College faculty members, graduate student recognized during 2024 Honors Week
Every year, the University of Georgia celebrates the successes of its students, faculty, staff, and alumni in a series of events during Honors Week. This year, nine faculty members and a graduate student in the Mary Frances Early College of Education were recognized for their accomplishments in both the classroom and in the local community.
The honors range from teaching and public service awards—such as the Service-Learning Teaching Excellence Award, which recognizes excellence in developing academic service-learning opportunities for UGA students—to the Josiah Meigs Teaching Professorship, the university’s highest recognition for instruction at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
UGA has honored the following faculty members and graduate student in the College:
- Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, for the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship
- David Chiesa, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, for the Service-Learning Teaching Excellence Award
- Edward Delgado-Romero, associate dean for faculty and staff services; professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, for the Outstanding Mentoring Award
- Logan Fiorella, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, for the Creative Research Medal
- Ammy Sena, Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, for the Engaged Scholarship
Outstanding Teaching Awards
- Laurie Achin, lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education
- Deborah A. Barany, assistant professor, Department of Kinesiology
- Brian W. Leffler, senior lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education
- Becca Leopkey, associate professor, Department of Kinesiology
- Robyn Ovrick, senior lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education