Paul Herrnson
Professor of Political Science; Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Paul Herrnson, one of the foremost experts on the American political process, joined the University of Connecticut faculty as the new director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research in August of 2013. Herrnson is working to develop the Roper Center into what he calls one of the best living archives of democracy in the country.
The sundial located between the Rowe Center for Undergraduate Education and the Charles B. Gentry Building, home to the Neag School of Education, is named for Albert E. Waugh. Waugh, a professor of agricultural economics, served as head of the Department of Economics, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and provost from 1950 until his retirement in 1966. He held a keen interest in sundials, culminating in Sundials: Their Theory and Construction, posthumously published in 1973. Creating Our Future: UConn’s Path to Excellence 27