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College of Arts and Sciences Announces Faculty Award Winners

The University of Kentucky has announced recipients of the 2024 Faculty Awards. The College will have an awards program and reception in early fall to recognize the recipients. More information will follow soon.

2024 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards recipients are: 

Outstanding Teaching Award

  • Humanities
    • Joseph Clark – Department of History..
    • Yanira Paz – Career Award – Department of Hispanic Studies
  • Behavioral and Social Sciences
    • Pooja Sidney – Department of Psychology.
  • Lecturers
    • Emily Croteau – Department of Biology.
    • Chloe Wawrzyniak – Department of Mathematics.

Excellence in Teaching Large Courses Award

  • Kyle Golenbiewski – Department of Mathematics.

Innovative Teaching Award

  • Abigail Firey – Department of History.
  • Jennifer Hunt – Department of Gender and Women’s Studies.

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award

  • Christopher Crawford – Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Outstanding Graduate Student Mentoring Award

  • Christal Badour - Department of Psychology.
  • Ana Rueda – Career Award - Department of Hispanic Studies.

Promotion of Diversity or Inclusion Award

  • Nikki Brown – Department of History.

Distinguished Service or Engagement Award

  • Lauren Cagle – Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies.
  • Alice Turkington – Department of Geography.

Faculty Peer Mentoring Award

  • Karen Petrone – Department of History.