JSU Presents Annual Faculty Awards

05/07/2018

On Tuesday, May 1, JSU held its annual faculty awards program, which seeks to recognize faculty achievements, years of service, and retirements.

Dr. John M. Beehler, president, delivered the President’s Welcome, and Dr. Rebecca O. Turner, provost and vice president for academic affairs, gave opening remarks.

This year's honorees were as follows:

• Faculty Scholar Lecturer Award – Dr. Reginald Overton
• Dr. George Mehaffy Excellence in Learning Technology Award – Jodi Poe
• Cleo and Carla Thomas Outstanding Community Education and Service Award – Kimberly Westbrooks
• Raymond and Ruth Ringer Faculty Development Award – Dr. James Woodward
• Earlon and Betty McWhorter Outstanding Teacher Award – Jennifer Foster
• William A. Meehan Legacy Award – Gena Christopher

Service Pin Recipients

Ten Years:

• Susan A. Dean
• Manabu Saeki
• Douglas L. Gordon
• Jauneth Skinner
• Paul L. Hathaway
• Julie A. Staples
• Allison McElroy
• Laura P. Walker

Fifteen Years:

• Wendy A. Freeland
• Nancy F. Stewart
• Pitt Harding
• Teresa C. Stricklen
• Andrew B. Helms
• Nathan N. Wight
• Bethany M. Latham

Twenty Years:

• Dee A. Barclift
• Thomas E. Leathrum
• Benjamin G. Blair
• Stephen K. Lowe             
• Michael S. Carter
• James R. Rayburn            
• Sherron B. Deweese
• Robin V. Snider
• Jessie F. Godbey
• Kimberly W. Stevens     
• Katherine C. Johnson
• Shelia Webb
• Sri Krishnaprasad
• Laura M. Weinkaufars

Twenty-Five Years:

• Carmine G. Di Biase
• Russel W. Lemmons
• Roger A. Sauterer

Thirty Years:

• Lewis F. Clements

Forty Years:

• Harry O. Holstein
• Michael B. Marker
• William L. Palya

Promotion

effective October 2018

Associate Professor:

• Chad Anderson
• David Lambert
• Sarah Cusimano Miles
• Jeffrey Van Slyke
• Leigh Ann Keith                                

Professor:

• Teresa Gardner
• Tamara Levi       
• Kory Hill

Tenure

effective Fall Semester 2018

• Chad Anderson                                
• David Lambert
• Sarah Cusimano Miles                   
• Reginald Overton
• Vijaya Gompa                                   
• Jeffrey Van Slyke
• Leigh Ann Keith                                
• Xiang Yi

Doctorate Degree Recipients

• Dr. Laura Barrow                                             
• Dr. Helen Kaibara
• Dr. Michael Boynton                                      
• Dr. Gina Mabrey
• Dr. Serena Gramling                                    
• Dr. Falynn Turley

International Exchange Scholars

• Julio Barreto                                      
• Rachel Park
• Li Min

Retiring Faculty

• Linda Allen
• Phillip Koerper
• Scott Beckett
• Lynetta Owens 
• Gena Christopher
• James Sewastynowicz
• Michael Featherstone
• Nancy Stewart
• Alfred Nichols
• Steve White      

Faculty Research Awards

• Joseph Akpan
• Safaa Al-Hamdani
• Thomas Anderson
• Paula Barnett-Ellis
• Janet L. Bavonese
• Doris Bennett
• Benjamin Boozer
• Dean Buttram
• Michael Carter
• Jan Case              
• Ronnie Clayton
• George Cline
• Taleah Collum
• Sarah Cusimano Miles
• Heidi Dempsey
• Carmine Di Biase
• Sarah Donley
• Jennifer Frank
• Jeannie Frazier
• Eric Gamess
• Teresa Gardner
• Joanne Gates
• John-Bauer Graham
• Larry A. Gray
• Elizabeth D. Gulledge
• Russell Hammack
• William Hankins
• Benjamin Hardy
• Mark Hearn
• Laurie Heathcock
• Kimberly Helms
• Lori Hill
• Shih-Kai Huang
• Kyoko Johns
• Richard Kania
• Leigh Ann Keith
• Kihyun Kim
• Sri Krishnaprasad
• Robert Landry
• Bethany Latham
• Keith Lowe
• Gina Mabrey
• Cynthia McCarty
• Harry Nuttall
• Eryn Oft
• Reginald Overton
• Kelly Paynter
• Rebecca Peinhardt
• Jodi Poe
• James Rayburn
• Erin Rider
• Tim Roberts
• Bill Schmidt
• Amy Simon
• Cynthia Sneed
• John Sneed
• Melinda Staubs
• Wendy Stephens
• Yingqi Tang
• Gena Thornburg
• Kim Townsel
• Monica Trifas
• Jennifer Troncale
• Hungwei Tseng
• Falynn Turley
• Charlcie Vann
• Phyllis Waits
• Laura Walker
• Hanrong Wang
• Cassandra Ward
• Kim Westbrooks
• Myrna Willamson