College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Awards of Distinction
Selection of Recipients for the CLASS Awards of Distinction
Each year, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences makes one award to a faculty member for distinctive achievement in each of the following four categories: Teaching, Scholarship, Service, and Creativity.
All full-time temporary, tenure-track, non-tenure track, and tenured faculty who have completed at least one year of teaching at Georgia Southern University at the time of the application are eligible for any of the four awards.
To be eligible for an Award of Distinction, faculty members must have their appointments in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Faculty members may either nominate a colleague or apply themselves for an award in one of the four categories. Each nomination or application should focus either on one specific contribution of distinction in the category or a series of closely related contributions. Preference will be given to contributions of distinction that occurred during the immediately preceding academic year (August 1- July 31).
The official nominating form is available in Word format here: Nomination Form. A single application or nomination should be submitted on each form.
The deadline for submission is March 24 with awards announced at the Spring faculty meeting. If, in the judgment of either the selection committee or the dean, sufficient applications of merit are not received in any or all categories by the original deadline, the deadline will be extended and the awards announced by the end of the following fall semester.
CLASS Awards of Distinction will not be awarded to the same faculty member in two consecutive years.
Awards of Distinction 2009 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Carolyn Bryan Associate Professor Department of Music |
Dr. Michael McGrath Associate Professor Department of Foreign Languages |
Mr. Kent Murray Assistant Professor Department of Communication Arts |
Ms. Leigh Thomson Assistant Professor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art |
Awards of Distinction 2008 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Janice Steirn Associate Professor Department of Psychology |
Dr. Kathleen Comerford Associate Professor Department of History |
Dr. Heidi Altman Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
Mr. Kelly Berry Assistant Professor Department of Communication Arts |
Awards of Distinction 2007 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Amy Hackney Assistant Professor Department of Psychology |
Dr. Richard Pacelle Professor Department of Political Science |
Dr. Debra Sabia Professor Department of Political Science |
Ms. Stephanie Routman Assistant Professor Department of Communication Arts |
Awards of Distinction 2006 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Beverly Graham Associate Professor Department of Communication Arts |
Dr. Lois Duke Whitaker Professor Department of Political Science |
Dr. Michael Nielsen Associate Professor Department of Psychology |
Mr. James Harbour Associate Professor Department of Communication Arts |
Awards of Distinction 2005 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| --- | Dr. Mary Hadley Associate Professor Department of Writing and Linguistics |
Dr. Tamara Harper Assistant Professor Department of Music |
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Awards of Distinction 2004 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Lori Amy Assistant Professor Department of Writing and Linguistics |
Dr. Edward W. L. Smith Professor Department of Psychology |
Dr. Rebecca Davis Associate Professor Department of Political Science |
Ms. Christina Lemon Assistant Professor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art |
Awards of Distinction 2003 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Janie Wilson Associate Professor Department of Psychology |
Dr. Peggy Hargis Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
Mr. Greg Carter Assistant Professor Department of Art |
Mr. Gary Dartt Associate Professor Department of Communication Arts |
Awards of Distinction 2002 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Dr. Bill McIntosh Associate Professor Department of Psychology |
Dr. Janice Walker Assistant Professor Department of Writing and Linguistics |
Dr. Michael Pemberton Assistant Professor Department of Writing and Linguistics |
Ms. Jane Pleak Professor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art |
Awards of Distinction 2001 Recipients |
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| Teaching | Scholarship | Service | Creativity |
| Ms. Patricia Carter Assistant Professor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art |
Dr. Peggy O'Neill |
Dr. Debra Sabia Associate Professor Department of Political Science |
Dr. Russell Dewey Assistant Professor Department of Psychology |