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Faculty Awards & Honors

College and Unversity Awards

The 2009 Faculty Honors Celebration took place on Monday, April 20, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the IMU's Richey Ballroom. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognized faculty members who garnered major College and University awards, as well as significant national and international distinctions, over the past academic year.

Iowa Endowed Entrepreneurial Professor

Bernd Fritzsch, Biology

F. Wendell Miller Professor

Ethan Canin, Creative Writing

J.J. Mallon Teaching Chair in Judaic Studies

Jay Holstein, Religious Studies

Collegiate Fellows

Paul Abbas, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Alan Christensen, Psychology
Joe Kearney, Computer Science
Gary Small, Chemistry

Collegiate Scholar

Caroline Tolbert, Political Science

Dean's Scholars

Rebekah Kowal, Dance
David Peate, Geoscience
Ahmed Souaiaia, Religious Studies

Faculty Scholars

Frederick Boehmke, Political Science
Dare Clubb, Theatre Arts
Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Journalism & Mass Communication
Craig Gibson, Classics
John Spencer, Psychology
Susan White, Art & Art History

Global Scholar

William Davies, Linguistics

James Van Allen Natural Sciences Fellowship

Lihe Wang, Mathematics

Collegiate Teaching Award

Margaret Beck, Anthropology
Frauke Bleher, Mathematics
Michael Dailey, Biology
Priya Kumar, English
Mary Trachsel, Rhetoric

President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence

Kathleen Kamerick, History

Regents Award for Faculty Excellence

Craig Kletzing, Physics & Astronomy
William LaRue Jones, Music

Marion L. Huit Award

Juan Gatica, Mathematics

Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service

Teresa Mangum, English
John Menninger, Biology

Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award

Vicki Grassian, Chemistry

Graduate College Special Recognition for Mentoring

Michael Lovaglia, Sociology

UI 2009 Presidential Lecturer

Donald Gurnett, Physics & Astronomy

Elected Fellow in Scholarly Association

Fellow, American Physical Society

Yasar Onel, Physics & Astronomy

Research Awards

Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

Aaron Stump, Computer Science

Academy Award in Music, American Academy of Arts and Letters

David Gompper, School of Music

Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Julianna Tymoczko, Mathematics

Henry Luce Foundation Grant

Chuanren Ke, Asian & Slavic Languages & Literatures

Joan Mitchell Grant in Painting and Sculpture

Susan White, Art & Art History

Charles Warren Center Fellowship, Harvard University

Kevin Mumford, History

Fulbright Scholar

Adrian Méndez-Rodenas, Spanish & Portuguese
Judith Pascoe, English
Philip Round, English

Disciplinary Honors

Inspire Integrity Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Linda Bolton, English

Excellence in Teaching Printmaking Award, Southern Graphics Council

Virginia Meyers, Art & Art History

Howard Serwer Lecturer, American Handel Society

Rob Ketterer, Classics

Distinguished Service Award, National Communication Association

Leslie Baxter, Communication Studies

Diener Award, Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology

David Watson, Psychology

Insley-Evans Social Worker of the Year, American Public Health Association

Edward Saunders, Social Work

Faculty Achievement Award, Association of Gerontology Education in Social Work

Sara Sanders, Social Work

President-Elect, American Institute of Indian Studies

Philip Lutgendorf, Asian & Slavic Languages & Literatures

President-Elect, North American Society for Sports History

Catriona Parratt, Health & Sports Studies

Mary Lyon Award, Mt. Holyoke College

Ingrid Ukstins Peate, Geoscience

Short Term Residencies and Fellowships

NEH Summer Institute, New York Public Library

John Beldon Scott, Art & Art History

Research Fellowship, Wolfsonian-Florida International University