Award Recipients

Each year the Graduate School and other units recognize outstanding student researchers, teaching assistants, and more.
The important role of graduate student support from faculty and staff is also highlighted.

Distinguished Doctoral Mentoring Award

Year	Recipient	Title and Department
2023-2024	William J. Kettinger	William S. Lee Distinguished Professor in Management Information Systems
2023-2024	Lisa Benson	Professor, Engineering and Science Education
2022-2023	William C. Norman	Professor, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
2022-2023	Marco Ajello	Associate Professor, Physics and Astornomy
2021-2022	Xiangchun Xuan	Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021-2022	Patrick Rosopa	Professor, Department of Psychology
2020-2021	Lori Dickes	Associate Professor, Department of Politcal Science
2020-2021	Hai Yao	Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair and Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Distinguished Graduate Student Support Staff Award

Year	Recipient	Title and Department
2023-2024	Irina Kharitonova	Graduate Student Adviser, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2022-2023	Tonyia Stewart	Student Services Manager, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
2021-2022	Michael Jeremiah Farmer	Student Services Manager, Automotive Engineering
2020-2021	Laura Kinard	Student Services Program Manager, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Frankie O. Felder Graduate Student Award of Excellence

Year	Recipient	Department
2023-2024	Tomiko T. Smalls	Educational Leadership
2023-2024	Abena Ofori	English
2021-2022	Rebecca Pool	Communication, Technology and Society
2020-2021	William H. Edwards	International Family and Community Studies
2019-2020	Ingrid Nyakabwa	Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
2017-2018	Deborah Wingler	Planning, Design, and the Built Environment

Norsaadah Husain International Graduate Student Support Award

Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award

Year	Recipient	Department
2023-2024	Ali Shirzadibabakan	Business Administration
2023-2024	Mandeep Tayal	Entomology
2022-2023	Haonan Wu	Physics
2022-2023	Olivia McAnirlin	Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
2021-2022	Andrew Peloquin	Chemistry
2021-2022	Moses Namara	Human-Centered Computing
2020-2021	Xiaohong Zhang	Chemical Engineering
2020-2021	Xiurui Zhao	Physics
2019-2020	Emilie Adams	Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
2019-2020	Longxiang Guo	Automotive Engineering
2017-2018	Maxime Cavillon	Materials Science and Engineering
2017-2018	Yenhui Peng	Physics and Astronomy
2016-2017	Adam Klett	Chemical Engineering
2016-2017	Madeline Dowling	Plant and Environmental Sciences
2015-2016	Kristen S. Jennings	Industrial/Organizational Psychology
2015-2016	Xinyu Lu	Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Year	Recipient	Department
2023-2024	Melina Wallace	English
2023-2024	Margaret Ann Bolick	Engineering and Science Education
2022-2023	Ali Shirzadi Babakan	Business Administration
2022-2023	Blake Splitter	Mathematical Sciences
2021-2022	Jenny Presgraves	Policy Studies
2021-2022	Pranith Abbaraju	Management
2020-2021	Leah Wiitablake	Engineering and Science Education
2020-2021	Sara Krivacek	Business Administration
2019-2020	Jenna Crowder	Plant and Environmental Sciences
2019-2020	Mitra Shabani	Mechanical Engineering
2017-2018	Huixi Li	Mathematical Sciences
2017-2018	Markus Miller	Animal and Veterinary Sciences
2016-2017	Andrea Gaertner	Chemistry
2016-2017	Eric Stephens	Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design
2015-2016	Brandon W. Lee	Management
2015-2016	Maria L. Rodgers	Biological Sciences

Phil and Mary Bradley Graduate Student Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry

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