Professional Development

Faculty Honors and Awards 2021

The University of South Florida is proud to be the home to an immensely talented and dedicated group of distinguished scholars and faculty. Congratulations to our 2021 awardees. 

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Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award

John Adams, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research
Ryan Carney, Integrative Biology
George Davis, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Richard Heller, Medical Engineering
Mark Jaroszeski, Medical Engineering
Autar Kaw, Mechanical Engineering
Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Computer Science and Engineering
Lynn Martin, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research
Sunil Mithas, School of Information Systems and Management
Ivan Oleynik, Physics
Matthew Pasek, School of Geosciences
Christopher Passaglia, Medical Engineering
Manh-Huong Phan, Physics
Lindsey Rodriguez, Psychology
Brad Seibel, Comparative Environmental Physiology
Patriann Smith, Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning
Robert Tykot, Anthropology
Edelyn Verona, Psychology
Christian Wells, Anthropology
Henry Woodcock, Chemistry
Sarah Yuan, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology

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Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award

Jerome Breslin, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Yu Chen, Molecular Medicine
Aisha Durham, Communication

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Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award (Honorable Mention)

Adam Clum, Health Sciences Program

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Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

Jeanette Abrahamsen, Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Chantale Begin, Integrative Biology
Laurel Friedman, Communication
Alessio Gaspar, Computer Science & Engineering

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2019-20 Excellence in Innovation Award

Sriram Chellappan, Computer Science and Engineering
Summer Decker, Radiology
Jonathan Ford, Radiology
Sara Smith, Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education

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Excellence in Research, Pre-Tenure Award

Hadi Charkhgard, Industrial and Management Systems

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Excellence in Research, Tenured Award

Sarah Yuan, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology

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Retirement

Marilyn Bertch, School of Theatre and Dance
Karen Bryan, School of Music
Patricia Carr, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Wei Chen, Physics
Maritza Chinea-Thornberry, World Languages
Karen Colucci ,Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education
Antoinette Criss, Economics
Reba Garth, Student Support Services
Richard Gilbert, Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering
Jim Gray, Administrative Services
Mark Hafen, School of Public Affairs
Frances Hopf, Mathematics and Statistics
Melvin James, Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Steven Jones, English
Michael T. Kleiman, Sociology
Sao-kang (Scott) Liu, Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Cathy Marquez, Academic Advising
John (Brian) Moorhead, School of Music
Lawrence Morehouse, School of Interdisciplinary & Global Studies
Salvatore Morgera, Electrical Engineering
Suzanne Murray, History
Nancy Muscato, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Victoria Panzer, School of Marketing & Innovation
Cheryl Paul, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Frederick Pearce ,Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Scott Rimbey, Mathematics and Statistics
Susan Silver, Library Student Success
Antone (Tony) Silvia, Journalism & Digital Communication
Teri Simpson, School of Social Work
Debra Smith, Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Noel Smith, University Galleries
Philip Smith, Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education
James Unnever, Criminology

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Retirement & Emeritus

Raymond Arsenault, History
John Belohlavek, History
Robert Benford, Sociology
Michael T. Brannick, Psychology
Thomas Carter, Economics
Rita Ciresi, English
Thomas Crisman, School of Geosciences
Christopher Davis, School of Information Systems and Management
Donna Davis, School of Information Systems and Management
Mark Goldman, Psychology
Jorge Lockhart, Urology
Carol MacKinnon-Lewis, Child and Family Studies
Manoug Manougian, Mathematics and Statistics
Earl McCoy, Integrative Biology
Gerry Meisels, Chemistry
Barbara Langland, Orban College of Public Health
Charles (Chuck) Owen, School of Music
Judith Ponticell, Office of the Dean
Audrey Powers, Library Student Success
Marc Powers, School of Theatre and Dance
Richard Roetzheim, Family Medicine
Lori Roscoe, Communication
Paul Solomon, School of Marketing & Innovation
Barbara Spector, Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning
Frederick Steier, Communication
Stephen Thornton, Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning
Laurie Woodard, Family Medicine

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Emeritus

James A. Duplass,  Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning