Four Wayne State University professors who have distinguished themselves through the research and writing of scholarly publications are the recipients of 2003 WSU Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Awards. The awards are given annually to full-time faculty members who make outstanding contributions to scholarship and learning. Each recipient receives a citation from the board, an engraved wall plaque and a monetary award.

The award recipients are listed below in alphabetical order.

Jeffrey Abt (Huntington Woods)

An associate professor in the art and art history department, Abt is the author of Museum on the Verge: A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000. The volume is an important contribution to the history of arts and art management in Detroit. It also makes a significant contribution to the study of cultural history in its political and economic setting.

Prior to joining the Wayne State faculty in 1989, Abt was director of the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. He also has served as curator of collections at the Wichita Art Museum.

Dora Apel (Pleasant Ridge)

Dora Apel, who holds the W. Hawkins Ferry chair in modern and contemporary art history, was honored for her book Memory Effects: The Holocaust and the Art of Secondary Witnessing. The book focuses on the Holocaust from the angle of what Apel calls "secondary witnessing" through an array of art projects that bear witness indirectly to the events of the Holocaust and its impact on survivors and descendants as well as the victims themselves.

Apel, who earned a master's degree in art history from Wayne State, joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1999. She has a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Pittsburgh.

Kingsley Browne (Ann Arbor)

A professor of law, Browne was honored for his book Biology at Work: Rethinking Sexual Equality. In the volume, he challenges the claim that differences in the occupational choices of men and women are due mainly to discrimination against girls and women. He reviews cross-cultural, hormonal and other evidence indicating that women and men differ in numerous relevant aptitudes and motivational inclinations.

Brown, who was a partner in a San Francisco law firm before coming to Wayne State in 1989, teaches courses in employment law, employment discrimination and torts.

James Hartway (Southfield)

Hartway was recognized by the Board of Governors for his acclaimed musical composition "Images of Mogadoor," which was commissioned by the Foundation of Alizes for the 2002 Music Festival in Essaouri, Morocco. The composition includes native African music described as "trance music" for its earthy, rhapsodic, rhythmic sound and mood.

A distinguished professor of music composition at Wayne State, Hartway joined the faculty as an instructor in 1971. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne State and a doctorate from Michigan State University.