University Awards
2024-2025
- Excellence in teaching: Bill Engel and Shuler Hopkins
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Andrea Mansker
- Excellence in service to the institution: Julian Ledford
- Excellence in academic advising: Evan Joslin
2023-2024
- Excellence in teaching: Misha Rai
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Kristen Cecala
- Excellence in service to the institution: Andrea Hatcher
- Excellence in academic advising: Christopher Shelley
2022-2023
- Excellence in teaching: Lily Thompson
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Stephanie McCarter
- Excellence in service to the institution: Elise Kikis and Amy Patterson
- Excellence in academic advising: Maha Jafri
2021-2022
- Excellence in teaching: Kate Cammack
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: David Haskell and Ben Mangrum
- Excellence in service to the institution: Jennifer Matthews
- Excellence in advising: Julian Ledford and Liesl Allingham
2020-2021
- Excellence in teaching: Emily Puckette
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Sean Patrick O'Rourke and Celeste Ray
- Excellence in service to the institution: Clint Smith and Alyssa Summers
- Excellence in advising: Aaron Elrod
2019-2020
- Excellence in teaching: Clint Smith
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: John Gatta
- Excellence in service to the institution: Donna Murdock
- Excellence in advising: Al Bardi
2018-2019
- Excellence in teaching: Melody Lehn
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Woody Register
- Excellence in service to the institution: Stephanie McCarter
2017-2018
- Excellence in teaching: Catherine Cavagnaro
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Pradip Malde
- Excellence in service to the institution: Pamela Macfie
2016-2017
- Excellence in teaching: George Poe
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Bill Engel and Amy Patterson
- Excellence in service to the institution: Ruth Sanchez
2015-2016
- Excellence in teaching: Angela Jordan and Kevin Wilson
- Excellence in scholarship and/or creative production: Greg Clark
- Excellence in service to the institution: Deborah McGrath and Betsy Sandlin
International, National, and Regional Awards (selected and recent)
2024-2025
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Guggenheim Fellowship: Stephanie McCarter
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Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award: Stephanie Batkie
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Nomination for the 67th Grammy Awards: Kerry Ginger, Erik Gustafson, and Sarah Rimkus
2023-2024
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Southeastern Section of the Mathmatical Association of America's Distinguished Teaching Award: Anne Duffee
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Acoustical Society of America's Science Communication Award: David Haskell
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Harold Morton Landon Translation Award: Stephanie McCarter
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Kennan Institute Senior Scholar Fellowship: Susanna Weygandt
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TN Arts Commission Fellowship: Elyzabeth Wilder
2020-2021
- National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Fellowship: Sean Patrick O'Rourke
2019-2020
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National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern: Kerry Ginger
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American Association of University Women (AAUW) Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: Maha Jafri
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Southern States Communication Association J. Donald Ragsdale Award for Excellence in Mentorship: Sean Patrick O'Rourke
2018-2019
- Federal Aviation Administration Safety Representative of the Year: Catherine Cavagnaro
- Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee: Catherine Cavagnaro
- John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing: David Haskell
2017-2018
- American Psychological Association Outstanding Contribution to the Science of Trauma Psychology: Sherry Hamby
- China Times Openbook Best Book for Life Award: David Haskell
- Society for the Teaching of Psychology's Jane Halonen Teaching Excellence Award for Early Career Faculty: Jordan Troisi
- Southern States Communication Association Dwight L. Freshley Award for Outstanding New Teacher: Melody Lehn
2016-2017
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Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance: Kerry Ginger
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Dapeng Nature Writing Award: David Haskell
2015-2016
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Southern States Communication Association Outreach Award for Facilitating the Success and Access of Under-Represented Populations: Sean Patrick O'Rourke
- Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association's Jacqueline Elliott Award for Outstanding Service: Laurie Anne Ramsey
2014-2015
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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship: Mila Dragojevic
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John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship: David Haskell
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American Psychological Association Early Career Achievement Award: Jordan Troisi