Faculty Awards

Eligibility: Nominations for these awards come from the Dean. If you have a nominee to suggest, please contact Denise Spangler.

Due Date: October 4, 2021

Due Date UGA: November 1, 2021

Contact: Denise Spangler

Award Recipients

• Rod Dishman (1989)
• Anthony Pellegrini (1991)
• Ed Pajak (1991)
• Leslie P. Steffe (1991)
• Gary Dudley (2004)
• Jerome Morris (2010)
• Scott Ardoin (2015)

Eligibility: Nominations for these awards come from the Dean. If you have a nominee to suggest, please contact Denise Spangler.

Due Date: October 4, 2021

Due Date UGA: November 1, 2021

Contact: Denise Spangler

Award Recipients

• Donna Alvermann (1998)
• Marty Carr (2011)
• Ronald Butchart (2012)
• Jerome Morris (2014)

Eligibility: Nominations for these awards come from the Dean. If you have a nominee to suggest, please contact Denise Spangler.

Due Date: October 11, 2021

Due Date UGA: November 8, 2021

Contact: Denise Spangler

Award Recipients

• Carl Glickman (1997)
• Thomas Dyer (1998)

Eligibility: Nominations for these awards come from the Dean. If you have a nominee to suggest, please contact Denise Spangler.

Due Date: October 4, 2021

Due Date UGA: November 1, 2021

Contact: Denise Spangler

Award Recipients

• George Gazda (1983)
• George Hynd (1985)
• Leslie P. Steffe (1985)
• Robert Armstrong (1991)
• Donna Alvermann (1993)
• K. Noel Gregg (2000)
• Arthur Horne (2002)
• Gary Dudley (2002)
• Randy Kamphaus (2004)
• Peter Smagorinsky (2011)
• Ron Butchart (2013)

Eligibility: Nominations for these awards come from the Dean. If you have a nominee to suggest, please contact Denise Spangler.

Due Date: October 4, 2021

Due Date UGA: September 27, 2021

Contact: Denise Spangler

Award Recipients

• Jeremy Kilpatrick (1993)

Purpose: The Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award recognizes a faculty member’s outstanding cumulative research. The award is named in honor of Dr. Yeany, who was a faculty member and administrator, including Dean of the College of Education, from 1975-1999.

Eligibility: At the time of nomination, the nominee must have completed 3 years of service as a College of Education faculty member.

Criteria: The nominee’s work reflects a logical and coherent theme of sustained research and creative activity that has been cumulative in its impact and significance. The documentation provides clear evidence of outstanding contributions that have attained widespread national or international impact and visibility. The nominee has demonstrated scholarly leadership with respect to his or her peers and applicable research or creative community.

Evidence: Evidence may include documentation showing the recognition of the nominee’s research or creative activity has received and the impact it has made on the field. This includes reviews, citations, external funding, previous awards, etc.

Award Recipients

• Carl Huberty (1998)
• Tom Cooney (1999)
• Judith Preissle (2000)
• Arthur Horne (2002)
• Randy Kamphaus (2004)
• Martha Carr (2005)
• Paula Schwanenflugel (2006)
• William Wraga (2007)
• Douglas Kleiber (2008)
• Jerome Morris (2009)
• Peter Smagorinsky (2009)
• Sally Zepeda (2010)
• Steve Oliver (2011)
• Laura Bierema (2012)
• Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor (2013)
• Karen Watkins (2014)
• Jay Rojewski (2015)
• Rod Dishman (2017)
• Ikseon Choi (2018)
• Not Awarded (2019)
• Amy Ellis (2020)
• Kathryn J. Roulston (2021)

Eligibility: Individuals who have held tenure-track faculty positions for at least five years.

Due Date: October 11, 2021

Due Date UGA: November 8, 2021

Questions? Contact the Human Resources Coordinator, Takenya Moore

Award Recipients

• Keith Osborn (1987)
• Larry Hatfield (1990)
• Genelle Morain (1994)
• Brenda Manning (1995)
• Shawn Glynn (1998)
• Judy Reiff (1998)
• Juanita Johnson-Bailey (2010)
• Stephanie Jones (2016)

Eligibility: Tenure-track faculty engaged in undergraduate instruction who have been at the University a minimum of three years at the time of the actual award and who have been in a tenure-track position for a total of no more than 10 years.

Due Date: October 11, 2021

Due Date UGA: November 8, 2021

Questions? Contact the Human Resources Coordinator, Takenya Moore

Award Recipients

• Peg Graham (1997)
• Jay Rojewski (1997)
• Elizabeth Pate (1998)
• Randi Stanulis (2000)
• Denise Mewborn (2004)
• Gayle Andrews (2009)
• John Mativo (2017)

Award Recipients

• Gwynn Powell (2011)
• Corey W. Johnson (2013)
• Katherine F. Thompson (2013)
• Gretchen Thomas (2016)

Purpose: The Faculty Senate D. Keith Osborn Award recognizes teaching excellence. There are two award categories: (a) Assistant level and (b) Associate level. The award is named in honor of Dr. Osborn, who was a faculty member from 1968-1994.

Eligibility: Nominees must have completed three years of full-time service to the College of Education at the time of nomination. Individuals whose rank is at the first rung of the promotion ladder are eligible in the Assistant category. Individuals whose rank is at the second or middle rung of the promotion ladder are eligible in the Associate category. Senior Lecturers are eligible in the Associate category.

Criteria:

• The major contribution of the candidate is well defined and is clearly identifiable as an outstanding contribution.
• The candidate has superior teaching evaluations from students, peers, or alumni.
• The candidate has made a positive impact on students.

Evidence: Evidence may include:

• Background information relative to publications, presentations, previous honors/recognition, and grants.
• Nominee’s major contributions to teaching. Examples include organizations of novel or innovative teaching methods based on a specific philosophy of education; development of new learning models for teacher education; model course or program development. This section must make the case for the nominee’s unique teaching qualities.
• Nominee’s personal statement regarding the major contribution, including a self-evaluation.
• Student evaluations of nominee’s major contribution to teaching with an emphasis on the three years preceding the nomination. Evidence should be both qualitative and quantitative.
• Summary of former or present student accomplishments related to nominee’s major contribution.

Award Recipients

• Stephen F. Olejnik (1989)
• James R. Okey (1989)
• Patricia McCarthy (1990)
• Patricia Wilson (1990)
• Patricia DelRay (1991)
• Michael Mahaffey (1991)
• Denise M. Glynn (1992)
• Elizabeth Pate (1992)
• James G. Deegan (1993)
• Beverly D. Payne (1993)
• David M. Hayes (1994)
• Rosemary Phelps (1994)
• Martha Allexsaht-Snider (1995)
• C. Stephen White (1995)
• Shawn M. Glynn (1996)
• James McLaughlin (1996)
• Randi Stanulis (1997)
• Joe Wisenbaker (1997)
• Laurie Hart (1998)
• Denise Mewborn (1999)
• Deborah Tippins (1999)
• Elizabeth St. Pierre (2000)
• Penelope Oldfather (2000)
• Lynn Bryan (2001)
• David Jackson (2001)
• Norm Thomson (2002)
• Diane Samdahl (2002)
• Rose Chepyator-Thomson (2003)
• Betty Bisplinghoff (2004)
• Kathleen deMarrais (2004)
• Melisa Cahnmann (2005)
• Paul Schutz (2005)
• Malcolm Butler (2006)
• Kathryn Roulston (2006)
• Nancy Knapp (2007)
• Gayle Andrews (2008)
• Gwynn Powell (2008)
• Kevin Ayres (2009)
• Mark Vagle – Assistant level (2010)
• Betty Bisplinghoff – Associate level (2010)
• Karen Samuelsen – Assistant level (2011)
• Corey Johnson – Associate level (2012)
• John Mativo – Assistant level (2012)
• Stephanie Jones – Associate level (2013)
• Ruth Harman – Assistant level (2013)
• Jennifer Graff – Associate level (2014)
• Amy Parks – Associate level (2014)
• John Mativo – Associate level (2015)
• Theodore Kopcha – Assistant level (2015)
• Alan E. Stewart – Associate level (2016)
• Jim Garrett – Assistant level (2016)
• Jori Hall – Associate level (2017)
• Mary Guay – Assistant level (2017)
• Sara Kajder (2018)
• Hilary Hughes (2018)
• Beth Tolley – Associate level (2019)
• Becca Leopkey – Assistant level (2019)
• Kristen L. Sayeski – Associate level (2020)
• Jaime Diamond – Assistant level (2020)
• Bob Capuozzo – Associate level (2021)
• Not Awarded – Assistant level (2021)

Purpose: The Ocie T. Dekle Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes faculty members for outstanding teaching and is named in honor of Dr. Dekle, who served as a faculty member from 1951-1983.

Eligibility: All full-time College of Education faculty members are eligible.

Criteria:

• The classroom teaching competence of the nominee is clearly outstanding.
• The candidate has a well-defined teaching philosophy and approach to education.
• The candidate has superior teaching evaluations from students, peers, or alumni.
• The candidate has made a positive impact on students.

Evidence: Evidence in support of the nomination may include:

• Rationale for considering the nominee to be an outstanding teacher.
• Nominee’s personal statement regarding teaching, include a reflective self-evaluation of the nominee’s strengths and growth possibilities relative to the teaching process.
• Student evaluation of the nominee’s teaching with an emphasis on the three years preceding the nomination. The evaluations may be either of a qualitative or quantitative nature and may be developed at the discretion of the nominators.
• Summary of relevant accomplishments.

Award Recipients

• Lee Galda-Pellegrini (1988)
• Beverly Payne (1988)
• H. Cy Hawn (1989)
• Carolyn A. Lehr (1989)
• Gloria Miles (1989)
• Linda Campbell (1990)
• Bonnie Howard (1990)
• Michael Mahaffey (1990)
• Brenda Manning (1990)
• Ron VanSickle (1990)
• John Dagley (1991)
• Sharon Gaunt (1991)
• Edward F. Pajak (1991)
• John D. Hoge (1991)
• Randy W. Kamphaus (1993)
• Roy P. Martin (1993)
• Judith McLaughlin (1993)
• Lawrence Molt (1993)
• David A. Payne (1993)
• Patricia DelRay (1994)
• Ray Herren (1994)
• John W. Shell (1994)
• Wanda Stitt-Gohdes (1994)
• John Dagley (1995)
• Lee Galda-Pellegrini (1995)
• Thomas Reeves (1995)
• Duncan Waite (1995)
• Jeri Benson (1996)
• Karen Jones (1996)
• Joan Hall (1996)
• Andy Horne (1996)
• Judy Reiff (1996)
• Patricia Simmons (1996)
• Jean Baker (1997)
• Ronald Cervero (1997)
• Peg Graham (1997)
• Pamela Paisley (1997)
• Randi Stanulis (1997)
• Jack Powell (1998)
• Steve Oliver (1998)
• David Jackson (1999)
• Mark Faust (1999)
• Brian Glaser (1999)
• Lynn Bryan (2000)
• Paul Schutz (2000)
• Dorothy White (2001)
• Stacy Neuharth-Pritchett (2001)
• Jack V. Powell (2001)
• Georgia Calhoun (2002)
• Nancy Knapp (2003)
• Derrick Alridge (2004)
• Bonnie Cramond (2004)
• Seock-Ho Kim (2004)
• John Dayton (2005)
• Thomas Hebert (2005)
• Gwynn Powell (2005)
• Kathryn Roulston (2005)
• Elizabeth St.Pierre (2005)
• Sally Zepeda (2005)
• Richard Boon (2006)
• Robert Hill (2007)
• Mary Ann Fitzgerald (2008)
• Corey Johnson (2008)
• Melissa Freeman (2009)
• April Peters (2010)
• Jonathan Campbell (2011)
• Anneliese Singh (2012)
• Cathy Brown-Crowell (2013)
• Kristin Sayeski (2014)
• Laine Bradshaw (2015)
• Jori Hall (2015)
• Ilse Mason (2016)
• Sara Kajder (2016)
• Jennifer Brown (2017)
• Ashley Harrison (2018)
• Elizabeth Saylor (2019)
• Daniel Capps (2020)
• Caleb Han (2021)

Purpose: The Ira E. Aaron Award for Teaching Excellence and Collegiality recognizes outstanding teaching by a faculty member who sets an example for collegiality. The award honors Dr. Aaron, who was a faculty member from 1948-1985.

Eligibility: All full-time, tenured College of Education faculty members (associate professors and professors) are eligible.

Criteria:

• The classroom teaching competence of the nominee is clearly outstanding.

• The candidate has a well-defined teaching philosophy and approach to education.

• The candidate has a distinguished record of collegiality and service to the department, the College, and/or the University. The candidate has made a positive impact on students and has superior evaluations from students and/or alumni.

• Evidence: Evidence in support of the nomination may include:

• Nominator’s rationale for considering the nominee to be an outstanding teacher.

• Nominee’s personal statement regarding teaching, including a self-evaluation of the nominee’s strengths and potential for growth in teaching.

• Description of the nominee’s collegiality as evidenced by activities in which the nominee demonstrates strong support for the advancement of the College and/or University.

• Student evaluations of the nominee’s teaching with an emphasis on the five years preceding the nomination. The evaluations may be of a qualitative and/or quantitative nature.

• Summary of current or former student accomplishments as they relate to the impact made by the nominee.

Award Recipients

• Denise Glynn (1999)
• Peg Graham (2002)
• Joe Wisenbaker (2003)
• Michelle Commeyras (2005)
• Linda Labbo (2006)
• Sally Zepeda (2007)
• Thomas Hebert (2008)
• Judith Preissle (2009)
• Nancy Knapp (2010)
• Stephanie Jones (2011)
• Cory Buxton (2012)
• Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett (2013)
• Jennifer Hauver James (2014)
• Cynthia O. Vail (2015)
• Kathy Roulston (2016)
• Georgia Calhoun (2017)
• Jori N. Hall (2018)
• Laura Bierema (2019)
• Aliki Nicolaides (2020)
• Jennifer A. Brown (2021)

Purpose: The Donald O. Schneider Award for Mentoring recognizes excellence in mentoring of University of Georgia students. The award is named in honor former faculty member and administrator Donald O. Schneider, a facilitator, a collaborator, a mentor, and a man committed to public schools and teaching who served the university from 1968-1999.

Eligibility: School and community-based professionals and full-time COE faculty members engaged in mentoring of graduate or undergraduate students in the College

Criteria: The nominee’s work must demonstrate consistent, high-quality mentoring over a period of time.

Evidence: Evidence may include:

• Student and/or faculty assessment of the nominee’s mentoring activities
• Use of innovative techniques for mentoring
• Leadership or other professional contributions through mentoring
• A personal statement from the nominee describing the personal value of mentoring and how it contributed to his/her professional growth

Award Recipients

• Julia de Atiles (2001)
• Barbara Wright (2001)
• Gretchen Thomas (2005)
• Janet Truluck (2005)
• Patti McWhorter (2006)
• Bernadette Musetti (2007)
• Max Skidmore (2007)
• Lorenzo Bowman (2008)
• Kent Kilpatrick (2008)
• Beth Tolley (2011)
• Janna Dresden (2012)
• Brian Dotts (2014)
• Gayle Spears (2015)
• Katherine Thompson (2017)
• Holly S. Kaplan (2018)
• Theodore J. Kopcha (2019)
• Kyunghwa Lee (2020)
• Lou Tolosa-Casadont (2021)

Award Recipients

• Freida Thornton (2006)

Award Recipients

• Janice Fournillier (2005)
• Freida Thornton (2006)
• Heide Wiegel (2007)
• Dell Whitehead (2009)
• Anna Durden (2010)
• Priscilla Carter (2011)
• Tony Wells (2012)
• Katherine Weatherford (2013)

Purpose: The Aderhold Distinguished Professor Award recognizes faculty members for excellence in research, teaching, and outreach/service. The unique requirement of an exemplary record in the triadic mission of the College of Education and the University of Georgia distinguishes this award from those that recognize excellence in one area. The award honors O. C. Aderhold who served as a faculty member and administrator, including as President of UGA, from 1929-1967.

Eligibility: At the time of nomination, the nominee must hold the rank of professor or clinical professor and have completed 5 years of service as a faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Georgia.

Criteria:

• Excellence in the areas of teaching, research, and outreach/service Significant contributions with demonstrated national and/or international impact in each of the three areas independently and/or integratively (e.g., research about teaching, teaching about research, presenting research results as implications for practice to a group of teachers, clients, counselors, parents, etc.)

Evidence: Evidence in support of the nomination may include:

• How does the nominee excel in the area of teaching? This involves meeting responsibilities to students (e.g., well prepared for class, available for consultation, involved in student tutorials, responsive to student questions and needs, consistent in providing coherence of assigned material and assessments) and challenging students intellectually (e.g., ideas and interchange which provoke students to learn more, demanding quality performance in a responsible manner, causing students to rethink their values and epistemologies). Documentation might come, for example, in the form of carefully designed surveys of students, in-depth review with representative students, solicitation of testimony from successful former students and/or faculty evaluation of syllabi or other indicators of content organization and course objectives. Evidence of innovative curriculum, methods, and technologies is another area that may be included. Another example might be to address the impact upon the field with documented changes in attitude, practice, etc. These examples are intended to be suggestive, not prescriptive or exhaustive.
• How does the nominee excel in the area of research? This involves the development of an independent line of inquiry that may or may not be characterized by collaboration with others. If collaboration is evident, the area of research of the nominee is clear and distinguishable. The faculty member has informed his/her area of research via peer-reviewed, published works. This work has impacted the field, and there is testimony related to this impact. There is recognition for creative and/or original contributions to knowledge. This recognition may be affirmed by recognized national and/or international leaders in the discipline. These examples are only suggestive.
• How does the nominee excel in the area of outreach and service? Within the College, nominees serve on committees as appointed. Beyond the usual College or University committee circuit, other examples of evidence might be (1) service to the College or University through special volunteer work, (2) leadership roles on committees, (3) self-initiated ideas to promote the College or University mission, or (4) innovation related to College or University service. Service to the profession might include work such as offices held in professional organizations, editing national and/or international journals, reviewing for professional journals, volunteering in schools or other educational or social agencies, or presenting and working jointly with organizations and associations, etc. Exemplary public outreach might be nationally/internationally recognized work, such as helping other groups, states, or foreign countries to understand, initiate, maintain, and/or evaluate innovative programs. Consistent dedicated public service that results in improvements, changes, additions, or deletions might be affirmed by relevant personnel. Again, these examples are intended to be suggestive, not prescriptive or exhaustive.
• How well does the nominee integrate the areas of teaching, research, and outreach/service? The innovative ways that the nominee envisions the integration of teaching, research, and outreach may be included. The specific ways in which such integration has been developed and/or implemented may be included. For example, as part of a research grant, a videotape is developed by the nominee to investigate a certain method; later, this videotape becomes an instructional tool to teach this method to undergraduates and is later used in a public service presentation to help parents understand how their children learn.

Award Recipients

• David Butts (1986)
• Genelle Morain (1986)
• JoBeth Allen (1996)
• Mike Padilla (1997)
• Brenda Manning (1998)
• John Datillo (1999)
• Sylvia Hutchinson (2000)
• Judith Preissle (2001)
• Mary Frasier (2002)
• Roy Martin (2004)
• Bradley Courtenay (2005)
• Shawn Glynn (2006)
• Joel Taxel (2007)
• Ronald Cervero (2008)
• Martha Carr (2009)
• Michael Ferrara (2010)
• Ron Butchart (2011)
• Pam Paisley (2012)
• Bob Fecho (2013)
• Anne Marcotte (2014)
• Peter Smagorinsky (2017)
• Kevin Ayres (2018)
• Julie Luft (2019)
• Kathleen deMarrais (2020)
• Not Awarded (2021)

Award Recipients

• Lorilee Sandmann (2012)
• Phillip Tomporowski (2016)

Purpose: The Glickman Faculty Fellow Award recognizes distinguished accomplishments and potential for future contributions of faculty in fulfilling the mission of the University through teaching, research, and service. The award is named in honor of Carl Glickman, who was a faculty member from 1979-2001.

Eligibility: All College of Education faculty members at the associate or middle rank of the ladder are eligible. Senior Lecturers are eligible.

Criteria: The nominee’s work must demonstrate distinguished accomplishments in two of the three areas of the University’s mission of teaching, research, and service.

Evidence: The documentation must describe the nominee’s distinguished accomplishments in two of the three areas of the University’s mission of teaching, research, and service and provide clear evidence that the nominee has the potential for continued contributions in the future.

Award Recipients

• John Dayton (1997)
• Sally Hudson-Ross (1998)
• Deborah Tippins (1999)
• Sherry Field (2000)
• Juanita Johnson-Bailey (2003)
• Talmadge Guy (2004)
• Derrick Alridge (2005)
• Elizabeth St.Pierre (2006)
• Janette Hill (2007)
• Bob Fecho (2008)
• Kathryn Roulston (2009)
• Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor (2010)
• Lewis Allen (2011)
• Martha Allexsaht-Snider (2012)
• Katherine Thompson (2013)
• Cheryl Fields-Smith (2014)
• Melissa Freeman (2014)
• Kevin Ayres (2015)
• Brian Dotts (2016)
• Jenn Graff (2017)
• Laine Bradshaw (2018)
• AnnaMarie Connor (2019)
• Julianne Schmidt (2020)
• Sara B. Kajder (2021)