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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Awards 2013

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Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced that 37 faculty and staff members have received college awards this year. These recipients were formally recognized at the LAS Faculty/Staff Convocation on September 11, 2013.

2013 Liberal Arts and Sciences Award Recipients

Outstanding Achievement Award – Teaching
Amy R. Slagell, Associate Dean, English
Joel Geske, Associate Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
George Work, Professor, Music and Theatre

Early Achievement Award – Teaching
Michael Dahlstrom, Assistant Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
David Alexander, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Introductory Teaching Award
Thomas Holme, Professor, Chemistry
Alan Goldman, Distinguished Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Cassling Family Award
Arthur Winter, Assistant Professor, Chemistry: Cassling Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Patricia Thiel, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry: Cassling Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching

Shakeshaft Master Teacher in Humanities and Social Sciences
Michael Dahlstrom, Assistant Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

Early Achievement Research Award
W. Stanley Harpole, Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Amanda J. Weinstein, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Matthew Wynn Sivils, Associate Professor, English

Mid-Career Research Award
Bing Yang, Associate Professor, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
David L. Vogel, Professor, Psychology
Ryan P. Martin, Associate Professor, Mathematics

Outstanding Career Research Award
Song Xi Chen, Professor, Statistics
James Vary, Professor, Physics and Astronomy
James D. Nason, Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

International Service Award
Dennis Chamberlin, Associate Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

Institutional Service Award
William G. Crumpton, Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
George A. Kraus, University Professor, Chemistry
David Roberts, Associate Professor, English

Ruth W. Swensen Award for Outstanding Advising
Joseph Burnett, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry

P&S Excellence Award
Renee M. Harris, Administrative Specialist III, Chemistry
Jacki R. Hayes, Program Assistant I, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

P&S Outstanding New Professional Award
Amy Bainum Emmett, Program Coordinator I, Economics

Outstanding Teaching Award – Lecturer
Gail Johnston, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
Karen Scheel, Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Joseph Burnett, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry
Michael S. Giles, Senior Lecturer, Music and Theatre

Diversity Award
Javier Vela-Becerra, Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Merit Excellence Award
Teresa L. Smiley, Secretary II, English
Denise Ann Riker, Secretary II, Statistics
Mary Dau, Secretary II, Chemistry

Achievement in Intellectual Property
John G. Verkade, University Professor, Chemistry

Graduate Mentoring Award
Norman Scott, Associate Professor, Psychology
Mark S. Gordon, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Lulu Rodriguez, Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication