Distinction in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity
The UWF Awards for Distinction in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity recognize excellence in the impact of research, scholarly, and creative activities.
Call for Nominations
Awards are available to recognize individuals with a distinguished record of research, scholarly, and/or creative achievements at UWF. Such achievements may include, but are not limited to:
- Production/publication of research, creative, and scholarly products, including manuscripts, books, performances, exhibitions, or displays.
- Successful engagement in multidisciplinary efforts that culminate in research products.
- Scholarly activities that engage and inform the community.
- Demonstrated engagement in the pursuit and securing of external funds to support research or has made a lasting impact on their disciplinary field.
The next round of nominations will be available during Summer 2026.
Full-time faculty (tenure-earning, tenured, or non-tenure-earning) with distinguished records of achievement are eligible for nomination, with the following exceptions:
- Recipients of the UWF Distinguished University Professorship designation
- Faculty who have received Faculty Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Activities within the last three years (2022-2024)
- Early Career - service of six years or less at UWF
- Senior Faculty - service of seven years or more at UWF
Awards will be presented at the Faculty Awards Celebration on November 20, 2025.
Nominations will be submitted via the shared Faculty Awards Nominations 2025 form from the Provost’s Office. Nominations should be submitted by September 3, 2025. Then RAE will contact the nominating person to request the documents for consideration.
Once we have received the nomination, we will provide the nominating Chair/Associate Dean/Dean a link to submit all nomination materials as one packet via Qualtrics. Application materials should be completed by the nominating party, with assistance from the nominee.
IMPORTANT: To submit this nomination, the nominator will need the following information from the nominee:
- Nominee's name, UWF email address, department, and college
- Two-page CV from the nominee, as described in the call for nominations
- One-page statement of research/scholarly/creative impact from the nominee, as described in the Call for Nominations
Please ensure you have all the necessary information before proceeding, as the nominating form/survey cannot be saved and restarted.
Timeline
Call for nominations: Monday, June 2, 2025
Deadline for nominations: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Deadline for nominee materials: Wednesday, September 30, 2025
Award recipients announcement: Thursday, November 20, 2025
2024 Recipents
- Rodney Guttmann, Biology, Senior Faculty
- Karen Molek, Chemistry, Senior Faculty
- John Pecore, School of Education, Senior Faculty
- Shelby Solomon, Business Administration, Junior Faculty
Previous Recipients
| Year | Award | Recipient Name and Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Senior Faculty | Ashok Srinivasan, Computer Science |
| 2023 | Senior Faculty | Brandy Strahan, School of Nursing |
| 2023 | Senior Faculty | Joe Spaniola, The Dr. Grier Williams School of Music |
| 2023 | Junior Faculty | Mengying Xiao, Mathematics and Statistics |
| 2023 | Junior Faculty | Tarek Youssef, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2022 | Senior Faculty | Barbara Larson, Art and Design |
| 2022 | Senior Faculty | Jun Wei, Business Administration |
| 2022 | Junior Faculty | Hakki Sevil, Intelligent Systems and Robotics |
| 2022 | Junior Faculty | Jamin Wells, History and Philosophy |
| 2021 | Senior Faculty | Jocelyn Evans, Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government |
| 2021 | Senior Faculty | Phil Darby, Biology |
| 2021 | Senior Faculty | Debra Vinci, Movement Sciences |
| 2021 | Junior Faculty | Allysha Winburn, Anthropology |
| 2021 | Junior Faculty | Christopher Atkinson, Administration and Law |
| 2021 | Junior Faculty | Katherine Miller-Wolf, Anthropology |
| 2020 | Senior Faculty | Kevin Kreiger, Accounting and Finance |
| 2020 | Junior Faculty | Kwame Owusu-Daaku, Earth & Environmental Sciences |
| 2019 | Senior Faculty | Jim Arruda, Department of Psychology |
| 2019 | Senior Faculty | Jane Caffrey, Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation |
| 2019 | Senior Faculty | Arun (Tim) Royappa, Department of Chemistry |
| 2019 | Junior Faculty | Kimberly Day, Department of Psychology |
| 2019 | Junior Faculty | Daudet Illunga Tshiswaka, Public Health |
| 2019 | Junior Faculty | Alexis Janosik, Department of Biology |
| 2019 | Junior Faculty | Tanay Kesharwani, Department of Chemistry |
| 2014 | (unknown) | S. Keller, Marketing & Economics |
| 2014 | (unknown) | L. VanWormer, Psychology |
| 2014 | (unknown) | C. Thompson, Research & Advanced Studies |
| 2013 | (unknown) | J. Caffrey, Biology |
| 2013 | (unknown) | W. Huth, Marketing & Economics |
| 2013 | (unknown) | L. Yanovskiy, Music |
| 2013 | (unknown) | F. Tone, Mathematics & Statistics |
| 2012 | (unknown) | Si. Bagui, Computer Science |
| 2012 | (unknown) | M. Crow, Criminal Justice |
| 2012 | (unknown) | L. Koppes Bryan, Psychology |
| 2012 | (unknown) | J. Liebens, Environmental Studies |
| 2011 | (unknown) | Su. Bagui, Mathematics & Statistics |
| 2011 | (unknown) | E. Bakhoum, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| 2011 | (unknown) | H. Chung, Biology |
| 2011 | (unknown) | C. E. Wynn Teasley, Management & MIS |
| 2010 | (unknown) | W. Huth, Marketing & Economics |
| 2010 | (unknown) | J. Wei, Management & MIS |
| 2010 | (unknown) | W. Patterson, Biology |
| 2009 | Faculty Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Activities | Hedi Salanki-Rubardt, Music Department |
| 2009 |
Faculty Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Activities | James E. Arruda, Psychology Department |
| 2009 |
External Funding | Joe Eugene Lepo, Biology/CEDB |
| 2009 | External Funding | Kathleen Heubach, Teacher Education |
| 2008 | External Funding | Susan E. Walch |
| 2008 | Scholarly and/or Creative Activities | William L. Mikulas |
| 2008 | Scholarly and/or Creative Activities | Scott B. Keller |