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Home > News & Events > CLA Today Archive > Spring 2001 : Faculty Awards & Accolades

Faculty Awards & Accolades

Professors John Mowitt (cultural studies and comparative literature), Eric Sheppard (geography), and Paul Sackett (psychology) have been named Scholars of the College for 2001-2004. Scholars of the College awards are funded by a gift from an anonymous donor to support pathbreaking creative and intellectual work representing the best in liberal arts research.

Professor Mark Snyder has been appointed to the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Psychology. Dean Steven Rosenstone said Snyder is “one of the world's eminent academic psychologists of the past quarter century.”

Daniel Kelliher, political science, and Gary Thomas, cultural studies and comparative literature, have received the University's Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.

Kathryn Sikkink, professor of political science and one of the world's leading experts on the international human rights movement, has been appointed to the Arleen Carlson Chair in Political Science.

David Lykken, professor emeritus of psychology, received a distinguished scientific award from the American Psychological Association.

Lawrence Jacobs, associate professor of political science, won the 2001 Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University for his book Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness.

New McKnight Land-Grant Professors include assistant professors Bruce Braun, geography, Patrica Crain, English, Monica Luciana, psychology, and Barbara Welke, history.

Ed Schiappa, speech-communication professor and associate dean of the Graduate School, received the National Communication Association's Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award for 2000.

The Journal of Advertising, edited by journalism professor Ron Faber, received the Emerald Golden Page Award for Readability and Research Implications. The award recognizes management periodicals that “consistently deliver excellent articles.”

Lisa Norling, associate professor of history, received the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for her book Captain Ahab Had a Wife: New England the Whale Fishery, 1720-1870, recently published by the University of North Carolina Press. The prestigious prize is awarded annually for an author's first book on a significant phase of American history.

Rudy Vecoli, professor of history and director of the Immigration History and Research Center, received the Abraham Lincoln Award from the American Hungarian Foundation.

Roderick Ferguson, American studies, earned the 21st annual Crompton-Noll Award for “best essay in lesbian, gay, and queer studies in the modern languages.”

Professor Hazel Dicken-Garcia, journalism, received the Distinguished Service Award of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Regents' Professor of Political Science John L. Sullivan was appointed to the Arleen Carlson Chair in American Government and Politics. The three-year appointment honors Sullivan's internationally acclaimed scholarship and his dedication as a teacher, adviser, and mentor.

Colette Gaiter, professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was named a McKnight Summer Fellow for summer 2001 and received the President's Faculty Multicultural Research Award for “Design for Liberation: Twentieth Century African American Graphic Design." A folio of 17 digital prints by Gaiter was purchased by Tweed Museum of Art (U of M Duluth).

Sociology assistant professor Christopher Uggen is a 2000-2001 Soros Foundation Open Society Institute Fellow. The foundation supports scholars, writers, artists, and activists “who have new ideas and innovative ways of approaching the myriad problems of an open society.”

Lydia Artymiw, professor of piano in the School of Music and last year's recipient of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Dean's Medal, was named a McKnight Distinguished University Professor. Hailed by the New York Times as “a pianist with a beautiful touch, a creative imagination, and a feeling for color,” Lydia Artymiw has emerged as one of the most compelling pianists of her generation. She has appeared with over 100 orchestras worldwide.