Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
Academic Affairs Award Winners
- Caplenor Research Award
- 2024-2025: Dr. Muhammad Ismail
- 2023-2024: Dr. Ada Haynes
- 2022-2023: Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud
- 2021-2022: Dr. Holly Anthony
- 2019-2020: Dr. Ismail Fidan
- 2018-2019: Dr. Tor Guimaraes
- 2017-2018: Dr. Joseph Biernacki
- 2015-2016: Dr. Michael Birdwell
- 2014-2015: Dr. Pedro Arce & Dr. Greg Danner
- 2013-2014: Dr. Ying Zhang
- 2012-2013: Dr. Robert Qiu
- 2011-2012: Dr. Faisal Hossain
- 2010-2011: Dr. Sakir Ayik
- 2009-2010: Dr. Joseph Biernacki & Dr. Mohamed Abdelrahman
- 2008-2009: Dr. Jiahong (John) Zhu
- 2007-2008: Dr. Phillip Bettoli & Dr. Kwun-Lon Ting
- 2006-2007: Dr. Lewis Keith Crouch,
- 2005-2006: Dr. David Dean Richey
- 2004-2005: Dr. George Buchanan & Dr. David Viera
- 2003-2004: Mr. Ralph Winston Morris
- 2002-2003: Dr. John J. Wheeler
- 2001-2002: Dr. Joseph O. Ojo
- 2000-2001: Dr. Ali Alouani
- 1999-2000: Dr. Tor Guimaraes
- 1998-1999: Dr. Sastry Munukutla
- 1997-1998: Prof. Robert Jager
- 1996-1997: Dr. Sharon Berk
- 1995-1996: Dr. Michael Gunter
- 1994-1995: Dr. Helen Deese
- 1993-1994: Dr. George Webb
- 1992-1993: Dr. Raymond Kozub
- 1991-1992: Dr. John Peddieson Jr.
- 1990-1991: Dr. Dale Ensor
- 1989-1990: Dr. Periasamy Rajan
- 1988-1989: Dr. Donald Weinrauch
- 1987-1988: Dr. Scott Northrup
- 1986-1987: Dr. David Yarbrough
- 1985-1986: Dr. Jerry Ayers
- 1984-1985: Dr. John Gordon
- 1983-1984: Dr. Cemil Bagci
- Scholar-Mentor Award
- 2024-2025: Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud
- 2023-2024: Dr. Brian Williams
- 2022-2023: Dr. Steve Anton
- 2021-2022: Dr. Pedro Arce
- 2019-2020: Dr. Kristen Deiter & Dr. Jennifer Meadows
- 2018-2019: Dr. George Chitiyo & Dr. Jesse Carrick
- 2017-2018: Dr. Holly Stretz
- 2016-2017: Dr. Edward Lisic
- 2015-2016: Dr. Jiahong Zhu
- 2014-2015: Dr. Jeffery Boles
- Scholastic Research Award
- 2023-2024: Dr. Mostafa Rahnama & Dr. Michael Gunter
- 2022-2023: Dr. Syed Ali Asad Rizvi & Dr. Jesse D. Carrick
- 2021-2022: Dr. Joe Biernacki & Dr. Mary Matthews
- 2020-2021: Dr. Chad Luke & Dr. Michael Olsen
- 2019-2020: Dr. Janet Isbell & Dr. Shelly Marasi
- 2018-2019: Dr.Dan Allcott
- 2017-2018: Dr. Jesse Carrick and Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud
- 2016-2017: Dr. Steven Canfield, Dr. Seth King and Dr. ChaBum Lee
- Outstanding Faculty Award for Professional Service
- 2024-2025: Dr. Stephen Canfield
- 2023-2024: Dr. Troy Smith
- 2022-2023: Dr. Amanda Carroll
- 2021-2022: Dr. Mark Groundland
- 2020-2021: Sarah Guimaraes
- 2019-2020: Dr. Helen Hunt
- 2018-2019: Dr. Sandi Smith-Andrews
- 2017-2018: Dr. Bedelia Russell
- 2016-2017: Dr. Dale Wilson
- 2015-2016: Dr. Dan Swartling
- 2013-2014: Dr. Pedro Arce
- 2012-2013: Dr. Wall Kharif
- 2011-2012: Dr. Ismail Fidan
- 2010-2011: Dr. Helen Dainty
- 2009-2010: Dr. Santry Munukutla
- 2008-2009: Dr. Jessican Matson
- 2007-2008: Joseph W. Hermann
- 2006-2007: Dr. Paula Hinton
- 2005-2006: Dr. Barbara Jackson
- 2004-2005: Dr. Eugene A. Kline
- Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching
- 2024-2025: Dr. Chelsea Dowell & Dr. Krystal Kennedy
- 2023-2024: Dr. Laura Smith, Dr. Ismail Fidan, Dr. Susan Wells, & Mrs. Sherrie Cannon
- 2022-2023: Dr. Colleen Mestayer & Dr. Indranil Bhattacharya
- 2021-2022: Dr. Hannah Uphole & Dr. Satya "Sam" Narimetla
- 2020-2021: Dr. Robby Sanders & Dr. Mary Fornehed
- 2019-2020: Dr. Melissa Geist & Dr. Adam Holley
- 2018-2019: Dr. Zachary Wilcox & Dr. Chris McCormick
- 2017-2018: Dr. Alma Hales & Dr. Mark Melichar
- 2016-2017: Dr. Holly Anthony & Dr. Chad Luke
- 2015-2016: Dr. Steven Frye & Dr. Kevin Young
- 2014-2015: Dr. Scott Northrup & Dr Robbie Sanders
- 2013-2014: Dr. Bruce Greene & Dr. Julie Stepp
- 2012-201: Dr. Satya Narimetla & Dr. Kent Dollar
- 2011-2012: Dr. Sastry Munukutla & Dr. Holly Anthony
- 2010-2011: Dr. James Baier & Daniel Badoe
- 2009-2010: Dr. Steven Hayslette & Dr. Tony Baker
- 2008-2009: Dr. Susan Gore & Dr. Shannon Collins
- 2007-2008: Dr. Richard C. Le Borne & Dr. Joseph J. Biernacki
- 2006-2007: Dr. David Smith & Dr. Donald Visco, Jr
- 2005-2006: Dr. Thomas Timmerman & Dr. Shirley Laird
- 2004-2005: Dr. Daniel J. Swartling & Dr. Bonita B. Barger
- General Education Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2024-2025: Dr. Chelsea Dowell & Ms. Michele Niec
- 2023-2024: Dr. Gourab Bhattacharya & Dr. Laura Smith
- 2022-2023: Mr. Doug Hensley & Dr. Lauren Michel
- 2021-2022: Dr. Susan Moynihan & Dr. Wendy Cook-Mucci
- 2018-2019: Dr. Lauren Harding & Dr. Jennifer Rideout
- 2017-2018: Dr. Paula Hinton & Dr. Nikki Panter
- 2016-2017: Dr. Doug Hensley & Dr. Twanelle Majors
- 2015-2016: Dr. Jennifer Anderson & Dr. Jeanette Wolak
- 2014-2015: Dr. Michael Birdwell & Dr. Chad Rezsnyak
- 2013-2014: Dr. Shelley Brown & Dr. Jared Daniels
- 2012-2013: Dr. Kent Dollar & Dr. Kimberly Winkle
- 2011-2012: Troy Brachey & Janet Coonce
- 2010-2011: Kristin Hauser & Dr. Paula Hinton
- Award for Excellence in Creative Inquiry - Mentoring
- 2024-2025: Dr. Allen Driggers & Dr. Hannah Kinmonth-Schultz
- 2023-2024: Kyle Murphy, Dr. Yan Liu, & Dr. Mary Kidd
- 2022-2023: Mr. Richard Pirkle & Dr. Steve Anton
- 2021-2022: Dr. Wilson Gichuhi & Dr. Lauren Michel
- Summer 2020: Dr. Duckbong Kim & Ms. Rena Wood
- Summer 2019: Dr. Tania Datta & Dr. Nikki Panter
- Summer 2018: Dr. O. Andreea Cojocaru & Dr. Sean Alley
- Summer 2017: Dr. Holly Stretz & Dr. Jeanette Wolak
- Award for Excellence in Creative Inquiry - Instruction
- 2021-2022: Dr. Betsy DeSimone & Dr. Mari Ramler
- 2018-2019: Dr. Queen Ogbomo & Dr. Amber Spears
- 2017-2018: Dr. Amanda Carroll, Dr. Helen Hunt, & Dr. Jennifer Meadows
- 2016-2017: Dr. Lori Maxwell & Dr. Amber Spears
- Faculty Excellence in Online Teaching
- 2023-2024: Dr. Scott Christen
- 2022-2023: Dr. Samantha Hutson
- 2021-2022: Dr. Mazen Hussein
- 2020-2021: Dr. Elena Kazakova
- Excellence in Course Design
- 2024-2025: Dr. Rachel Mannahan
- 2023-2024: Dr. Michael Olsen
- 2022-2023: Dr. Jeremy Blair
- 2022-2023: Dr. Alma Núñez
- 2021-2022: Dr. Jean Schmitzer
- 2020-2021: Dr. Don Sowers
- Tech Togetherness Award
- 2024-2025: Dr. Chelsea Dowell, Ms. Charria Campbell, Ms. Mary Daniels, & Mr. Ben Higgins
- 2023-2024: Ms. Tammy Keylon, Ms. Carol Holley, Mrs. Sherrie Cannon & Mr. Carlos Galindo
- 2022-2023: Mr. Cody Bryant, Dr. Fred Vondra, & Mrs. Leigh Ann Ray
- 2021-2022: Benjamin Burchfield, Jason Duke, Tawyna Robinson-Moss, Amy Foster, & Diana Lalani
- 2020-2021: Lauren Neal, Charlene McClain, Shanna Muncy, Olivia Newman, Liz Sheets, & Kim Williams
- Commission on the Status of Women Excellence Award
- 2023-2024: Ms. Ashley Akenson
- 2022-2023: Dr. Ann Hellman
- 2021-2022: Dr. Sandi Smith-Andrews
- 2020-2021: Dr. Jeannette Luna (Inaugural Winner)