College of Liberal Arts

Distinguished Faculty and Staff Awards

Frederick A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professorships

Frederick A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professors are recognized for their excellence and innovation in teaching and research.

• WINTHROP D JORDAN - WILLIAM F WINTER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (1998)
• WILLIAM FRANKLIN SHUGHART - Professor Emeritus of Economics (1998)

College of Liberal Arts - Instructor of the Year

The award was created in 2011. They are recognized during the commencement ceremony, have their names added to a plaque, and receive $1,000. Eligibility is limited to instructors, lecturers, senior lecturers, and instructional assistant professors.

• Ivonne Jeannette Whitehead - LECTURER IN SPANISH (2012)
• KATHERINE R FIELDS - INSTRUCTOR IN ART (2011)

College of Liberal Arts - Outstanding Teacher of the Year

In 1985, the College of Liberal Arts began this award to recognize faculty members who demonstrate excellence of class instruction, intellectual stimulation of students, and concern for students welfare.

• Susan Diane Pedigo - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (2012)
• Beth Ann Fennelly - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2011)
• Jason E Klodt - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2010)
• Ross Jay Haenfler - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY (2009)
• Daniel Edmund O'Sullivan - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2008)
• SHERI F RIETH - CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART (2007)
• Ann Fisher-Wirth - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2006)
• John R Neff - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2005)
• BENJAMIN F FISHER - PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH (2004)
• Ethel Young Scurlock - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF LUCKYDAY RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2003)
• Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez - DEAN, SALLY MCDONNELL BARKSDALE HONORS COLLEGE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2001)
• Daniell L Mattern - PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1998)
• LEE N BOLEN - Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy (1996)
• COLBY H KULLMAN - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (1995)
• Talmage James Reid - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS (1994)
• Donald L Dyer - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (1992)
• William F Lawhead - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION (1988)
• SHEILA SKEMP - CLARE LESLIE MARQUETTE PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY (1985)

School of Applied Sciences - Thomas A. Crowe Award

• CHESTER L QUARLES - PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (2004)

Award for Excellence in Promoting Inclusiveness in Graduate Education

• Walter E Cleland - ASSISTANT CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (2012)
• Kirsten A Dellinger - CHAIR OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY (2012)
• Gerard J Buskes - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS (2011)
• Alan M Gross - PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL TRAINING (2007)
• Joseph P Ward - CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2006)

Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award

• CHARLES R WILSON - COOK CHAIR OF HISTORY AND PROFESSOR OF SOUTHERN STUDIES (2010)

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.

• Jason Dale Hoeksema - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY (2012)
• CYRIL HART ROSENBLATT - LECTURER IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (2010)

Staff Council Award - Overall

• Dawn Anne Bullion - SENIOR STAFF ASSISTANT (2011)
• JOSHUA L DAVIS - ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN CENTER FOR WRITING AND RHETORIC (2010)

Staff Council Award - EEO4

• DOROTHY ELAINE LITTLE - SENIOR SECRETARY (2012)
• ANN DAVIS HITCHCOCK - ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR (2005)
• MARILYN ELIZABETH ALLEN - SENIOR SECRETARY (2004)

Staff Council Award - EEO5

• Vernita J Ivy - PRODUCTION CONTROL CLERK (2011)
• NAVEENKUMAR AMRADI - NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR (2006)
• Lee H Dean - COORDINATOR OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO NETWORK (2003)
• JEFFREY W HOWELL - COMPUTER TECHNICIAN (2001)

Staff Council Award - EEO6

• Stephen L Moore - Stockroom Coordinator (2008)
• Richard Scott Watkins - MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER (2000)

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)

Faculty Achievement Award

The Faculty Achievement Award is given annually to recognize unusual effort in the classroom, involvement with students, and active scholarship.

• Judson D Watson - HOWRY CHAIR IN FAULKNER STUDIES AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2012)
• SHEILA SKEMP - CLARE LESLIE MARQUETTE PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY (2009)
• DOUGLAS ROBINSON - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND DIRECTOR OF FIRST YEAR WRITING (2008)
• GARY R GASTON - PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY (2007)
• Robert D Brown - PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2006)
• Kenneth J Sufka - PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY; AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (2005)
• Ivo Kamps - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2003)
• WILLIAM A STATON - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS (1997)
• Charles L Hussey - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1996)
• John W Winkle - PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (1992)

Frist Service Award

• ERIC T WEBER - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP (2012)
• Charles W Eagles - WILLIAM F WINTER PROFESSSOR OF HISTORY (2010)
• Valeria Beasley Ross - ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS FOR MULTI-CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES (2010)
• Aileen Ajootian - CHAIR OF CLASSICS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AND ART (2008)
• BILLY A BARRIOS - Staff Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology (2007)
• Kenneth J Sufka - PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY; AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (2006)
• John W Winkle - PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2006)
• David E Willson - DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY BAND AND PROFESSOR OF MUSIC (2005)
• MARJORIE POTTS - SENIOR SECRETARY (2004)
• James M O'Neal - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (2003)
• BRUCE LAFORSE - ACTING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS (2000)
• WILLIAM A STATON - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS (1999)
• VAUGHN L GRISHAM - PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND DIRECTOR OF THE GOEORGE MCLEAN CENTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1998)
• BARBARA B LEETON - ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN (1996)
• Patricia C Treloar - DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES (1996)

College of Liberal Arts - Cora Lee Graham Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen

In 1984, Cora Lee Graham of Union City, Tennessee, established an endowment and directed that the proceeds from her gift be used to help retain your better professors who teach the freshman classes in the College of Liberal Arts.

• Jeffrey T Jackson - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY (2012)
• ERIC T WEBER - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP (2011)
• Sarah Louisa Haney - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART (2010)
• Gregory S Tschumper - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (2009)
• Tamar Goulet - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY (2008)
• Jason E Ritchie - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (2007)
• Joe Turner Cantu - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THEATRE ARTS (2006)
• Aileen Ajootian - CHAIR OF CLASSICS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AND ART (2005)
• Kathryn B McKee - MCMULLAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOUTHERN STUDIES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2004)
• GARY R GASTON - PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY (2002)
• Timothy W Nordstrom - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2001)
• Holly T Reynolds - ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (2000)
• Walter E Cleland - ASSISTANT CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1997)
• HANS-JURGEN GAYCKEN - PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (1996)
• PAUL K LAGO - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY (1995)
• Cornelis Gispen - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CROFT INSTITUTE AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (1994)
• WILLIAM D SCOTT - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1993)
• Gerard J Buskes - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS (1992)
• Jeffrey R Watt - PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (1991)
• LEE N BOLEN - Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy (1988)
• Jon F Parcher - RESEARCH PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1987)

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.

• Ethel Young Scurlock - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF LUCKYDAY RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2011)
• Kelly Gene Wilson - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY (2010)
• John R Neff - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2009)
• Gregory Alan Schirmer - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2008)
• David E Willson - DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY BAND AND PROFESSOR OF MUSIC (2007)
• LAURDELLA FOULKES-LEVY - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC (2006)
• RON G DALE - Professor Emeritus of Art (2002)
• Ronald A Schroeder - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2001)
• COLBY H KULLMAN - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (1997)
• Kenneth J Sufka - PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY; AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (1996)
• BILLY A BARRIOS - Staff Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology (1995)
• Daniell L Mattern - PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1992)
• WILLIAM A STATON - PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS (1988)
• Natalie Schroeder - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (1987)
• John W Winkle - PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (1980)
• VAUGHN L GRISHAM - PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND DIRECTOR OF THE GOEORGE MCLEAN CENTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1978)

Distinguished Faculty Fellows (Liberal Arts)

In 2002, the College of Liberal Arts began the Distinguished Faculty Fellowship Program to reward and support senior faculty members who have distinguished records of research, teaching, and service.

• JAY K JOHNSON - PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY (2007)
• Richard Raspet - PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY AND PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST IN NATIONAL CENTER FOR PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS (2007)
• DAVID E GRAVES - PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (2003)
• Alan M Gross - PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL TRAINING (2003)
• H BARRY HANNAH - WRITER IN RESIDENCE (2003)

University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year

The College of Liberal Arts and the Mississippi Humanities Council co-sponsor this award to highlight an outstanding humanities faculty member each fall during Arts and Humanities Month in October.

• Jeffrey T Jackson - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY (2012)
• Beth Ann Fennelly - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2011)
• Jason E Klodt - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2010)
• John R Neff - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2009)
• Daniel Edmund O'Sullivan - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2008)
• Jeffrey R Watt - PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2007)
• Ann Fisher-Wirth - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2006)
• Aileen Ajootian - CHAIR OF CLASSICS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AND ART (2005)
• Donald L Dyer - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2004)
• Ethel Young Scurlock - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF LUCKYDAY RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2003)
• William F Lawhead - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION (2002)
• BENJAMIN F FISHER - PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH (2001)
• Kathryn B McKee - MCMULLAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOUTHERN STUDIES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2001)
• MARY E STUCKEY - PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (1999)
• WINTHROP D JORDAN - WILLIAM F WINTER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (1998)
• CHARLES R WILSON - COOK CHAIR OF HISTORY AND PROFESSOR OF SOUTHERN STUDIES (1997)
• COLBY H KULLMAN - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (1995)