The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences recognizes the accomplishments of more than 50 faculty members (listed below) who garnered major College and University awards, as well as significant national and international distinctions, over the past academic year (through March 2014).
College and University Awards
Collegiate Fellow
Colin Gordon, History
Kevin Kregel, Health and Human Physiology
Collegiate Scholar
Claire Fox, English; Spanish and Portuguese
Susan Chrysler White, Art and Art History
Dean’s Scholar
Sarah Kanouse, Art and Art History
Randall McEntaffer, Physics and Astronomy
Collegiate Teaching Award
Amber Brian, Spanish and Portuguese
Will Jennings, Rhetoric
Paul Kalina, Theatre Arts
Randall McEntaffer, Physics and Astronomy
Kristine Muñoz, Communication Studies
David Peate, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Collegiate Teaching Award (Honorable Mention)
Stephen Berry, Journalism and Mass Communication
Sara Sanders, Social Work
CLAS Outstanding Outreach and Public Engagement Award
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, Art and Art History; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
Vincent Rodgers, Physics and Astronomy
Creative Distinguished Achievement in Research Award, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Ed Folsom, English
Distinguished Achievement Award, Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women
Teresa Mangum, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
May Brodbeck Humanities Fellowship
Phillip Round, English
Regents Awards for Faculty Excellence
Michael Flatté, Physics and Astronomy
Sarah Larsen, Chemistry
President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence
Jay Holstein, Religious Studies
Scholar of the Year, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Vicki Grassian, Chemistry
Elected Fellow in Scholarly Association
Fellow, Academic Leadership Program, Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, Art and Art History; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Advanced Research Collaborative, City University of New York Graduate Center
Sarah Bruch, Sociology
Elected Member, The College of Fellows of the American Theatre
Alan MacVey, Theatre Arts
Fellow, American Physical Society
Thomas Boggess, Physics and Astronomy
Simon's Fellow in Mathematics, Simon Foundation
Rodica Curtu, Mathematics
Hao Fang, Mathematics
Stanford Humanities Center External Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center
Marquis Berrey, Classics
Stewart Fellow in the Princeton Humanities Council, Princeton University
Frederick Smith, Religious Studies; Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Fellow, Electrochemical Society
Johna Leddy, Chemistry
Research Awards
E. Ph. Goldschmidt Fellowship, Rare Book School
Adam Hooks, English
Research Fellowship, Loeb Classical Library Foundation
John Finamore, Classics
Mid-Career Investigator Award, North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
Kristian Markon, Psychology
Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics for Early Career Researchers—Concept Phase, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Randall McEntaffer, Physics and Astronomy
Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University
Stephanie Jones-Rogers, History; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
Research Award, Comparative Cognition Society
Edward Wasserman, Psychology
Richard P. Feynman Postdoctoral Fellowship
Scott Baalrud, Physics and Astronomy
Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art
Robert Bork, Art and Art History
Wolfram Innovator Award, Wolfram Research
Keith Stroyan, Mathematics
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Sara Mason, Chemistry
Disciplinary and Professional Honors
Award for Distinguished Public Service, American Mathematical Society
Philip Kutzko, Mathematics
Distinguished Achievement Citation, Ohio Wesleyan University
Ed Folsom, English
National Council on the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities
Katherine Tachau, History
National Humanities Medal, National Endowment for the Arts
Marilynne Robinson, Creative Writing
Outreach Prize, American Philological Association
Robert Ketterer, Classics
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineering, National Institutes of Health
Randall McEntaffer, Physics and Astronomy
Officers in Professional Organizations
Chair, American Physical Division of Plasma Physics
Frederick Skiff, Physics and Astronomy
Elected Vice Chair, Division of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
Michael Flatté, Physics and Astronomy
Publication and Creative Awards
Best Conference Paper in Political Networks Prize, American Political Science Association
Frederick Boehmke, Political Science
Best Instructional Software Award, American Political Science Association
G.R. Boynton, Political Science
Editorial Board Selection, 75th Anniversary, Public Administration Review
Caroline Tolbert, Political Science
Editor's Award, American Journal of Audiology
Lenore Holte, Communication Sciences and Disorders
J. Bruce Tomblin, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Fromm Commission, Fromm Music Foundation, Harvard University
David Gompper, Music
Honorable Mention, Oscar G. Brockett Essay Prize, jointly awarded by the American Society for Theatre Research and the Oscar G. Brockett Center of Theatre History and Criticism, The University of Texas at Austin
Kim Marra, Theatre Arts; American Studies
Katherine Singer Kovács Outstanding Essay Award, Society of Cinema and Media Studies
Paula Amad, Cinematic Arts
Library Lions Award, New York Public Library
Marilynne Robinson, Creative Writing
Man Booker International Prize Finalist, Booker Prize Foundation
Marilynne Robinson, Creative Writing
The Nick Aaron Ford-Waters Edward Turpin Symposium on African American Literature Award, Morgan State University
Michael Hill, English
The Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Press
Marilynne Robinson, Creative Writing
Awards to Emeritus Faculty
Robert T. Aangeenbrug Distinguished Career Award, Association of American Geographers
Gerard Rushton, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences