Dana Heller, professor of English, was among faculty and staff members from the College of Arts & Letters to be recognized at the 2018 Faculty Awards and Retirement Diner.
°¼Í¹ÊÓƵ held its annual Faculty Awards and Retirement Dinner on May 2. Five faculty members from the College of Arts and Letters received distinguished University awards:
- Dana Heller, Professor, Department of English
Faculty Research Achievement Award
- Jennifer Fish, Professor and Chair, Department of Women's Studies
Provost's Award for Leadership in International Education
- Beth Esinhart, Director of IDS-Teacher Preparation Program
J. Worth Pickering Administrator of the Year Award
- Katherine Jackson, Master Lecturer, Department of English
University Distinguished Teacher
- Aaron Nachtigal, Adjunct Lecturer, Dept of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Adjunct Faculty Award
The following A&L faculty and staff also received recognition for their contributions to research, teaching, advising, or service:
- Betty Rose Facer, Master Lecturer, World Languages and Cultures
ACTFL/CALICO Award for Excellence in Online Language Teaching in Higher Education
- Fran Hassencahl, Associate Professor, Communication and Theatre Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Grant for "Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: The Voices of Women in Literature."
- Joe Jackson, Mina Hohenberg Darden Professor of Creative Writing
Society of American Historians' Francis Parkman Prize for his biography of Black Elk
- David Mallin, Assistant Professor, Communication and Theatre Arts
Best of the Festival by the Broadcast Education Association in the Faculty Narrative Film category for "Carmelita"
- Stacey Parks, Program Academic Advisor, IDS-Teacher Preparation and B.A. in International Studies
Outstanding New Advisor with a Certificate of Merit from NCADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising
- Tim Seibles, Professor of English
History Makers Award from the Black Alumni Association of Southern Methodist University
During the last segment of the awards and recognition dinner, two retiring A&L faculty were recognized: Joe Cosco, Associate Professor of English, and Dennis Zeisler, Professor of Music and Band Director. Joe has been a faculty member at °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ since 1998, and Dennis started his career at °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ in 1979.