2021 Faculty Honors and Awards
Presidential Excellence Awards
Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities
Professor/Associate Professor Rank
Cyrus Cassells III, English
Excellence in Teaching
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Rank
Brian Cooper, Geography
Presidential Distinction Awards
Teaching
Yasmine Beale-Rosano-Rivaya, World Languages & Literatures
Lynn Crossett, Political Science
Louie Dean Valencia, History
Scholarly/Creative
Amitai Abramovitch, Psychology
Emily Brunson, Anthropology
Jennifer Devine, Geography
Service
Gayle Bouzard, Sociology
Angela Murphy, History
Thomas Varacalli, Political Science
Nancy Wilson, English
Distinguished Professor Emeriti
John Davis, Psychology
Richard Earl, Geography
University Professor Emeriti
Vicki Brittain, Political Science
Richard Earl, Geography
Dickie Heaberlin, English
Elvin Holt, English
University Associate Professor Emeriti
Pierre Cagniart, History
Golden Apple Awards
Teaching
Yasmine Beale-Rosano-Rivaya, World Languages & Literatures
Brian Cooper, Geography
Louie Dean Valencia, History
Scholarly/Creative
Amitai Abramovitch, Psychology
Cyrus Cassells III, English
Service
Gayle Bouzard, Sociology
Nancy Wilson, English
College Achievement Awards
Teaching
Beatriz Aldana Marquez, Sociology
Dwonna Goldstone, History
Sherri Mora, Political Science
Yihong Yuan, Geography
Scholarly/Creative
Deborah Cunningham, Anthropology
James Reeves, English
John Tiefenbacher, Geography
Toni Watt, Sociology
Service
Jennifer Clegg-Petz, Psychology
Michael Conner, World Languages & Literatures
Kimberly Meitzen, Geography
David Navarro, World Languages & Literatures
Texas State University System
Regents Teacher
Rachel Romero, Sociology
Texas State University System
Regents Professor
Patricia Shields, Political Science
University Distinguished Professor
Susan Morrison, English
Mariel Muir Mentoring Award
Aimee Kendall Roundtree, English
Part-Time Faculty Excellence in
Teaching Award
Peter Siegenthaler, History
Alumni Association Teaching Award
Jeffrey Helgeson, History
Tenure and Promotion
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Todd Ahlman, Anthropology
Tenure / Associate Professor
Amitai Abramovitch, Psychology
Matthew Clement, Sociology
Jennifer Devine, Geography
Jennifer duBois, English
Michelle Edwards, Sociology
Seoyoun Kim, Sociology
Professor
Krista Howard, Psychology
Jennifer Jensen, Geography
David Kilby, Anthropology
Excellence in Research Funding and
Sponsored Programs
Natalie Ceballos and Reiko Graham, Psychology
Jennifer Clegg-Petz, Psychology
Catherine Jaffe, World Languages & Literatures
Aimee Kendall Roundtree, English
NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor
Yasmine Beale-Rosano-Rivaya, World Languages & Literatures
Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Southwest Studies
Jason Reed, School of Art & Design
Faculty Service Awards
Ten Years
Sarah Angulo, Psychology
Alejandro Barcenas Pardo, Philosophy
Sarah Blue, Geography
Jason Coates, English
David Dietrich, Sociology
Doug Dorst, English
Joseph Falocco, English
Billy Fields, Political Science
Robert Fischer, Philosophy
William Kelemen, Psychology
Christopher Margrave, English
Ivan Marquez, Philosophy
Sophia Mavroudas, Anthropology
Laura Sims, English
Ellen Tillman, History
Daniel Wescott, Anthropology
Carmen Westerberg, Psychology
Fifteen Years
Yasmine Beale-Rosano-Rivaya, World Languages & Literatures
Natalie Ceballos, Psychology
Kyong Hee Chee, Sociology
Joseph Etherton, Psychology
Trace Etienne, History
Neill Hadder, Anthropology
Ronald Hagelman, Geography
Osvaldo Muñiz Solari, Geography
Angela Murphy, History
Nathan Pino, Sociology
Nandhini Rangarajan, Political Science
Rebekah Ross, Philosophy
Gloria Velásquez, World Languages & Literatures
Paul Wilson, Philosophy
Twenty Years
Lynn Crossett, Political Science
Maria Diocares, World Languages & Literatures
Craig Hanks, Philosophy
Twenty Years, cont.
Yongmei Lu, Geography
Debarun Majumdar, Sociology
Kelly Mosel-Talavera, Sociology
Randall Osborne, Psychology
Toni Watt, Sociology
Twenty-Five Years
Lucy Harney, World Languages & Literatures
Rebecca Jackson, English
Teya Rosenberg, English
Thirty Years
Cecilia Castillo, Political Science
Thirty-Five Years
Catherine Jaffe, World Languages & Literatures
Forty Years
Rebecca Bell-Metereau, English
Forty-Five Years
Vincent Luizzi, Philosophy
Faculty Retirements
Mark Carter, Geography
Ana Juarez, Anthropology
Kathryn Ledbetter, English
Cynthia Opheim, Political Science