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Award-winning faculty
In 1994, the SFASU Foundation Board of Trustees, as an expression of its support for excellence in teaching, established an award to be presented to an outstanding faculty member each year in recognition of innovation and/or excellence in the area of teaching.
Below is a list of past teaching and research recipients.
| Year | Teaching Award Recipients | Research Award Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Amber Wagnon, PhD Education Studies | Heather Olson Beal, PhD Education Studies |
| 2023-24 | Steven Galatas, PhD Government | Julie Bloxson, PhD Earth Sciences & Geologic Research |
| 2022-23 | Jeremy Stovall, PhD Forestry | Deb Scott, DMA Music |
| 2019-20 | Jason Reese, PhD Marketing | Daniel Unger, PhD Forestry |
| 2018-19 | Sheryll Jerez, PhD Forestry | Kevin W. Stafford, PhD Geology |
| 2017-18 | Lauren Selden, MFA Art | Candace Hicks, MFA Art |
| 2016-17 | Kevin Langford, PhD Biology | Emmerentie Oliphant, PhD Social Work |
| 2015-16 | Eric Jones, PhD Kinesiology and Health Science | Christopher Comer, PhD Forestry |
| 2014-15 | Matthew McBroom, PhD Forestry | Kefa Onchoke, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| 2013-14 | Dan Bruton, PhD Physics, Engineering and Astronomy | Brian Oswald, PhD Forestry |
| 2012-13 | Fred J. Allen Music | Nathan Nabb, PhD Music |
| 2011-12 | Theresa Coble, PhD Forestry | David Lawson, PhD Human Services |
| 2010-11 | I-Kuai Hung, PhD Forestry | Gregory Miller, PhD Mathematics |
| 2009-10 | David Kulhavy, PhD Forestry | Warren Conway, PhD Forestry |
| 2008-09 | Allen Oster, MFA Theatre | Betty Alford, PhD Secondary Education |
| 2007-08 | Norman L. Markworth, PhD Physics, Engineering and Astronomy | Stephen Lias, DMA Music Stephen R. Taaffe, PhD History |
| 2006-07 | John T. Moore, EdD Chemistry | Jimmie L. Yeiser, PhD Forestry |
| 2005-06 | Kimberly McRae Childs, PhD Mathematics David E. Gunderson, PhD Management | Alexander Karatayev, PhD Biology |
| 2004-05 | Ronald E. Anderson, PhD Music | Chris Ninness, PhD Human Services |
| 2003-04 | James M. Garrett, PhD Chemistry | M. Aileen Smith, PhD Accounting |
| 2002-03 | Jim M. DiNucci, PhD Kinesiology and Health Science | Patrick M. Jenlink, EdD Secondary Education |
| 2001-02 | Robert Stewart, PhD Biology | Archie P. McDonald, PhD History |
| 2000-01 | Lauren Scharff, PhD Psychology | R. Montague Whiting Jr., PhD Forestry |
| 1999-00 | Jack D. McCullough, PhD Biology | |
| 1998-99 | Piero Fenci, MFA Art | |
| 1997-98 | Mark R. Ludorf, PhD Psychology | |
| 1996-97 | Jere L. Jackson, PhD History | |
| 1995-96 | David Lee Creech, PhD Agriculture | |
| 1994-95 | William Eric Johnson, PhD Kinesiology and Health Science |