James Joyce, Allan F. Gibbard Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy

James M. Joyce, the Cooper Harper Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, LSA, is one of only six University of Michigan (U-M) faculty who were recently recognized with a Distinguished University Professorship, one of U-M's most prestigious.

The Board of Regents established the Distinguished University Professorship in 1947 to recognize senior faculty members with exceptional scholarly or creative achievements, national and international reputations for academic excellence and superior records of teaching, mentoring and service.

Laurie McCauley, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and Michael Solomon, Rackham Graduate School dean and vice provost for academic affairs, recommended Joyce, noting that “(t)hrough his pathbreaking scholarship, exemplary teaching, generous mentorship, and wise institutional leadership, Professor Joyce has strengthened the University of Michigan and the field of philosophy.”

Read the entire U-M Record article about Professor Joyce and the five other U-M faculty members who were also recognized for their outstanding teaching and service.