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Dickson Award

The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Professorship Award at the Riverside campus began in the 2008-2009 academic year. This accolade is presented for teaching, research, or public service activities that are in accordance with the intent of the donor. From the 2014-15 award year onward, the awardee(s) shall be known as the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Professor for the duration of the award and receive up to $6,000, which may be used for salary, travel or research support, subject to all policies and requirements of the University and the Riverside Campus.

Links to these guidelines are provided and on the Academic Senate website, under the heading "Awards": http://senate.ucr.edu/awards/

At the end of the award period, each awardee will submit a concise written report of the accomplishments that have resulted from the Professorship. In addition, It is required that the awardee will present a public lecture following conclusion of the award year.

• Selection Committee and Process

  The Selection Committee shall be the Committee on Faculty Welfare of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate, whose membership includes active and retired faculty. The Committee will evaluate the proposals and the nominees' previous contributions in the areas of teaching, research and service. The nomination package is subject to CAP review, in concurrence with UCR's Policy on Endowed Chairs. After CAP has reviewed and approved the nomination(s), they are sent to the EVC/P for appointment, which is effective the following academic year.

• Award Requirements

  Each emeritus professor receiving support from the Dickson endowment shall be known as the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Professor for the duration of awarded academic year.

  • Each awardee must provide a concise written report of the accomplishments that have resulted from the Professorship, in concurrence with the UCR Policy on Endowed Chairs.
  • In addition, It is required that the awardee will present a public lecture following conclusion of the award year.
  • The reports should be submitted to the EVC/P each fall in September and will be made available to the Selection Committee upon request.
  • Individuals may receive this award only once during their career.
• Background of the Award

  Edward A. Dickson served as a regent of the University of California from 1913 to 1946, the longest tenure of any Regent. His vision is credited with helping to make the Los Angeles campus a reality. In 1955 Mr. Dickson presented the University with an endowment to provide for annual special professorships for retired faculty.

  The 1955 gift document describing this award states:

  For the support and maintenance of special annual professorships in the University of California to which shall be appointed by the President, with the approval of the Regents, persons of academic rank who have been retired after service in the University of California and who shall receive such awards in addition to their retirement or pension allowances. Awards shall be made upon such conditions of service, research or teaching as The Regents may require. Professorships so awarded shall be known as the Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships.

  In 2003 the funds for the Dickson award were separated into ten endowments, one dedicated to each campus. The responsibility for making the awards was delegated to the Executive Vice Chancellor or chief academic officer at each of the ten campuses. On the UCR campus, award oversight and evaluation is performed by the UCR Academic Senate Committee on Faculty Welfare.

• Former Dickson Award Recipients

  Previous Dickson Lectures

  Year	Recipient
  2023-2024	Eric Barr, Theatre Thinking Like an Actor - Eric Barr Presentation
  2023-2024	Malcolm C. Baker, History of Art
  2023-2024	John M. Gamin, English
  2023-2024	Scott L. Fedick, Anthropology
  2023-2024	Brian A. Federici, Entomology
  2022-2023	Carolyn Murphy, Psychology
  2022-2023	Conrad Rudolph, History of Art
  2019-2020	George Haggerty, English  The Imagination of Horace Walpole
  2019-2020	David Swanson, Sociology  The Accuracy of Hamilton-Perry Population Projections for Census Tracts in the United States
  2019-2020	Larry Wright, Philosophy   Philosophical Understanding
  2019-2020	Carlos Cortez, History  Speech vs. Diversity, Diversity vs. Speech
  2019-2020	Howard Friedman, Psychology  Flourishing, Long Life, and the Nature of Health
  2019-2020	Jonathan Turner, Sociology  On Human Nature: The Biology and Sociology of What Made Us Human
  2018-2019	Wendy Rogers, Dance  See What Happens - Wendy Rogers Lecture
  2018-2019	Susan Hackwood, Electrical Engineering
  2018-2019	David Fairris, Economics
  2017-2018	Wendy Ashmore, Anthropology
  2016-2017	Lawrence Harper, Mathematics
  2016-2017	Susan Carter, Economics
  2015-2016	Malenoati Rao, Mathematics
  2015-2016	Roger Ransom, History
  2015-2016	Richard Sutch, Economics
  2014-2015	Irwin Wall, History
  2014-2015	Michael Pollak, Physics & Astronomy
  2014-2015	Ronald Chilcote, Economics
  2013-2014	Kathleen Montgomery, Business
  2012-2013	George Slusser, Comparative Literature
  2012-2013	Ben Stolztfus, Comparative Literature
  2011-2012	Edward Platzer, Nematology and Biology
  2010-2011	Prasanta Pattanaik, Economics