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

Student Awards

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

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.

Criteria for Selection

All student award application materials are to be submitted electronically.

All application materials are due by March 9th.

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. Please note that the Warren award requires a faculty letter of support.

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
Must include the COURSE NUMBER and PROFESSOR that the paper was written for on the first page

Year	Kuzniar Award	Warren Award	Student Paper Award
2019	Tyler Maddock Travis Harrington	Allison Mercer	Bianca Kallabat Lisa Holtz Lisa Ball
2018	Tiara Cruz	Sandy Hanna Susan Mickhail	Kayla Jones Kristin Seitz Allison Mercer
2017	Theresa Wright	Kaitlin Yarbrough	Anna Tori Brianna Kenny Jennifer Gifford
2016	Audra Balcarcel	Farha Hanif, Amanda Sosnowski	Marcella Bolen
2015	Emily Hubenka	Alaina Bur	Alaina Bur, Grace Smith
2014	N/A	Ryan Fluker	Elena Durnbaugh, Meghan Tripp
2013	N/A	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

Faculty Awards

The department recognizes outstanding faculty achievements in teaching, scholarship, service and mentoring with four 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.

Academic Year	Teaching Award	Scholarship Award	Service Award	Mentoring Award
2017-18	Maria Paino	Matt May	Amanda Burgess-Proctor	Jo Reger
2016-17	Jon Carroll	Kareen Tonsing	Heidi Lyons	Terri Orbuch
2015-16	Suzanne Spencer-Wood	Erin Comartin, Maria Paino	Jacob Becker, Scott Smith	Dennis Condron
2014-15	Lori Burrington	Heidi Lyons	Amanda Burgess-Proctor	Suzanne Spencer-Wood
2013-14	Heidi Lyons	George Sanders	Ray Liedka	-
2012-13	Graham Cassano	Dennis Condron, Jo Reger	George Sanders, Scott Smith	-
2011-12	Scott Smith	Henri Gooren	Jo Reger	-
2010-11	Amanda Burgess-Proctor	Terri Orbuch, Suzanne Spencer-Wood	Richard Stamps	-
2009-10	George Sanders	Graham Cassano	Dalton Connally, Jo Reger	-