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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 Michael Scheibner SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for a Senate Faculty Christopher Viney SOE
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award Abel Chuang SOE
Distinguished Early Career Research Award Rachel Ryskin SSHA
Distinction in Research Award Martin Hagger SSHA
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award Colleen Naughton SOE
Contributions to Diversity Award Roummel Marcia SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Faculty Award 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

 

 

 

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 SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer Award  Carles Ferrando Valero SSHA

 

2017-2018

Dr. Fred Spiess Award for Distinguished Senate Service
Anne Zanzucchi
SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (tie) Laura Beaster-Jones
SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (tie) Ashlie Martini SOE
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award Mike Cleary
SNS
Distinguished Early Career Research Award Christine Isborn
SNS
Distinction in Research Award Ajay Gopinathan
SNS
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award YangQuan Chen
SOE
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award Marcos Garcia-Ojeda
SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer Award          Mufadhal M. Alkuhlani
SNS

 

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 
SNS
Distinction in Research Award Linda Hirst
SNS
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award Katherine Steele Brokaw
SSHA
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award Miguel Carreira-Perpinan
SOE
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for a Non-Senate Lecturer Award          Kamal Dulai       
SNS

 

2015-2016

Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
Po-Ya Abel Chuang
SOE
Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship Award
Ashlie Martini
SOE
Distinguished Early Career Research Award
Clarissa Nobile
SNS
Distinction in Research Award (tie)
Linda Cameron
SSHA
Distinction in Research Award (tie)
Andy LiWang
SNS
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
SOE
Distinguished Early Career Research Award
Masashi Kitazawa
SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (tie)
Jack Vevea
SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (tie)
Rudy Ortiz
SNS
Excellence in Faculty Mentorship Award
Jennifer Manilay
SNS
Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
Harish Bhat
SNS
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
SNS
Distinguished Early Career Research Award
Michael Cleary
SNS
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
Rose Scott
SSHA
Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
Jinah Choi
SNS
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 SOE
Distinguished Early Career Research Award Laura Hamilton SSHA
Distinguished Early Career Research Award Elliott Campbell SOE
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award David Ardell SNS
Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award Nestor Oviedo SNS
Academic Senate Distinguished Research Award Rudy Ortiz SNS
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 SOE
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 SOE
Distinguished Early Career Research Award Anthony Westerling SOE/SSHA
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award Simon Weffer SSHA
Academic Senate Distinguished Research Award Henry Forman SNS

 

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