Georgia State University has announced the appointment of seven university faculty to its highest institutional-level faculty rank, the Distinguished University Professorship. The appointment of Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State is intended to recognize a sustained and outstanding record in scholarship and instruction, and to provide the impetus for continuing high achievement. Distinguished University Professors are expected to serve the university as exemplary faculty members by contributing to its research, instructional, and service missions.
This year the university has named seven faculty members to Distinguished Professor positions. Four of these appointments went to women.
Cathy Liu is a professor public management and policy in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. She conducts research and publishes widely on topics related to community and economic development, urban policy, employment and labor market, as well as migration and entrepreneurship in both the U.S. and international contexts. Professor Liu hols a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.
Therese Pigott is a professor of educational policy studies in the College of Education & Human Development. She joined the faculty in 2019 after serving as dean of the School of Education and associate provost for research at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Pigott is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana where she majored in psychology. She holds a Ph.D. in measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis from the University of Chicago.
Marilynn Richtarik is a profssor of English. Dr. Richtarik teaches courses on twentieth-century British, Irish, and world literature and modern drama. Dr. Richtarik’s most recent book, Getting to Good Friday: Literature and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2023), intertwines literary analysis and narrative history. Professor Richtarik is a graduate of Harvard University, where she majored in American history and literature. As a Rhodes Scholar, she earned a Ph.D. at the University of Oxford in England.- Jelena Subotić is a professor of political science. Dr. Subotić writes broadly about international relations theory, memory politics, human rights, transitional justice, international ethics, state identity, and the politics of the Western Balkans. Her latest book is Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance After Communism (Cornell University Press, 2019). Professor Subotić is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she majored in social anthropology. She holds master’s degrees in public administration and international relations from Syracuse University in New York and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Marilynn Richtarik is a profssor of English. Dr. Richtarik teaches courses on twentieth-century British, Irish, and world literature and modern drama. Dr. Richtarik’s most recent book, 
Jelena Subotić is a professor of political science. Dr. Subotić writes broadly about international relations theory, memory politics, human rights, transitional justice, international ethics, state identity, and the politics of the Western Balkans. Her latest book is