Department Awards - Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice

Faculty Awards

The department recognizes outstanding faculty achievements in teaching, scholarship, and service with three annual awards. Recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Award and the Outstanding Scholarship Award are determined by a vote of the full-time faculty, while the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award is selected by the Department Chair. Our department is proud to honor excellence among its faculty with these awards.

Year	Teaching Award	Scholarship Award	Service Award
2012	Graham Cassano	Dennis Condron Jo Reger	George Sanders Scott Smith
2011	Scott Smith	Henri Gooren	Jo Reger
2010	Amanda Burgess-Proctor	Terri Orbuch Suzanne Spencer-Wood	Richard Stamps
2009	George Sanders	Graham Cassano	Dalton Connaly Jo Reger

Student Awards

The department recognizes outstanding student achievements in scholarship and leadership with three annual awards, described below. All department majors and concentrators are eligible for these awards, which are presented each spring at the department's annual awards banquet.

The Laura Robinson Kuzniar Memorial Student Award honors student(s) exhibiting compassion and dedication to helping people and promoting a more just and fair society.

The Donald I. Warren Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement honors the student(s) exhibiting the greatest intellectual growth and commitment to academic excellence.

The Student Paper Award honors outstanding student-authored research paper(s) in Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, or Criminal Justice.

Year	Kuzniar Award	Warren Award	Student Paper Award
2013		James Van Nada	Louise Haven
2012	Nathan Collins Alana Nicolazzo	Christopher Urban Michael Henson	Steven Knox
2011	N/A	Mazen Sarwar	Mary Schultz Stephanie Paetzke
2010	N/A	N/A	Krysta Hand
2009	Tara Forbes	Marlene Edge	Jennifer Rivera Renee Blackburn Alexa Frye
2008	Allison Prell	Erica Sharon	Barbara Elliott Ashley Phifer
2007	Kathryn Sanford	Ann Schrier	Steph Turner Dan Davis
2006	Carol George Suzanne LaBlatt	Renee Blackburn	Sandra Smith Jamie Stafford

All nomination materials are to be submitted electronically using this link.

To nominate yourself or someone else for the Kuzniar and Warren awards, please upload a statement of support (approximately 1 page in length) outlining why the nominee is deserving of the award.

To submit an entry for the Student Paper Award, please upload a student-authored paper meeting the following criteria:

Must have been written for a Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, or Criminal Justice class in the previous calendar (not academic) year.

Must be a minimum of 5 pages in length

Must be a research or application paper (i.e., uses scholarly sources, contains a "References" or "Works Cited" page)