Faculty Award Winners
2026 Winners
Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. Christine Kroll
Associate Professor
School of Occupational Therapy
College of Health Sciences
Institutional Leadership Award
Dr. Kevin Whiteacre
Chair & Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of Assessment
Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Connecting Action with Experise Award
Rebecca McKanna
Associate Professor of English
Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Connecting Action with Experise Award
Dan Vice
Associate Professor of English
Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Teaching in the Core Award
Dr. Lacey Davidson
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Emerging Scholar Award
Dr. Harsh Kumar
Assistant Professor
R.B. Annis School of Engineering
Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Scholar Award
Dr. Katie Polo
Professor
School of Occupational Therapy
College of Health Sciences
Education for Service Award
Jim Viewegh
Assistant Chair & Professor of Art and Design
Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Past Faculty Award Winners
- Carissa Newton - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Dr. Julie Gahimer - Education for Service
- Dr. Alex Nelson - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Stephen Spicklemire - Institutional Leadership
- Michelle Itczak - Outstanding Faculty
- Dr. Beth Ann Walker - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Stephen Zimmerly - Teaching in the Core
- Dr. Trent Cayot - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Rick Dunkle - Education for Service
- Dr. Alex Nelson - Education for Service
- Dr. Matthew Stapleton - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Roxxi Davis - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Lori Bolyard - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Laura Santurri - Outstanding Faculty
- Dhabih Chulhai - Outstanding Scholar
- Mary Gobbett - Teaching in the Core
- Dr. John Somers - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Dr. Toni Morris - Education for Service
- Tracy Johnson - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Abigail Richard - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Kara Cecil - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Katie Boucher - Outstanding Faculty
- Dr. Kevin Gribbins - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Cameron Powden - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. James Willis - Teaching in the Core
- Dr. Sarah Denney - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Dr. Karen Hirsch - Education for Service
- Dr. MD Munirul "Sunny" Haque - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Allison Snyder - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Katie Kivisto - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Brenda Howard - Outstanding Faculty
- Dr. Jim Bellew - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Marc Milne - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Stephanie Wideman - Teaching in the Core
- Catherine Miller - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Sarah Wareham - Education for Service
- Mason Burns - Emerging Scholar
- Nathan Johnson - Emerging Scholar
- Heidi Hancher-Rauch - Institutional Leadership
- Diane Smith - Institutional Leadership
- Jennifer Camden - Outstanding Faculty
- Christopher Schmidt - Outstanding Scholar
- Kara Cecil - Teaching in the Core
- Liz Whiteacre - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Julie Blazek - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Lainey Collins - Education for Service
- Libby Turner - Education for Service
- Craig Seidelson - Emerging Scholar
- Nathanial Eckert - Emerging Scholar
- Eduard Arriaga - Institutional Leadership
- Kim Baker - Institutional Leadership
- Briyana Morrell - Outstanding Faculty
- Stephanie Miller - Outstanding Scholar
- Ana Maria Ferreira - Teaching in the Core
- Tia Bell - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Karen Elsea - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Mary Gobbett - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Kendra Thomas - Education for Service
- Laura Merrifield Wilson - Education for Service
- Chi Zhang - Emerging Scholar
- Stephanie Miller - Institutional Leadership
- Erin Fekete - Institutional Leadership
- Heidi Hancher-Rauch - Outstanding Faculty
- Jean Lee - Outstanding Faculty
- Aaron Kivisto - Outstanding Scholar
- Dan Vice - Teaching in the Core