Faculty Success

Professor Eric Dafoe has been selected as the 2026 Richard Yepp Award winner, a national honor presented by the American Counseling Association that recognizes individuals who make selfless contributions  that help counseling students, professionals or educators succeed.

With a lifelong passion for wanting to preserve Dallas-Fort Worth’s natural ecoregions, Clinical Associate Professor Jaime Baxter-Slye is being recognized on the state level for her collaborative work with students and local governments.

Since joining UNT in 1988, chemistry professor William Acree has mentored 250 graduate, undergraduate and TAMS students. Now, his decades of dedication have earned him the 2026 Council on Undergraduate Research Goldwater Scholar Faculty Mentor Award.

Professor of jazz saxophone Brad Leali received the 2026 Ellis Marsalis Jr. Jazz Educator of the Year Award, which recognizes an “outstanding college or university educator in the field of jazz, who represents the highest standards of teaching and whose results have brought distinction to their institution and their students.”