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Faculty Awards

Annual Awards

Distinguished Faculty Address

Each year the University recognizes the work of one faculty member whose achievements in research, scholarship, and teaching place that person in the front ranks of his or her discipline. The institution invites that individual to deliver a Distinguished Faculty Address to the University community. The nominee should be a current faculty member on appointment, and be available during the spring semester to present the address.

Criteria

Criteria for the honor of being invited to deliver this address include:

  •  National/international distinction for original contributions to their discipline;
  •  Receipt of extramural support;
  •  National/international service; and
  •  Achievements in undergraduate and/or graduate education.

Application Process

Nominators are asked to submit the nomination form, a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and a narrative of 1000 words or less, stating why the nominee meets the award criteria and is deserving of the award.

Please do not submit additional information during the initial phase.  At a later date, for those nominees moving forward for secondary consideration, the nominator(s) will be asked to provide additional supporting information. Representative examples of additional information may include:

  • A brief description of the nominee’s position at Washington State University and the approximate percentages of assignment to instruction, service, and research, scholarship or arts.
  • An interpretive evaluation of the nominee’s contribution in relation to the award, including a summary of major accomplishments and evidence of impact on the nominee’s field and students.  In the evaluation, please directly address the criteria for the award.
  • Up to three letters of endorsement from individuals who can evaluate the nominee’s contribution relevant to the award.
  • A list of honors or recognitions received.
  • A list of invited addresses and other honors related to the nominee’s contribution.
  • A list of graduate students for whom they served as major professor.
  • A recent summary of teaching evaluations, courses taught (going back five years, and including, if available, response rates and college average) and class sizes.

Previous Award Recipients

2024 Distinguished Faculty Address, Hans Van Dongen

2023 Distinguished Faculty Address, Cheryl Schultz

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2022 Distinguished Faculty Address, Keri McCarthy

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2021 Distinguished Faculty Address, Amit Bandyopadhyay

2020 Distinguished Faculty Address, Patricia Hunt

2019 Distinguished Faculty Address, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe

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2018 Distinguished Faculty Address, Susmita Bose

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2017 Distinguished Faculty Address, Douglas Call

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2016 Distinguished Faculty Address, Michael Skinner

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Award Recipients

Year
Name
Department
2024Hans Van DongenDepartment of Translational Medicine and Physiology
2023Cheryl B. SchultzSchool of Biological Sciences
2022Keri McCarthySchool of Music
2021Amit BandyopadhyayMechanical and Materials Engineering
2020Patricia HuntSchool of Molecular Biosciences
2019Maureen Schmitter-EdgecombeDepartment of Psychology
2018Susmita BoseSchool of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Herman and Brita Lindhold Endowed Chair
2017Douglas CallSchool of Global Animal Health
2016Michael SkinnerSchool of Biological Sciences
2015Gerald BerthiaumeSchool of Music
2014Raymond ReevesSchool of Molecular Biosciences
2013Kenneth L. NashDepartment of Chemistry
2012B.W. "Joe" PoovaiahDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
2011Timothy A. KohlerDepartment of Anthropology
2010Nancy MagnusonSchool of Molecular Biosciences
2009Wendy C. BrownVeterinary Microbiology and Pathology
2008
Gregory W. YasinitskySchool of Music
2007
Eugene A. RosaDepartment of Sociology
2006
John P. ReganoldCrop and Soil Sciences
2005
Mark G. KuzykDepartment of Physics
2004
Kenneth L. CasavantAgricultural and Resource Economics
2003
Gerald E. EdwardsSchool of Biological Sciences
2002
Kerry W. HippsChemistry and Materials Science
2001
Jerry J. ReevesAnimal Sciences
2000
Michael J. SmerdonBiochemistry and Biophysics
1999
Gerald L. HazelbauerBiochemistry and Biophysics
1998
Douglas E. SoltisBotany
1997
John N. ThompsonBotany and Zoology
1996
Albert J. von FrankEnglish and American Studies
1995
Frances K. McSweeneyPsychology
1994
Michael GriswoldBiochemistry
1993
Leroy AshbyHistory
1992
Louis P. Mallavia
Microbiology and Biology
1991
J. Thomas DickinsonPhysics and Chemical Physics
1990
Linda RandallBiochemistry/Biophysics
1989
Travis McGuireVetrinary Microbiology/Pathology
1988
No lecturer chosen
1987*
Patrick MorganPolitical Science
1986
James CookPlant Pathology/USDA
1985
Donald A. DillmanRural Sociology
1984
Donald S. MattesonChemistry
1983
Ralph G. YountBiochemistry
1982
Phillip D. GollnickPhysical Education
1981
Glenn A. CrosbyChemical Physics
Edna DouglasEconomics and Business Administration
1980Theodore G. OstromMathematics
Pappachan E. KolattukudyAgric. Chem./IBC
1979James R. KingZoology
Richard L. OttVetrinary Medicine
1978
Donald C. OrlichEducation
George E. DuvallPhysics
1977
Robert E. AckermanAnthropology
Igor L. KosinForeign Languages and Literature
1976
Milton RokeachSocial Research Center
Burt D. HarrisonCommunications
1975
Noe HiginbothamBotany
Rexford DaubenmireBotany
1974
Bruce McFaddenBiochemistry
John R. GorhamVeterinary Pathology
1973
Lois DeFleurSociology
Leonard B. KirschenerZoophysiology
1972
Istvan NadasMusic
Robert SterlingFine Arts
1971
Richard D. DaughertyAnthropology
Maurice T. JamesEntomology
1970
Henry GrosshansUniversity Editor/History
Howard C. PayneHistory
1969
Eldon S. HendricksenBusiness Administration
C. S. HoltonPlant Pathology
1968
Donald W. BushawMathematics
Ruth SlonimEnglish
1967
William BandPhysics
James C. NelsonEconomics
1966
James F. ShortSociology
Milton A. MaxwellSociology
1965
James McGinnisAnimal Nutrition/Poultry Science
Frederick L. MarcusePsychology
1964
Robert A. NilanGenetics/Agronomy
Donald S. FarnerZoophysiology
1963
George LaisnerFine Arts
H. Paul CastleberryPolitical Science
1962Donald A. WellsPhilosophy
Herbert L. EastlickZoology
1961
George G. MarraMaterial Science Engineering
Carl M. StevensChemistry/Biochemistry
1960
Emmett L. AveryEnglish
George W. FischerPlant Pathology
1959
John GuthrieEconomics
Herbert J. WoodHistory
1958
Harold DodgenChemistry/Physics
Claudius O. JohnsonPolitical Science