Outstanding Faculty Recognized at Annual Banquet

05/16/2016

JSU President John Beehler and Provost Rebecca Turner honored the university’s faculty during the annual Faculty Awards Banquet on May 10. The following were recognized:

DISTINGUISHED AWARDS

alhamdaniFaculty Scholar Lecturer Award: Dr. Safaa Al Hamdani

Cleo & Carla Thomas Outstanding Community Education and Service Award: Teje Sult

Earlon & Betty McWhorter Outstanding Teacher Award: Rodney Bailey

Raymond & Ruth Ringer Faculty Development Award: Dr. Robert Carter

Dr. George Mehaffy Excellence in Learning Technology Award: Dr. Jan Case 

William A. Meehan Legacy Award: Dr. Steve Whitton

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SERVICE PINS

Ten Years

  • Mohammed G. Alam
  • Thomas J. Chandler
  • Taleah H. Collum
  • Richard R. Kania
  • Raina Kostova
  • Jane A. Kushma
  • carterRobert J. Laudry
  • Tamara J. Levi
  • Christopher Murdock
  • Eduardo Pacheco
  • Teje H. Sult
  • Charlcie P. Vann
  • Jennifer Savage

Fifteen Years

  • caseJonathan T. Adams
  • Scott W. Beckett
  • Elizabeth F. Martin
  • Janice L. Case
  • Roxanna Conroy
  • Amy P. Franklin
  • Jennifer L. Gross
  • Mijitaba Hamissou
  • Kory Hill
  • Cynthia Jensen
  • sultGena Thornburg
  • Alfred C. Nichols
  • Valerie Rimpsey
  • Cynthia A. Sneed
  • John E. Sneed
  • Janet G. Steward

Twenty Years

  • Jeffery J. Dodd
  • John H. Jones
  • whittonTeresa P. Reed

Twenty-five Years

  • Randall C. Davis

Thirty Years

  • Doris S. Bennett

PROMOTION (effective October 2016)

Distinguished Lecturer

  • David Myer

Distinguished Professor

  • Carmine DiBiase

Associate Professor

  • Dean Buttram
  • Kyoko Johns
  • Alexandra Martinez
  • James Woodard
  • Ellen Peck
  • Erin Rider
  • Jimmy Triplett

Professor

  • Tina Deshotels
  • Debra Goodwin
  • Bethany Latham
  • William Lowe
  • Tim Roberts
  • Jamie Runnells
  • Nathan Wight

TENURE (effective Fall Semester 2016)

  • Jamie Runnells
  • Erin Rider
  • Ellen Peck
  • James Woodward
  • Dean Buttram
  • Jimmy Triplett
  • Alexandra Martinez
  • Joe Morgan
  • Kyoko Johns 

FACULTY RECEIVING DOCTORATE

  • Dr. Basil Conway, IV 

RETIRING FACULTY

  • Linda Cain
  • Chi C. Chao
  • Elizabeth Engley
  • Kelly Gregg
  • Sherry Kennedy
  • Legare McIntosh
  • Jennifer Savage

FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS

College of Arts and Sciences

  • Safaa Al-Hamdani
  • Jan Case
  • Samuel Chukwuemeuka
  • Doug Clark
  • Guillermo Francia, III
  • Joanne Gates
  • Larry Gray
  • Pitt Harding
  • Gordon Harvey
  • Tanveer Islam
  • Richard R.E. Kania
  • Kihyun Kim
  • Jaedeok Kim
  • Youngmi Kim
  • Srinivasrao Krishnaprasad
  • Allison McElroy
  • Hyesung Park
  • Nancy Mellen
  • Ronald Mellen
  • Sarah Miles
  • Maureen Newton
  • Al Nichols
  • John Oles
  • Linda Plotnick
  • James Rayburn
  • Jeffery Ryan
  • Manabu Saeki
  • David Steffy
  • David Thornton
  • Monica Trifas
  • Stephen Tsikalas
  • Lisa Williams
  • Steven Whitton

College of Commerce and Business Administration

  • Doris Bennett
  • Benjamin Boozer
  • Shawn Carter
  • Ronnie Clayton
  • Taleah Collum
  • Brent Cunningham
  • Ben Hardy
  • Mark Hearn
  • Rob Laundry
  • Jeffrery Zanzig
  • Keith Lowe
  • E. Hill Mayfield
  • Cynthia McCarty
  • David Palmer
  • Lenn Rainwater
  • Cynthia Sneed
  • John Sneed
  • Xiang Yi 
  • Michael Featherstone

College of Education and Professional Studies

  • Joseph Akpan
  • Michael Alvidrez
  • Jimmy Barnes
  • Janet Bavonese
  • Basil Conway, IV
  • Teresa Gardner
  • Debra Goodwin
  • Russell Hammack
  • Kingsley Harbor
  • Kory Hill
  • Kyoko Johns
  • Jerry Kiser
  • Gina Mabrey
  • Reginald Overton
  • Kelly Paynter
  • Emily Sims
  • Wendy Stephens
  • Gena Thornburg
  • Ronald Thornburg
  • Kim Townsel
  • Jennifer Troncale
  • Christi Trucks
  • Hungwei Tseng
  • Melanie Wallace
  • Kimberly Warfield
  • Shelia Webb 

College of Nursing

  • Betsy Gulledge
  • Kimberly Helms
  • Lori Hill
  • Leigh Ann Keith
  • Rebecca Peinhardt
  • Christie Shelton
  • Phyllis Waits
  • Laura Pruitt Walker
  • Myna Williamson

Houston Cole Library

  • Paula Barnett Ellis
  • John-Bauer Graham
  • Bethany Latham
  • Jodi Poe
  • Yingqi Tang
  • Charlcie Vann

2015-2016 QEP FACULTY MENTORS

  • Don Bennett
  • Christy Burns
  • Mark DaParma
  • Susan Ashley Dean
  • Larry Gray
  • Lori Hill
  • Leigh Ann Keith
  • Kihyun Kim
  • Raina Kostova
  • Bryce Lafferty
  • Sarah Miles
  • James Rayburn
  • Julie Staples
  • Richard Watkins

2015-2016 CERTIFIED ONLINE INSTRUCTORS

  • Taleah Collum
  • Annette Daugherty
  • Safaa Al Hamdani
  • Mijitaba Hamissou
  • Julia Hill
  • Christopher Murdock
  • Anita Kay Prickett
  • Erin Rider
  • Jennifer Savage
  • Julie Staples