Distinguished Research Professor Award

The Distinguished Research Professorship was established in 1982 by the Board of Trustees. This honor, renamed in 1986 as Distinguished Research Professor or Professor of the Arts, is conferred upon select members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and who have established outstanding national and international recognition through research and publication or creative/artistic achievement in their disciplines.

Recipient:

Vacant

Previous Recipients: 

Edgar Landgraf, Ph.D., Department of World Languages and Cultures, 2023
Dwayne Gremler, Ph.D., Marketing, 2022
Annette Mahoney, Ph.D.,  Psychology, 2022
Scott Highhouse, Ph.D., Psychology, 2021
Hokey Min, Ph.D., Management, 2021
Sherry E. Sullivan, Ph.D., Management, 2020
George S. Bullerjahn, Ph.D., Biological Sciences, 2019
Albert W. Dzur, Ph.D., Political Science, 2019
Susan L. Brown, Ph.D., Sociology, 2018
Eric F. Dubow, Ph.D., Psychology Psychology 2017
Ronald Scherer, Ph.D., Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2014
Wendy Manning, Ph.D., Sociology, 2013
Timothy Fuerst, Economics, 2012
Burton Beerman, Musicology/Composition/Theory, 2010
Verner Bingman, Ph.D., Psychology, 2008
Thomas Muir, Art, 2005
Marilyn Shrude, Musicology/Composition/Theory, 2001
Peggy Giordano, Sociology, 2000
John Sampen, Performance Studies, 1996
Ronny C. Woodruff, Biological Sciences, 1994
W. Charles Holland, Mathematics and Statistics, 1993
Philip F. O’Connor, English, 1989
Jaak Panksepp, Psychology, 1988
Gary R. Hess, History, 1988
Douglas C. Neckers, Chemistry, 1986

Elliot L. Blinn Award For Faculty Undergraduate Student Innovative Basic Research/Creative Work

The Elliott L. Blinn Award recognizes innovative basic research/creative work conducted by individual faculty members in collaboration with undergraduate students and supports collaboration with additional students. The award is given in memory of Dr. Elliott Blinn, Professor of Chemistry, who dedicated his career to sharing with his undergraduate students the excitement of the process of discovery by directly involving them in basic research/creative work.

Recipients:

Joseph Furgal, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry
Christopher Ward, Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences

Previous Recipients:

Wan Shen, Ph.D., Department of Public and Allied Health, 2023
Subhalakshmi Nagarajan, Ph.D., Biological Science Firelands Campus, 2022
Julia Halo, Biological Sciences, 2021
Jonathan Kershaw, Public and Allied Health, 2021
Matt Schumann, History, 2020
Raymond I. Schuck, Humanities-Firelands, 2019
Mary-Jon Ludy, Food and Nutrition, 2018
Jerry Schnepp, Visual Communication and Technology Education, 2018
Kate Magsamen-Conrad, Media and Communcation, 2017
Hans Wildschutte, Biological Sciences, 2017
Lisa K. Hanasono, Media and Communcation, 2016
Farida Selim, Physics and Astronomy, 2016
Leigh-Ann Pahapill, Art, 2015
Cordula Mora, Psychology, 2013
Allie Terry-Fritsch, Art, 2013
Ronny Woodruff, 2010
Alex Goberman, 2008
John B. Laird, 2007
Andrew C. Layden, 2006

Outstanding Early Career Award

The Outstanding Early Career Award is given to an outstanding early career faculty member who has excelled in his or her scholarly endeavors. The award is intended to: enhance the academic career of junior faculty by providing discretionary funds for the support of future scholarly activities; promote, recognize and reward scholarly excellence among early career investigators; support research and foster contact and cooperation with industry and institutions that support research and education; and aid in building closer ties between Bowling Green State University and the local community.

Recipient:

Meagan Docherty, Ph.D., MA Department of Psychology

Previous Recipients:

Christopher Ward, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, 2023
Joseph Furgal, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, 2022
Jonathan Kershaw, Assistant Professor, Public and Allied Health, 2022
Joshua Grubbs, Psychology, 2021
Julia Halo, Biological Sciences, 2020
Farida Selim, Physics and Astronomy, 2019
Alexis Ostrowski, Chemistry, 2018
Jenn Stucker, Art, 2017
Han Wildchutte, Biological Sciences, 2017
Robert Dyer, Computer Science, 2016
Russell Mills, Political Science, 2016
Jonathan Bostic, Teaching and Learning, 2015
Kei Nomaguchi, Sociology, 2014
Toni Sondergeld, Educational Foundations, Leadership Policy, 2014
Zheng Zeng, Economics, 2013
Ksenija Glusac, Chemistry, 2012
Weidong Yang, 2011
Stephen Croucher, Communcation, 2009
Jeffrey Moriarty, Phlosophy, 2008
Victoria Ekstrand, Journalism, 2007
Susan Brown, Sociology, 2006
Dwayne Gremier, Marketing, 2005
Pavel Anzenbacher, Jr., Chemistry, 2003
Felix Castellano, Chemistry, 2002
Michael McKay, Biological Sciences, 2001
Narasaiah Gavini, Biological Sciences, 2000
Wendy Manning, Sociology, 2000
Jodi Haney, Teaching and Learning, 1999
Paul Moore, Biological Sciences, 1997
Daniel Brahier, EDCI, 1996
Yujie Ding, Physics, 1996

Distinguished University Professor Award

The title of Distinguished University Professor shall be conferred upon members of the faculty already holding the rank of professor, whose professional achievements are such as to have gained them national distinction or recognition beyond the limitations of a narrow field of interest. 

Recipients:

Janet Hartley, Ph.D. Department of Management
Jayaraman Sivaguru, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry
Alberto González, Ph.D. School of Media and Communication

Previous Recipients: 

Janet Hartley, Ph.D., Department of Management, 2023
Jayaraman Sivaguru, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2022
James H. Albert, Mathematics and Statistics, 2018
Alberto González ,Communcation, 2017
Arjun K. Gupta, Mathematics and Statistics, 1995
Chan Hahn, Management, 1994
Kenneth Kiple, History, 1994
Michael E. Doherty, Psychology, 1992
Lawrence J. Friedman, History, 1991
Arthur G. Neal, Sociology, 1987
Orlando C. Behling, Management, 1986
Pietro Badia, Psychology, 1986
Robert M. Guion, Psychology, 1982
William B. Jackson, Environmental Research/Biological Sciences, 1981
Janis L. Pallister, Romance Languages, 1979
Bernard Sternsher, History, 1979
Ray B. Browne, Popular Culture, 1977
Frank Baldanza, English, 1976
Eugene Lukacs, Mathematics and Statistics, 1974

Professorship of Creative Arts Excellence

The title of Professor of Creative Arts Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and who have established outstanding national and international recognition through creative/artistic achievement in their disciplines. The title is for a period of three years.

Recipients:

Mille Guldbeck, MFA School of Art (2023-2026)
David Bixler, M.A. Music Performance Studies (2022-2025)

Previous Recipients: 

Mille Guldbeck, MFA, School of Art, 2023
David Bixler, M.A. Music Performance Studies, 2022
Andrew J. Pelletier, Music Performance Studies, 2020
Elainie Lillios, Musicology, Composition and Theory, 2019
Janet Ballweg, Art, 2018
Mikel Kuehn, Musicology, Composition and Theory, 2017
Emily Freeman Brown, Music Performance Studies, 2016

Professorship of Teaching Excellence

The title of Professor of Teaching Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and whose extraordinary achievements as effective teachers in their discipline or in interdisciplinary fields deserve special recognition. The title is for a period of three years.

Recipient:

Amy Morgan, Ph.D. School of Applied Human Development

Previous Recipients: 

Gabriel Matney, Ph.D., School of Teaching and Learning, 2023
Ann Westrick, M.A., English, 2022
Andreas Luescher, Built Environment, 2020
Nancy Patterson,Teaching and Learning, 2020
Myra D. Merritt-Grant, Music Performance Studies, 2019
Neal Jesse, Political Science, 2018
Christopher Mruk, Natural and Social Sciences, 2016
George Bullerjahn, 2016
Daniel Brahier, Teaching and Learning, 2015
Vikki Krane, Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies, 2015

President's Award for Academic Advising of Undergraduate Students by Faculty and Staff

The President’s Award for Academic Advising recognizes those individuals (faculty or staff) and units (offices, programs, departments, or colleges) in the BGSU learning community who contribute to undergraduate students’ educational development through effective academic advising. It also supports efforts to further enhance advising.

Previous Recipients: 

Eve Crandall, Arts and Sciences, 2016
Rachel Flick, Arts and Sciences, 2016
Lisa K. Hanasono, Media and Communication, 2016
Robert Kline, Arts and Sciences, 2015
Sarah Smith Rainey, Cultural and Critical Studies, 2015
Sally Walker, Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering, 2015
Laney Fugett, Visual Communication Technology, 2014
Mary Ellen Benedict, Economics, 2013
Thomas Gorman, Health and Human Services, 2013
Jodi Devine, Honors, 2008
Denise Vollmar, Honors, 2008
Kathleen Cameron, Honors, 2008
Jennie Lee, Honors, 2008
Dawn Shores, Honors, 2008
Paul Moore, Honors, 2008
Laney Fugett, Visual Communication Technology, 2007
Jodi Hagg, Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering, 2007
Darlene Thomas, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Diana Carpenter, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Vickie Ampiaw, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Chris Schaefer, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Allison Graham, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Damon Lee, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Joan Augenstein, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Nancy Martin, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Chris Bloomfield, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Toni Jacobs, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Melissa Gressner, Arts and Sciences, 2007

Outstanding Advising and Mentoring Program

The Academic Advising and Mentoring Excellence Award recognizes an individual (faculty or staff), or group of individuals, who contribute to the educational development of undergraduate students through effective academic advising and mentoring.

Previous Recipients: 

EDHD Career Technical Workforce Education, College of Education and Human Development, 2021
Generation Falcon Program, Office of Residence Life, 2020
Undergraduate Student Services Advising Staff College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering, 2018