Faculty and Staff Awards

Faculty and Staff Award Criteria

The Faculty and Staff Awards are granted each Spring at the COE End of Year Meeting. Recipients are nominated by colleagues and chosen by a committee of COE faculty and staff. The Ellery Earl Crader Award committee is open only to previous Crader Award winner. See criteria for each award below.

• Outstanding Contributions by a Staff Member
• Excellence in Faculty Research and Scholarship
• Excellence in Faculty Teaching
• Excellence in Faculty Service
• Excellence in Faculty Mentoring
• Ellery Earl Crader Professor of Education Award

2022 Dean’s Summer Research Faculty Fellowships Recipients

• Patrick Murphy, CEPR
• Anna Falkner, ICL
• Edith Gnanadass, LEAD

2022 Faculty Research Grant Award Winners

• Ashley Batastini, CEPR, “Perceptions, Options, and Barriers in the Treatment of the Justice Involved”
• Genia Bettencourt, LEAD, “Examining the Experiences of Student Caregivers”
• Daniel Collier, LEAD, “Winning in West Tennessee”
• Anna Falkner, ICL, “Contexts for Learning About Race & Racism in the Early Grades”
• Denise Winsor, CEPR, “Middle School Students Stress and Coping  During COVID-19: Exploring Teacher and Parent Perspectives on Student Growth Mindset”

2022 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards