Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service

The University Faculty Senate administers the Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service to the University and the State of Iowa. Awards are given each year to faculty members who have made effective contributions over a period of years and have demonstrated exceptional imagination and dedication to improving the University and/or meeting the needs of its external constituencies. Awardees have engaged in diverse formal and informal activities in faculty governance, committee work, policy improvement, program creation, aid to external constituencies, and other areas of importance to the University and the State.

Below are listed the CLAS faculty who have received the award since it was established in 1990.

2012

  • Michael O'Hara, Psychology
  • Rachel Williams, Art & Art History

2010

  • Katherine Tachau, History

2009

  • Thomas Walz, Social Work (emeritus)

2008

  • Teresa Mangum, English
  • John Menninger, Biology

2007

  • Edward Wasserman, Psychology

2006

  • Barbara Eckstein, English
  • Lisa Troyer, Sociology

2005

  • Kate Gfeller, Music/Communication Sciences & Disorders

2004

  • Richard Hurtig, Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Susan Schechter, Social Work (posthumous)

2003

  • Amitava Bhattacharjee, Physics & Astronomy
  • Philip Kutzko, Mathematics
  • Steve McGuire, Art & Art History/Education

2002

  • Susan Birrell, Health & Sport Studies

2000

  • Adalaide Morris, English

1999

  • Eugene Spaziani, Biology

1998

  • Miriam Gilbert, English
  • Edward Kottick, Music

1995

  • Alan Nagel, English/Comparative Literature

1994

  • Bruce Gronbeck, Communication Studies

1991

  • Dee Norton, Psychology
  • Russell Ross, Political Science

1990

  • Sam Becker, Communication Studies
  • N. Peggy Burke, Physical Education