Alumni Scholar
The Alumni Scholar Award celebrates the outstanding and ongoing scholarship achievements of alumni of the College of Education and Communications. Recipients of the Alumni Scholar Award demonstrate excellence in scholarship of discovery, integration, application, or teaching and learning. The COEC Research Committee encourages alumni engaged in any of those types of scholarship to submit for this award.
| Academic Year | Recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Dr. Joel Brown | Counseling |
| 2021–22 | Dr. Erik Messinger | Counseling |
| 2020–21 | Dr. Annemarie Vaccaro | Student Affairs in Higher Education |
| 2019–20 | Dr. Lance Neeper | Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Disability Services |
| 2018–19 | Dr. David Lillenstein | Educational and School Psychology |
| 2017–18 | Dr. Sophie Penny | Student Affairs in Higher Education |
| 2016–17 | Dr. Bradley Wiggins | Communications Media |
| 2015–16 | Dr. Kevin Bailey | Student Affairs in Higher Education |
| 2014–15 | Dr. Francis DeMatteo | Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Disability Services and Educational and School Psychology |
| 2013–14 | Dr. Jeff Samide | Counseling |
| 2012–13 | Ms. Karen Shepherd | Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Disability Services |
| 2011–12 | Dr. Steven Feifer | Educational and School Psychology |
| 2010–11 | Ms. Adele Lynn | Adult and Community Education |
| 2009–10 | Dr. Raechele Pope Dr. Leigh Armistead |
Student Affairs in Higher Education Educational and School Psychology |
| 2008–09 | Dr. Jyotsna Pattnaik | Professional Studies in Education |
Faculty Research
The COEC Faculty Research Award will be given to acknowledge outstanding achievement and success in scholastic endeavors among our COEC faculty. The award will be presented to the individual whose research stands out in the profession by meeting the highest professional standards of achievement. The COEC Research Committee encourages scholars both new and experienced to submit for this award.
| Academic Year | Recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Dr. Crystal Machado | Professional Studies in Education |
| 2021–22 | Dr. John Lowery | Student Affairs in Higher Education |
| 2020–21 | Dr. Mimi Benjamin | Student Affairs in Higher Education |
| 2019–20 | Dr. Mary Beth Leidman | Communications Media |
| 2018–19 | Dr. Julie Ankrum | Professional Studies in Education |
| 2017–18 | Dr. Beatrice Fennimore | Professional Studies in Education |
| 2016–17 | Dr. Lorraine Guth | Counseling |
Student Research
The COEC Student Research Award is intended to celebrate the research accomplishments of an outstanding undergraduate or graduate student in the COEC. The student research award will honor a student for an outstanding research paper that describes a completed research project. This can be in the form of a published journal article, conference presentation, master's thesis, or dissertation.
| Academic Year | Recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Dr. Racheal Nuwagaba-K | Counseling |
| 2021–22 | Brittany Sager-Heinrichs | Counseling |
| 2020–21 | Kathleen Ammerman | Educational and School Psychology |
| 2019–20 | Eryn Travis | Communications Media |
| 2018–19 | Dana Elmquist | Educational and School Psychology |
| 2017–18 | Rachel Schiera | Professional Studies in Education |
| 2016–17 | Michael Boneshefski | Educational and School Psychology |