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