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 Leadership & 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)
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 - Associate Dean and 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.
- Laura F Prior - Associate Professor of Teacher Education (2022)
- Sara Ann Grimes Platt - Assistant Professor of Special Education (2020)
- Nichelle Catrice Robinson - Associate Professor of Teacher Education and School of Education Diversity Officer (2019)
- Denise A Soares - Assistant Dean, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Special Education, and Interim Director of the National Center for School-University Partnerships (2018)
- Matthew Blake Adams - Program Manager (2017)
- Stacy Ryan Niemeyer - Assistant Provost for Regional Campuses and Associate Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education (2016)
- Virginia J Moore - Associate Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education (2015)
- Ann Elizabeth Monroe - Associate Dean and Professor of Teacher Education (2012)
School of Education Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- Mary Katherine Naron - Instructor in Teacher Education (2022)
- Karen V Davidson Smith - Clinical Associate Professor of Teacher Education; School of Education Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2021)
- Diane Lawrence Lowry - Clinical Associate Professor of Special Education (2020)
- Alicia Cooper Stapp - Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education (2018)
- Joel C Amidon - Professor of Teacher Education (2017)
- Jerilou J Moore - Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education (2016)
- Allan Edward Bellman - Professor of Mathematics Education (2014)
- OTIS WESTBROOK PICKETT - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR (2013)
- Joel C Amidon - Professor of Teacher Education (2012)
- Ann Elizabeth Monroe - Associate Dean and Professor of Teacher Education (2010)
- Nichelle Catrice Robinson - Associate Professor of Teacher Education and School of Education Diversity Officer (2009)
- Jerilou J Moore - Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education (2007)
- Angela Sykes Rutherford - Professor of Teacher Education and 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
- Kenya Elizabeth Wolff - Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education (2022)
- Joel C Amidon - Professor of Teacher Education (2020)
- Burhanettin Keskin - Professor of Early Childhood Education (2018)
- Kerry P Holmes - Professor Emerita of Elementary Education (2017)
- Denise A Soares - Assistant Dean, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Special Education, and Interim Director of the National Center for School-University Partnerships (2016)
- Joel C Amidon - Professor of Teacher 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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