The 2016 Texas Ten

A great professor can profoundly shape your college experience—they enlighten, inspire, motivate, and challenge. It’s often in hindsight we realize which teachers had the biggest impact on our lives, so we asked alumni to nominate their favorite professors on the Forty Acres. As we narrowed down the list to just 10 faculty members, descriptors like “passionate” and “exceptional” leapt out. Whether they’ve been at the University of Texas for three years or three decades, their zeal for knowledge and devotion to their students made an enduring impression.