Faculty Achievement Awards
ASU’s Faculty Achievement Awards celebrate the top intellectual and creative contributions in service, teaching and scholarship in natural sciences/math, humanities/literary work or social sciences. Nominations are made annually by deans or divisional deans. The first class of recipients was named in 2007. Please click on the year(s) below to read about the accomplishments of these honorees.
2015
2015 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
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Faculty Achievement Research Award James Elser |
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Faculty Achievement Service Award Christopher Wharton |
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Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math Chad Johnson |
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Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math Hallie Eakin |
2014
2014 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math | John M. 'Marty' Anderies School of Sustainability School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Young Investigator | Candace K. Chan School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math | John Chaput Biodesign Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research in Humanities and Literary Work | Sabine M. Feisst School of Music, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts |
| Defining Edge Research in Humanities and Literary Work | John Shanklin Gilkeson Jr. School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College |
| Excellence in Curricular Innovation | Mark P. Haunschild School of Letters and Sciences |
| Best Innovation | Hanqing Jiang School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering |
| Best Professional Application | Erik W. Johnston Center for Policy Informatics, College of Public Programs |
| Excellence in Curricular Innovation | Mark J. Lodato Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Young Investigator | Veronica J. Santos School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research in Social Sciences | Dan Silverman Department of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business |
| Best Professional Application | Michael D. White School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Public Programs |
2013
2013 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
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| Excellence in Curricular Innovation | Miles Orchinik School of Life Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Best Performance or Artwork | Stephen Marc School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Natural Sciences/Math | Roy Curtiss III School of Life Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Natural Sciences/Math | Ben A. Minteer School of Life Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Professional Application | Michelene T. H. Chi Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Professional Application | Jonathan Ketcham W. P. Carey School of Business |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Social Sciences | Cassia Spohn School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Public Programs |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Innovation | David H. Frakes School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Young Investigator | S. Banu Ozkan Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research and Creative Work – Young Investigator | Zhen Zhang W. P. Carey School of Business |
2012
2012 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The Writer's Studio: Excellence in Curricular Innovation | Andrew Bourelle School of Letters and Sciences Tiffany Bourelle School of Letters and Sciences Sherry Rankins-Robertson School of Letters and Sciences Duane Roen School of Letters and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Innovation | R. Bruce Doak Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Humanities/Literary Work | Anne Feldhaus School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Natural Sciences/Math | Petra Fromme Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Young Investigator | Daniel J. Hruschka School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Performance or Art Work | T. R. Hummer Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Professional Application | Ajay S. Vinzé Department of Information Systems, W. P. Carey School of Business |
2011
2011 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
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| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Humanities/Literary Work | Claudia Sadowski-Smith Department of English College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Natural Sciences/Math | Gro V. Amdam School of Life Sciences College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Natural Sciences/Math | Martha R. McCartney Department of Physics College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Social Science | Curtis W. Marean School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Young Investigator | Eli P. Fenichel School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Innovation | Sidney Hecht Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Performance or Art Work | Melissa Pritchard Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: Undergraduate Instruction |
Amber Wutich School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Public Programs |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: Undergraduate Student Mentoring |
Peter Jurutka Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences |
2010
2010 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
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| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Professional Application | Jay Blanchard Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation, College of Teacher Education and Leadership |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Natural Sciences/Math | Willem Vermaas School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Natural Sciences/Math | John Kouvetakis Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Natural Sciences/Math |
José Menéndez |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Social Science | Gary Schwartz School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Young Investigator | Gerardo Chowell-Puente School of Human Evolution and Social Chang, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Performance or Art Work | T. M. McNally Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: Undergraduate Instruction |
Karen Gerdes School of Social Work, College of Public Programs |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: Undergraduate Instruction | Valerie Stout School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: Undergraduate Student Mentoring | Ronald Rutowski School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
2009
2009 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
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| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Professional Applications | Steven Corman School of Human Communication,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Professional Applications | Fernando Ponce Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Social Science | Scott Decker School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Public Programs |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Social Science | Sally Kitch Women and Gender Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Young Investigator | Henry Sodano Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Young Investigator | Andrei Belitsky Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research/Creative Activities: Best Performance or Art Work | John Risseeuw School of Art, Katherine K. Herberger College of the Arts |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: in Undergraduate Instruction | Susan Larson Elementary Education, Division of Teacher Preparation, College of Teacher Education and Leadership |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance: in Undergraduate Student Mentoring | Patricia Murphy School of Letters and Sciences |
2008
2008 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
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| Best Performance or Art Work | Mary Hood School of Art, Katherine K. Herberger College of the Arts |
| Best Professional Application | Ronald Perry School of Public Affairs, College of Public Programs |
| Defining Edge Research in Humanities | Ayanna Thompson Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math | Bruce Rittmann Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research in Social Science | Marco Janssen School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research in Social Science | V. Kerry Smith Department of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance | Kevin Dalton Barrett, the Honors College |
| Excellence in Classroom Performance | Carol Schwalbe Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Excellence in Student Mentoring | Pamela Marshall Integrated Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences |
| Young Investigator | Cody Friesen School of Materials, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering |
| Young Investigator | Michael Niles School of Social Work, College of Public Programs |
2007
2007 Faculty Achievement Award recipients
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Best Art Work | Susan Beiner School of Art |
| Best Performance | Jacob Pinholster School of Theater and Film |
| Best Professional Application | Ronald Adrian Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research in Humanities | Margaret Walker Department of Philosophy |
| Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math | Stuart Lindsay Department of Physics Joe Wang Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Defining Edge Research in Public Policy | John Stuart Hall School of Public Affairs |
| Most Influential Paper, Research | Otto Sankey Department of Physics |
| Most Significant Invention | Michael Kozicki Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Young Investigator, Research | Manfred Laubichler School of Life Sciences |
| Design Imperatives | Prasad Borakdar Department of Industrial Design Scott Ridley Department of Elementary Education |
| Service Awards | Carlton Yoshioka Department of Community Resources and Development John Lynch Barrett Honors College |
| Teaching Performance | Jacquelyn Scott Lynch Barrett Honors College Mark Manfredo Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness |
| Student Mentoring | Glenn Hurlbert Department of Mathematics and Statistics Diane Facinelli Barrett Honors College |
| Instructional Pedagogy | James Adams School of Materials |
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