UNT Foundation Awards
UNT Foundation Eminent Faculty Award
James Meernik, Ph.D.
Regents Professor, Political Science
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UNT Foundation Faculty Leadership Award
Joseph Oppong, Ph.D.
Professor and Academic Associate Dean, Toulouse Graduate School
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UNT Foundation Community Engagement Award
Lauren Mathews, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinical Associate Professor, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
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UNT Foundation Outstanding Lecturer Award
Marissa Zorola, M.S.
Principal Lecturer, Merchandising and Digital Retailing
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Teaching Awards
University Distinguished Teaching Professors
Matthew Heard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
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Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim, Ph.D.
Professor, Information Science
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Paul Leenhouts, M.A.
Professor and Director, Early Music
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Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence
Jennifer Gray, Ed.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Communication Studies
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DSI CLEAR Outstanding Online Course and Teaching Award - Canvas
Jae Webb, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Management
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Kathryne Beebe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
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DSI CLEAR Outstanding Online Course and Teaching Award - Coursera
Dexter Purnell, D.B.A.
Lecturer, Marketing
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President’s Council Teaching Award
Kathryne Beebe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
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Frances Perkins, M.F.A.
Principal Lecturer, Media Arts
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J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award
Özlem Altıok, Ph.D.
Principal Lecturer, International Studies; Women's and Gender Studies
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UNT Piper Professor Nominee
Marjorie Tieslau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Economics
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Research Awards
Teacher Scholar Award
Haley Zettler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
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Early Career Award for Research and Creativity
Elizabeth Skellam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
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Decker Scholar Award
Jyoti Shah, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Research Professor, Biological Sciences
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Toulouse Scholar Award
Xi CeCe Leung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
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Creative Impact Award
Kimberly Cole Luevano, D.M.A.
Professor, Instrumental Studies
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Research Leadership Award
Andrey Voevodin, Ph.D.
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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University Distinguished Research Professors
David Childs, D.M.A.
Professor, Instrumental Studies
Co-Director of the UNT Brass Band
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Jincheng Du, Ph.D.
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Arkadii Krokhin, Ph.D.
Professor, Physics
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Presidential Early Career Professor
Martinque Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
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Regents Professors
Jiangping Chen, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair, Information Science
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Pudur Jagadeeswaran, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Sciences
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Panayiotis Kokoras, Ph.D.
Professor, Composition Studies
Director of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia
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Service Awards
Outstanding Library Faculty Award
Catherine Sassen, Ph.D.
Librarian, Cataloging and Metadata Services
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Ulys and Vera Knight Faculty Mentor Award
Jannon Fuchs, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Sciences
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President's Council Service Award
William E. Acree, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry
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Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education
Ricardo González-Carriedo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Teacher Education and Administration
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Presidential Awards
UNT Community Award
Jaime Baxter-Slye, Ph.D.
Instructional Lab Supervisor and Adjunct Faculty, Biological Sciences
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Bob Rogers Service and Community Engagement Award
Tao Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor, Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
Director of the Pediatric Movement and Physical Activity Laboratory
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