The Outstanding College Researcher Award recognizes individuals who have conducted research at an outstanding level among their peers. Three Outstanding College Researcher Awards will be awarded each year within the College of Arts and Sciences: one in Division A, Sciences and Mathematics; one in Division B, Social Sciences; and one in Division C, Humanities.
View Past Outstanding College Researcher Award Recipients
- 2023-2024: Paul Ugor, ENG; Ben Sadd, BIO; Dan Lannin, PSY
- 2022-2023: Aimee Miller-Ott, COM; Eric Peterson, GEO; Eric Wesselmann, PSY
- 2021-2022: Toure Reed, HIS; Kathryn Sampeck, SOA, Wolfgang Stein, BIO
- 2020-2021: Nobuko Adachi, SOA; Linda Clemmons, HIS
- 2019-2020: Jeff Barrett, MAT; Katrin Paehler, HIS; Katherine Ellison, ENG
- 2018-2019: Allison Harris, PHY; Jeff Wagman, PSY
- 2017-2018: John Sedbrook, BIO; Christopher Breu, ENG; Maura Toro-Morn, SOA
- 2016-2017: Nerida Ellerton, MAT; Amy Wood, HIS; Cheri Simonds, COM
- 2015-2016: James (Jed) Day, GEO; T.Y. Wang, POL; Cynthia Huff, ENG
- 2014-2015: David Malone, GEO; Andrew Hartman, HIS; Peter Smudde, COM
- 2013-2014: Laura Vogel, BIO; Issam Nassar, HIS; Kass Fleisher, ENG
- 2012-2013: Alan Lessoff, HIS; Bob Broad, ENG; Rachel Bowden, BIO
- 2011-2012: Shawn Hitchcock, CHE; Gary Creasey, PSY; Tim Hunt, ENG
- 2010-2011: Bruce R. Burninghma, LAN; Thomas Critchfield, PSY; Lisa Szczepure, CHE
- 2009-2010: Craig Gatto, BIO; J. Scott Jordan, PSY; James Van der Laan, LAN
- 2008-2009: Karn Coats, ENG; Rajeev Goel, ECO; Cynthia Langrall, MAT
- 2007-2008: Saad El-Zanati, MAT; Julie Jung, ENG; Jeffrey Kahn, PSY
- 2006-2007: David Williams, BIO; Ali Riaz, POL; Roberta Seelinger Trites, ENG
- 2005-2006: Paul Garris, BIO; Michael Stevens, PSY; James Reid, LAN
- 2004-2005: Charles Thompson, BIO; Lane Crothers, POL; Lee Brasseur, ENG
- 2003-2004: Charles Su, PHY; Lawrence McBride, HIS; Patricia Dunn, ENG
- 2002-2003: Graham Jones, MAT; Manfred Steger, POL; William Cupach, COM
- 2001-2002: Scott Sakaluk, BIO; Valentine Moghadam, SOA; Thomas Simon, PHI
- 2000-2001: Linn Sennott, MAT; James Skibo, SOA; Curtis White, ENG
- 1999-2000: R.K. Jayaswal, BIO; Mary Trouille, LAN; Richar Stivers, SOA
- 1998-1999: David Wallace, ENG; Rainer Grobe, PHY; Gordon Redding, PSY
- 1996-1997: Herman Brockman, BIO; Charles Weeks, LAN; M. Paul Holsinger, HIS
- 1995-1996: David Borst, BIO; Barbara Kurtz, LAN; Susan Sprecher, SOA
- 1994-1995: Steven Juliano, BIO; Douglas Hesse, ENG; Charles Orser, SOA
- 1993-1994: Timothy Lash, CHE; Ram Singh, ECO
- 1992-1993: David Weber, BIO; Michael Nelson, ECO, Richard Martin, PHY
- 1991-1992: Ron Fortune, ENG; Walker Wyman, HIS
- 1990-1991: Carl Springer, LAN; Michael Plantholt, MAT; John Pryor, PSY
- 1989-1990: Mark Johnston, LAN; Robert Young, PHY; Steven Landau, PSY
- 1988-1989: Brian Wilkinson, BIO; Diane Urey, LAN; L. Moody Simms, HIS
- 1987-1988: Doug West, CHE; Willard Bohn, LAN; Laura Berk, PSY; Glenn Redder, PSY
- 1986-1987: Rati Ram, ECO