Faculty News

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Regional Studies, UNM Native American Studies Department and the Institute for American Indian Education will host a Native Curriculum Partnership (NCP) Film Workshop on Thursday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Aliza Organick, professor at The University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named director of the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program and officially began the role June 1. “Professor Organick brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, leadership,...

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences recently announced its new Regents’ Professors for the Annual Years 2025-2027. Regents’ Professor is a special title bestowed on selected full professors who, in the judgment of the dean and on...

Bruce Huckell, associate professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico and a leader in the fields of geoarchaeology, lithic technology, and early prehistoric foragers in North America, died on May 13. Huckell received his bachelor's degree in...

A University of New Mexico research scientist and professor is being recognized nationally for his contributions to planetary geology by the Geological Society of America. Charles 'Chip' Shearer, a Senior Research Scientist for the Institute of...

Ruth Luckasson, a Distinguished Professor of Special Education, has retired after serving at The University of New Mexico for more than four decades. Luckasson’s path to becoming the College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS)’s first...

A new, timely book written by two UNM political science professors is diving into the critical issue of abortion politics.  Johns Hopkins University Press has just published, Regulating Abortion: The Politics of U.S. Abortion Policy, by Deborah R....

A faculty member from the UNM School of Engineering is part of the first-ever group in the Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences (FACES) program, funded by the Department of Energy. Tito Busani, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and...

UNM Anderson School of Management faculty member Robert DelCampo and partner John Chavez from New Mexico Startup Factory recently won Stage One of the prestigious U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund competition. The SBA...

Christopher Perfetti, an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, is the recipient of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Reactor Physics Division Early Career Reactor Physicist Award. The award recognizes early career members of the...