Arts & Sciences College Awards
Read about the 2026 faculty and staff recipients of the Arts and Sciences College Awards and University awards.
Arts and Sciences College Awards
Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award
Criteria & Nomination Process — Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award
- Esther Hernández Esteban, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Spanish
- Harold Perkins, Professor, Geography
- Stephanie Miller, Professor of Instruction & STEMstart Co-Director, Biological Sciences
Outstanding Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award
- Timothy Anderson, Professor, Geography
- Edmond Chang, Associate Professor, English
- Donald Miles, Professor, Biological Sciences
Outstanding Faculty Leadership and Service Award
Criteria & Nomination Process — Outstanding Faculty Leadership and Service Award
- Risa Whitson, Professor and Director of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Advising Award
Criteria & Nomination Process — Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Advising Award
- Amanda Cox, Associate Professor of Instruction, Sociology and Anthropology
Outstanding Advisor Award
This award is provided to a staff member who shows excellence in student advising. Their efforts show innovative thinking to meet student needs and exemplary job performance in ensuring student success.
- Christina Jones, Success Advisor, Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs
Outstanding Staff Award
This award is provided to staff members who show excellence in service leadership. Their works show innovative problem solving, exemplary job performance and outstanding service to the students, faculty and colleagues in the college of arts and sciences.
- Diane Lucas, Senior Director of Finance, Dean’s Office
- Joey Pierce, Employment Coordinator, Dean’s Office
- Bridget Stover, Accounting Support Senior Specialist, CAS Finance Unit
University Awards
Outstanding Administrator
- Larry Hayman, Director of Legal Engagement and Pre-Law Program
Emerging Presidential Research Scholar
- Edmond Chang, Associate Professor, English
- Jean Forney, Associate Professor, Psychology
Presidential Research Scholar
Criteria & Past Winners — Presidential Research Scholars
- Saw Wai Hla, Professor, Physics and Astronomy
- Hee-Jong Seo, Professor, Physics and Astronomy
- Julie Suhr, Professor, Psychology
University Professor Award
Criteria & Past Winners — University Professor Award
- Sam Kizer, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Sociology and Anthropology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Presidential Teacher Award Finalist
Criteria & Past Winners — Presidential Teacher Award
- Mary Kate Hurley, Associate Professor, English
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Finalist
- Tamanna Shah, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Sociology and Anthropology
Presidential Service Award
- Sarah Wyatt, Distinguished Professor, Environmental and Plant Biology
University Recognitions
Faculty Mentoring Program
- Uzoma Miller, Assistant Professor of Instruction, African American Studies
The OHIO Writing Challenge Community of Practice
- Mary Kate Hurley, Associate Professor, English
Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Development Program
- Maryam Ahmed, Chair and Professor, Biological Sciences
Provost Faculty Fellow
- Corey Beck, Professor of Instruction, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Haley Duschinski, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology and Director, School of International Studies and Languages
Advancing Teaching Excellence Fellows
- Jared DeForest, Chair and Professor, Environmental and Plant Biology
- Paul Shovlin, Assistant Professor, English
- Linda Rice, James S. Reid/Standard Products Company Professor of Humanities, English
Bruning Academy Fellow
- Linda Rice, James S. Reid/Standard Products Company Professor of Humanities, English
Faculty Learning Community Leaders
- Yogesh Sinha, Assistant Professor of Instruction, English