Brett A. Larson

Prof. Larson joined Georgia Southern University in 1991 and retired in 2022.

— Biography from the 2022 Spring Commencement program —

Dr. Larson earned his BS in Biology from the University of Georgia (1977), and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Oregon (1983). Dr. Larson completed his postdoctoral training as a research fellow with Professor H.A. Bern at the University of California-Berkeley. In 1986, Dr. Larson joined the faculty at Wichita State University as an Assistant Professor of Biology. He then moved back to Georgia and became an Assistant Professor of Biology at Armstrong State College. He was promoted to Associate Professor of Biology in 1995 and Professor in 2002. Dr. Larson has seen many changes during his career including, Armstrong's transition from a College to a University, and most recently, its consolidation with Georgia Southern University. Dr. Larson has taught many courses over his career earning recognition in 1994 as the Kristina Brockmeier Faculty Teaching and Service Award Winner at Armstrong State College, and South University's Physician Assistant Class of 2008 Didactic Faculty Member of the Year. He made signifcant contributions improving laboratory courses, and these eforts were aided by an awarded National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement grant in 1997. While Dr. Larson taught a variety of cellular and physiology courses, his most recent eforts have focused on the teaching of Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II. Dr. Larson was also active in departmental, college and University service. It is for these eforts and other contributions to the discipline of Biology and the academic profession that Dr. Brett A. Larson has earned the title of Professor Emeritus of Biology.*