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Faculty and staff in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be recognized with this year’s faculty and staff awards during the LAS Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Sept. 6, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun Room.

Dean Beate Schmittmann will deliver the annual State of the College presentation, and the presentation of LAS awards will follow. Schmittmann will also recognize recipients of university awards, and a reception will follow. Faculty, staff and students are invited to celebrate award recipients:

LAS Awards, which will be presented Sept. 6

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Robert M. Hessling
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Psychology

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Amy Walton
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of English

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Peter Orth
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
Jeremy Best
Associate Professor
Department of History

LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
Maria Vorozhbit
Lecturer
Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Joydeep Bhattacharya
Professor
Department of Economics

LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Ranjan Maitra
Professor
Department of Statistics

LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Nathaniel Wade
Professor
Department of Psychology

LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Theresa Windus
Distinguished Professor and Ames National Laboratory Scientist
Department of Chemistry

LAS Award for Learning Community Leadership
Eric Underbakke
Assistant Professor
Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

LAS Award for Inclusive Excellence
Robbyn Anand
Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

LAS Award for Inclusive Excellence
Brian Behnken
Associate Professor
Department of History

LAS International Service Award
Nell Gabiam
Associate Professor
Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS International Service Award
Tracy A. Heath
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

LAS Institutional Service Award
Alexander E. W. Hall
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
James W. Evans
Professor and Ames National Laboratory Scientist
Department of Physics and Astronomy

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
Daniel Nordman
Professor
Department of Statistics

LAS Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen
Associate Professor
Department of English

LAS Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
Jonathan W. Kelly
Professor
Department of Psychology

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research
Julien Roche
Assistant Professor
Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research
Andrew Somerville
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research
Yulia Zaikina
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

LAS P&S Excellence Award
Stacie Schaefer
Administrative Assistant III/Project Assistant II
Department of English

LAS P&S Excellence Award
Adam Wade
Student Services Specialist III/IV
Department of Chemistry

LAS P&S Outstanding New Professional Award
Nicole C. Lewis
Graduate Student Services Specialist II
Department of Computer Science

LAS Merit Excellence Award
Jessica Severe
Secretary II/Graduate Secretary
Department of Statistics

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice
Jarad Niemi
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics

University Awards, which will be presented by President Wintersteen and Provost Wickert later this semester

Distinguished Professor
Diane C. Bassham
Walter E. and Helen Parke Loomis Professor of Plant Physiology
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

Distinguished Professor
Douglas A. Gentile
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology

University Professor
Tunde Adeleke
Professor of History
Department of History

Morrill Professor
Steve Butler
Barbara J. Janson Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics

Morrill Professor
Jonathan A. Sturm
Professor of Music
Department of Music and Theatre

Regents Award for Faculty Excellence
Margaret LaWare
Associate Professor
Department of English

ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Dirk Deam
Teaching Professor
Department of Political Science

ISU Award for Early Achievement in Departmental Leadership
Hridesh Rajan
Department Chair and Kingland Professor of Data Analytics
Department of Computer Science

ISU Award for Academic Advising Impact
Michael Wigton
Allen Essman Faculty Fellow and Associate Teaching Professor
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

ISU Award for Early Achievement in Academic Advising
Alissa Whitmore
Academic Advisor II
LAS Academic Programs

ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
Jared Anderson
Alice Hudson Professor and Ames National Laboratory Scientist
Department of Chemistry

The event begins at 3:30 p.m.