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| Faculty Recognized for Academic Achievements |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
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The following faculty members were recognized at UNLV's Academic Recognition Ceremony on April 26.
2007 NSHE BOARD OF REGENTS' AWARDS
Regents’ Academic Advisor Award (Undergraduate)
Jeanette Sorensen, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Advising Center
Regents’ Academic Advisor Award (Graduate)
Gale Sinatra, Professor, Educational Psychology
Regents’ Scholar Award (Undergraduate)
Kristal Lyn Sauer, Major: Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Honors
Regents’ Scholar Award (Graduate)
Amy Lykins, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
UNLV AWARDS
UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Awards
Paul Werth, History
Joseph Gilbert, Management
Alex G. and Faye Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award
Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez, School of Architecture
Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award
Janis Duncan, Women’s Studies
Joanna Kepka, Honors College
Heather Lusty, English
Deepa Dharshani Nanayakkara, School of Life Sciences
Peter Pizor, Political Science
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
Stephanie Stowman, Psychology
Roxanne Sanchez, Anthropology
Jeremy Houska, Psychology
James Beguah Odei, Mathematical Sciences
Lorraine Benuto, Psychology
Megan Hartzell, Sociology
Noelle Lefforge, Psychology
Juan Martinez, English
Thesis/Dissertation Awards
UNLV Alumni Thesis Award – Chandler Marrs, Psychology
Cognitive and Affective Correlates of Reproductive Hormones
UNLV Foundation Dissertation Award - April VanCamp Gil, Environmental Studies
Strategic Minerals or Angry Rocks: An Evaluation of U.S. Government Policy on Uranium Miners
BARRICK AWARDS
Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award
Paul Schollmeier, Philosophy and Baswajit Das, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Barrick Scholar Award
Stephen Brown, English and Matthew Lachniet, Geoscience
Professional Staff of the Year Award
Heather Allison, College of Education Advising Center
UNLV Libraries
James S. McPhee Librarian of the Year – Su Kim Chung
UNLV ACADEMIC ADVISOR AWARDS
Academic Advisor Award (Undergraduate)
Jeanette Sorensen, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Advising Center
Academic Advisor Award (Graduate)
Gale Sinatra, Professor, Educational Psychology
Division of Educational Outreach
Educational Outreach Faculty Excellence Award – Donald Stewart, Sociology
International Programs – Faculty International Development Award
Tessie Rose, Special Education and Mary Hackie, School of Nursing
Outstanding Department Chair Award
Tom Pierce, Special Education
CSUN FACULTY AWARDS
Outstanding Faculty in the College of Education — Nancy B. Brown, Special Education
Outstanding Faculty in the College of Liberal Arts — Bradley D. Hays, Political Science
Outstanding Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies — Anita Tijerina Revilla, Women’s Studies
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL AWARDS
Graduate College
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award — Daniel Allen, Psychology
College of Business
Teacher of the Year — John “Jack” Schibrowsky, Marketing
Researcher of the Year — Richard Arend, Management
Service Provider of the Year — Clint Richards, Management
College of Education
Outstanding Research Award — Keith Zvoch, Educational Psychology
Distinguished Teaching Award — Scott Loe, Educational Psychology
Outstanding Service Award — Jerry Landwer, Sports Education Leadership
Outstanding New Faculty Award — Renee Van Norman, Special Education
Outstanding Collaboration Award — LeAnn Putney, Educational Psychology
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Outstanding Teacher Award — Tom Piechota, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Outstanding Researcher Award — Ajit Roy, Mechanical Engineering
College of Fine Arts
Charles Vanda Award for Excellence in the Arts — Carol Kimball, Music
Outstanding Teacher of the Year — Thomas Leslie, Music
Outstanding Part-Time Teacher Award — Adam Foster, Music
School of Allied Health Sciences
Distinguished Scholar Award — Steen Madsen, Health Physics
Distinguished Teaching Award — William Holcomb, Kinesiology
Honors College
Master Teacher Award — Daniel Villanueva, Foreign Languages
Excellence in Mentoring Award — Anita Tijerina Revilla, Women’s Studies
William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration
Sam & Mary Boyd Distinguished Professor for Teaching — Bo Bernhard, Hotel Management
Sam & Mary Boyd Distinguished Professor for Research — Billy Bai, Tourism & Convention Admin.
Sam & Mary Boyd Distinguished Professor for Service — Curtis Love, Tourism & Convention Admin.
College of Liberal Arts
Donald Schmiedel Lifetime Service Award — Colin Loader, History
Rita Deanin Abbey Teacher of the Year Award — Joseph “Andy” Fry, History
William Morris Award for Excellence in Scholarship — Michelle Tusan, History
William Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching — Kimberly Barchard, Psychology
School of Nursing
Dean’s Research Award — Cheryl Bowles
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching — Shona Rue
Dean’s Excellence in Service — Rosemary Witt
College of Sciences
Outstanding Service Award — Stephen Roberts, Life Sciences
Outstanding Research Award — Malcolm Nicol, Physics and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemistry
Outstanding Teaching Award — John Farley, Physics
Donna Weistrop Career Achievement Award — Boyd Earl, Chemistry
Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
Outstanding Research Award — An-Pyng Sun, Social Work
Outstanding Teaching Award — Krystyna Stave, Environmental Studies
Outstanding Service Award — David Hassenzahl, Environmental Studies and
Dan Grimes, Journalism & Media Studies
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