Students know it. TCU colleagues know it. Even colleagues at other universities know it. TCU faculty excel at the teacher-scholar model. So much so that deans choose six faculty each year to receive the prestigious Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity and the Deans’ Award for Teaching. The awards are among the highest universitywide honors bestowed on faculty.
“Our faculty work hard at both teaching and scholarship, so we make it a priority to recognize their extraordinary academic accomplishments, not just once, but year after year,” said Floyd L. Wormley Jr., Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
To be nominated is an honor in itself, since faculty from each college or school select nominees from among their peers.
Congratulations to all of the nominees featured below. Winners will be announced May 1.
Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity Nominees
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Michael Faggella-Luby
Professor of Special Education College of Education
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Emily Farris
Associate Professor of Political Science AddRan College of Liberal Arts
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Mikhail Misha Galaganov
Professor of Viola College of Fine Arts
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Swaminathan Kalpathy
Professor of Finance Neeley School of Business
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Emily Lund
Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
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David Moessner
Professor of Religion AddRan College of Liberal Arts
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Anton Naumov
Associate Professor of Biophysics College of Science & Engineering
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Jie “Jackie” Zhuang
Associate Professor of Communication Studies Bob Schieffer College of Communication
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Deans’ Award for Teaching Nominees
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Mark Demarest
Instructor II Biology College of Science & Engineering
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Kathleen Kyzar
Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Special Education College of Education
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Laurel Lynch
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Speech-Language Pathology and Director of the Adult Neuro Clinic Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
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Michele Meitl
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Assistant Director of the Graduate Program AddRan College of Liberal Arts
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Sarah Newton
Instructor II Dance College of Fine Arts
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Tracey Rockett
Professor of Professional Practice in Management and Leadership Neeley School of Business
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Marie Schein
Instructor III French, Director for the Center for Languages and Cultures AddRan College of Liberal Arts
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Broxon Sears
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Strategic Communication and Internship Director Bob Schieffer College of Communication |