Outstanding Faculty Awards
The University of North Florida is proud of the academic and professional accomplishments of its faculty. The many personal and collaborative achievements noted here illustrate the commitment to teaching, scholarship, outreach, and research among members of the university community.
Distinguished Professor Award
The Distinguished Professor Award is presented annually to a University of North Florida faculty member who has a balanced record of distinction at UNF in all three areas of teaching, scholarship, and service. The award includes an honorarium of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, the listing of the recipient's name on a permanent University plaque, and an invitation to deliver the Fall Academic Convocation address. This award is made possible through unrestricted gifts to the UNF Foundation, Inc.
Eligibility: Any regular, full-time member of the UNF faculty who holds the rank of full or associate professor, is eligible for the award except for past recipients of the award and persons serving on the Screening Committee.
2009 - 2010 Distinguished Professor David Fenner Philosophy & Religious Studies
2009 - 2010 Distinguished Professor Runner-Up Thomas M. Pekarek Physics
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award is to be given annually in recognition of excellence in graduate teaching during the previous two academic years. The award includes a $2,000 stipend.
Eligibility: Any full-time member of the UNF teaching faculty, who has held an in-rank faculty appointment and has been designated as graduate faculty for the previous two academic years at UNF, and who has taught at least three graduate courses during that time.
Daniel C. Moon
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
The Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards (9) are to be given in the Spring in recognition of excellence in teaching achieved during the previous two academic years.
Eligibility: Any full-time member of the UNF regular teaching faculty, who has held a regular faculty appointment at the rank of Laboratory Lecturer with "instructor-of-record" status, Senior Instructor, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, for the previous two academic years at UNF, and who has taught at least four (4) undergraduate courses during that time is eligible to be nominated for these awards.
William D. Ahrens
School of Nurshing
Emily Arthur Douglass
Adel ElSafty
Paul A. Fadil
Michele Johnson Moore
Diane Tanner
Cara Tasher
Rico Vitz
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Pamela A. Zeiser
Political Science & Public Administration
Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award
The University of North Florida recognizes faculty members who perform meritoriously in scholarship. Therefore, two Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Awards are made possible through unrestricted gifts to the University of North Florida Foundation. The award includes an honorarium of $2,000 and a commemorative plaque.
Eligibility: Any full time member of the University of North Florida faculty who has seven years of full-time regular employment at the University is eligible to be considered for an Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award. Time served in visiting and adjunct positions does not count toward eligibility.
Lev V. Gasparov
Richard F. Patterson
Outstanding Faculty Service Award
The University of North Florida recognizes faculty members who perform meritoriously in service to the University, the community, and their profession, with a special emphasis on service to the University. Therefore, two Outstanding Faculty Service Awards are made possible through unrestricted gifts to the University of North Florida Foundation. The award includes an honorarium of $2,000 and a commemorative plaque.
Eligibility: Any full time member of the University of North Florida faculty who has seven years of full-time regular employment at the University is eligible to be considered for an Outstanding Faculty Service Award. Time served in visiting and adjunct positions does not count toward eligibility.
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
Economics & Geography
Barbara J. Kruger
Outstanding International Leadership Award
The Outstanding International Leadership Award is awarded to full or associate professors for making a significant and lasting contribution to the international education of our students.
D. Rob Haley
Outstanding International Service Award
The Outstanding International Service Award is given to individuals who have enhanced student, faculty, and staff awareness and support of international activities and creating a campus climate conducive to an international ethos.
Mary Beth Janson
Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award
The Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award is given to an individual who has provided mentorship and guidance to undergraduates and facilitated progress toward their academic objectives.
Annette Robinette
Academic Center for Excellence
Presidential Professorships
John A. Delaney Presidential Professor Terry Presidential Professor
Application (Closed)
Purpose: To recognize and facilitate the scholarly productivity of distinguished faculty
Selection Criteria -- Faculty members eligible for such appointment:
must hold tenure at the rank of full Professor at the University of North Florida.
must have a strong record of significant scholarly accomplishment in the form of publications, grants, collaborations, or any discipline-specific index of achievement.
have never held a Presidential Professorship at the University of North Florida.
The Terry Presidential Professorship:
Professor Thomas Pekarek, Department of Physics, Terry Presidential Professor (2010-2013) Read Press Release
Professor Gary Smart, Department of Music, Terry Presidential Professor (2006-2009) Read Press Release
The John A. Delaney Endowed Presidential Professorship:
Professor Andrew Buchwalter, Department of Philosophy, John A. Delaney Presidential Professor (2011-2014)
Professor Gregory Ahearn, Department of Biology, John A. Delaney Presidential Professor (2008-2011)
Professor David Courtwright, Department of History, John A. Delaney Presidential Professor (2005-2008)
Distinguished Professor Speeches
2019 - David D Jaffee
2018 - Adel El Safty
2017 - Catherine Christie
2016 - C. Dominik Guss
2015 - Carolyn B. Stone
2014 - Kristine W. Webb
2013 - Judith C. Rodriguez
2012 - Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
2011 - Thomas M. Pekarek
2010 - David Fenner
2009 - Jeffrey Steagall
2008 - Pamela Chally
2007 - Louise Freshman
2006 - Theo Prousis
2005 - Jay Coleman
2004 - William J. Wilson
2003 - Kunisi S.
Venkatasubban
2002 - Elizabeth Lane Furdell
2001 - Charlotte Mabrey
2000 - Chudley E. Werch
1999 - Richard B. Bizot
1998 - David T. Courtwright
1997 - Allen Tilley
1996 - Daniel L. Schafer
1995 - Jerzy Karylowski
1994 - John C. Maraldo
1993 - William Brown
1992 - James B. Crooks
1991 - Andrew Farkas
1990 - William R. Slaughter
1989 - Steven K. Paulson
1988 - Robert W. Loftin
1987 - Robert J. Drummond
1986 - Gerson Yessin
1985 - Thomas M. Leonard
1984 - Leonard J. Lipkin
1983 - Richard de R. Kip
1982 - Jay Smith
1982 - Linda A. Foley
1981 - Frank S. McLaughlin
1980 - Jay S. Huebner
1979 - Bette J. Soldwedel
Past Faculty Awardees