TEACHER EDUCATION
Distinguished Faculty and Staff Awards
Excellence in Advising Award - Office of the Provost
To recognize outstanding academic advising by a faculty member and to demonstrate the University of Mississippi's commitment to excellent advising.
- Crystal Armstrong Dunn - Coordinator of Advising, Recruitment and Retention (2014)
Staff Council Award - EEO1
- Mary Ann Connell - Adjunct Professor of Law (1995)
Outstanding Staff Award
A staff member of the School of Engineering who has demonstrated exemplary service, leadership, and commitment.
- Bethany Ferguson LaValley - Coordinator of Professional Development-CMSE (2010)
Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award
The Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the University is selected from nominations submitted by students, alumni and faculty.
- Ann Elizabeth Monroe - ASSISTANT DEAN, DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2018)
School of Education Outstanding Service Award
The Exemplary Service Award is presented to a faculty or staff member for exceptional service to the profession, the local or University community, region, state, or national and international scholarly communities during the academic year.
- Sara Ann Grimes Platt - CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (2020)
- Nichelle Catrice Robinson - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DIVERSITY OFFICER (2019)
- Denise A Soares - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ASSISTANT CHAIR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2018)
- Matthew Blake Adams - PROGRAM COORDINATOR (2017)
- Stacy Ryan Niemeyer - CHAIR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2016)
- Virginia J Moore - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (2015)
- Ann Elizabeth Monroe - ASSISTANT DEAN, DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2012)
School of Education Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- Diane Lawrence Lowry - CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION (2020)
- Alicia Cooper Stapp - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION (2018)
- Joel C Amidon - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2017)
- Jerilou J Moore - PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2016)
- Allan Edward Bellman - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (2014)
- OTIS WESTBROOK PICKETT - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR (2013)
- Joel C Amidon - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2012)
- Ann Elizabeth Monroe - ASSISTANT DEAN, DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2010)
- Nichelle Catrice Robinson - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DIVERSITY OFFICER (2009)
- Jerilou J Moore - PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2007)
- Angela Sykes Rutherford - Professor of Teacher Education Director of the Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction (2006)
- LUCINDA M LEIGH - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (2005)
- SARAH E BLACKWELL - ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN TEACHER EDUCATION (2003)
- Sidney T Rowland - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITA OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2001)
- BOBBIE SMOTHERS JONES - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2000)
- MARTHA S CHAMBLESS - Professor Emerita of Elementary Education (1999)
- PEGGY EMERSON - Chair Emerita and Professor Emerita of Curriculum (1998)
School of Education Researcher of the Year
- Joel C Amidon - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2020)
- Burhanettin Keskin - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (2018)
- Kerry P Holmes - Professor Emerita of Elementary Education (2017)
- Denise A Soares - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ASSISTANT CHAIR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2016)
- Joel C Amidon - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2015)
- Allan Edward Bellman - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (2014)
- ANGELA TILL BARLOW - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2011)
- BARBARA J DOUGHERTY - PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2009)
- DEBORAH A CHESSIN - Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction (2005)
- Kerry P Holmes - Professor Emerita of Elementary Education (2004)
- William Joseph Sumrall - PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (2002)
- David Rock - DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION (2001)
- JEAN M SHAW - Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction (2000)
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