2020 Award Recipients

Seventeen faculty, six staff, and six graduate students have been honored for their contributions to the WSU community and their commitment to excellence.

Faculty Career and Service Awards |  Faculty Teaching Awards | Staff Awards |  Graduate Student Awards |  Community Slideshow

Click on the thumbnails to learn more about these exceptional individuals and their outstanding contributions to our community, our university, and our society.

Faculty Career and Service Awards
	Distinguished Faculty Matthew Sutton Professor History
	Outstanding Career Achievement David Jarvis Professor Music		Outstanding Career Achievement Bonnie Hewlett Clinical Assistant Professor Anthropology
	Mid-Career Achievement Courtney Meehan Associate Professor, Anthropology Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Anthropology		Mid-Career Achievement Clif Stratton Clinical Associate Professor History
	Early Career Achievement Patty Wilde Assistant Professor English		Early Career Achievement Sophia Tegart Clinical Assistant Professor Music
	Outstanding Achievement in International Activities Tahira Probst Professor Psychology		Excellence in Institutional Service Andrew Duff Professor and Chair Anthropology
	Interdisciplinary Catalyst Award Bala Krishnamoorthy Professor Mathematics & Statistics		Public and Community Engagement Shannon Tushingham Assistant Professor Anthropology
Faculty Teaching Awards
	Mullen Memorial Teaching Award Carrie Cuttler Assistant Professor Psychology		Excellence in Graduate Advising and Mentoring Eric Roalson Professor Biological Sciences
	Lutz Teaching Excellence Award Sandy Cooper Associate Professor Mathematics & Statistics		Excellence in Teaching by a Clinical Faculty Member Fred Gittes Clinical Professor Physics & Astronomy
	Excellence in Graduate Teaching Dale Willits Assistant Professor Criminal Justice & Criminology		Excellence in Teaching by an Instructor Kayo Niimi Instructor Languages, Cultures, & Race
Staff Awards
	Outstanding Career Achievement (Administrative Professional) Arlene Parkay Assistant Director Student Recruitment & Retention		Outstanding Career Achievement (Civil Service) Yoshi Kevin Kodama Information Technology Support Technician Chemistry
	Early Career Achievement (Administrative Professional) Amanda Yager Grants and Contracts Manager Grants & Fellowship Support		Early Career Achievement (Civil Service) Emily Lewis Graduate Program Coordinator Mathematics & Statistics
	Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Molly Clayton Academic Coordinator Mathematics & Statistics		Staff Peer Mentoring Kara McClanahan Instructional Support Supervisor Biological Sciences
Graduate Student Awards
	Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student Ralph Chikhany Mathematics & Statistics		Doctoral Student Achievement in Humanities Tabitha Espina English
	Master’s Student Achievement in Arts Duncan Titus Music		Doctoral Student Achievement in Sciences Austin Patton Biological Sciences
	Master’s Student Achievement in Humanities Charles Toye Languages, Cultures, & Race		Doctoral Student Achievement in Social Sciences Jonathan Preszler Psychology