Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs
adrianaMartha Cottam, professor, politics, philosophy, and public affairs, won the WSU Graduate School’s 2018 Graduate School Mentor Academy Award for Excellence.
Martha Cottam, professor, politics, philosophy, and public affairs, won the WSU Graduate School’s 2018 Graduate School Mentor Academy Award for Excellence.
Chioma Heim, undergraduate advisor, psychology, won a 2018 WSU Leadership and Engagement Award of Distinction for staff.
Abere Church, Steven Hobaica, Shari Reiter, Emily Faust, Catherine Sumida, Kyle Schofield, Madeline Nagel, Greg Keiser, and Austin Lau, graduate students, psychology, serving as officers of the WSU Diversity and Ethics in Psychology Chapter, won a 2018 WSU Leadership and Engagement Award of Distinction for student organizations. Paul Kwon, professor, serves as the group’s faculty advisor.
Marina Tolmacheva, professor, history, delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Association of Washington Historians at Yakima Valley College.
Matthew Tatz, graduate student, music, won third place in the 2018 Northwest Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference held at Central Washington University.
Emily Helmer, graduate student, anthropology, won the 2018 Outstanding Student Paper Award from the Northwest Anthropological Association.
Lee W, Daffin, clinical assistant professor, psychology, won the Excellence In Online Teaching Award from WSU Global Campus.
Elly Sweet, clinical assistant professor, biological sciences, WSU Tri-Cities, received the WSU Crimson Spirit Award for March 2018.
Mary K. Stohr, professor, criminal justice and criminology, received the Minority and Women’s Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Coramae Richey Mann Leadership Award for her contributions to ethnic and racial diversity in criminal justice education and for her contributions to knowledge about gender issues in criminology and criminal justice. Stohr also received the ACJS Fellow Award for distinguished contribution to justice education and scholarship.
Leeann Hunter, clinical assistant professor, English, was selected to receive the President’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Tenure Track Faculty at WSU Showcase 2018. Hunter developed the Passport Program to help students identify their curricular interests and participate in high-impact co-curricular activities and served as a faculty fellow in the CAS Grand Challenges-funded Transformational Change Initiative, a student success program.