Professor Benjamin Munson of the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences is an internationally renowned scholar who makes enduring and significant contributions to undergraduate education, and who builds life-long relationships with students. These contributions are broad: mentoring students in research, providing students with support and guidance, and outstanding classroom teaching. Dr.

Over the course of a 19-year career at the University of Minnesota, Distinguished McKnight University Professor Chris Leighton has matched world-renowned research with extraordinary commitment to teaching and education-related service.