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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.

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2015

2015 Faculty Achievement Award recipients

	Faculty Achievement Research Award James Elser School of Life Sciences College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
	Faculty Achievement Service Award Christopher Wharton School of Nutrition and Health Promotion College of Health Solutions
	Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math Chad Johnson School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
	Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences/Math Hallie Eakin School of Sustainability Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability

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
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
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
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 Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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
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
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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