Faculty Accolades


Please join us in celebrating some of the many accomplishments of our faculty from Spring 2023 - Spring 2024.

PROMOTIONS

Tom Connors
Promotion to Full Professor, History

Donald Gaff
Promotion to Full Professor, Anthropology

Olivia Chen
Promotion & Tenure at Associate Professor, School Counseling

Sei-Young Lee
Promotion & Tenure at Associate Professor, Social Work

Tricia Schrage
Promotion & Tenure at Associate Professor, Athletic Training

Libby Fry
Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor, Social Work

Heather Schaffner
Promotion to Associate Adjunct Instructor, History

AWARDS

Cathy DeSoto
2023-2024 Distinguished 
Scholar Award

Christopher Larimer
UNI 2024 Outstanding 
Graduate Coordinator Award

Kenneth Atkinson
James F. Lubker 2023 Faculty 
Research Award

Rebecca Dickinson
UNI 2023 Outstanding Teaching 
Award (tenure track); United Faculty 2023 Emerging Leader Award

Heather Schaffner
UNI 2023 Outstanding 
Teaching Award (contingent)

Nathan Taylor
UNI 2023 Outstanding 
Teaching Award (tenure track)

Eran Hanke
UNI 2023 Outstanding 
Graduate Teaching Award

Libby Fry
United Faculty 2023 Above 
& Beyond Award

Sharon Mord
United Faculty 2023 Above 
& Beyond Award

Michael Fleming 
Veridian 2023 Community 
Engagement Fellowship

Gary Gute
Veridian 2023 Community 
Engagement Fellowship