Jack Meacham, Jerry Newman Named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professors

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two University at Buffalo faculty members have joined the ranks of distinguished teaching professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.

Jack Meacham, professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jerry M. Newman, professor of organization and human resources in the School of Management, have been named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professors in recognition of outstanding teaching at the graduate, undergraduate and professional levels.

The rank of distinguished professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system, is an order above full professorship and has three co-equal designations: distinguished professor, distinguished service professor and distinguished teaching professor.

Meacham is an internationally recognized scholar in the area of human development and an authority on undergraduate general education.

Among the awards he's received are the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Milton Plesur Award for excellence in teaching from the UB undergraduate Student Association.

A member of the Department of Psychology since 1972 and an adjunct professor of African-American studies, Meacham's research interests include theories in developmental psychology, multicultural education, race and racism.

He serves as director for undergraduate studies for the psychology department.

He received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan.

Meacham lives in Williamsville.

Newman, an authority on the management of human resources, is director and founder of the School of Management's Center for Team Performance and a charter member of the Society for Human Resources Management in Buffalo.

He is co-author with George T. Milkovich of "Compensation," the top textbook in the field for the past decade, and has authored or co-authored numerous chapters in a dozen other texts.

He has received numerous awards for teaching, including the School of Management dean's Distinguished Teaching Award, and is a five-time recipient of the Graduate Professor of the Year award, also from the management school.

A member of the UB management school faculty since 1974, Newman has taught at the Singapore Institute of Management and was a visiting professor at the National Center for Industrial Science and Technology Management Development in Dalian, China.

He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota.

Newman lives in Snyder.