award-winning Meteorology: Understanding the Atmosphere with Steven A. Ackerman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Knox is currently a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences in the Geography Department at the University of Georgia and since 2004 the Undergraduate Coordinator for its Atmospheric Sciences Program. Since 2011 Knox has served as Faculty Advisor for the Demosthenian Literary Society, UGA's oldest student organization (founded in 1803). Political career In February 2016 Knox announced his candidacy for a seat on the Athens-Clarke County Board of Education. Having lived in the district for 15 years, Knox was motivated to run by a desire to give back to the community and stand up for public schools. Knox has always believed that the "students come first". Knox currently represents District 8 on the Board of Education. Honors and awards In April 2012 Knox was the only geography professor in the nation, and one of only two atmospheric scientists, included in The Princeton Review's first-ever "Best 300 Professors" list and book. In November 2014 Knox was honored as the Georgia Professor of the Year by the organizations CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the US Professors of the Year ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. He was the first UGA professor named the state's Professor of the Year in a decade, and the first atmospheric sciences professor to be so named for any state in a quarter century. In January 2015 Knox was extended an invitation to join the organization Faculty Row, a private global network of accomplished academics, as one of its approximately 1,600 "Super Professors" worldwide. References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American meteorologists University of Alabama at Birmingham alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Valparaiso University faculty University of Georgia faculty