Eve Brank named Aaron Douglas professor of psychology

Eve Brank was named Aaron Douglas/John E. Weaver professor. The professorship was established in 2008 to recognize faculty members with the rank of full professor who demonstrate sustained and extraordinary levels of teaching excellence and national visibility for instructional activities and practice.

• Eve Brank will be Aaron Douglas professor of psychology. Brank is also the director of the Center on Children, Families and the Law. She teaches and mentors at the intersection of psychology and the law using an approach described as student-centered, inclusive and effective. Brank designs her courses so that students leave with practical skills or useful products such as funding proposals or manuscripts. Brank also works with faculty as co-director of the Faculty-led Inquiry into Reflective and Scholarly Teaching (formerly Peer Review of Teaching Project). Brank has received departmental and national awards for teaching and mentorship. Undergraduate and graduate students are co-authors with her on approximately 80% of her publications and her recently published book, Psychology of Family Law, received a major award from the American Psychology-Law Society. A first-generation college graduate, Brank is committed to mentoring underrepresented graduate students and students from less-privileged backgrounds.