Outstanding Faculty Honored by President Whitmore

Dozens of faculty members received awards for their quality teaching and research during the annual Faculty Honors Convocation.

President’s Academic Achievement Awards

• Mindy Brashears, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• Laura Beard, College of Arts and Sciences
• Brian Shannon, School of Law

President’s Excellence in Teaching Awards

• Phillip Johnson, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• Brian Rex, College of Architecture
• Ken Baake, College of Arts and Sciences
• Nathan Collie, College of Arts and Sciences
• Bolanle Olaniran, College of Arts and Sciences
• Magdalena Toda, College of Arts and Sciences
• John Masselli, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration
• Hansel Burley, College of Education
• Mohammad Saed, College of Engineering
• Charlie Adams, College of Human Sciences
• Gabriel Eckstein, School of Law
• Bill Dean, College of Mass Communications
• Lisa Rogers, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Outstanding Research Awards

• Warren Ballard, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• Clifton Ellis, College of Architecture
• Hafid Gafaiti, College of Arts and Sciences
• Alfredo Benavides, College of Education
• Du Feng, College of Human Sciences
• Susan Saab Fortney, School of Law
• Sankar Chatterjee, Museum Science

Texas Tech Association of ParentsAwards

• Sindee Simon, College of Engineering, Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award
• Vickie Sutton, School of Law, Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award
• Andrew Farley, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature, Hemphill Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award
• Laura Beard, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature, Spencer A. Wells for Creativity Award

President’s Book Awards

• Michael Borshuk, Department of English, “Swinging the Vernacular – Jazz and African American Modernist Literature”
• John Beusterien, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, “An Eye on Race – Perspectives from Theater in Imperial Spain”
• “Stefan K. Estreicher, Department of Physics, “Wine from Neolithic Times to the 21st Century”

Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Awards

• Todd Brashears, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• Kuhn Park, College of Architecture
• Idoia Elola, College of Arts and Sciences
• Ratna Narayan, College of Education
• James Simonton, College of Engineering
• Sara Smock, College of Human Sciences
• Christopher Bruner, School of Law
• Samuel Bradley, College of Mass Communications
• Peter Martens, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Horn Professor Graduate Achievement Awards

• Micah Meixner, School of Music
• Joy Humphreys, Department of Psychology
• Kelong Wang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Hugo Mantilla-Meluk, Department of Biological Sciences

Also Recognized

• The Texas Tech University Teaching Academy Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award goes to the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures.
• Paul Whitfield Horn Professors Ballard; Fortney; David Larmour, College of Arts and Sciences; and Daniel Cooke, College of Engineering. The Horn Professorship is the highest honor that can be bestowed on Texas Tech faculty.
• Robert McDonald, Area of Marketing in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award
• Stephen Jones, Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Research Award
• Gretchen Adams in the Department of History and Janis Elliot, School of Art, Gloria Lyerla Memorial Library Research Travel Grants
• Certificates also were presented to newly retired faculty members who have been given emeritus status.

 

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