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Faculty awards
You know them as humble teachers and staff who bring joy, a sense of purpose to their service to students, and a deep commitment to exploration in their chosen fields. But many College of Integrative Sciences and Arts faculty and staff are also rock stars at ASU and in their professional communities, recognized nationally and internationally for their achievements as scholars, teachers, mentors and leaders.
Awards and honors
Listed by faculty last name
Patience Akpan-Obong
Fellow, Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Award, Winter 2022
Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago
Dr. Eugene Garcia Outstanding Latina/o Faculty Award, Research in Higher Education
ASU Catalyst Award, Committee for Campus Inclusion, ASU
Heather Bateman
Outstanding Graduate Mentor, ASU Graduate College
Charlie Painter Award for excellence in herpetology mentorship, Southwest PARC (Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)
Stephen Carradini
ABC Rising Star Award, Association for Business Communication
Tony Clark
Elected, USMC Scout Sniper Association Board of Directors; appointed VP of Education and to spearhead a multi-year project to establish a fallen snipers memorial at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Lorena Cuya Gavilano
Fulbright Scholar Award, Peru, 2022-2023
Frank Dillon
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 17 (Counseling Psychology
Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
Silver Medal Award, International Latino Book Awards
Award Finalist, New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, New Mexico Book Co-op
Honorable Mention, ASU Institute for Humanities Research Book Award
Dr. Manuel Servín Faculty Award, Chicano/Latino Faculty Staff Association, ASU
2022 Early Career Award, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)
Aaron Hess
Fulbright All Disciplines Award, 2022-23, Bergen, Norway
Jessica Hirshorn
Fulbright Scholar Grant, Poland
Asao B. Inoue
Distinguished Speaker, Southern Arizona Geographers’ Association (SAGA), the graduate student association of the School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona
Mirna Lattouf
Fellow, Rotary International Foundation, Rotary Foundation
Claire Lauer
Award, 2021 Rudolph J. Joenk Jr. Best Paper in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Professional Communication Society
Kelly Nelson
Fulbright Scholar, Visiting lecturer, Japan
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honorary Degree, Carnegie-Mellon University
“Paradise On Fire” named The Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2021 Best of the Best Books; Junior Library Guild Selection; Project Lit Community Selection, Kids’ Indie Next Pick, Audiofile Earphones Award Winner; and Cadmus Children’s Fiction Award winner for the 2022 Green Earth Book Award.
“Magic City” reissued paperback, HarperPerennial, for the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre
“Black Brother, Black Brother,” Scholastic Book Club and Book Fair Pick, Junior Library Guild Selection
“Ghost Boys” (novel/film), Steph Curry’s media company, Unanimous, and Netflix are producing the film
Jennifer Pereira
Outstanding Mentor Award, Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Ashley K. Randall
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 52 (International Psychology)
Emerging Professional Award, University of Arizona, Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences Council of Alumni and Friends
Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Faculty Women’s Association, ASU
Shillana Sanchez
Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, ASU Faculty Women’s Association
Mai Trinh
Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, ASU Faculty Women’s Association
Grants
Listed by faculty name.
Fábio Albuquerque
Co-Principal Investigator, USDA: Forest Service, $84,982
Co-Principal Investigator, Arizona Game and Fish Department, $88,000
Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago
Principal Investigator, National Endowment for the Humanities, $99,843
Heather Bateman
Principal Investigator, USDA: Forest Service, $84,982
Denise Bates
Co-Principal Investigator, Social and Economic Development Strategies Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $865,023
Stephen Carradini
Project Investigator, SIG on Design of Communication, Association for Computing Machinery Career Advancement Grant
Elizabeth Castillo
Investigator, Institute for Social Science Research, ASU, $7,960
Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Seed Grant, Whiting Foundation, $10,000
Yun Kang
Principal Investigator. NSF-Mathematical Biology Program, $175,935
Principal Investigator. The James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Studying Complex Systems Scholar Award, $450,000
Principal Investigator. NSF-Mathematical Biology Program, $290,436
Co-Investigator. USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture, $681,708
Co-Investigator. DOD-ARMY: Army Material Command, $512,535
Co-Investigator. DOD: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), $504,239
Co-Principal Investigator. NSF IOS/DMS, $500,000
Co-Principal Investigator. NSF of China, RMB 638,0000
Research Partnerships. Research Council of Norway, NOK 10,348,000
Jeffrey Kingsbury
Co-investigator. Institute for Social Science Research, ASU, $8,000
Robert Kirsch
Co-Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, $99,998.00 (added to previous award, total grant amount is $497,585.00)
Kat Lambrecht
Principal Investigator. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Grant, with University of Nevada, Reno and Desert Research Institute, $485,382
Claire Lauer
Co-Principal Project Investigator, Piper Charitable Trust, $5,000,000
Jesse Lewis
Co-Principal Project Investigator, San Diego Supercomputer Center, $56,515.00
Marianne Moore
Co-Principal Investigator, Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Grant, $32,996 ($133,493 total for project, with matching)
Principal Investigator, US Fish and Wildlife Service White-nose Syndrome Research Grant, 2021-2022, $181,684 ($236,190 total for project, with matching)
Em Matsuno
Co-Principal Investigator, sub-award on $2.2 million HIH: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant
Xihong Peng
Fellow, Vebleo, Materials Science, Engineering and Technology
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, $285,000
Co-Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation Grant, $280,000
C. Ryan Penton
Co-Principal Project Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, $469,000
Ashley K. Randall
Principal Investigator, Mental Research Institute, $24,987
Principal Investigator, Mental Research Institute, $9,995
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Human Resource Development, $965,638
Steven Saul
Co-Principal Investigator, The POSEIDON model for ocean fisheries, The Oceans Conservancy, $2,073,000 (sub-award to ASU $556,344)
Igor Shovkovy
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, $286,999
Maxim Sukharev
Principal Investigator, DOD-USAF-AFRL: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), $296,262.00
Katyana Vert-Pre Kirk
Co-Principal Investigator, The POSEIDON model for ocean fisheries, The Oceans Conservancy, $2,073,000 (sub-award to ASU $556,344).
Wenwei Zheng
Principal Investigator, R35 Maximizing Investigators' Research Award from the NIH-National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), $1.8 million
Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation Grant, $397,915
Co-Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation Grant, $273,519
All-college awards and grants
CISA annually recognizes faculty and staff contributors to outstanding teaching, student success efforts, and innovation.