▁working ▁in ▁geometric ▁group ▁theory ▁and ▁low - dimensional ▁topology ; ▁known ▁for ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁cy clic ▁surg ery ▁theorem , ▁C ull er – V og t mann ▁Out er ▁space , ▁and ▁the ▁A - pol ynomial ▁of ▁a ▁kn ot ▁ ▁John ▁D ' Em ilio , ▁professor , ▁department ▁of ▁gender ▁and ▁women ' s ▁studies , ▁department ▁of ▁history ; ▁leading ▁scholar ▁of ▁gay ▁and ▁les bian ▁history ; ▁ ▁D ' Em ilio ' s ▁work ▁was ▁c ited ▁by ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Justice ▁Anthony ▁Kennedy ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁majority ▁opinion ▁when ▁the ▁court ▁struck ▁down ▁a ▁Texas ▁law ▁that ▁criminal ized ▁sod omy ▁ ▁Lu isa ▁Di P iet ro , ▁Ph . D . ▁and ▁D . D . S . ▁( U IC ), ▁Professor ▁of ▁Period ont ics ▁at ▁the ▁U IC ▁College ▁of ▁D ent istry , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁W ound ▁Rep air ▁and ▁T issue ▁Reg ener ation ▁ ▁Peter ▁Dor an , ▁Ph . D , ▁Professor ▁of ▁Earth ▁and ▁Environment al ▁Sciences ▁who ▁special izes ▁in ▁polar ▁regions , ▁especially ▁Ant ar ctic ▁climate ▁and ▁e cos ystem s ; ▁lead ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁research ▁paper ▁about ▁Ant ar ctic ▁temper atures ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Nature ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁ ▁Ro berta ▁M . ▁Feld man , ▁professor ▁emer ita ▁( Arch itecture ) ▁ ▁Stanley ▁Fish , ▁Dean ▁Emer it us ▁of ▁College ▁of ▁Liberal ▁Arts