Women Tapped to Lead Academic Affairs at Two-Year Colleges

0
Sara M. Butler is vice chancellor for academic affairs at Honolulu Community College in Hawaii and Jennifer L. Cumpston is vice president for academic affairs at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina

Latest Job Listings

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Health Studies

0
We seek to make an appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, in the health humanities or critical social sciences of health, including but not limited to medical anthropology and the history of medicine.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Philosophy

0
Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Philosophy to begin Fall 2027. The Department of Philosophy seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor beginning Fall semester, 2027.

Instructional Professor (Open Rank) in Global Studies

0
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago invites applications for an open-rank Instructional Professor position in the undergraduate Global Studies program.

Senior Research Associate, Development Innovation Lab

0
The University of Chicago’s Development Innovation Lab and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics invites applications for a non-tenure track Senior Research Associate position, with a focus on Development Economics and Mathematics.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History

0
The Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History to begin July 1, 2027. “Modern” is defined as 1895 to the present.