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Staff Excellence Awards Winners

2023

  • Sarah Eliason, Senior Administrative Associate, Department of Government
  • Edily Infanto Santos, Academic Program Coordinator, Department of Psychology
  • Brittany Marsh, Radio/Television/Film Specialist, LAITS
  • Andrea Pittard, Project Analyst for Online Courses, LAITS
  • Shannon Rose, Program Manager, Office of Student Engagement
  • Erica Whittington, Director, Office of Research and Graduate Studies

2022

  • Kaley Aguero, Senior Administrative Assistant, Dean's Office 
  • Katie Lathrop, Events Program Coordinator, Student Affairs
  • Crystal McCallon, Graphic Designer, COLA Public Affairs
  • Gina Pollard, Senior Administrative Associate, Department of Psychology 
  • Michael Schmidt, Graduate Program Administrator, Department of History
  • Heather Van Ligten, Assistant Director, LAITS Course Development 

2021

  • Soo Aldrich
  • Avani Chhaya
  • Marla Gilliland
  • Mark LaForest
  • William O' Leary
  • Rachel Stimely

2020

  • Susan Castillo, Course Scheduler, English
  • Megan Conner, Academic Advising Coordinator, Student Division
  • Thomas Fawcett, Graduate Coordinator, Anthropolgy
  • Kevin Hsu, Senior Administrative Associate, Sociology
  • Lindsey Jamieson, Program Coordinator, Portuguese Flagship Program
  • Courtney Meador, Senior Administrative Program Coordinator, History
  • Lindsay Murphy, Grants and Contracts Specialist, Psychology
  • Matthew Rabatin, Senior Program and Outreach Coordinator, Center for European Studies
  • Agnes Sekowski, Assistant Director, Slavic/CREES
  • Rachel White, Public Affairs Representative, Office of Public Affairs

2019

  • Tony Araguz, Black Studies (AADS, CAAS, AGBS, IUPRA)
  • Jenna Bacorn, Government
  • Kristen Hotopp, Economics
  • Victor Martínez, CoLA Course Management Services
  • Liz Myrick, Linguistics
  • Adrienne Witzel, LAITS

2018

  • Andrew Beachum, CoLA Centralized Business Services
  • Andrea Golden, English
  • Stephanie Kaufman, American Studies
  • Crystal McCallon, CoLA Student Affairs
  • Rachel Meyer, South Asia Institute

2017

  • Joanna Drake, Economics
  • Barbara Landberg, Psychology
  • Holly Schwadron, Rhetoric & Writing
  • Khoa Tran, Classics
  • Katie Beth Willis, Government

2016

  • Jerry Larson, History
  • Jessica Mahoney, Dean's Office
  • Hannah McKenna, Dean's Office
  • Matthew Milburn, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services
  • Vanessa Noya, Classics
  • Nathan Vickers, Government

2015

  • Michelle Botello, Philosophy
  • Tatem Oldham, Liberal Arts Career Services
  • Billie Pierce, Psychology
  • Susan Somers, Classics & Philosophy
  • Karla Steffen, Anthropology
  • Meghan Thomson, Population Research Center

2014

  • Stacey Amorous, Liberal Arts Honors Program
  • William Fatzinger, Program in Comparative Literature
  • Heather Gatlin, Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies
  • Martha Gonzalez, History
  • Kevin Hsu, Sociology
  • Benjamin Rapstine, Linguistics
  • Carolina Villanueva, Government

2013

  • Denise Beachum, Center of Middle Eastern Studies
  • Beth Chichester, Classics
  • Mary Dillman, Plan II Honors Program
  • Mary Kleba, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Suloni Robertson, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services

2012

  • Mark Boze, Population Research Center
  • Amy Chi, Government
  • Paloma Díaz, Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies
  • David Macha, Dean's Office
  • Beth Norris, Dean's Office
  • Roelia Rios, Anthropology
  • Myra Rodriguez, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services

2011

  • Christopher Adams, Middle Eastern Studies
  • W. Grant Barger, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services
  • John K. Fleming, Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies
  • Olga Macha, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
  • Courtney Meador, History
  • Stephanie Valdez, Philosophy

2010

  • Mary Clements, Government
  • Derrick Davis, Spanish & Portuguese
  • Laura Flack, History
  • Michelle Hughes, Dean's Office
  • Stephanie Kaufman, American Studies
  • Amy Stewart, English

2009

  • Leslie Crooks, Linguistics
  • Sally Dickson, Center for European Studies
  • Adriana Dingman, Anthropology
  • Kim Snyder, Dean’s Office
  • Chelsea Sypher, Arabic Language Flagship Program

2008

  • Christine Fisher, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Barbara Jann, Asian American Studies
  • Jim Phillips, Psychology
  • Paul Sullivan, Liberal Arts Honors and Humanities Program
  • Maria Tway, Government

2007

  • Lauren Campbell, Government
  • Jesse Damon, Dean’s Office
  • Jamie Duke, Rhetoric and Writing
  • Anna Tapsak, Psychology

2006

  • Sally Dee, English
  • Elizabeth Hastings, Spanish and Portuguese
  • James Lewis, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services
  • Benjamin Rapstine, Linguistics

2005

  • Alma Carrillo, Department of Middle Eastern Studies
  • Gail Davis, History
  • Melva Harbin, Government
  • Jennifer Jones, Anthropology

2004

  • Annette Carlile, Government
  • Jeff Casey, Philosophy
  • Cynthia Frese, American Studies
  • Jane Johnson, Dean’s Office
  • Jennifer Scalora, Plan II Honors Program
  • Bruce Turbeville, Psychology
  • Geneva Walton, English

2003

  • Othell Ballage, Dean’s Office
  • Beverly Benham, Department of Middle Eastern Studies
  • Scott Blackwood, Rhetoric and Composition
  • Steven Boren, Population Research Center
  • Mary Kleba, Lorenzo Long Institute for Latin American Studies
  • Vincent Morris, Economics
  • Stephanie Osbakken, Anthropology

2002

  • Cecelia Dean, Population Research Center
  • Shannon Haddox, Dean’s Office
  • Virginia Howell, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • Andrew Johnson, Sociology
  • Kristine Laudadio, English
  • Steven Miller, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services

2001

  • Susanna Douglas, Psychology
  • Celeste Neathery, Anthropology
  • Paula Perry, Classics
  • Kathy Slade, Economics

2000

  • Melanie Livingstone, American Studies
  • Nancy Sutherland, History

1999

  • Susana Castillo, English
  • Lindsay Hale, Anthropology
  • Marjorie Payne, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • Starling Pullum, Population Rearch Center

1998

  • Pam Becker, Anthropology
  • Sylvia Grove, French and Italian
  • Madison Searle, Rhetoric and Composition
  • Kathy Slade, Economics

1997

  • Sakena Sounny-Slitine, Middle Eastern Languages
  • Annelore Woods, Government

1996

  • Douglas Barnett, Studies in Texas History
  • Gretchen Kays, Naval Science

1995

  • Phillip Dubov, Plan II Honors Program
  • Michelle Hughes, Economics