Each year COLA recognizes outstanding faculty and staff: the best of the best. Congratulations to this year’s honorees!
On this page:
- 2025 Recipients
- 2024 Recipients
- 2023 Recipients
- 2022 Recipients
- 2021 Recipients
- 2020 Recipients
- 2019 Recipients
- 2018 Recipients
- 2017 Recipients
2025 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member: TET
Hope Jennings
COLA Outstanding Teaching: TET
Jeannie Marchand
COLA Outstanding Research: TET
Lee Hannah
COLA Outstanding Professional Service: TET
Sean Pollock
COLA Outstanding Teaching: NTE
Adam Kluck
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member: NTE
Jean-MIchel Lamoine
COLA Outstanding Service: NTE
Michelle Cipriano
COLA Outstanding Adjunct
A'Maria Carter
COLA Outstanding Staff
Tracey Hill
2024 Recipients
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Professional Service Award—TET
Greg Hellems
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Faculty Award—NTE
Stephen Wadsack
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Staff Award
Parker Bowling
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teaching Award – TET
Donovan Miyasaki
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Adjunct Award
Emily Yantis-Houser
2023 Recipients
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Faculty
Vaughn Shannon
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teaching Award
Marie Thompson
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Research Award
Deborah Crusan
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE)
Robert (Bobby) Rubin
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty: Teaching
Gretchen McNamara
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Adjunct Award
Robert Hunkeler
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Staff
Shirley Barber
University Professor
In-Hong Cha
2022 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty Service Award
Steven Aldredge
COLA Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty Award
Dorothy Alvarez
COLA Outstanding Teaching Award
Carlos Costa
COLA Outstanding Research Award
Erin Flanagan
COLA Outstanding Staff
Tracey Hill
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Pam Knauert Lavarnay
COLA Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty Teaching Award
Karine Ould-Daddah
COLA Outstanding Adjunct Award
Arliss Perry
COLA Outstanding Faculty Professional Service Award
Daniel Warshawsky
2021 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Karen Lahm
COLA Outstanding Teaching Award
Amy Hubbard
COLA Outstanding Research Award
Drew Swanson
COLA Outstanding Professional Service Award
Noeleen McIlvenna
COLA Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty Award
Sarah McGinley
COLA Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty: Teaching
Jamie Cordes
COLA Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible (NTE) Faculty: Service
Cynthia Marshall Burns
COLA Outstanding Adjunct Award
Sally Struthers
COLA Outstanding Staff Award
Carly Kimmins
2020 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Liam Anderson
COLA Outstanding Teaching Award
Jessica Penwell Barnett
COLA Outstanding Research Award
Jen Ware
COLA Outstanding Professional Service Award
Susan Carrafiello
COLA Outstanding Early Career Achievement
Josh McCabe
COLA Outstanding Community Engagement
Irena Joseph
COLA Outstanding Lecturer Award
Aaron Wolpert
Outstanding Adjunct Award
Erin Robbins
COLA Outstanding Staff Award
Becca Webb
2019 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Community Engagement
Jennie Buckwalter
COLA Outstanding Professional Service Award
Rebecca Edwards
COLA Outstanding Early Career Achievement
Ashley Hall
COLA Outstanding Teacher Award
Karen Lahm
COLA Outstanding Research Award
Crystal Lake
COLA Outstanding Lecturer Award
Laurel Monnig
COLA Outstanding Staff Award
Amy Neace
COLA Outstanding Adjunct Award
Thomas Sobieski
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Kelli Zaytoun
2018 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Laura Luehrmann
COLA Outstanding Teaching Award and Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching Award
Kirsten Halling
COLA Outstanding Research Award
Marlese Durr
COLA Outstanding Professional Service Award and Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service Award
Stuart McDowell
COLA Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award and Wright State Early Career Achievement Award
Lee Hannah
COLA Outstanding Community Engagement Award and Wright State Community Engagement Award
Thomas Fenton
COLA Outstanding Lecturer Award
Sarah McGinley
COLA Outstanding Adjunct Award
Tomoko Tsuzuki-Deboer
COLA Outstanding Staff Award
Susan Schultheis
2017 Recipients
COLA Outstanding Faculty Member
Kathryn Meyer
COLA Outstanding Teaching Award
Noeleen McIlvenna
COLA Outstanding Research Award and Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research Award
Valerie Stoker
COLA Outstanding Professional Service Award and Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service Award
Jennifer Subban
COLA Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award
Lance Greene
COLA Outstanding Community Engagement Award
Jeannette Horwitz
COLA Outstanding Lecturer Award
David Hapner
COLA Outstanding Adjunct Award
Chris Wydham
COLA Outstanding Staff Award
Marie Donohue