Past Award Winners
Faculty award winners from 2025 and 2024 are listed below. These awards were given at the Faculty Awards Celebration.
Past Faculty Award Winners
These awards were given at the Faculty Awards Celebration.
2025
- Josh Cook, Biology, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
2024
- Cindy Seaburn, English, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Mort O'Sullivan, Accounting and Finance, Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
- Dr. Audrey Eagle, Instructional Design and Technology, School of Education
- Kyle Rank, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
| Award Name | Recipient | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| Longest Paper Title | Dr. Alexis Janosik |
Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to assess the spatiotemporal occurrence of the imperiled River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) in the Escambia-Conecuh River system of Florida and Alabama, USA |
| Shortest Paper Title | Dr. Gil Fried | Esports Minus Sport? |
| Most Web of Science Citations | Dr. Tunde Shonde | Efficient Red Light Emitting Diodes Based on a Zero-Dimensional Organic Antimony Halide Hybrid |
| Most Viewed Article | Dr. Chrystina Hoffman, Dr. Erin King, & Dr. Angela Blackburn | "Nobody gives a damn if you don't know the rules": Poverty, strain, and crime |
| Most Downloaded Article | Dr. Stephen LeMay | Global standards and the philosophy of consumption: Toward a consumer-driven governance of global value chains |
| Most Open Access Articles Published Between 2023 and 2025 | Dr. Subhash Bagui | 6 articles |
| Most Articles Published Between 2023-2025 | Dr. Sikha Bagui | 25 articles |
|
Award Name |
Recipient | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| Longest Paper Title | Dr. Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka |
Analysis of self-efficacy for stroke recognition and action from a cluster randomised trial evaluating the effects of stroke education pamphlets versus a 12-minute culturally tailored stroke film among Black and Hispanic churchgoers in New York |
| Most Web of Science Citations | Dr. Youngil Lee | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) |
| Most Viewed Article | Dr. Melanie DiLoreto & Dr. Julie Gray | Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning in Online Learning Environments: An Instrument Development and Validation Study |
| Most Downloaded Article | Emily Harris | Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Sustainability |
2025
Junior Faculty
- Dr. Armaghan Mahmoudian, Movement Sciences and Health, Dr. Usha Kundu MD, College of Health
Senior Faculty
- Dr. Alexis Janosik, Biology, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
2024
Junior Faculty
- Dr. Shelby Solomon, Business Administration, Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
Senior Faculty
- Dr. Rodney Guttman, Biology, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Karen Molek, Chemistry, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. John Pecore, Teaching, Leadership, and Research, School of Education
2025
- Andrews Institute and Baptist Health Care Master of Science in Athletic Training, Dr. Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
2024
- Exceptional Student Education, B.A., School of Education
2025
- Dr. Andi Nelson, Health Sciences and Administration, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
2024
- Dr. Patsy Barrington, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
2025
- Dr. Joseph T. Spaniola, Dr. Grier Williams School of Music, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Mr. Taekyoung "Shawn" Kim, Mathematics and Statistics, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Lauren Adlof, Instructional Design and Technology, School of Education
- Dr. Erin King, Social Work, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Dr. Ludmila Cosio-Lima, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu MD, College of Health
2024
- Dr. Allysha Winburn, Anthropology, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Dr. Brandon Fultz, Chemistry, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Katherine Whitaker, Chemistry, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Micah Grant, Accounting and Finance, Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
- Dr. Amy Crawley, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
2025
Senior Career
- Dr. Youngil Lee, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Dr. Peter Cavnar, Biology, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
2024
Senior Career
- Dr. Achraf Cohen, Mathematics and Statistics, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
Early Career
- Dr. Shusen Pu, Mathematics and Statistics, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
| Faculty/Staff Member | Grant Title | Amount Awarded | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Britton | Florida Small Business Development Center Network 2025 | $3,777,225 | Small Business Administration |
| Dr. Michael Reynolds | Water and Vessel Engineering (WAVE) program | $3,315,600 | Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. |
| Dr. Eman El-Sheikh | CISA CyberSkills2Work Training Program 2025 | $1,286,000 | Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) |
| Guy Garrett | GenCyber 2024 University of West Florida | $489,237.19 | National Security Agency |
| Dr. Robert Griffin | Improved Infrastructure for Fielding Mobile Robots | $487,255 | Office of Naval Research |
| Dr. Rodney Guttman | Identifying biomarkers for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease using phage display | $421,500 | National Institutes of Health |
| Dr. Mohamed Khabou | FDSTF Federal Security Clearance Readiness S0251 | $320,021 | FL Department of Commerce |
| Dr. Ludmila Cosio-Lima | Effects of AppeSTAT, a Natural Nutritional Supplement on Body Weight and Health | $200,000 | Simplipur |
| Faculty/Staff Member | Grant Title | Amount Awarded | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Britton | Florida Small Business Development Center Network Grant | $8,393,834 | Small Business Administration |
| Dr. Eman El-Sheikh | 2023 National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Grant Program UWF | $2,500,000 | National Security Agency |
| Jane Caffrey | Northwest Florida Estuary Water Quality Protection and Restoration Grant | $2,000,000 | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Dr. Eman El-Sheikh | IGC-UWF National Security Workshop Development Program (CyberSkills2Work) Information Grant | $1,487,117.40 | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency |
| Dr. Robert Griffin | High-Powered Arms, Grippers, and Improved Rapid Prototyping for Advanced Urban Exploration Robots Grant | $801,327.11 | Office of Naval Research |
| Dr. Matthew Schwartz | Florida Defense Support Task Force Phase 1B Grant | $460,000 | Enterprise Florida |
| Kaley Dawkins | Fiscal Year 2023 Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program Grant | $400,000 | U.S. Department of Education |
2025
- Dr. Jacob Tracy, "Collaborative Research: A Physical Organic Chemistry Approach to the Development and Understanding of Redox Flow Batteries and Metal-Air Battery Redox Mediators"
2024
- Dr. Shim Lew, "KSU: Towards more equitable practices in Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs of a Georgia's largest school district: A focus on the Korean-English DLBE program"
- Dr. Amanda Croteau, "Why settle here? The effect of water quality, water column placement, and substrate on epibenthic settlement in Perdido Bay"
2025
- Dr. Rodney Guttman, $1 Million Level
- Dr. Justice Mbizo, $1 Million Level
- Dr. Michael Reynolds, $1 Million Level
- Dr. Hossain Shariar, $1 Million Level
2024
- Dr. John Bratten, $1 Million Level
- Kaley Dawkins, $1 Million Level
- Greg Britton, $25 Million Level
2025
- Taekyoung "Shawn" Kim, Mathematics and Statistics, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
2024
- Lauren Rex, Mathematics and Statistics, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Julie Ann Williams, Business Administration, Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
2025
Emily Harris, from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, wrote the book Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Sustainability that has produced over $100,000 in savings for students.
2024
We recognize Dr. Andrea Nelson, who pioneered Pressbooks at UWF in 2021. Dr. Nelson found a Canadian Open Educational Resource text that would work and decided to adapt it using Pressbooks, but she had only two months to revise the text and get it ready for use for the 2022 spring semester. Working with Dr. Katherine Greene, also in the Department of Health Sciences and Administration, they were able to complete the work necessary to publish the text in December 2021, just in time for the spring semester. Since then, the textbook, Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professionals, has saved students $64,684 last year and over $171,000 in textbook costs since it was first published.
2025
- Dr. Matthew Crow, Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Ms. Chasidy Hobbs, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Thomas Reichherzer, Computer Science, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Mr. Adam Lavis, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Ms. Marina Winans, Movement Sciences and Health, Usha Kundu MD College of Health
2024
- Dr. Adam Blood, Communication, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Taekyoung "Shawn" Kim, Mathematics and Statistics, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Dr. Susan James, Teaching, Leadership, and Research, School of Education
- Dr. Jeff Phillips, Instructional Design and Technology, School of Education
- Dr. Justin Page, Center for Behavior Analysis, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health