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 OF ECONOMICS (1998)

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.

• Daniel Edmund O'Sullivan - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2008)
• SHERI F RIETH - INTERIM 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 OF ENGLISH (2004)
• Ethel Young Scurlock - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (2003)
• Samir A Husni - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM AND HEDERMAN LECTURER (2002)
• 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 & 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

• Alan M Gross - PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL TRAINING (2007)
• Joseph P Ward - CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2006)

Staff Council Award - EEO3

• JANETTE HUMBER ROBERTSON - VISITING INSTRUCTOR IN JOURNALISM (1991)

Staff Council Award - EEO4

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

Staff Council Award - EEO5

• JEFFREY W HOWELL - COMPUTER TECHNICIAN (2001)

Staff Council Award - EEO6

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

Faculty Achievement Award

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

• 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 - 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

• Aileen Ajootian - CHAIR 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)
• MARJORIE POTTS - SENIOR SECRETARY (2004)
• James M O'Neal - COORDINATOR OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS ADVISING AND 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 EMERITUS OF THE GEORGE MCLEAN CENTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1998)
• BARBARA B LEETON - ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN (1996)
• Patricia C Treloar - ACTING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES AND INSTRUCTOR IN MATHEMATICS (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.

• 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 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 AND DIRECTOR, SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY (2001)
• Holly T Reynolds - ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (2000)
• Walter E Cleland - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (1997)
• HANS-JURGEN GAYCKEN - PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (1996)
• PAUL K LAGO - INTERIM 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 AND VISITING 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.

• 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 EMERITUS OF THE GEORGE 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 & 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.

• Daniel Edmund O'Sullivan - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2008)
• Jeffrey R Watt - PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (2007)
• Ann Fisher-Wirth - PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (2006)
• Aileen Ajootian - CHAIR 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 (2003)
• William F Lawhead - CHAIR & PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION (2002)
• BENJAMIN F FISHER - PROFESSOR 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)