Impactful Scholarship

This award for Impactful Scholarship recognizes a faculty member for the single most important research endeavor completed within a two-year period of the current term. The award prior to 2023 was titled ‘Significant Research.”

☞ Nominations for 2024 have closed. The deadline was March 15, 2024. The cover sheet form (PDF) has instructions. ☜

The College of Education and Health Professions honors faculty and staff members each year for their teaching, research and service to the college and the University of Arkansas. Announcement about the 2023-24 winners.

  • 2023-24 — Kevin Murach, Assistant Professor, Exercise Science
    2022-23 — Jonathan Wai, Assistant Professor and Endowed Chair in Education Policy, Education Reform
  • 2021-22 — Gema Zamarro, Professor, Economics and Education Reform
  • 2020-21 — Tingting Liu, Assistant Professor, Nursing
  • 2019-20 — Xinya Liang, Assistant Professor, Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • 2018-19 — Kristen Jozkowski, Associate Professor, Community Health Promotion
  • 2017-18 — Nicholas Greene, Assistant Professor, Exercise Science
  • 2016-17
    • Jay Greene, Distinguished Professor, Education Reform
    • Lynn Koch, Professor, Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders
  • 2015-16
    • Jason Endacott, Assistant Professor, Social Studies Education
    • Gema Zamarro, Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair, Advising and Research
  • 2014-15 — Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Assistant Professor, TESOL/Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Education
  • 2013-14 — Peggy Schaefer Whitby, Assistant Professor, Special Education
  • 2012-13 — Claretha Hughes, Associate Professor, Workforce Development
  • 2011-12 — Jay Greene, Twenty-First Century Chair, Education Reform
  • 2010-11
    • Brent Williams, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Education
    • Patrick Wolf, Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair, School Choice
  • 2009-10
    • George Denny, Professor, Educational Statistics and Research Methods
    • Gary Ritter, Twenty-First Century Chair, Education Policy
  • 2008-09 — Robert Costrell, Twenty-First Century Chair, Education Accountability
  • 2007-08 — Jay Greene, Professor, Education Reform
  • 2006-07
    • George Denny, Professor, Educational Foundations
    • Michael Young, Professor, Health Science
  • 2005-06 — Marianne Neighbors
  • 2004-05 — Merry Moiseichik
  • 2003-04 — Charles Riggs, Professor, Kinesiology
  • 2002-03 — Gary Ritter, Endowed Chair, Education Policy
  • 2001-02 — Lori Turner, Assistant Professor, Health Science