Faculty Career

This award recognizes a faculty member with a long-standing record of outstanding performance based on the impact made on the university and national recognition in their discipline.

☞ 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 — Kit Kacirek, Associate Professor, Adult and Lifelong Learning
  • 2022-23 — No award presented
  • 2021-22
    • Charlene Johnson Carter, Associate Professor, Education
    • G. David Gearhart, Professor, Higher Education, and Chancellor Emeritus
  • 2020-21 — Janet Forbess, Instructor, Physical Education
  • 2019-20 — Fran W. Hagstrom, Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • 2018-19 — Sharon Hunt, Professor, Kinesiology
  • 2017-18 — Gary Ritter, Professor, Education Reform
  • 2016-17 — Susan Mayes, Instructor, Kinesiology
  • 2015-16
    • Inza Fort, Professor, Kinesiology
    • Tom Smith, Dean, College of Education and Health Professions
  • 2014-15
    • Mike Wavering, Associate Professor, Science Education
    • Lynn Koch, Professor, Rehabilitation Education and Research
  • 2013-14 — Barbara Gartin, Professor, Special Education
  • 2012-13 — No award this term
  • 2011-12 — Mounir Farah, Professor, Secondary Education
  • 2010-11 — Samuel Totten, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
  • 2009-10 — Marianne Neighbors, Professor, Nursing
  • 2008-09 — Barbara Gartin, Professor, Special Education
  • 2007-08 — Charles Riggs, Professor, Kinesiology
  • 2006-07 — No award this term
  • 2005-06 — Rick Roessler
  • 2004-05
    • Doug Watson
    • Barry Brown
  • 2003-04 — Barbara Shadden
  • 2002-03 — Michael Young, Professor, Health Science
  • 2001-02 — No award this term