College of Arts and Sciences
CAS Awards and Honors
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 |
Community Slideshow
Scroll through our Flickr gallery for an informal look back at 2019-2020 (May to April).