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Previous Award Recipients

Distinguished Faculty and Lecturer Awards

2022-2023

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Service to the Academic Senate (CoC)	Michael Scheibner	SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for a Senate Faculty (UGC)	Christopher Viney	SOE
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award (GC)	Abel Chuang	SOE
Distinguished Early Career Research Award (CoR)	Rachel Ryskin	SSHA
Distinction in Research Award (CoR)	Martin Hagger	SSHA
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award (CoC)	Colleen Naughton	SOE
Contributions to Diversity Award (EDI)	Roummel Marcia	SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for a Non-Senate Faculty (UGC)	Meaghan Altman	SSHA

2021-2022

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Service to the Academic Senate	Patti LiWang	SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for a Senate Faculty	Elaine Denny	SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award	Katrina Hoyer	SNS
Distinguished Early Career Research Award	Xuecai (Susan) Ge	SNS
Distinction in Research Award	Ashlie Martini	SOE
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award	Edward Orozco Flores	SSHA
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award	Josh Viers	SOE
Contributions to Diversity Award	Maria Martin	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Faculty Award	Kristina Callaghan	SNS
Award for Contributions to Shared Governance Sarah Frey, Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education Chris Kello, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Education Holley Moyes, Undergraduate Council Chair Erin Hestir, Graduate Council Chair Fatima Paul, Senate Executive Director Simrin Takhar, Senate Principal Analyst Melanie Snyder, Senate Analyst Sang Lee, Senate Analyst Naoko Kada, Former Senate Staff Member

Nomination form

2020-2021

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Service to the Academic Senate	Carolin Frank	SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for a Senate Faculty	Holley Moyes	SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award	Fred Wolf	SNS
Distinguished Early Career Research Award	Jennifer Howell	SSHA
Distinction in Research Award	ShiPu Wang	SSHA
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award	Anna Song	SSHA
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award	Ashlie Martini	SOE
Contributions to Diversity Award	Rudy Ortiz	SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Faculty Award	Alexander Khislavsky	SSHA

2019-2020

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Service to the Academic Senate	Kathleen Hull	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for a Senate Faculty	Carrie Menke	SNS
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award	Zulema Valdez	SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research Award	Kirk Jensen	SNS
Distinction in Research Award	YangQuan Chen	SOE
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award	Mayya Tokman	SNS
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award	Arnold Kim	SNS
Contributions to Diversity Award	Dalia Magaña	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Faculty Award	Yolanda Pineda Vargas	SSHA

2018-2019

Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award	Eric Walle	SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award	Miriam Barlow	SNS
Distinguished Early Career Research Award	Anand Bala Subramaniam	SoE
Distinction in Research Award	Deborah Wiebe	SSHA
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award	Katrina Hoyer	SNS
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award	Tanya Golash-Boza	SSHA
Contributions to Diversity	Clarissa Nobile	SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer Award	Emily Reed Carles Ferrando Valero	SNS SSHA

2017-2018

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Anne Zanzucchi	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award (TIE)	Laura Beaster-Jones Ashlie Martini	Natural Sciences Engineering
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship award	M ike Cleary	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Early Career Research award	C hristine Isborn	Natural Sciences
Distinction in Research award	A jay Gopinathan	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Y angQuan Chen	Engineering
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship award	M arcos Garcia-Ojeda	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	Mufadhal M. Alkuhlani

2016-2017

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Susan Amussen	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Anneeth Kaur Hundle	SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship award	Jan Wallander	SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Fred Wolf	Natural Sciences
Distinction in Research award	Linda Hirst	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Katherine Steele Brokaw	SSHA
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship award	Miguel Carreira-Perpinan	Engineering
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	Kamal Dulai	Natural Sciences

2015-2016

Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Po-Ya Abel Chuang	Engineering
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship award	Ashlie Martini	Engineering
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Clarissa Nobile	Natural Sciences
Distinction in Research award (tie)	Linda Cameron	SSHA
	Andy LiWang	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Paul Brown	SSHA
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship award	Teenie Matlock	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	Debra Conte	SNS

2014-2015

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	William Shadish	SSHA
Distinguished Research award	Ming-Hsuan Yang	Engineering
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Masashi Kitazawa	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award (tie)	Jack Vevea	SSHA
	Rudy Ortiz	Natural Sciences
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship award	Jennifer Manilay	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Graduate Teaching award	Harish Bhat	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Robin DeLugan	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	Christopher Ramirez	SSHA

2013-2014

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Peggy O'Day	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Michael Cleary	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Rose Scott	SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching award	Jinah Choi	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Linda Cameron	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	John Hundley	SSHA

2012-2013

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Valerie Leppert	Engineering
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Laura Hamilton	SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Elliott Campbell	Engineering
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	David Ardell	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Graduate Teaching award	Nestor Oviedo	Natural Sciences
Academic Senate Distinguished Research award	Rudy Ortiz	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Tanya Golash-Boza	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	Rolf Johansson	SSHA

2011-2012

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Chris Kello	SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Jessica Trounstine	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Marcos Garcia-Ojeda	Natural Sciences
Distinguished Graduate Teaching award	Jennifer Manilay	Natural Sciences
Academic Senate Distinguished Research award	Thomas Hansford	SSHA
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service award	Jan Wallander	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer award	Jon Carlson	SSHA

2010-2011

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Evan Heit	SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Ming-Hsuan Yang	Engineering
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Sean Malloy	SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching award	Ignacio Lopez-Calvo	SSHA
Academic Senate Distinguished Research award	William Shadish	SSHA

2009-2010

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Martha Conklin	Engineering
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Anthony Westerling	Engineering/SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Simon Weffer	SSHA
Academic Senate Distinguished Research award	Henry Forman	Natural Sciences

2008-2009

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service	Shawn Kantor	SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research award	Cristian Ricci	SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award	Teenie Matlock	SSHA
Academic Senate Distinguished Research award	Michael Spivey	SSHA