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Home > News & Events > CLA Today Archive > Summer 2004 : Faculty Awards & Accolades

Faculty Awards & Accolades

Sara Evans (history) has been appointed a Regents Professor, the highest faculty honor bestowed by the University of Minnesota. She was recognized for her superior and pathbreaking scholarship in women's history, her exemplary teaching, and her leadership and contributions to the University and the broader community. Evans' recent book Tidal Wave, a history of the past 50 years of feminism, has been lauded as brilliant, eloquent, inspiring, and indispensable. Evans is also a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and has been a CLA Dean's Medalist.

Jonathan Gewirtz (psychology) received a 2004 Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.

Allen Isaacman (history) received the University of Minnesota President's Award for Outstanding Service.

S. Douglas Olson (classical & Near Eastern studies) received the 2004 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship.

Gail Peterson (psychology) received the 2004 Minnesota Psychological Association Walter D. Mink Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award.

Rose Brewer (African American studies) received the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award.

Douglas Hawkins (statistics) received the 2004 Statistics in Chemistry Award from the American Statistical Association.

Robert Krueger (psychology), Kirt Wilson (communication studies), James Druckman (political science), and Erika Lee (history) were named McKnight Presidential Fellows.

Richard Leppert (cultural studies and comparative literature) is the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Humanities, and Andrea Berlin (classical and Near Eastern studies) is the Fesler-Lampert Professor in Humanities.

Magara Maeda (Asian Languages and Literatures) received the 2003–2004 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the CLA Student Board.