Past KSU Faculty Award Recipients

Kennesaw State proudly recognizes the exceptional achievements of faculty members through annual awards honoring excellence in teaching, research, service, and global impact. This archive highlights past recipients who have demonstrated distinguished contributions across a wide range of academic disciplines and professional endeavors.

    • Distinguished Professor Award
      • Ana-Maria Croicu, Department of Mathematics
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Kristina Hook, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development 
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Maria Valero de Clemente, Department of Information Technology 
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Nicole Adkins, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement
      • Jeongyi Lee, Department of World Languages and Cultures
    •  Diversity and Inclusion Award 
      • Darina Lepadatu, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    •  Outstanding Professional Service and Community Engagement Award
      • Heather Pincock, School of Government and International Affairs
    •  Outstanding Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
      • Abhishek Parakh, Department of Computer Science
    •  Outstanding Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
      • Charles Parrott, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Outstanding Online Teaching Award 
      • Sheila Hill, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Caroline Conner, Department of History and Philosophy 
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • David Joffe, Department of Physics
    •  Conference USA Faculty Achievement Award 
      • Kristina Hook, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development 
    • Distinguished Professor Award
      • Ming Chen, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Karolin Mirzakhan, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Anne White, WellStar School of Nursing
    •  Outstanding Online Teaching Award
      • Yi Jin, School of Instructional Technology & Innovation
    •  Outstanding Part-time Teaching Award
      • Susanne Estrella, Department of World Languages and Cultures
    •  Outstanding Professional Service and Community Engagement Award
      • Darina Lepadatu, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    •  Outstanding Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
      • Ramazan Savaş Aygün, Department of Computer Science & School of Data Science and Analytics
    •  Outstanding Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
      • Melih Madanoglu, Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Nicolas Douguet, Department of Physics
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Brian A. Moore, Department of Psychological Science
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement
      • Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Department of Geography and Anthropology
    •  Diversity and Inclusion Award
      • Chinasa Elue, Department of Educational Leadership
    • Distinguished Professor Award
      • Sohyun An, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Tyra Burton, Department of Marketing and Professional Sales
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Lara Smith-Sitton, Department of English
    •  Outstanding Online Teaching Award
      • Cristen Dutcher, School of Accountancy
    •  Outstanding Part-time Teaching Award
      • Thomas Garr, Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis
    •  Outstanding Professional Service and Community Engagement Award
      • Brandon Lundy, Department of Geography and Anthropology
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Hossain Shahriar, Department of Information Technology
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Philip Kiernan, School of Art and Design
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Kun Suo, Department of Computer Science
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Li Yizeng, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement
      • Amanda Richey, Department of Inclusive Education
    •  Diversity and Inclusion Award
      • Marielle Myers, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
    • Distinguished Professor Award
      • Yusun Chang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Hassan Pournaghshband, Department of Software Engineering and Game Development
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Jennifer Vandenbussche, Department of Mathematics
    •  Outstanding Online Teaching Award
      • David Johnson, Department of English
    •  Outstanding Part-time Teaching Award
      • Joanne Lee, Department of Educational Leadership
    •  Outstanding Professional Service and Community Engagement Award
      • Douglas Moodie, Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Sohyun An, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Jianming Wen, Department of Physics
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Marco Guzzi, Department of Physics
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Junggab Son, Department of Computer Science
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement
      • Jayoung Choi, Department of Inclusive Education
    •  Diversity and Inclusion Award
      • Roneisha Worthy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • Distinguished Professor Award
      • Nikolaos Kidonakis, Department of Physics
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Sohyun An, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Charles Parrott, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Outstanding Online Teaching Award
      • Ana-Maria Croicu, Department of Mathematics
    •  Outstanding Part-time Teaching Award
      • Vijay Goyal, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    •  Outstanding Professional Service and Community Engagement Award
      • Jennifer Dickey, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Iván Jorrín Abellán, Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Yusun Chang, Department of Electrical Engineering
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • David Buckman, Department of Educational Leadership
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Meng Han, Department of Information Technology
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement
      • Katya Vladimirov, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Diversity and Inclusion Award
      • Kenneth Williamson, Department of Geography and Anthropology and Department of Interdiscplinary Studies
    • Distinguished Professor Award
      • Simin Nasseri, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Department of Geography and Anthropology
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Jennifer Willard, Department of Psychological Science
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Charles Parrott, Department of Theater and Performance Studies
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Artistic and Creative Pursuits
      • John Gentile, Department of Theater and Performance Studies
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Natural and Physical Sciences
      • Susan M. E. Smith, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Engineering Applications
      • Ying Xie, Department of Information Technology
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Social Sciences and Humanities
      • Albert Way, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Applied Learning and Education
      • Kai Qian, Department of Computer Science
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Business and Industry Applications
      • Dana Hermanson, School of Accountancy
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award - Interdisciplinary Research
      • Adriane Randolph, Department of Information Systems
    •  Outstanding Professional Service Award
      • Sweta Sneha, Department of Information Systems
    •  Outstanding Book Award
      • Kamal Fatehi, School for Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality
    •  Outstanding Community Engagement Award
      • Susan Raines, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development
    •  Diversity Advocate Award
      • Nichole Guillory, Secondary and Middle Grades Education
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement
      • Akanmu Adebayo, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Kimberly Cortes, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Rongkai Guo, Department of Software Engineering and Game Development.
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • James McCafferty, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Hossain Shahriar, Departent of Information Technology
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Evelina Sterling, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    • University Distinguished Professor Award
      • Laurence Sherr, School of Music
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Jesse Benjamin, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice 
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Valerie Dibble, School of Art and Design
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Stacy Keltner, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity - Engineering Applications
      • Bill Diong, Department of Electrical Engineering
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity - Interdisciplinary Research
      •  Anne Richards, Department of English
    •  KSU Outstanding Book
      • Ming Chen, Department of Theater and Performance Studies
    •  KSU Professional Service
      • Andrew Pieper, School of Government and International Affairs
    •  KSU Outstanding Community Engagement
      • Govind Hariharan, Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis
    • Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement
      • Kamal Fatehi, Management and Entrepreneurship
    •  KSU Outstanding Diversity Advocate
      • Griselda Thomas, Department of  English
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Megan Adams, Secondary and Middle Grades Education
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Jeanne Bohannon, Department of English
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Jennifer Purcell, Leadership and Integrative Studies
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Gerald Mangine, Exercise Science and Sport Management
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Nyasha GuramatunhuCooper, Leadership and Integrative Studies
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Youngguk Seo, Civil and Construction Engineering
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Sam Peng, Construction Management
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Tricia Frazier, Instructional Technology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Thomas Garr, Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Marc Brotherton, School of Art and Design
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Diana Rabah, Information Technology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Nelda Hadaway, Mathematics
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Alan Kazemian, Electrical Engineering
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Kimberly Watkins, Psychology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Emily Hein Warren, School of Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality
    • University Distinguished Professor Award
      • David Jones, Department of History and Philosophy
    • University Distinguished Professor Award Finalist
      • Nikolaos Kidonakis, Department of Physics
    • University Distinguished Professor Award Finalist
      • Chih-Cheng Hung, Department of Computer Science
    • Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Laura Davis, Department of English
    • Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Tyra Burton, Department of Marketing and Professional Sales
    • Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Darina Lepadatu, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    • Professional Service Award
      • Doreen Wagner, School of Nursing
    • Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Roxanne Donovan, Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology
    • Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Maia Hallward, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development
    • Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Christina Scherrer, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement
      • Linda Hightower, School of Art and Design
    • Diversity Advocate Award
      • Roxanne Donovan, Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology
    • Outstanding Community Engagement Award
      • May Hongmei Gao, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Heidi Scherer, Department of Sociology and Crminal Justice
    • Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      •  Jing He, Department of Computer Science
    • Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Michelle Devereaux, Department of English
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Nicholas Papleacos, College of Architecture and Construction Management
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Natashya Armer-Giardina, College of the Arts
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • William Beeland, Bagwell College of Education
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Robert Gnuse, Coles College of Business
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • David Stabler, College of Computing and Software Engineering
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Hal McClain, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Mandy McGrew, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Horace (Price) Webb, College of Science and Mathematics
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Kecia Le’mae Jones, University College
    • Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • David Martinez, WellStar College of Health and Human Services
    • University Distinguished Professor Award
      • Divesh Sharma, School of Accountancy 
    • Outstanding Teaching Award
      • Nita Paris, Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist 
      • Laura Davis, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
    •  Outstanding Teaching Award Finalist
      • Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Department of Geography and Anthropology
    •  Outstanding Professional Service Award
      • Thomas Rotnem, School of Government International Affairs
    •  Outstanding Book Award
      • Jiayan Zhang, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Community Engagement Award
      • Irene McClatchey, Department of Social Work and Human Services
    •  Diversity Advocate Award
      • Jesse Benjamin, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    •  The Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award
      • Ming Chen, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award: Artistic and Creative Pursuits
      • Linda Hightower, School of Art and Design
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award: Natural and Physical Sciences
      • Nikolaos Kidonakis, Department of Physics
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award: Business and Industry Applications
      • Jomon Paul, Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis
    •  Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award: Interdisciplinary Research
      • Sean Ellermeyer, Department of Mathematics
    •  Oustanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Sohyun An, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
    •  Oustanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Charner Rodgers, Department of Construction Management
    •  Oustanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Christopher Pallas, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development
    •  Oustanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Rebecca Makus, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Oustanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Heather Abbott-Lyon, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Nicholas Papleacos, Department of Construction Management
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Jeanette Wachtman, School of Art and Design
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Amy Vitala, Department of Instructional Technology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Martin Varon, School of Accountancy
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Steve Prettyman, College of Computing and Software Engineering - Information Technology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Ayse Tekes, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Ruth Padan, Department of Foreign Languages
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Elaine Bush, Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • James Stephen Miller, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award
      • Joy Brumbeloe, WellStar School of Nursing
    • University Distinguished Professor Award
      • John Salerno, Department of Biotechnology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Deborah Hutchinson, College of the Arts
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Nicholas Papleacos, College of Architecture and Construction Management
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Elizabeth Johnson, Bagwell College of Education
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Raymundo “Ray” Marquez, Coles College of Business
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Regina Bradley, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Martha Manly, College of Science and Mathematics
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Charles Duvall, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
    •  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
      • Larry A.D. Byrnes, University College
    •  Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement
      • Laurence Sherr, Bailey School of Music
    •  Diversity Advocate Award
      • Ernesto Silva, Department of Foreign Languages
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Scott J. Nowak, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Andrew Whitehead, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Jennifer McMahon-Howard, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Jennifer Louten, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
    •  Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
      • Jidong Yang, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
    •  Outstanding Community Engagement Award
      • Linda Hightower, School of Art and Design
    •  Outstanding Professional Service Award
      • Barbara Blake, Wellstar School of Nursing
    •  Distinguished Research Award in Artistic and Creative Pursuits
      • Ming Chen, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Distinguished Research Award in Humanities and Social Sciences
      • Volker Franke, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development
    •  Distinguished Teaching Award
      • Ana-Maria Croicu, Department of Mathematics
    • University Distinguished Professor Award
      • Harrison Long, College of the Arts- Office of the Dean
    •  Distinguished Teaching Award
      • Margaret Baldwin, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
    •  Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award
      • Nikolaos Kidonakis, Department of Physics
    •  Distinguished Professional Service Award 
      • Thomas Pusatari, Department of Psychological Science
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Adam Kirkpatrick, College of the Arts
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Divesh Sharma, School of Accountancy
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity 
      • Vineeta Sharma, School of Accountancy
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Katherine Ingram, Department of Exercise Science and Sports Management 
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • James Elledge, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Nikolaos Kidonakis, Department of Physics
    • Distinguished Professor Award 
      • Martha Bowden, Department of English
    •  Distinguished Teaching Award
      • Pam Marek, Department of Psychological Science
    •  Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award
      • David Jones, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Distinguished Professional Service Award
      • David Johnson, Department of English
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Harrison Long, College of the Arts- Office of the Dean
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Stacy Campbell, Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Susan Stockdale, Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Jackie Jones, WellStar College of Health and Human Services
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Linda Treiber, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Albert G. Way, Department of History and Philosophy
    •  Prize for Publications or Creative Activity
      • Yuliya Babenko, Department of Mathematics