Faculty and Staff

Our faculty and staff make big impacts inside and outside the classroom.

CAS Excellence Awards

Outstanding Scholarly Achievement

Recognizes the scholarly and creative accomplishments of individual faculty in the College within the past calendar year.

Learn more about the Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Tenured Faculty
Learn more about the Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award for Pre-Tenured Faculty

Ellen T. Blaney Humanities Prize

Recognizes the best single book, essay/article, or creative work from the scholarly reports of the previous academic year.

Learn more about the Ellen T. Blaney Humanities Prize

Outstanding Teaching Award

Recognizes thoughtful instruction.

Learn more about the John A. Dossey Award for Tenured Faculty Award
Learn more about the Pre-Tenured Faculty Award
Learn more about the Non-Tenured Faculty Award
Learn more about the Administrative Professional Award

Outstanding Staff Award

Recognizes significant contributions to the College.

Learn more about the Outstanding Staff Award

Research, Teaching, Creative Activity, and Service Awards

Distinguished Lectureship

Recognizes the excellence of their professional attainments, exemplifying the values and mission of Illinois State University and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Learn more about Distinguished Lectureship

Outstanding Researcher Award

Recognizes research conducted at an outstanding level.

Learn more about the Outstanding College Researcher Award
Learn more about the Outstanding University Researcher Award

University Research Initiative Award

The Research Initiative Award recognizes faculty members who have initiated a promising research agenda early in their academic careers. Research Initiative Award recipients will receive a $500 award.

View more information about the Research Initiative Award
View University Research Initiative Award Past Winners

Outstanding Service Award

Recognizes full-time, tenure or tenure-line faculty who have demonstrated excellence in service to Illinois State University at any level (the Library, the University, and Local, State, National or International Professional Organizations).

Learn more about the Outstanding College Service Award
Learn more about the Outstanding University Service Award

University Service Initiative Award

The Service Initiative Award provides appropriated operating funds in the amount of $500 to faculty members who, early in their academic careers, have shown considerable promise in service. Normally, these awards will be given to faculty members with five or fewer years of University‐wide and/or college‐level service.

Learn more about the Service Initiative Award
View University Service Initiative Award Past Winners

Outstanding College Teaching Awards

Recognize the very best teachers in the College who display exceptional classroom teaching, develop innovative instructional materials and approaches to instruction, involve students in significant learning and/or research activities, and advise and/or counsel students.

Learn more about the Outstanding College Teaching Awards

University Teaching Awards

Recognizes four different groups of Teachers. Outstanding University Teacher Award- Category I, Outstanding University Teacher Award-Category II, Teaching Initiative Award, and Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award.

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View University Teaching Awards Past Winners

Outstanding Creative Activity Award

Recognizes experienced faculty who have established a national/international reputation for creative work in their field.

Learn more about the Outstanding College Creative Activity Award
Learn more about the Outstanding University Creative Activity Award

Creative Activity Initiative Award

This award shall be given to recognize faculty members who have initiated promising creative productivity early in their academic careers. Creative contributions shall include, but not be limited to, the following: painting, sculpture, film, drama, musical composition, choreography of a dance, poetry, a novel, creative non-fiction, creative media programming. Individuals designated as University Outstanding Creative Activity Awardees will receive a $500 award.

Learn more about the Creative Activity Initiative Award

Kenneth and Mary Ann Shaw Teaching Fellowship

An endowed fund to support an award for teaching excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Learn more about the Kenneth and Mary Ann Shaw Teaching Fellowship