Faculty Award Winners 2023-24
Donald Crawford Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award
Deborah Stenkamp, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
College of Science
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
Steff Sirois, MFA Candidate, Department of English
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Outstanding Graduate Student Research and Creative Activity Award
Salvador Castañeda Barba, PhD Candidate, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
College of Science
Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
Michael S. Strickland, Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Water Systems
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar/Fellow Award
Kelsey Bryant, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences
College of Natural Resources
Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
Julie Amador, Associate Dean and Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Excellence in Teaching Award
Dan Hickman, Associate Professor, Department of Business
College of Business and Economics
Hoffman Award in Teaching Excellence
Katrina C.L. Eichner, Assistant Professor, Department of Culture, Society and Justice
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Advising Excellence Award — Faculty
Rebekka Boysen-Taylor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Advising Excellence Award — Staff
Sophie Becker, Lead Academic Advisory
University Advising Services
Dr. Arthur Maxwell Taylor Excellence in Diversity Award — Faculty
Philip Stevens, Associate Professor, Department of Culture, Society and Justice
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Arthur Maxwell Taylor Excellence in Diversity Award — Staff
Mercedes Natividad de Frausto, Associate Director
Student Support Programs
Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award
Liz Wargo, Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership and Counseling
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Excellence in Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Efforts Award
Courtney J. Conway, Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences
College of Natural Resources
General Education Teaching Award
Diane L. Carter, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Communication
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
General Education Teaching Award
Gita Neupane, Temporary Faculty, Department of Culture, Society and Justice
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
2024-2026 University Mid-Career
Vanessa Anthony-Stevens, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Janine Julianna Darragh, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Grant Harley, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences
College of Science
Omi Hodwitz, Associate Professor, Department of Culture, Society and Justice
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Tara Hudiburg, Associate Professor, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences
College of Natural Resources
Robert F. Keefe, Associate Professor, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences
College of Natural Resources
Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Annie J. Roe, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Shenghan Xu, Associate Professor, Department of Business
College of Business and Economics