2021 Faculty Awards Convocation Awardees

Teaching Awards Announced by Peter Hollenbeck

Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

• Shelley Claridge, Chemistry
• Natasha Duncan, Honors College
• Andrew Freed, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Esteban Garcia Bravo, Computer Graphics Technology
• Karen Marais, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Exceptional Early Career Award

• Megha Anwer, Honors College
• Ann Loomis, Nursing
• Greg Strimel, Technology, Leadership, and Innovation

Purdue Online Excellence in Course Design & Teaching (for Credit)

• Mark Mabrito, English

Purdue Online Excellence in Course Design & Teaching (Non Credit – Team Award)

• Christian Butzke, Food Science
• Yu-Ju Lin, Teaching and Learning Technologies

Purdue Online Innovative Course Design & Use of Technology Award (Team Award)

• Ali El Gamal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Tuhin Dey, Teaching and Learning Technologies

Purdue Online Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award

• Natasha Watkins, Human Development and Family Studies

Teaching Academy Inductees – Fellows

2020

• Elizabeth Flaherty, Forestry and Natural Resources
• Jane Krause, Pharmacy Practice
• Lata Krishnan, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
• Wen-wen Tung, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Adam Watkins, Honors College

2021

• Dennis Buckmaster, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Elizabeth Karcher, Animal Sciences
• Amy Nagle, Nursing
• Jenna Rickus, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Jason Ware, Honors College
• Zachary Weber, Pharmacy

Teaching for Tomorrow Award  – Senior Fellows

• Erika Birgit Kaufmann, Mathematics
• Elizabeth Richards, Nursing
• William Watson, Curriculum and Instruction

Teaching for Tomorrow Award  -- Junior Fellows

• Kristofer Chang Alexander, Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Megha Anwer, Honors College
• Elizabeth B. Brite, Honors College
• Andrea DeMaria, Health and Human Sciences
• Charna Greenwell, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
• Sarah Huber, Libraries
• Adrie Koehler-Blair, Curriculum and Instruction
• Franki Kung, Psychological Sciences
• Sarah LaRose, Youth Development and Agricultural Education
• Ann Loomis, Nursing
• Margaret Phillips, Libraries
• Jamie Woodyard, Pharmacy Practice
• Haizhao Yang, Mathematics
• Mitchell Zischke, Forestry and Natural Resources

Research and Scholarship Awards Announced by Peter Hollenbeck

Herbert Newby McCoy Award

• Chris Greene, Physics and Astronomy

Arden L. Bement Jr. Award

• Kaushik Roy, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lu Ann Aday Award

• Jayson Lusk, Agricultural Economics

Clifford B. Kinley Trust Award

• Jorge Banda, Public Health
• Anindya Bhadra, Statistics
• Edward Delp, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Heather Eicher-Miller, Nutrition Science
• Anna Erwin, Forestry and Natural Resources
• Shih-Chun Kao, Health and Kinesiology
• Zhao Ma, Forestry and Natural Resources
• Trenton Mize, Sociology
• Elizabeth Richards, Nursing
• Douglas Samuel, Psychological Sciences
• Sara Schmitt, Human Development and Family Studies

Helen B. Schleman Gold Medallion

• Melissa Gruver, Associate Director for Civic Engagement & Leadership Development

Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award 2020

• Fabio Ribeiro, Chemical Engineering

Sigma Xi Mid-Career Award

• Arezoo Ardekani, Mechanical Engineering

Trailblazer Awards

• Sara Schmitt, Human Development and Family Studies
• Louis Tay, Psychological Sciences

University Faculty Scholars

• Arezoo Ardekani, Mechanical Engineering
• Sergey Chernenko, Management
• Candace Croney, Comparative Pathobiology
• Lori Czerwionka, Languages and Cultures
• Libai Huang, Chemistry
• Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, Botany and Plant Pathology
• Zhao Ma, Forestry and Natural Resources
• Jennifer Neville, Computer Science
• Sonak Pastakia, Pharmacy Practice
• Timothee Pourpoint, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Katy Rainey, Agronomy
• Jake Ricker-Gilbert, Agricultural Economics
• Mandy Rispoli, Educational Studies
• Anne Traynor, Educational Studies
• Juan Wachs, Industrial Engineering
• Dana Weinstein, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Kelly Wilson, Management
• Song Zhang, Mechanical Engineering
• Qi “Tony” Zhou, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

Showalter Faculty Scholar

• Marguerite O’Haire, Comparative Pathobiology
• Rong Huang, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
• Yulia Pushkar, Physics and Astronomy
• Nicholas Noinaj, Biological Sciences

Engagement Awards Announced by Peter Hollenbeck

Christian J. Foster Award

• Selcen Guzey, Education

Faculty Engagement Fellow Award

• Bo Beaulieu, Agriculture

Faculty Engagement Scholar Award

• Laura Bofferding, Education
• Darrin Karcher, Agriculture

Jefferson Award by Multiplying Good  

2020-2021

• Nadine Dolby, Curriculum Studies
• Levon Esters, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication
• Kimber Nicoletti-Martinez, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication

2019-2020

• Kely Paez Urbano, Languages and Cultures
• Donna Zoss, Nutrition Science

Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Award

• Mesut Akdere, Technology, Leadership and Innovation

Scholarship of Engagement Fellows

• Brady Brewer, Agricultural Economics
• Rashmi Deodeshmukh, Polytechnic Institute
• Rakhi Karwa, Pharmacy Practice
• Krishna Nemali, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
• Deepti Pillai, Comparative Pathobiology
• Yumary Ruiz, Department of Public Health
• Vicki Simpson, Nursing
• Jason Ware, Honors College

Service Learning Award

• Rebecca Johnson, Nursing

Leadership Awards Announced by Peter Hollenbeck

Violet B. Haas Award - Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence

• Melissa Remis, Anthropology

Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Program Fellows

• Kimberly Buhman, Nutrition Science
• David Corti, Chemical Engineering
• Levon Esters, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication
• Melanie Morgan, Graduate School
• Derek Pacheco, English

Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence - Leadership in Action Award

• Daniel DeLaurentis, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Political Science

Focus Award

• James McClure, Mathematics

Provost Fellows

• Jennifer Dobbs-Oates, Human Development and Family Studies
• Nastasha Johnson, Library Science
• Chris Lukasik, English
• Jennifer Simpson, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
• Henry Williams, Management

Purdue Insights Forum Fellows

• Megha Anwer, Honors College
• Jennifer Freeman, Health Sciences
• Jennifer Freeman Marshall, English
• Stephanie Gardner, Biological Sciences
• Siddika Selcen Guzey, Curriculum and Instruction
• Nathan Hartman, Computer Graphics Technology
• Jan Hawkins, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
• Nicole Key, Mechanical Engineering
• Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, Biomedical Engineering
• Ninghui Li, Computer Science
• Susan Feng Lu, Management
• Maria Marshall, Agricultural Economics
• Robert Sabol, Design, Art and Performance
• Megan Sapp Nelson, Libraries
• Jennifer Simpson, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
• Robert Stahelin, Pharmacy

Class of 1922 Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn Award

2019-2020

• Zachary Weber, Pharmacy Practice

2020-2021

• Stewart C. Chang Alexander, Public Health           
• Kristofer J. Chang Alexander, Hospitality and Tourism Management

Morrill Awards Annnounced by Provost Jay Akridge

• Marcy Towns, Chemistry