Faculty
Dr. Haney Receives Regent’s Professorship
“I was very honored and humbled to receive the Regents’ Professorship,” said Haney.“I have to give credit to the college, its faculty, staff, and students. They are what has allowed me to receive this recognition. I have always viewed ‘obligations’ as the single most important word on my diploma. I feel that giving back, whether it be teaching or service, is a what makes our profession so special. Giving back, or giving ‘forward,’ is our legacy. Receiving the Regents’ Professorship inspires me that much more.” Dr. Haney is a 1989 graduate of the college and has been a faculty member at the college since 1996, after spending many years serving as a commissioned officer with the United States Public Health Service where he was assigned to the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, and stationed at the Gallup Indian Medical Center.
Kevin Haney, D.D.S., M.S. Kevin Haney, D.D.S., M.S., assistant dean for academic affairs and professor in the Division of Pediatric Dentistry, was awarded the Regents’ Professorship from the OU Health Sciences Center as part of the 2020-2021 Distinguished Faculty Awards and Honors ceremony in April 2021. To qualify for a Regents’ Professorship, a faculty member must have rendered outstanding service to the university, to the academic community, or to an academic or professional discipline through extraordinary achievement in academic administration or professional service. The appointment is for life.
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He is an active member in many societies and organizations across the country, including the American Dental Association, the Oklahoma Dental Association, and the Southwest Society of Pediatric Dentists. Additionally, he is a fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr. Haney has also received several other awards prior to the Regents’ Professorship, including the Oklahoma Dental Association’s President’s Leadership award in 2003 and 2008. Dr. Haney is only the second faculty member of the college to receive this prestigious honor. The first dean of the college, Dr. William E. Brown, received the professorship in 1987. “The college is extremely proud of Dr. Haney and his unwavering dedication to our college, our students, and to the dental profession,” said Raymond A. Cohlmia, D.D.S., former dean of the college. “Through his leadership, our college is recruiting and graduating some of the nation’s brightest dental and dental hygiene students. And he has been instrumental in our goal of becoming one of the very best dental education programs across the country.”
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