Texas Tech Honors Outstanding Faculty
April 22, 2014
Dozens of Texas Tech University faculty members were honored April 22 for their quality teaching and research. The awards focus on teaching, research and service, which are the core missions of the university.
Awards Presentations
President's Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Courtney Meyers
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources - Chris Taylor
College of Architecture - Christopher Monico
College of Arts and Sciences - Abigail Swingen
College of Arts and Sciences - Keith Brigham
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration - Charles Crews
College of Education - William Lawson
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering - Malinda Colwell
College of Human Sciences - John Watts
School of Law - Robert Peaslee
College of Media and Communication - Kevin Wass
College of Visual and Performing Arts
President's Academic Achievement Awards
- Roger Barnard
College of Arts and Sciences - Michael Finke
College of Human Sciences - Gerald Dolter
College of Visual and Performing Arts
President’s Book Awards
- Howard Curzer
College of Arts and Sciences - Carolyn Tate
College of Visual and Performing Arts - Stefano D'Amico
College of Arts and Sciences
Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Awards
- Erica Irlbeck
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources - Jeffrey Nesbit
College of Architecture - Leif Ellingson
College of Arts and Sciences - Elizabeth Karam
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration - Donna Brown
College of Education - Stephen Morse
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering - Anne Prouty
College of Human Sciences - Anne Prouty
College of Human Sciences - Alyson Outenreath
School of Law - Kelly Kaufhold
College of Media and Communication - Duane Hill
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Texas Tech Parents Association
Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award
(STEM disciplines)
- Jingyu Lin
- Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
Texas Tech Parents Association
Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award
(Social Science, Humanities, and Creative Arts disciplines)
- Darren Hudson
- College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Outstanding Researcher Awards
- Christian Pongratz
College of Architecture - Stefano D'Amico
College of Arts and Sciences - Robert Morgan
College of Arts and Sciences - Derek Oler
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration - Janet Froeschle
College of Education - Debajyoti Pati
College of Human Sciences - Richard Murphy
School of Law - Erik Bucy
College of Media and Communication - Susan Brumfield
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Emeritus Faculty Certificates
- Kenneth Dixon
- Ernest Fish
- Jerry Hudson
- Paul Johnson
- JoAnn Klinker
- Magne Kristiansen
- Walt Oler
- Janet Pérez
- Sara Waters
- Diane Wood
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor Designations for 2014-2015
- William Hase
College of Arts and Sciences - Jingyu Lin
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
Recognition of Paul Whitfield Horn Professors
- Linda Allen
- Robert Baker
- Loretta Bradley
- William Casto
- Sankar Chatterjee
- Bruce Clarke
- William Conover
- Stefan Estreicher
- Hafid Gafaiti
- Michael Galyean
- Clyde Hendrick
- Susan Hendrick
- Jiang Hongxing
- Shelby Hunt
- Eileen Johnson
- Kenneth Ketner
- David Knaff
- Thomas Knight
- Allan Kuethe
- David Larmour
- Clyde Martin
- Greg McKenna
- Kishor Mehta
- Sunanda Mitra
- W. David Nes
- Frits Ruymgaart
- Henry Shine
- Sindee Simon
- Victoria Sutton
- James Watkins
- Peter Westfall
- William Westney
Horn Professor Graduate Achievement Award
- Dali Wei
Doctoral student in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Jason Derouin
Doctoral student in the School of Art
Recognitions
Teaching Academy Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award
- Department
- Mechanical Engineering
Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award
- Melanie Hart
College of Arts and Sciences - Claudia Cogliser
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration - Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
College of Human Sciences - Brian Shannon
School of Law
Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Research Award
- Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell
College of Arts and Sciences - Mayukh Dass
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration - Sandra Huston
College of Human Sciences - Siva Vanapalli
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
Texas Tech Parents Association Faculty Awards
- Daniel Nathan
Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award - Robert Gonzalez
Hemphill Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award - Wendy Humphrey
Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award for Creativity in Teaching
Gloria Lyerla Memorial Library Research Travel Grants
- Emily Skidmore
- College of Arts and Sciences