Stephen Brain, associate professor of history and two-time recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, is Mississippi State’s 2016 Humanities Teacher of the Year. As part of the honor, Brain presented the College of Arts and Sciences’ annual humanities lecture. Titled “Biospheres of Influence: The Creation of Artificial Environments in the United States and the Soviet Union,” his address was held in the forum room of the university's Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.