ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ leaders announced Monday that Eric Hall, a professor of exercise science, was named the Japheth E. Rawls Professor for Undergraduate Research in Science.
The honor is a rotating two-year professorship that aims to support the efforts of faculty engagement with students in the scholarship of scientific discovery. It is funded through a gift from the estate of Dr. Japheth E. Rawls Jr. ’35 and his wife, Virginia Riddick Rawls and is for a faculty member in the sciences.
Hall has been at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ since 2000. He works closely with students on undergraduate research and recently published five papers, three of which included undergraduate student co-authors.
Hall serves as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s faculty athletics representatives, a position he has held since 2008. He is also on numerous committees, including the Council on Undergraduate Research and the NCAA Academic Council.