Patricia Limerick, a well-known historian at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been selected as a member the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the academy announced today.
Limerick, who is also faculty director and chair of the board of the Center of the American West, is one of 252 new members of the academy nationwide. She is the 38th member of the CU Boulder faculty to win this honor.
The academy recognizes extraordinary people across America and around the world who help solve the world’s most urgent challenges, create meaning through art, and contribute to the common good from every field, discipline and profession, the group stated.
