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Home > News & Events > CLA Today Archive > Spring 2005 : Faculty Awards & Accolades

Faculty Awards & Accolades

Clarence Morgan (art) was named the 2005–06 CLA Dean's Medalist. Ellen Messer-Davidow (English), Timothy Kehoe (economics), Michael Molasky (Asian languages and literatures), and Steven Ruggles (history, Minnesota Population Center) were selected as this year's Scholars of the College. The awards recognize outstanding members of the CLA faculty whose work exemplifies the best in liberal arts scholarship and creativity.

Steven Rosenstone (dean, CLA) was awarded the University of Minnesota's McKnight Presidential Leadership Chair. The award recognizes the contributions of gifted leaders among the University's deans and executive officers.

Amy Kaminsky (women's studies) received an award from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for her book Argentina: International Imagination and National Identity.

Gail Peterson (psychology) and Michael Dennis Browne (English) received the Horace T. Morse Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. Alex Lubet (music) received the Horace T. Morse Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education.

Kathryn Sikkink (political science), a specialist in international human rights, was named a University Distinguished McKnight Professor.

Erika Lee (history) received the History Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies for her book At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration and American Exclusion, 1882–943.

Robert Krueger (psychology) was awarded the 2005 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for career contributions to psychology in the area of individual differences.

Bruce Overmier (psychology) received the Susan T. Rydell Award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychology from the Minnesota Psychological Association.

Teri Caraway (political science), Catherine Liu (cultural studies and comparative literature), and David Samuels (political science) received Fulbright Awards for 2004–05.

James Butcher (emeritus, psychology) was awarded the laurea honoris causa, an honorary doctorate, by the University of Florence, Italy, for his contributions to the field of crosscultural psychology.

David Good (history), Gerhard Weiss (emeritus, German, Scandinavian, & Dutch), and Barbara Krauss-Christenson (staff, retired) received medals of honor from the Austrian government for their contributions to the University's Center for Austrian Studies.

Robert Scott (emeritus, communication studies) received the National Communication Association's Wallace Bacon Lifetime Teaching Award.

Jane E. Kirtley (Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law) received the Edith Wortman First Amendment Matrix Foundation Award at the Association for Women in Communications Annual Professional Conference.

Madelon Sprengnether (English) was awarded the 2005 Distinguished Women Scholar Award in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts.

Patricia Brown (theatre arts & dance) received the U's College of Continuing Education 2004 Distinguished Teaching Award.

Allen Isaacman (Regents Professor of History) received the 2004 President's Award for Outstanding Service.

Ananya Chatterjea (theatre arts and dance) received the Award of Honor from the National Institute for Women of Color for contributions to the community.

Carl Malmquist (sociology) received the Seymour Pollack Distinguished Achievement Award of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law for contributions to the field of forensic psychiatry.