Distinguished Advising Award

The Award

Every Spring at Faculty Convocation, the University of Memphis honors two outstanding faculty or professional advisors with the Distinguished Advising Award. Recipients are given plaques and a stipend. The Distinguished Advising Award is funded and sponsored by the University of Memphis Alumni Association.

Selection Process

The selection process begins with nominations by U of M faculty, students, and alumni. The Selection Committee is appointed by the Provost and consists of two faculty, two professional staff, two administrators, the Director of Academic Advising, and a student representative. Final candidates are asked to request supporting letters and submit a dossier.

For more information about the Distinguished Advising Award selection guidelines and procedures, click here.

2013 Award Recipients

• Kriangsiri Malasri, Instructor, Department of Computer Science
• Laurie Snyder, Assistant to the Dean for Undergraduate programs, College of Communication & Fine Arts

Past Award Recipients

2012

• Robert Blanton, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
• Sara Williams, University College

2011

• Anna Bess Sorin, Coordinator of the Biology Advising and Resource Center
• Marion Chiles Powless (BA '83, MA '07), Academic Advising Coordinator for the Department of Psychology

2010

• Dorothy Hale
• Tracy Robinson

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Distinguished Teaching Award

The Award

Every year at Faculty Convocation, the University of Memphis honors four outstanding faculty with the presentation of the Distinguished Teaching Award. Recipients receive individual plaques and awards, and their photographs are displayed in the Administration Building next to the large plaque honoring all those who have previously received the award.

The Distinguished Teaching Award is funded and sponsored by the University of Memphis Alumni Association.

Selection Process

The selection process begins with nominations by U of M full-time faculty, students, and alumni. The Distinguished Teaching Award Committee, which includes former award winners, will select a number of nominees for further consideration. The Committee will also request letters of evaluation from each finalist's administrative head. Then the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee will review all pertinent data, including the student evaluations of all courses taught within the past three years, to select the award winners.

To review the DTA Selection guidelines and procedures, click here.

2013 Award Recipients

• Carrie Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism
• Shawn Rocco Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management
• Ross D. Sackett, Instructor, Department of Anthropology
• Leigh Ann Breckenridge, Clinical Assistant Professor, Loewenberg School of Nursing
  

Distinguished Research Award

2013 Award Recipients

• Guy Mittleman, Distinguished Research in Social Sciences, Business & Law, Professor, Department of Psychology
• Santosh Kumar, Distinguished Research in Science, Engineering & Mathematics, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
• Katherine Grace Hendrix, Distinguished Research in Humanities,
  Professor, Department of Communication
• Kamran Ince, Distinguished Achievement in Creative Arts,
  Professor, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
• Lynda Sagrestano, Excellence in Engaged Scholarship,
  Associate Professor, Center for Research on Women & Department of Psychology
  

Past Award Recipients

2012

• Elizabeth Edwards, Distinguished Achievement in the Creative Arts, Department of Art
• Emily Thrush, Distinguished Research in the Humanities, Department of English
• Margaret Vandiver, Distinguished Research in the Social Sciences, Business and Law, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Sanjay Mishra, Distinguished Research in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Department of Physics
• Joy Clay, Excellence in Engaged Scholarship, Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies

2011

• Cary Holladay, Distinguished Achievement in the Creative Arts, Associate Professor in the Department of English
• Lorelei H. Corcoran, Distinguished Research in the Humanities, Professor of Art History and Director of the Institute for Egyptian Art and Archeology
• Dr. Charles D. Blaha, Distinguished Research in the Social Sciences, Professor in the Department of Psychology
• Dr. Abby L. Parrill, Distinguished Research in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry

2010

• John (Jack) Cooper
• Charles W. Crawford
• Danielle McNamara
• Robert Kozma