Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity

The Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity honors full-time, tenure-track faculty who have produced the highest quality research or creative activity over the last several years. It is one of the highest honors bestowed to faculty at the university level. Annually in the spring, each school and college submits one nominee, with AddRan College of Liberal Arts submitting two, one from Humanities and one from Social Sciences. From among the hundreds of full-time, tenure-track faculty at TCU, it is a notable honor to be nominated. Nominees are reviewed and honorees are selected by consensus of all academic deans and announced each spring.

 

Dean’s Award for Research and Creativity 2023

 

Hanan Hammad, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of Middle East Studies
AddRan College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Hanan Hammad has developed a national and international reputation through her scholarship on the history of gender and sexuality in the Middle East. Colleagues say: “She has produced a substantial body of very smart, highly original and intellectually important, indeed pathbreaking, scholarly work.” Her book, Industrial Sexuality: Gender, Urbanization, and Social Transformation in Egypt, won five national awards. A published review described her book, Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt as: “the kind of book any aspiring scholar should want to write at least once during their career.” Hammad has received prestigious international fellowships and the honor of presenting keynote and public talks in numerous universities, including Chicago, Duke, Cambridge, Leiden and NYU.

“This award confirms TCU’s commitment for high-quality research and scholarship in the framework of the teacher-scholar model. Thanks to scholars who frequently use my publications in their graduate seminars, I currently serve as a committee member for several students inside and outside TCU, including students at the University of Texas at Austin, Duke, and Swarthmore College.”

 

Peter Frinchaboy, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science & Engineering

Dr. Peter Frinchaboy joined TCU in 2009 to strengthen the Astrophysics track and launch an innovative research program focused on observational astronomy. Today, his TCU laboratory is recognized throughout Texas as well as nationally and internationally. Colleagues say his “groundbreaking research of the Milky Way star clusters contain vital clues to the basic organization and evolution of our galaxy.” He is well-known for his role planning and executing the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which “allows the study of detailed abundances throughout the Milky Way for the first time.” He has published more than 100 papers in leading journals, which have received thousands of citations, and has just been appointed as Project Scientist of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer project. Most of his papers have substantial student participation. Graduate student Natalie Myers says, “Dr. Frinchaboy provides out-of-the-box solutions that open up additional ways to tackle research problems, which inspires new perspectives on how we approach them.”

“It is a joy to explore and share answers to some of history’s greatest questions about the Universe with support from students and colleagues from TCU and around the world. It is an honor to be recognized for work that advances science as it provides impactful student experiences for undergraduate and graduate students at TCU.”

 

Tee Tyler
Associate Professor of Social Work
Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Dr. Tee Tyler’s innovative research focuses on preparing students and healthcare providers to affirm and serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) children and their parents. He explores the relational and communicative space between LGBTQ children and their parents. Cited 157 times in scholarly publications, Dr. Tyler’s research is a significant academic resource. He embodies the TCU teacher-scholar model by collaborating with students and re-purposing his research for educational content. To date, his publications include 13 student co-authors and his presentations include 40 student co-presenters. His colleagues say his “rigorous and insightful research has shed new light on complex and dynamic relationships.” His qualitative research methods explore the experiences of parents of transgender children, to provide “a rich and nuanced understanding…enabling him to shed light on the challenges they face and the support they need.”

“My research agenda is to prepare healthcare providers to affirm and serve LGBTQ children and their parents. Imagine an initial assessment meeting with an LGBTQ child and their parent. The parent asks the provider to address their concerns regarding their child’s identity disclosure. Is the healthcare provider effectively trained and prepared to address the child-parent dyad in a manner that affirms the LGBTQ child and supports their parent?”

 

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2022

Aesha John, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Endia Lindo, College of Education
Adam McKinney, College of Fine Arts

2022 Nominees for Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity
Audra Boone, Neeley School of Business
Sage Elwell, AddRan College of Liberal Arts
Tricia Jenkins, Bob Schieffer College of Communication
Michael Strausz, AddRan College of Liberal Arts

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2021

Gregg Cantrell, AddRan College of Liberal Arts
Sarah Quebec-Fuentes, College of Education
Sarah Hill, College of Science & Engineering

Nominees
Joshua Bentley, Bob Schieffer College of Communication
Shana Clor-Proell, Neeley School of Business
Lori Diel, College of Fine Arts
Joseph Darda, AddRan College of Liberal Arts
Meena Shah, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2020

Greg Friedman, College of Science & Engineering
Abbie Shipp, Neeley School of Business
Williams Gibbons, College of Fine Arts

Nominees
Julie O’Neil, Schieffer College of Communication
Sarah Quebec Fuentes, College of Education
James Petrovich, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Hanan Hammad, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Social Sciences
David Moessner, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2019

Ryan A. Krause, Neeley School of Business
Melita Garza, Schieffer College of Communication
Kayla N. Green, College of Science & Engineering

Nominees
Michael Faggella-Luby, College of Education
Penny Ayn Maas, College of Fine Arts
Emily Lund, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Alex R. Lemon, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities
Vanessa Bouché, AddRan College of Liberal Arts- Social Sciences

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2018

Catherine Coleman, Schieffer College of Communication
Nina Martin, College of Fine Arts
Max Krochmal, AddRan College of Liberal Arts- Social Sciences

Nominees
David S. Preston, Neeley School of Business
Robin Griffith, College of Education
Danielle M. Brimo, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Blake Hestir, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities
John M. Holbrook, College of Science & Engineering

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2017

Moved to Spring

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2016

Richard L. Priem, Neeley School of Business
Jo Nell Wells, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Zygmunt Gryczynski, College of Science & Engineering

Nominees
Daxton Stewart, Schieffer College of Communication
JoBeth Jimerson, College of Education
Michael Skinner, College of Fine Arts
Joddy R. Murray, AddRan College of Liberal Arts- Social Sciences
David P. Sandell, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2015

Morgan Swink, Neeley School of Business
John T. Harvey, AddRan College of Liberal Arts- Social Sciences
Darren Middleton, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities

Nominees
Kylo-Patrick Hart, Schieffer College of Communication
Michelle Bauml, College of Education
Brian Clinnin, College of Fine Arts
Jennifer Watson, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Amanda Hale, College of Science & Engineering

  

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2014

Garry D. Bruton, Neeley School of Business
Christopher Watts, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Mary Volcansek, AddRan College of Liberal Arts- Social Sciences

Nominees
Sarah Quebec Fuentes, College of Education
Till MacIvor Meyn, College of Fine Arts
Alex Lemon, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities
Benjamin Janesko, College of Science & Engineering

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2013

Paul Schrodt, Schieffer College of Communication
Jan Lacina, College of Education
Meena Shah, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Nominees
Robert Leone, Neeley School of Business
Michael Heil, College of Fine Arts
Rebecca Sharpless, AddRan College of Liberal Arts – Social Sciences
Daniel Gil, AddRan College of Liberal Arts -Humanities
Onofrio Annunziata, College of Science & Engineering

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2012

Mark B. Houston, Neeley School of Business
Harriet Cohen, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Susan Ramirez, AddRan College of Liberal Arts – Social Sciences

Nominees
Jan Lacina, College of Education
Gerald Gabel, College of Fine Arts
Charlotte Hogg, AddRan College of Liberal Arts -Humanities
Charles Lord, College of Science & Engineering

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2011

Alan Shorter, College Fine Arts
Manochehr Dorraj, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Social Sciences
Sergei V. Dzyuba, College of Science and Engineering

Nominees
Eric Yorkston, Neeley School of Business
Daxton R. Stewart, Schieffer College of Communication
Jennifer Watson, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Theresa Strouth Gaul, AddRan College of Liberal Arts-Humanities

 

Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2010

Chris Sawyer, Schieffer College of Communication
Steve Woodworth, AddRan College of Liberal Arts – Social Sciences
Jean-Luc Montchamp, College of Science and Engineering

Nominees
Mauricio Rodriguez, Neeley School of Business
Jan Lacina, College of Education
Joseph Butler, College Fine Arts
Suzy Lockwood, Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Darren J. N. Middleton, AddRan College of Liberal Arts – Humanities

 

For a complete list of Dean’s Award for Research and Creativity nominees and honorees from 1986 to present, contact the Provost’s Office.