Past Faculty and Staff Award Recipients

CAS Excellence Awards

Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement of the Year – Tenured

2023-24: Mahua Biswas (Physics)
2022-23: Caleb T. Carr (Communication)
2021-22: Eric D. Wesselmann (Psychology)
2020-21: Rajeev Goel (Economics)
2019-20: Jun-Hyun Kim (Chemistry)
2018-19: Qiliang He (History)
2017-18: Scott Sakaluk (Biological Sciences)
2016-17: Karen Coats (English)
2015-16: Joseph Zompetti (Communication)
2014-15: David Malone (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)
2013-14: Andrew Weeks (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2012-13: Joan Brehm (Sociology and Anthropology)
2011-12: Roger Biles (History)
2010-11: William Cupach (Communication),
Honorable Mention: Rachel M. Bowden (Biological Sciences)
2009-10: Susan Sprecher (Sociology and Anthropology)
2008-09: Shawn R. Hitchcock (Chemistry),
Honorable Mention: James Skibo (Sociology and Anthropology)

Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award – Pre-Tenure

2023-24: Byron Craig (Communication)
2022-23: Eda Özyesilpinar (English)
2021-22: Matt Caplan (Physics)
2020-21: Lindsay Thomas (Communication)
2019-20: Ela Pryzbylo (English)
2018-19: G. Logan Miller (Sociology and Anthropology)
2017-18: Daniel Lannin (Psychology)
2016-17: Suejung Han (Psychology)
2015-16: Paul Ugor (English)
2014-15: Eric Wesselmann (Psychology)
2013-14: Jonathan Thayne (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)
2012-13: Jun-Hyun Kim (Chemistry)
2011-12: Kathryn Sampeck (Sociology and Anthropology)
2010-11: Peter Smudde (Communication)
2009-10: Amy Wood (History)
2008-09: Katherine Ellison (English)
2007-08: Kristin Dykstra (English)
2006-07: Nobuko Adachi (Sociology and Anthropology)
2005-06: Christopher Brue (English)
2004-05: Ali Riaz (Politics and Government)

Outstanding Teaching Award - Tenured

2023-24: Jennifer Howell (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2022-23: Lisya Seloni (English)
2021-22: Dimitrios Nikolaou (Economics)
2020-21: Ricardo Cruz (English)
2019-20: Tara Lyons (English)
2018-19: K. Aaron Smith (English)
2017-18: Richard Sullivan (Sociology and Anthropology)
2016-17: Brent Simonds (Communication)
2015-16: Maria Schmeeckle (Sociology and Anthropology)
2014-15: Hilary Justice (English)
2013-14: Amy Robillard (English)
2012-13: Richard Hughes (History)
2011-12: David Cedeño (Chemistry)
2010-11: Jon A. Friesen (Chemistry)
2009-10: Gregory Ferrence (Chemistry)
2008-09: Cynthia J. Moore (Biological Sciences)

Outstanding Teaching Award - Pre-Tenure

2023-24: Andrew Ventimiglia (Communication)
2022-23: Byron Craig (Communication)
2021-22: Eric Godoy (Philosophy)
2020-21: Keith Pluymers (History)
2019-20: Lindsey Thomas (Communication)
2018-19: Livia Stone (Sociology and Anthropology)
2017-18: Leandra Parris (Psychology)
2016-17: Rebekka Darner Gougis (Biological Sciences)
2015-16: Allison Harris (Physics)
2014-15: Kathryn Jasper (History)
2013-14: Lisya Seloni (English)
2012-13: Christopher Mulligan (Chemistry)
2011-12: Christopher Wellin (Sociology and Anthropology)
2010-11: Jennifer Friberg (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Schmeiser (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2009-10: Jean Sawyer (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
2008-09: Brent Simonds (Communication),
Honorable Mention: Amy Robillard (English)
2007-08: K. Aaron Smith (English),
Honorable Mention: Brent Simonds (Communication)
2006-07: Craig McLauchlan (Chemistry),
Honorable Mention: David Marx (Physics)
2005-06: Jon Frisen (Chemistry),
Honorable Mention: John McHale (Communication)

Outstanding Teaching Award - Non-Tenure

2023-24: Barbi Smyser-Fauble (English)

2022-23: Nichole Hughes-Liss (Communication)

2021-22: Sarah Hall (Communication)

Outstanding Teaching Award - Administrative Professional

2023-24: Brooklyn Vogel (English)
2022-23: Steve Halle (English)
2021-22: Holms Troelstrup (English)
2019-20: Nathan Carpenter (Communication)
2018-19: Julie Navickas (Communication)
2017-18: Elizabeth Chupp (Communication)
2016-17: Ron Gifford (History)
2013-14: William Shields (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)
2012-13: Linda Lienhart (English)
2011-12: Mike Regilio (Communication)
2010-11: Erik Rankin (Politics and Government)
2008-09: Laura Trendle-Polus (Communication)
2007-08: Carl Wenning (Physics)
2006-07: Doug Jennings (Communication)
2005-06: Claire Lamonica (English)

Outstanding Staff Award - Administrative Professional

2022-23: Steve Seuss (Communication)
2021-22: Derek O'Connell (Philosophy)
2020-21: Ryan Gray (Sociology and Anthropology)
2019-20: RC McBride (Communication)
2018-19: Laura Edwards (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2017-18: John Plevka (Communication)
2016-17: Steve Halle (English)
2015-16: Elizabeth Chupp (Communication)
2014-15: Nathan Carpenter (Communication)
2013-14: Brenda J. Huber (Psychology)
2012-13: Teri Farr-Behnke (Sociology and Anthropology)
2011-12: Ron Gifford (History)
2010-11: Heidi Verticchio (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
2008-09: Badri Rajagopalan (College of Arts & Sciences Information Technology)
2007-08: Doug Jennings (Communication)
2006-07: Sarah Walczynski (Laboratory for Integrated Learning and Technology)
2005-06: Bruce Bergethon (Communications)
2004-05: Carl Wenning (Physics)

The Scott M. Elliott Award for Outstanding Staff Award - Civil Service

2023-24: Aly Hearn (Chemistry), Crystal Scheiman (Philosophy)
2022-23: Nicole Dalbey (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2021-22: Kelly M. Harman (Psychology)
2020-21: Cynthia Caldwell (Economics)
2019-20: Trish Gudeman (Sociology and Anthropology)
2018-19: Stacy Albright (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2017-18: Tony Ludwig (Chemistry)
2016-17: Robert Whalen (Communication)
2015-16: Sally Little (Biological Sciences)
2014-15: Jennifer Boolman (Sociology and Anthropology)
2013-14: Diane Smith (English)
2012-13: Linda Spencer (History),
Honorable Mention: Diane Smith (English)
2011-12: Denise Thomas (Communication),
Honorable Mention: Linda Spencer (History)
2010-11: Sharon R. Griffin (Languages, Lteratures, and Cultures),
Honorable Mention: Angela Scott (English)
2009-10: Mickey McCombs (Sociology and Anthropology),
Honorable Mention: Leslie Oberts (Chemistry)
2008-09: Charlie Schlenker (WGLT and Communication),
Honorable Mention: Sharon Griffin (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2007-08: Patty Franz (Communication),
Honorable Mention: Mickey McCombs (Sociology and Anthropology)
2006-07: Mark Hill (Communication)
2005-06: James Dunham (Physics)
2004-05: Don Schmidt (Biological Sciences)

Research, Teaching, Creative Activity, and Service Awards

Outstanding College Researcher Award

2024-25: Jeremy Driskell (Chemistry), Daniel Liechty (Social Work), Derek Sparby (English)
2023-24: Paul Ugor (English), Ben Sadd (Biological Sciences), Dan Lannin (Psychology)
2022-23: Aimee Miller-Ott (Communication), Eric Peterson (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Eric Wesselmann (Psychology)
2021-22: Toure Reed (History), Kathryn Sampeck (Sociology and Anthropology), Wolfgang Stein (Biological Sciences)
2020-21: Nobuko Adachi (Sociology and Anthropology), Linda Clemmons (History)
2019-20: Jeff Barrett (Mathematics), Katrin Paehler (Histpry), Katherine Ellison (English)
2018-19: Allison Harris (Physics), Jeff Wagman (Psychology)
2017-18: John Sedbrook (Biological Sciences), Christopher Breu (English), Maura Toro-Morn (Sociology and Anthropology)
2016-17: Nerida Ellerton (Mathematics), Amy Wood (Hisptry), Cheri Simonds (Communication)
2015-16: James (Jed) Day (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), T.Y. Wang (Politics and Government), Cynthia Huff (English)
2014-15: David Malone (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Andrew Hartman (History), Peter Smudde (Communication)
2013-14: Laura Vogel (Biological Sciences), Issam Nassar (History), Kass Fleisher (English)
2012-13: Alan Lessoff (History), Bob Broad (English), Rachel Bowden (Biological Sciences)
2011-12: Shawn Hitchcock (Chemistry), Gary Creasey (Psychology), Tim Hunt (English)
2010-11: Bruce R. Burningham (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), Thomas Critchfield (Psychology), Lisa Szczepure (Chemistry)
2009-10: Craig Gatto (Biological Sciences), J. Scott Jordan (Psychology), James Van der Laan (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2008-09: Karen Coats (English), Rajeev Goel (Economics), Cynthia Langrall (Mathematics)
2007-08: Saad El-Zanati (Mathematics), Julie Jung (English), Jeffrey Kahn (Psychology)
2006-07: David Williams (Biological Sciences), Ali Riaz (Politics and Government), Roberta Seelinger Trites (English)
2005-06: Paul Garris (Biological Sciences), Michael Stevens (Psychology), James Reid (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2004-05: Charles Thompson (Biological Sciences), Lane Crothers (Politics and Government), Lee Brasseur (English)
2003-04: Charles Su (Physics), Lawrence McBride (History), Patricia Dunn (English)
2002-03: Graham Jones (Mathematics), Manfred Steger (Politics and Goevernment), William Cupach (Communication)
2001-02: Scott Sakaluk (Biological Sciences), Valentine Moghadam (Sociology and Anthropology), Thomas Simon (Philosophy)
2000-01: Linn Sennott (Mathematics), James Skibo (Sociology and Anthropology), Curtis White (English)
1999-2000: R.K. Jayaswal (Biological Sciences), Mary Trouille (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), Richard Stivers (Sociology and Anthropology)
1998-99: David Wallace (English), Rainer Grobe (Physics), Gordon Redding (Psychology)
1996-97: Herman Brockman (Biological Sciences), Charles Weeks (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), M. Paul Holsinger (History)
1995-96: David Borst (Biological Sciences), Barbara Kurtz (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), Susan Sprecher (Sociology and Anthropology)
1994-95: Steven Juliano (Biological Sciences), Douglas Hesse (English), Charles Orser (Sociology and Anthropology)
1993-94: Timothy Lash (Chemistry), Ram Singh (Economics)
1992-93: David Weber (Biological Sciences), Michael Nelson (Economics), Richard Martin (Physics)
1991-92: Ron Fortune (English), Walker Wyman (History)
1990-91: Carl Springer (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), Michael Plantholt (Mathematics), John Pryor (Psychology)
1989-90: Mark Johnston (Languages, Literatures, and Culture), Robert Young (Physics), Steven Landau (Psychology)
1988-89: Brian Wilkinson (Biological Sciences), Diane Urey (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), L. Moody Simms (History)
1987-88: Doug West (Chemistry), Willard Bohn (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), Laura Berk (Psychology), Glenn Redder (Psychology)
1986-87: Rati Ram (Economics)

Outstanding College Service Award

2024-25: Lisa Tranel (Geography, Geology, and the Enviorment), Danielle Lillge (English)
2023-24: Paul Garris (Biological Sciences), Nathan Stephens (Social Work)
2022-23: Dimitrios Nikolaou (Economics), Amy Wood (History)
2021-22: Kyle Ciani (History), Mark Swerdlik (Psychology), Eric Peterson (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)
2020-21: Kass Fleisher (English), John Kostelnick (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Adena Meyers (Psychology)
2019-20: Christopher Wellin (Sociology and Anthropology), Susan Kalter (English)
2018-19: David Marx (Physics), Robert McLaughlin (English), Monica Noraian (History)
2017-18: Doris Houston (Social Work), John Hooker (Communication)
2016-17: Jun-Huyn Kim (Chemistry), Ross Kennedy (History), Susan Hildebrandt (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2015-16: Cooper Cutting (Psychology), Kevin Meyer (Communication)
2014-15: Gregory Ferrence (Chemistry), Gary Creasey (Psychology), Lance Lippert (Communication)
2013-14: David L. Cedeño (Chemistry), Alycia M. Hund (Psycchology), Cheri J. Simonds (Communication)
2012-13: Karla Doepke (Psychology), Ricardo Cortez Cruz (English)
2011-12: Laura Vogel (Biological Sciences), Robert Bradley (Politics and Government), Joseph Zompetti (Communication)
2010-11: Marjorie Jones (Chemistry), Lane Crothers (Politics and Government)
2009-10: Frank Beck (Sociology and Anthropology), Steve Hunt (Communication), R.K. Jayaswal (Biological Sciences)
2008-09: John Baldwin (Communication), Craig Gatto (Biological Sciences), Diane Zosky (Social Work)
2007-08: Jim Kalmback (English), Dan Holland (Physics), Matthew Hesson-McInnis (Psychology)
2006-07: Sabine Loew (Biological Sciences), Gary Klass (Politics and Government), Janice Neuleib (English)
2005-06: Cynthia Moore (Biological Sciences), Mary Cambell (Social Work), Susan Burt (English)
2004-05: Krzysztof Ostaszewski (Mathematics), Torri Thompson (English), Michael Stevens (Psychology)
2003-04: Steven Juliano (Biological Sciences), Chris Horvath (Philosophy)
2002-03: Anthony Otsuka (Biological Sciences), Patricia Jarvis (Psychology), Irene Brosnahan (English)

Outstanding College Teaching Awards

2024-25: Tenley Banik (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Susan Chen (Economics), Mary Jeanette Moran (English)
2023-24: Sunil Chebolu (Mathematics), Julie Campbell (Psychology)
2022-23: Lisya Seloni (English)
2021-22: Andrew Mitchell (Chemistry), Sarah Hochstetler (English), Matthew Hesson-McInnis (Psychology)
2020-21: Kathryn Jasper (History), Aaron Smith (English)
2019-20: Gaywalee Yamskulna (Mathematics), Noha Shawki (Politics and Government), Daniel Breyer (Philosophy)
2018-19: Allison Harris (Physics), Aimee Miller-Ott (Communication), Amy Wood (History)
2017-18: Marion Willetts (Sociology and Anthropology), Craig Cullen (Mathematics)
2016-17: Stewart Winger (History), Angela Haas (English)
2015-16: William Perry (Biological Sciences), Alycia Hund (Psychology), Kathrine Ellison (English)
2014-15: John Kostelnick (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Thomas Gerschick (Sociology and Anthropology), Amy Robillard (English)
2013-14: David Cedeño (Chemistry), Michaelene Cox (Politics and Government), Christopher Breu (English)
2012-13: Eric Peterson (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Richard Hughes (History)
2011-12: Craig McLauchlan (Chemistry), Patricia Jarvis (Psychology), John R. Baldwin (Communication)
2010-11: Linda Clemmons (History), Laura Vogel (Biological Sciences), Joseph Zompetti (Communication)
2009-10: Gary Creasey (Psychology), Shawn Hitchcock (Chemistry), K. Aaron Smith (English)
2008-09: Julie Jung (English), Margaret Nauta (Psychology), Lisa Szczepura (Chemistry)
2007-08: Cynthia Moore (Biological Sciences), Greg Ferrence (Chemistry), Virginia Gill (Sociology and Anthropology), Ricardo Cruz (English)
2006-07: Heather Jordon (Mathematics), George Kiser (Politics and Government), Cheri Simonds (Communication)
2005-06: Saad El-Zanati (Mathematics), Patrice Olsen (History), Robert Broad (English)
2003-04: Ray Clemens (History), Beverly Rich (Mathematics), Robert McLaughlin (English)
2002-03: Kirstin Zona (English), Dan Holland (Physics), Heidi Harbers (Speech Pathology and Audiology)
2001-02: Sadri Hassani (Physics), Barbara Heyl (Sociology and Anthropology), James Kalmbach (English)
2000-01: Fred Drake (History), Ken Lindblom (English)
1999-2000: David Malone (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Valerie Farmer-Dougan (Psychology)
1998-99: Joe Armstrong (Biological Sciences), Nancy Lind (Politics and Government)
1997-98: Marjorie Jones (Chemistry), Roberta Trites (English), Lou Perez (History)
1996-97: David Wright (Communication), Michael Plantholt (Mathematics), Wilbert Leonard (Sociology and Anthropology)
1995-96: John Chizmar (Economics), James Kirchner (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Kenton Machina (Physics)
1994-95: Herman Brockman (Biological Sciences), Janice Neuleib (English). Kathleen McKinney (Sociology and Anthropology)
1993-94: Ronald Strickland (English), Thomas Shilgalis (Mathematics), Mary Campbell (Social Work)
1992-93: Hou Tak Cheung (Biological Sciences), Mark Walbert (Economics), Douglas Hesse (English)
1990: William Linneman (English), Anthony Ostrosky (Economics), Carol Thornton (Mathematics)

Outstanding College Creative Activity Award

2023-24: Ela Przybyło (English)

Ellen T. Blaney Humanities Prize

2023-24: Derek Sparby (English)
2022-23 Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum (Music)

Kenneth and Mary Ann Shaw Teaching Fellowship

2024-25: Epa Rosa (Physics), George Waters (Economics)
2023-24: TIm Harris (Economics), Reecia Orzeck (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)
2022-23: Noha Shawki (Politics and Government), Keith Pluymers (History)
2021-22: Joe Casto (Biological Sciences), Katie Jasper (History)
2020-21: Brent Simonds (Communication), Sue Sprecher (Sociology and Anthropology)
2019-20: Allison Harris (Physics), Ben Schmeiser (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
2018-19: Eric Peterson (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Rebecca Hayes (Communication)
2017-18: Richard Sullivan (Sociology and Anthropology), Jonathan Thayn (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)
2016-17: none
2015-16: Rebekka Darner (Biological Sciences), Noha Shawki (Politics and Government)
2014-15: Rex Rowley (Geography, Geology, and the Environment), Maria Schmeeckle (Sociology and Anthropology)
2013-14: Katherine Ellison (English), Dave Malone (Geography, Geology, and the Environment)