Robert O. Lawton Professors<\/a>, will be recognized at the Faculty Awards Celebration on April 21.<\/p>\n Other 2026 Faculty Award winners: <\/p>\n
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award<\/p>\n
Mikayla Blue, Division of Undergraduate Studies and College of Fine Arts Laura Damren, Chapman Center for Academic Advising & Student Success Sue Jung, Department of Computer Science Bret Keating, Division of Undergraduate Studies <\/p>\n
Honors Thesis Mentor Award<\/p>\n
Andrew Ballard, Department of Political Science Tarez Graban, Department of English Elizabeth Hammock, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience <\/p>\n
Undergraduate Research Mentor Award<\/p>\n
Jizhe Cai, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering <\/p>\n
Outstanding Teaching in the Major<\/p>\n
Whitney Bendeck, International Affairs Sharanya Jayaraman, Department of Computer Science Angie Kovarik, Rockwood School of Marketing Jorge Piekarewicz, Department of Physics Spencer Pierce, Department of Accounting Ebrahim Randeree, College of Communication & Information Kamal Tawfiq, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sana Tibi, School of Communication Science and Disorders Leslie Wooten, College of Nursing <\/p>\n
Foundational Course Excellence Award<\/p>\n
Kimberly Davidson, College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Kenneth Hanson, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Kevin Little, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry David McNutt, Department of Biological Science <\/p>\n
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award<\/p>\n
Simona Andrei, Department of Economics Malbor Asllani, Department of Mathematics Pedro Fernandez-Caban, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Jaejin Lee, School of Communication Rachel Lumsden, College of Music Elizabeth Ray, School of Communication Aaron Thomas, School of Theatre Henry Wang, College of Law Joseph Watso, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Science <\/p>\n
Student-Centered Teaching and Mentoring Award<\/p>\n
Carrie Danielson, College of Music Mia Liza Lustria, School of Information Elizabeth Madden, School of Communication Science and Disorders Allison McHugh, College of Nursing Hui Wang, Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering <\/p>\n
Innovation in Teaching Award<\/p>\n
Kyle Hodgen, College of Applied Sciences Meghan Mick, Department of Interior Architecture & Design <\/p>\n
Excellence in Online Teaching Award<\/p>\n
April Powell, School of Communication Science and Disorders <\/p>\n
Community Engaged Teaching Award<\/p>\n
Erica Cuffy, College of Social Work <\/p>\n
Community Engaged Research Partnership Award<\/p>\n
Ming Cui, Department of Human Development and Family Science Ayesha Khurshid, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Jayur Mehta, Department of Anthropology Alysia Roehrig, Department of Educational Psychology & Learning Systems Stephanie Zuilkowski, Learning Systems Institute <\/p>\n
Graduate Faculty Mentor Award<\/p>\n
Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Andrea De Giorgi, Department of Classics Kenneth Hanson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Zhe He, School of Information Yan-Yan Hu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Jon Maner, Department of Psychology <\/p>\n
Developing Scholar Award<\/p>\n
David Braithwaite, Department of Psychology Ravinder Nagpal, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences Joel Smith, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Qian Yin, Department of Biological Science <\/p>\n
Distinguished University Scholar Award<\/p>\n
Deloise Lima, College of Music <\/p>\n
Distinguished Research Professor Award<\/p>\n
Vladimir Dobrosavljevic, Department of Physics Hui Li, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Jon Maner, Department of Psychology Michael Shatruk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry <\/p>\n
Developing Specialized Faculty Award<\/p>\n
Casey Sammarco, School of Theatre <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her courses are designed to support students at a variety of levels, beginning with foundational concepts and building…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[56742,80237,106910,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-242053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-college-of-arts-and-sciences","tag-department-of-psychology","tag-distinguished-teacher-award","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}