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Home > News & Events > CLA Today Archive > Winter 2003 : Faculty Awards & Accolades

Faculty Awards & Accolades

Neal Viemeister (professor, psychology) received the Silver Medal in Physiological and Psychological Acoustics from the Acoustical Society of America—a part of the American Physical Society. The prestigious medal is awarded for significant contributions to the advancement of science, engineering, or human welfare through research in acoustics or through the application of acoustic principles. Says colleague Dwight Burkhardt, "This recognition confirms something that many of us here have known for years—that Dr. Viemeister is among a handful of leading researchers across the world in the field of research on human hearing.”

Gordon Legge (psychology) has been named the 2003 Dean's Medalist for his leading-edge neuroscience research, especially in the area of vision and perception.

Timothy Brennan (English), Geoffrey Hellman (philosophy), Ruth Karras (history), and Joan Smith (theatre arts and dance) were named 2003 Scholars of the College; the award honors accomplishments in research and service.

Sarah Chambers (history) was awarded a Fulbright grant for her project "Letters and Petitions: Voices of Chilean Women Between Colony and Nation, 1770-1860.”

Valerie Miner (English) was a finalist in the 2002 PEN Center USA Literacy Awards Competition for her book The Low Road; A Scottish Family Memoir (Michigan State U Press). Edward Griffin received the 2002 Ruth Christie Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association bestowed its highest honors on communication disorders faculty Charles Speaks (director of ILES and Morse Alumni Distinguished Professor) and Gerald Siegel (emeritus professor).

Evan Schofer (sociology), with co-author Marion Gourinchas (Princeton U), won a "distinguished contribution" award from the American Sociology Association for work on civic engagement.

Theatre arts & dance adjunct faculty member Judith Brin Ingber was honored by the Dance Perspectives Foundation for her work on Jewish dance traditions. Dance students Joelle Worm and Lillian Stillwell provided research assistance.

A paper on online customer reviews by Shelly Rodgers and Ph.D. candidate Mira Lee (journalism and mass communication) earned top honors from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Timothy Face (Spanish & Portuguese) received the prestigious President's Prize of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States for the best paper by a junior scholar.

Helen Longino (women's studies) was awarded the 2002 Robert K. Merton Professional Award by the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association for her book The Fate of Knowledge (Princeton U Press, 2001).

Eric Sheppard (geography) was awarded the Fesler-Lampert Professorship in the Humanities for 2002–03 for scholarly distinction and commitment to interdisciplinary endeavors.