School of 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)
• Donna J Patterson - SENIOR ACADEMIC COUNSELOR (2012)

Staff Council Award - Overall

• Anne Dorsey McCauley - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (2017)

Staff Council Award - EEO1

• Marc K Showalter - CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND COORDINATOR OF PRACTICUM & INTERNSHIPS (2000)
• Mary Ann Connell - UNIVERSITY ATTORNEY EMERITA AND INSTRUCTOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (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)

Frist Service Award

• Anne Dorsey McCauley - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (2015)
• Marc K Showalter - CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND COORDINATOR OF PRACTICUM & INTERNSHIPS (2008)
• GLORIA J MCGREGOR - ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN (2006)
• Thomas J Reardon - Dean Emeritus of Students (1995)

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.

• Matthew Blake Adams - PROGRAM COORDINATOR (2017)
• Stacy Ryan Niemeyer - INTERIM CHAIR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION, DIRECTOR OF MISSISSIPPI EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING PROGRAM, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2016)
• Virginia J Moore - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (2015)
• Melissa Kim Chrestman - SENIOR STAFF ASSISTANT (2014)
• Whitney Thompson Webb - ASSISTANT DEAN FOR CERTIFICATION & ADVISING AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2013)
• Ann Elizabeth Monroe - ASSISTANT DEAN, DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2012)
• Donna J Patterson - SENIOR ACADEMIC COUNSELOR (2011)

School of Education Outstanding Teacher of the Year

• Joel C Amidon - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2017)
• Jerilou J Moore - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2016)
• Kerry B Melear - PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2015)
• Allan Edward Bellman - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (2014)
• OTIS WESTBROOK PICKETT - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR (2013)
• Joel C Amidon - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2012)
• Dennis A Bunch - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR (2011)
• Ann Elizabeth Monroe - ASSISTANT DEAN, DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2010)
• Nichelle Catrice Robinson - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, CETL PROVOST FELLOW, AND SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DIVERSITY OFFICER (2009)
• LORI A WOLFF - PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION AND PROGRAM EVALUATION CERTIFICATE COORDINATOR (2009)
• KEVIN B STOLTZ - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2008)
• Jerilou J Moore - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2007)
• Angela Sykes Rutherford - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN LITERACY INSTRUCTION (2006)
• LUCINDA M LEIGH - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (2005)
• ANN G WEBSTER - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2004)
• SARAH E BLACKWELL - ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN TEACHER EDUCATION (2003)
• SONJA C BURNHAM - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR (2002)
• 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

• Kerry P Holmes - Professor Emerita of Elementary Education (2017)
• Denise A Soares - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ASSISTANT CHAIR OF TEACHER EDUCATION (2016)
• Joel C Amidon - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2015)
• Allan Edward Bellman - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (2014)
• Kerry B Melear - PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2013)
• KEVIN B STOLTZ - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2012)
• ANGELA TILL BARLOW - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2011)
• Kerry B Melear - PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2010)
• BARBARA J DOUGHERTY - PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2009)
• Rosusan D Bartee - PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2008)
• Kerry B Melear - PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2007)
• MARILYN S SNOW - Associate Professor Emerita of Counselor Education (2006)
• DEBORAH A CHESSIN - PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND COORDINATOR OF SERVICE LEARNING AND STUDY ABROAD (2005)
• Kerry P Holmes - Professor Emerita of Elementary Education (2004)
• MICHAEL K PONTON - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP & COUNSELOR EDUCATION (2003)
• William Joseph Sumrall - PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND COORDINATOR OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (2002)
• David Rock - DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (2001)
• JEAN M SHAW - Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction (2000)