2023 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Stuart Dryer, Biology & Chemistry

Moores Professorship

Therese Kosten,  Psychology

Ki-Joon Back, Global Hospitality Leadership

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Tiffany Legendre, Global Hospitality Leadership

Dave Fagundes,  UH Law Center

Eduardo Aleman, Political Science

Mikel Cole, Curriculum & Instruction

Provost Core Award

Kelly Hopkins, History

Jenifer Gifford , Biology & Biochemistry

Innovation in Instructional Technology

Tucker Johnson,  Global Hospitality Leadership

Monika Alters , Information & Logistics Technology

Instructor/Clinical Award

Reba Haskell, Global Hospitality Leadership

Joshua Wollen,  Pharmacy Practice & Translational Research

Lisa Farmer, Biology

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Daniel Kennedy,  English

Marisa Koulen,  English

Ann Kroger,  English

Slyvia Garcia,  English

Community Engagement Award

Michael Cottingham,  Health & Human Performance

Career Award

Jenna Abbott, Global Hospitality Leadership

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence

Christian Morosan, Global Hospitality Leadership

Group Teaching Award

Katerine Brem, UH Law Center, Lawyering Skills and Strategy Faculty group

Alissa Gomez   , UH Law Center, Lawyering Skills and Strategy Faculty group

Whitney Heard, UH Law Center, Lawyering Skills and Strategy Faculty group

Hilary Reed, UH Law Center, Lawyering Skills and Strategy Faculty group

Lauren Simpson , UH Law Center, Lawyering Skills and Strategy Faculty group

Kenneth Swift , UH Law Center, Lawyering Skills and Strategy Faculty group

Global Award

Claudine Anne Giacchetti, Modern & Classical Languages

Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards

Christopher Arellano,  Health & Human Performance

Meghana Trivedi,  Pharmacy Practice & Translational Research

Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

Bradley McConnell, Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Program

Michael Kubo,  Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Andreas Mang,  Mathematics

Keliy Anderson-Staley, School of Art

Thomas Teets, Chemistry

Haleh Ardebili, Mechanical Engineering

Maxim Olshanskii, Mathematics

Outstanding Population Health Publication Award

Omolola Adepoju,  Health Systems & Population Health Sciences

2022 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Wynne Chin, Decision and Information Sciences 

Moores Professorship

Carla Sharp,  Psychology

Rex Koontz, School of Art 

Sarah Fishman Boyd,  History

Vallabh Das,  Vision Sciences

Hanadi Rifai , Civil Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Amanda Ellis, English

Maria Victoria Tejada-Simon,  Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences

William Widger, Biology and Biochemistry

Jill Yamasaki, The Jack J. Valenti School of Communication

Provost Core Award

Alexander Robinson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Innovation in Instructional Technology

Alexey Golubev,  History

Instructor/Clinical Award

Keith Butcher,  Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Jaime De Vega,  Information and Logistics Technology

Aditi Marwaha, Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Monique Ogletree,  Biology and Biochemistry

Marina Sebastijanovic, Management

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Brian McWilliams,  English

Colby Ornell,  English

Alex Paul,  History

Obiomachukwu Umeozor,  English

Community Engagement Award

Leandra Zarnow,  History

Career Award

Frank Holt, History

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence

Paige Evans,  Mathematics

Group Teaching Award

Toya Conston, Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Erica Jordan , Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Leslie Frankel, Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Saira Rab, Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Global Award

Roberto Ballarini,  Civil Engineering

Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards

Loi Do,  Chemistry

W. Tony Frankino,  Biology and Biochemistry

Kirill Larin,  Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

Jeffrey Rimer, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

2021 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Earl L. Smith III | Optometry

Moores Professorship

Matthew Nicol | Mathematics

Zhigang Deng | Computer Science 

Muayyad Al-Ubaidi | Biomedical Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Ruth Lopez | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Kristina Neumann | History

Yoon Koh | Hotel and Restaurant Management

Provost Core Awards

Lisa Farmer | Biology and Biochemistry

Innovation in Instructional Technology

Susie Gronseth | Curriculum and Instruction

Melody Yunzi Li | Modern and Classical Languages

Instructor/Clinical Award

Ana Medrano | Biology and Biochemistry

Justin Burris | Curriculum and Instruction

Debbie Harwell | History

Kathleen Reeve | Nursing

Virginia Lucas | Social Work

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Shelby Johnston | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Rena Bradley | English

Sendy Monarrez | Hispanic Studies

Community Engagement Award

Nouhad Rizk | Computer Science

Nancy Young | History

Career Award

Claudine Giacchetti | Modern and Classical Languages

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence

Rebecca Forrest | Physics

Group Teaching Award

The Bauer College of Business Team: Cougar Investment Fund Program

Thomas George | Finance

Praveen Kumar | Finance

Michael Murray | Decision and Information Sciences

Paul Povel | Finance

Vijay Yerramilli | Finance

Global Award

Ki-Joon Back | Hotel and Restaurant Management

Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards

Rosenda Murillo | Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Pranav Parikh | Health and Human Performance

Haleh Ardebili | Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

Diana Chow | Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2020 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Richard Willson | Chemical Engineering

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Margot Backus | English

Kresimir Josic | Mathematics

Stuart Long | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nancy Young | History

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Sheila Katz | Sociology

Rex Koontz | School of Art

Rheeda Walker | Psychology

Vanessa Patrick-Ralhan | Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Kia Johnson | Communication Sciences & Disorders

Provost Core Awards

Melahat Almus | Mathematics

Innovation in Instructional Technology

No Awardees this year

Instructor/Clinical Award

Carrie Cutler | Curriculum & Instruction

Michael Fares | Modern & Classical Languages

Ksenia Krylova | Management

Luisa Orto | School of Art

David Rainbow | Honors College

James "Randy" Webb | Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Laura Biagi | English

Mohsen Pourmasoudi | Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Wendy Wood | English

Community Engagement Award

Daniel Price | Honors College

Career Award

Karolos Grigoriadis | Mechanical Engineering

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence

David Shattuck | Electrical & Computer Engineering

Group Teaching Award

The College of Nursing Team: Cougar Nurse Launch to Professional Practice Model

Patricia Schrader

Priyanka Raut

Danielle Quintana

Tracy McManaman-Bridges

Global Award

Steve Werner | Management and Leadership

Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards

Lars Grabow | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Donald Kouri | Physics

Thomas Teets | Chemistry

Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

Wei-Kan Chu | Physics

2019 Faculty and Staff Awards

Photos of the 2019 Faculty Awards, courtesy of Alexander's Fine Portrait Design.

Esther Farfel Award

Laura Frishman | Optometry

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Preethi Gunaratne | Biology and Biochemistry

Catherine Horn | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Yi-Lung Mo | Civil and Environmental Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Vaughn Climenhaga | Mathematics

James Nelson | UH Law Center

Adam Noble | Theatre and Dance

Dale Rude | Management

Provost Core Awards

Donna Pattison | Biology and Biochemistry

Emire Cihan Yüksel | History

Innovation in Instructional Technology

Je'Anna Abbott | Hotel and Restaurant Management

Emese Felvegi | Decision and Information Sciences

Instructor/Clinical Award

Aabha Brown | Social Work

Daniel Burleson | Cullen College of Engineering

Simone Doudna | Hotel and Restaurant Management

Stella Grigorian | Sociology

Daniel Hauptvogel | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Jesse Rainbow | Honors College

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Vidushi Adlakha | Physics

Derek Ide | History

Jinwei Jiang | Mechanical Engineering

Sarah Mallams | Political Science

Community Engagement Award

Geoffrey Hoffman | UH Law Center

Career Award

Lowell Wood | Physics

Group Teaching Award

Galápago! Teaching Team:

Ricardo Azevedo | Biology and Biochemistry

Ann Cheek | Biology and Biochemistry

Anthony Frankino | Biology and Biochemistry

Andrew Hamilton | Biology and Biochemistry

Marc Hanke | Biology and Biochemistry

Rebecca Zufall | Biology and Biochemisry

Geophysical Field Camp Team:

Li Chang | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Shuhab Khan | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

William Sager | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Robert Stewart | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Guoquan Wang | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Jingjing Zong | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Global Award

Heidar Malki | Engineering Technology

Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards

Aaron Becker | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jakoah Brgoch | Chemistry

Hanako Yoshida | Psychology

Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity

Assistant Professor:

Cameron Buckner | Philosophy

Hadi Ghasemi | Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor:

Jeffrey Church | Political Science

Claudia Ratti | Physics

Full Professor:

Peter Vekilov | Chemical Engineering

Michael Zvolensky, Psychology

Distinguished Faculty Scholar Awards

Tenured Faculty:

Christiane Spitzmueller | Psychology

Tenure Track Faculty:

Elsa Gonzalez | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Non-Tenure Track Faculty:

Tiffany Davis | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

2018 Faculty and Staff Awards

Photos of the 2018 Faculty Awards, courtesy of Alexander Rogers of Alexander's Fine Portrait Design.

Esther Farfel Award

Suncica Canic | Mathematics

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Alessandro Carrera | Modern and Classical Languages

Margaret Cheung | Physics

Zhu Han | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Leanne Atwater | Management

Elizabeth Farfan-Santos | Comparative Cultural Studies

D. Theodore Rave | UH Law Center

Provost Core Awards

Rebecca George | Mathematics

Mark Goldberg | History

Irene Guenther | Honors College

Instructor/Clinical Award

Christiana Chang | Mechanical Engineering

Ann Oliver Cheek | Biology and Biochemistry

Joel LeBon | Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Bradley Miller | Decision and Information Sciences

Kiran Parthasarathy | Accountancy and Taxation

Natalia Piqueira | Finance

David W. Walsh | Health and Human Performance

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Cyrus B. Parks | Management

Daniela Rodriguez | Chemistry

Alex Tawse | Management

Elizabeth A. Whalen | Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Community Engagement Award

Fleurette S. Fernando | Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts

Monica Perales | History

Career Award

Stephen Barth | Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Group Teaching Award

Study Abroad Program:

JeAnna Abbott | Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Barbara Carlin | Management

Daniel Currie | Management

Robert Keller | Management

Teri Longacre | Office of the Provost

James Phillips | Management

Marina Sebastijanovic | Management

Dusya Vera | Management

Steve Werner | Management

Cardiovascular and Renal Pharmacology Graduate Course:

Mohammad Asghar | College of Pharmacy

Anees Banday | College of Pharmacy

Krishna Boini | College of Pharmacy

Richard Bond | College of Pharmacy

Peter Doris | The University of Texas Health Science Center

Tahir Hussain | College of Pharmacy

Terry Kenakin | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sai Koka | College of Pharmacy

Na Li | Baylor College of Medicine

Bradley McConnell | College of Pharmacy

Adebayo Oyekan | Texas Southern University

George Rodney | Baylor College of Medicine

Ke-He Ruan | College of Pharmacy

Regis Vollmer | University of Pittsburgh

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award

Meredith J. Duncan | UH Law Center

Global Award

Patrick Leung | Graduate College of Social Work

Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards

Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Shuhab Khan | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Lorraine R. Reitzel | Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity

Assistant Professor:

Ling Zhu | Political Science

Mini Das | Physics

Associate Professor:

Jacinta Conrad | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Yan Yao | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Full Professor:

Zhifeng Ren | Physics

Howard Pollack | Musicology

Distinguished Faculty Scholar Awards

Tenured Faculty:

Julia Babcock | Psychology

Tenure Track Faculty:

Sarah Narendorf | Graduate College of Social Work

Non-Tenure Track Faculty:

Claudia Scott | Health and Human Performance

2017 Faculty and Staff Awards

Photos of the 2017 Faculty Awards, courtesy of Gary Maltz of Alexander's Fine Portrait Design.

Esther Farfel Award

Jack M. Fletcher | Psychology

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Clayton Neighbors | Psychology

Hanadi Rifai | Civil Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Don Coltart | Chemistry

W. Anthony Frankino | Biology and Biochemistry

Hadi Ghasemi | Mechanical Engineering

Douglas Moll | Law

Leonard Trombetta | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Provost Core Awards

James Schafer | History

Elizabeth Simas | Political Science

Instructional Technology Award

Steven Pennings | Biology and Biochemistry

Instructor/Clinical Award

John Lopez | Finance

Nouhad Rizk | Computer Science

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Elizabeth Blomstedt | English

Erika Jo Brown | English

Phillip Jolly | Management

Ashley Salaiz | Management

Community Engagement Award

Saleha Khumawala | Accountancy and Taxation

Career Award

Richard Armstrong | Modern and Classical Languages

Group Teaching Award

Introductory Biology Team:

Ann Cheek

Catherine Horn

Richard Knapp

Ana Medrano

Monique Ogletree

Donna Pattinson

Dan Wells

Lawrence Williams

Enhancing University Physics 1 & 2:

Rebecca Forrest

Sladjana Maric

Donna Stokes

Ooman Varghese

Lowell Wood

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award

Dusya Vera | Management

Global Award

Sharon Wen | Modern and Classical Languages

Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards

Edgar Bering | Physics

Timothy Cooper | Biology and Biochemistry

Megan Robertson | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity

Assistant Professor:

Don Coltart | Chemistry

Lars Grabow | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Associate Professor:

Jing Mei Qiu | Mathematics

Richard Simpson | Health and Human Performance

Full Professor:

Clayton Neighbors | Psychology

Karolos Grigoriadis | Mechanical Engineering

2016 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

George E. Fox | Biology and Biochemistry

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Karolos Grigoriadis | Mechanical Engineering

Susan Scarrow | Political Science

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Margaret Blake | Communication Sciences and Disorders

Claudine Anne Giacchetti | Modern and Classical Languages

Paul Povel | Finance

Provost Core Awards

Matthew Clavin | History

Instructional Technology Award

Cristian Morosan | Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Instructor/Clinical Award

Dina Alsowayel | History

Julia Kleinheider | Modern and Classical Languages

Claudia Scott | Health and Human Performance

Perri Segura | Mathematics

Lauren Simpson | UH Law Center

Amy Vandaveer | Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Matthew A. Wanat | Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research

Chang H. Yun | Computer Science

Jing Zhang | Modern and Classical Languages

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Reza Abbasgholizadeh | Biology and Biochemistry

Klavdia Ballard | Management

Erin Singer | English

Community Engagement Award

Mark Tomforde | Mathematics

Career Award

Agnes DeFranco | Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Group Teaching Award

Program for Excellence in Selling:

Carl Herman

Joel Le Bon

Amy Vandaveer

James Webb

Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship:

Edward Blair

Bill Bobbora

Melissa Comperry

David Cook

Kenneth Jones

Jim Kane

Kelly McCormick

Hesam Panahi

Bill Sherrill

Jim Wilkinson

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award

Rupa Iyer | Engineering Technology

Faculty Awards for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Bernhard Bodmann | Mathematics

Fritz Claydon | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bradley McConnell | Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2015 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

David Ashley White | Music

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Arnold M. Guloy | Chemistry

Gemunu H. Gunaratne | Physics

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Ashutosh Agrawal | Mechanical Engineering

Zachary A. Bray | Law

Catherine Horn | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Justin Kirkland | Political Science

C. Chet Miller | Management

Matthew Nicol | Mathematics

Jeffrey D. Rimer | Chemical Engineering

Jessica L. Roberts | Law

Provost Core Awards

Alessandro Carrera | Modern and Classical Languages

Eric Walther | History

Instructor/Clinical Award

Melahat Almus | Mathematics

Rebecca Forrest| Physics

Geoffrey A. Hoffman | Law

Maria Perez | Hispanic Studies

Johnathan L. Zecher | Modern and Classical Languages

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Yashar Atefi | Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Rebecca Hallman | English

Ksenia Krylova | Management

Becky Smith | History

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence

Sandra Guerra Thompson | Law

Group Teaching

Heather A. Anderson, Optometry
David A. Berntsen, Optometry
Amber Gaume Giannoni, Optometry
William L. Miller, Optometry

Faculty Awards for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Lifetime Mentoring Award

Albert M.K. Cheng | Computer Science

Early Mentoring Award

Samina Salim | Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2014 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Dmitri Litvinov | Electrical and Computer Engineering

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Kevin Bassler | Physics

Gangbing Song | Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Rupa Iyer | Engineering Technology

Shuhab Khan | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Mo Li | Civil and Environmental Engineering

William Ott | Mathematics

Robert Stewart | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Jerry Waite | Information and Logistics Technology

Jack Young | Theatre and Dance

Jokūbas Žiburkus | Biology and Biochemistry

Provost Core Awards

Jeremy D. Bailey | Political Science

Barry Lefer | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 

Instructor/Clinical Award

Diana De La Rosa-Pohl | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rebecca George | Mathematics

Mequanint Ablel Moges | Engineering Technology

Hesam Panahi | Decision and Information Sciences

Gary Richardson | Information and Logistics Technology

Community Engagement Award

Padhmalatha Segu | Optometry

Graduate Teaching Assistant

George Poncy | Educational Psychology

Katherine Ramos | Educational Psychology

Jiabiao Ruan | Mechanical Engineering

Career Award

Randy Thummel | Chemistry

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching

David Mazella | English

Group Teaching

GK-12

Pradeep Sharma | Mechanical Engineering
Fritz Claydon | Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stuart Long | Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hanadi Rifai | Civil and Environmental Engineering
Eugene Chiappetta | Curriculum and Instruction

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Paige K. Evans
Maria B. Benzon
Perri F. Segura
Leah McAlister-Shields

Faculty Awards for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Lifetime Mentoring Award

Norma E. Olvera | Educational Psychology

Early Mentoring Award

Jeffrey D. Rimer | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Carla Sharp | Psychology

2013 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Michael P. Harold | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Steven C. Pennings | Biology and Biochemistry

Peter G. Vekilov | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry

Provost Faculty Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Helen Kathryn Valier | Medicine and Society, The Honors College

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Richard H. Armstrong | Modern and Classical Languages / The Honors College

Ann C. Christensen | English

Thomas J. George | Finance

Sapna Kumar | Law

Thomas William Lowder | Health and Human Performance

Provost Core Awards

Francesca D'Alessandro Behr | Modern and Classical Languages

Innovation in Instructional Technology

Gangbing Song | Mechanical Engineering

Instructor/Clinical Award

Bret J. Detillier | Information and Logistics Technology

Patricia Dorsey | Sociology

Paige K. Evans | Mathematics

Kelly Y. Hopkins | History

Aditi Marwaha | Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Iain Morrison | Philosophy / The Honors College

Michael R. Newman | Accounting and Taxation

Chad M. Wayne | Biology and Biochemistry

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Zachary Hall | Marketing

William Russey | Biology and Biochemistry

Micki Washburn | Social Work

Career Award

David P. Shattuck | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching

Joseph Pratt | History / Business

Group Teaching

Lisa Alastuey | Health and Human Performance
Charles Layne | Health and Human Performance
Rebecca E. Lee | Health and Human Performance
Prashant Mutgekar | Health and Human Performance
Anne Ogborn | Health and Human Performance

Chang H. Yun | Computer Science
Jose Baez-Franceschi | Computer Science
Olin Johnson | Computer Science
Zhigang Deng | Computer Science

Faculty Awards for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Lifetime Mentoring Award
Rakesh Verma, Professor | Computer Science

Early Mentoring Award
Maria Victoria Tejada-Simon, Assistant Professor | Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Staff Awards

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Karen Weber | Honors College

New Professional Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Carrie Young | Moores School of Music

2012 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

H. Julia Hannay | Psychology

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Cynthia Freeland | Philosophy

Kevin Rigdon | Theatre and Dance

Provost Faculty Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Martha Dunkelberger | Communication Sciences and Disorders

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Tim Cooper | Biology and Biochemistry

Adam Gershowitz | Law

Stephan Hillerbrand | Art

Samantha Kwan | Sociology

Jeremy A. May | Chemistry

Robert B. Shimko | Theatre and Dance

Provost Core Awards

Todd Romero | History

Innovation in Instructional Technology

Ognjen Miljanić | Chemistry

Instructor/Clinical Award

Pam Balthazar | Mathematics

Barbara A. Carlin | Management

Sarah Kielt Costello | Art History

Sharon Marquart | Modern and Classical Languages

Donna L. Pattison | Biology and Biochemistry

Lawrence R. Williams | Biology and Biochemistry

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Marc Anderson | Biology and Biochemistry

Luz E. Vela | Biology and Biochemistry

Community Engagement

Jeff Morgan | Mathematics

Career Award

H. Jerome Freiberg | Curriculum and Instruction

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching

Sara G. McNeil | Curriculum and Instruction

Group Teaching

Marta Fairclough | Hispanic Studies
Flavia Belpoliti | Hispanic Studies
Debra Frazier | Hispanic Studies
Anel Garza |  Hispanic Studies
Eugenia Ruiz | Hispanic Studies

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Lynn Voskuil | English

  Staff Awards

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Tiffany Woods | Accountancy and Taxation

New Professional Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Marla Moreno-Jordan | Communication Sciences and Disorders

2011 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Ronald S. Harwerth | Optometry

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Dmitri Litvinov | Electrical and Computer Engineering

David Mikics | English

Provost Faculty Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Donna W. Stokes | Physics

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Harold E. Bedell | Optometry

Anadeli Bencomo | Hispanic Studies

Betty Barr | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dusya M. Vera | Management

Betsy Cook Weber | Moores School of Music

Provost Core Awards

Casey Dué Hackney | Modern and Classical Languages

Michael Murphy | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Maria Elena Soliño | Hispanic Studies

Instructor/Clinical Award

Lisa Alastuey | Health and Human Performance

Simon Bott | Chemistry

Martha J. Dunkelberger | Communication Sciences and Disorders

Phil Rogers | Decision and Information Sciences

Lindsay Schwarz | Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Elisabetta Gentile | Economics

Bertha Cecilia Marrugo Puello | Hispanic Studies

Community Engagement

Jaana Porra | Decision and Information Sciences

Susan Rogers | Architecture

Career Award

Dan Wells | Biology and Biochemistry

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching

Frank Holt | History

Group Teaching

Undergraduate Core

Andrea B. Burridge
Shirley L. Yu
G. Thomas Schanding, Jr.
Sharon Johnson
Kimberly Zainfeld

Improved Outcomes of Student Success

Sharon Lund O'Neil
Jamison V. Kovach
David X. Ding
Susan L. Miertschin
Jerry J. Waite

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Gangbing Song | Mechanical Engineering

Staff Awards

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Kevin S. Simon | Hotel and Restaurant Management

New Professional Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Edward Manouelian | Political Science

2010 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Stuart Long | Electrical and Computer Engineering

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Larry Pinsky  | Physics

Richard Willson  | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Provost Faculty Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

William "Bill" Dupré | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

Olaf Daugulis | Chemistry

Andrew Davis | Moores School of Music

Richard DeFrank | Management

Douglas Eikenburg | Pharmacy

Alexander Parsons | Creative Writing

Instructor/Clinical Award

Mary Bean | Chemistry

Micky Fleischer | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Innovation in Instructional Technology Award

Bernard Robin | Curriculum & Instruction

Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

William "Willy" Bolander | Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Jason Pitruzzello | English

Career Award

Joel Bloom | Health and Human Performance

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Rigoberto Advincula | Chemistry

Staff Awards

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Trang Phan | College of Architecture

New Professional Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Audri Villalon | Psychology

2009 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Demetre J. Economou | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Eric R. Bittner  | Chemistry

W. Lawrence Hogue  | English

Provost Faculty Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Michael R. Newman | Accountancy and Taxation

Teaching Excellence Awards

Teaching Excellence Award

M. Nicole Coleman | Educational Psychology

Eugene L. Chiappetta | Curriculum and Instruction

Holly M. Hutchins | Human Development and Consumer Sciences

Nina Sarah Mirabile-Tucci | Modern and Classical Languages

Keh-Han Wang | Civil and Environmental Engineering

Instructor/Clinical Award

Curtis Haaga | Philosophy

Rebecca Forrest | Physics

Career Award

Stuart A. Long  | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Keith Hollingsworth | Mechanical Engineering

Staff Awards

George Magner Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Carl "Carlo" Deason | Academic Services Center, College of Technology

New Professional Advising Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Kimberly L. Williams | English

2008 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

David J. Francis | Psychology

TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS CATEGORIES

Teaching Excellence Awards

Ron Lazer | Accountancy and Taxation

Sang-Hoon "Shawn" Lee | Engineering Technology

Brian K. McFarlin | Health and Human Performance

Vern Ival Paulsen | Mathematics

Provost Core Awards

James R. Benbrook | Physics

William R. Dupré | Geosciences

Instructor/Clinical Award

Virginia Leigh Hollyer | Mathematics

Innovation in Instructional Technology Award

Lorraine K. Stock | English

Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

Alana Lynes  | Biology and Biochemistry

Excellence in Research and Scholarship Awards

Eric Bittner | Chemistry

Demetre Economou, | Chemical Engineering

Vincent Tam  | Clinical Sciences and Administration - Pharmacy

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Troy D. Hopkins | Accountancy and Taxation

Provost Faculty Advising Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Simon Bott | Chemistry

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Margot Gayle Backus  | English

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Vincent M. Donnelly  | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Thomas F. O'Brien  | History

2007 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Fazle Hussain | Mechanical Engineering

TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS CATEGORIES

Teaching Excellence Awards

Richard M. Alderman | Law Center

Jim Johnson | School of Theatre & Dance

Kairn Klieman | History

Robert A. Ragazzo | UH Law Foundation

Provost Core Awards

Peter Copeland  | Geosciences

Brian K. McFarlin | Health and Human Performance

Non-Tenure Track Award

Michael Newman | Accountancy and Taxation

Innovation in Instructional Technology Award

Jaspal Subhlok | Computer Science

Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

Douglas E. Hughes | C.T. Bauer College of Business

Ana-Maria Medina | Modern and Classical Languages

Excellence in Research and Scholarship Awards

David J. Francis | Psychology

Rigoberto C. Advincula | Chemistry

Steven Baldelli  | Chemistry

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Cynthia L. Bowden | Art

Provost Faculty Advising Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Betty J. Barr | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Kenneth L. Brown | Anthropology

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

Randolph Thummel | Chemistry

Lois Parkinson Zamora | English

2006 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Barbara Lee Keyfitz | Department of Mathematics

Teaching Excellence Awards

Tenured or Tenure Track Awards

Costa M. Colbert | Biology and Biochemistry

Sarah Fishman | History

Consuelo Waight | Human Development and Consumer Sciences

Jacqueline Weaver | Law

Provost's Core Teaching Awards

Guillermo de los Reyes-Heredia  | Modern and Classical Languages

Shirley Yu | Educational Psychology

Distance Education Teaching Award

Robert Buzzanco | History

Non-Tenure Award

Craig Larson | Mathematics

Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards

Tarek Mahfouz  | Biology and Biochemistry

Keith Richards | Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Excellence in Research and Scholarship Awards

Stuart E. Dryer | Biology and Biochemistry

Peter G. Vekilov | Chemical Engineering

Pradeep Sharma  | Mechanical Engineering

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

FACULTY:
Lawrence R. Williams | Biology and Biochemistry

STAFF:
Landis Odoms | Anthropology / Sociology

Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research

T. Randall Lee  | Chemistry

John and Rebecca Moores Professorship

George Fox | Biology

John Hart  | History

2005 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Martin Melosi | Department of History

Teaching Excellence Awards

Enron Awards

Luis Alvarez | History

Geoffrey J. Brune | Architecture

Meredith J. Duncan | Law

Frank L. Holt | History

Provost's Core Teaching Awards

Susan D. Collins | Political Science

Jeffrey J. Morgan | Mathematics

Distance Education Teaching Award

Barbara L. Stewart | Human Development and Consumer Sciences

Non-Tenure Award

Simon G. Bott | Chemistry

Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards

Alejandro Jacky | Modern and Classical Languages

Louise Nemanich | Management

Excellence in Research and Scholarship Awards

Randolph P. Thummel | Chemistry

Ramanan Krishnamoorti | Chemical Engineering

Kevin Bassler | Physics

George Magner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

FACULTY:
Jon Lorence | Department of Sociology

STAFF:
Rebekah Connally | Office of Undergraduate Academic Development and Retention

2004 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Allan J. Jacobson | Department of Chemistry

Teaching Excellence Awards

Enron Awards

Carolyn Houston Boone | School of Theatre

Charles Dalton | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Lonny S. Hoffman | Law Center

William F. Monroe | Honors College

Distance Education Teaching Award

David C. Judkins | Department of English

Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards

Chidiogo Madubike | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chad A. McNutt | Department of Biology and Biochemistry

2003 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Arnold Eskin | Biology and Biochemistry

Teaching Excellence Awards

Enron Awards

Ioannis Kakadiaris | Computer Science

Susan Martinis | Biology and Biochemistry

Lee Mountain | Curriculum and Instruction

Sandra Guerra Thompson | Law Center

Provost's Core Teaching Awards

Garret Etgen | Mathematics

Noe Marmolejo | Moores School of Music

Distance Education Teaching Award

Karen Stokes | Theatre

El Paso Corporation Faculty Achievement Awards

Accounting
James W. Pratt | Accountancy and Taxation

Engineering
Osman Ghazzaly | Civil and Environmental Engineering

Information Technology
David Shattuck | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards

Gary Hawkins | English

Michael Newman | Accountancy and Taxation

Excellence in Research and Scholarship Awards

Austin Roorda | Optometry

Vemuri Balakotaiah | Chemical Engineering

Karolos M. Grigoriadis | Mechanical Engineering

Arthur K. Smith Leadership Award

Michael A. Olivas | Law Center

2002 Faculty and Staff Awards

Esther Farfel Award

Roland Glowinski | College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Teaching Excellence Awards

Enron Teaching Awards

Dietmar Froehlich | Architecture

Praveen Kumar | Finance

James Pipkin | English

William G. Rixey | Civil and Environmental Engineering

Provost's Core Course Awards

David Judkins | English

Ross M. Lence | Political Science

El Paso Energy Foundation Faculty Achievement Award

Saleha Khumawala | Accountancy & Taxation

Susan Miertschin | Industrial Technology

Leang-San Shieh | Electrical & Computer Engineering

Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards

Joseph Schenck | Music

Franc Trampus | Biology and Biochemistry

Excellence in Research and Scholarship Awards

Steven Blanke | Assistant Professor of Biology & Biochemistry

Martin Melosi | Professor of History

Scott Perry | Associate Professor of Chemistry