Faculty Awards

Associate Dean Steven CobbCollege of Arts & Sciences

Spring 2011 Faculty MeetingFaculty Recognition

April 13, 2011

President’s Council Teaching AwardFang-Ling Lu Speech and Hearing Services

President’s Council University Service AwardMichael Nieswiadomy Economics

President’s Council Awards

Citation for Distinguished Service to International EducationAlan Albarran Radio, Television and Film

J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching AwardNicole Smith English

Provost’s UNT Leadership FellowMarijn Kaplan Foreign Languages and Literature

UNT Creative Impact AwardBruce Bond English

Top Campus Honors

UNT Research Leadership AwardWes Borden Chemistry

UNT Competitive Funding AwardJeffry Kelber English

The First Lone Star Professor in Texas History This is a joint appointment between the College of Arts & Sciences and the Texas State Historical Association.

Randolph B. “Mike” Campbell History

UNT Research Awards

Centre de Mecanique Ondulantoire Appliqué QSCP Promising Scientist AwardAngela Wilson Chemistry

The American Chemical Society’s James Flack Norris Award in Physical/Organic ChemistryWes Borden Chemistry

American Chemical Society FellowAngela Wilson Chemistry

National & International Awards

Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship AwardSally Vahle Dance and Theater

New Issues Press — Green Rose PrizeCorey Marks English

The American Psychology Association Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public PolicyDick Rogers Psychology


Documentary You Shine received the 2011 Award of Excellence and Technical Merit Award and the 2011 Award of Excellence, Faculty Mixed Video Category, at the Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media ArtsJason Balas Radio, Television and Film

Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass CommunicationJiyoung Cha Radio, Television and Film


The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West received an official selection by the US Department of State’s “American Documentary Showcase”Melinda Levin Radio, Television and Film and Irene Klaver Philosophy and Religion Studies, co-directors

Sundance Film Festival — Documentary Directing Fellow One of eight fellows selected by the Sundance Institute.

Eugene Martin Radio, Television and Film

Top Young Historian on the History News Network Jennifer Wallach History


President of the Board for Harsh Environment Mass SpectroscopyGuido Verbeck, IV Chemistry

President of the American Association of Hispanic EconomistsDavid Molina Economics

Incoming President of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) for 2011-2012Sam Sauls Radio, Television and Film

National Offices

Chair of the 2012 Research Symposium by the Broadcast Education AssociationAlan Albarran Radio, Television and Film

President of the University Film and Video FoundationMelinda Levin Radio, Television and Film

National Offices

Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of FameBud Buschardt Radio, Television and Film

Southern States Communication Association Performance Studies Scholar of the YearJay Allison Communication Studies

Southern States Communication Association Top Paper in Rhetoric and Public AddressShaun Treat Communication Studies

State and Regional Awards

Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas Rosendo Garcia Chemistry Spirit AwardDiana Mason Chemistry

Arthritis Foundation of North Texas Media Partnership AwardKaren Anderson Communication Studies

D Magazine Best of 2010 - Best Actress and Best Theater CompanySally Vahle Dance and Theater


Dallas Observer Best of 2010 — Best ActressSally Vahle Dance and Theater

Dallas Critics Consortium — Best Actress 2010Sally Vahle Dance and Theater


The documentary You Shine received multiple awards in the Cinematography, Music Video and Commercial/Entertainment categories at the Association of Marketing and Communication Professional Awards CeremonyJason Balas Radio, Television and Film

Gold Award, 2010 Television Pilot Category for History: Take 2Jason Balas Radio, Television and Film


Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award from the Texas State Historical AssociationRandolph B. “Mike” Campbell History

Fellow of the Texas State Historical AssociationRichard Lowe History

H. Bailey Carroll Award from the Texas State Historical AssociationTodd Smith History


David J. Weber Residential Research Fellowship at the Clements Center for Southwestern Studies at SMU and the finalist for the C. Vann Woodward Dissertation Award — Cotton EmpireAndrew Torget History

Bill and Rita Clements Research Fellowship and Fellow of the Texas State Historical AssociationElizabeth Turner History


President, Texas Association of Broadcast EducatorsBrenda Jaskulske Radio, Television and Film

State Offices

Visiting Fellow at Chawton House Library in Chawton, EnglandMarijn Kaplan Foreign Languages and Literature

Visiting Fellowship at The Australian National UniversityDennis Mueller Physics

Robert Bosch Foundation Grant to visit the German National Archive for LiteratureChristophe Weber Foreign Languages and Literature

International Fellowships

Brown Bag Lunch on Arts and Humanities GrantsTuesday, April 19, 2011 12:00 — 1:00pmMarquis Hall Room 118

Charting a Course Forward - A Roundtable Chat about Arts and Humanities FellowshipsWednesday, May 11, 201112:00 — 1:00pmMarquis Hall Room 118

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