2017 SFE Award Winners

Congratulations to the outstanding recipients of the major UNT Faculty Awards for 2017 listed below, all of whom were honored at the Salute to Faculty Excellence Dinner and Award Ceremony in October 2017.

UNT Foundation Awards
UNT Foundation Eminent Faculty Award	Thomas Cundari, Chemistry
UNT Foundation Faculty Leadership Award	John Ishiyama Political Science
UNT Foundation Faculty Community Engagement Award	Mariela Nuñez-Janes, Anthropology
UNT Foundation Outstanding Lecturer Award	Rossana Boyd, Teacher Education and Administration
UNT Special Recognition Award	Richard Smith Behavior Analysis
Research Awards
University Distinguished Research Professor	Warren Burggren Biological Sciences
University Distinguished Research Professor	Rajarshi Banerjee Materials Science and Engineering
Research Leadership Award	Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Physics and Chemistry
Creative Impact Award	Matthew Bourbon, Studio Art
UNT Teacher-Scholar	Erin Schafer, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Early Career Award	Nora Gilbert, English
Early Career Award	Alexandra Ponette-Gonzalez Geography and the Environment
Toulouse Scholar Award	Steve Wolverton, Geography
Faculty Innovator Award	Narendra Dahotre, Material Science and Enginieering
2016 Faculty Innovator Award	Guido Verbeck Chemistry and Biochemistry
Decker Scholar Award	Elias Kougianos Engineering Technology
Regents Professor Award	James Meernik Political Science
Teaching Awards
University Distinguished Teaching Professor	Sheri Broyles Journalism
University Distinguished Teaching Professor	Rudi Thompson Biological Sciences
J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award	Kimi King Political Science
President's Council Teaching Award	Carol Wickstrom Teacher Education and Administration
President's Council Teaching Award	Peter Pincemin Johnstone Criminal Justice
'Fessor Graham Award	Brenda Sweeten Social Work
SGA Honor Professor	Masood Raja English
Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award	Gayle Prybutok Rehabilitation and Health Services
Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Award	Kelly Donahue-Wallace Art Education and Art History
2017 Piper Professor Award	John Ishiyama, Political Science
Service Awards
Ulys and Vera Knight Faculty Mentor Award	Yolanda Flores Niemann Psychology
Citation for Distinguished International Service Award	Cynthia Mohr Design
President's Council University Service Award	Brian Lain Communication Studies
Bob Roger Service & Community Engagement Award	Thomas Evenson, College of Health and Public Service