A Celebration of Excellence in the Faculty of Arts

Arts staff and faculty gather to celebrate teaching, research and staff excellence

Arts Staff - 26 April 2017

Seventy-five Arts faculty, staff and students were recognized for their achievements at Tuesday's Celebration of Excellence in the Faculty of Arts at the UAlberta Faculty Club.

Family, friends and colleagues joined the award winners at a dinner and celebration, emceed by Kisha Supernant, associate professor of Anthropology.

Congratulations to all of our award winners!

FACULTY OF ARTS AWARDS

Outstanding Staff Award

Vanessa Ianson, Linguistics

Kimberly Olson, Undergraduate Student Services

Outstanding Student Service Award

Lori Myers, Undergraduate Student Services

Outstanding Lead Administrator Award

Tim Khaner, Anthropology/Economics

Pamela Sewers, Arts Faculty Office

Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Researcher Award

Cole Anderson

Gabriela Arana

Breanna Barrington

Glen Brown

Meghan Brunelle

Narissa Bianca M. Estayo

Dale Fisher

Qingchuan (QC) Gu

Meghan Hodgson

Brittney Hubley

Joshua Katz

Laura McLean

Juliana McPhail

Connor Meeker

Melissa Tirkha

Cécile E. Mactaggart Travel Award for Narrative Writing

Andrew Morland, English & Film Studies

Graduate Student Teaching Award

Lacey Fleming, Anthropology

Mi Kwi Cho, East Asian Studies

Orly Lael Netzer, English & Film Studies

Conrad Scott, English & Film Studies

L. Camille van der Marel, English & Film Studies

Houssem Ben Lazreg, Modern Languages & Cultural Studies

Kathleen (Kat) Danser, Music

Peter Sabo, Religious Studies/Interdisciplinary Studies

Hajar Amidian, Political Science

Miranda DeMaria-Leibel, Political Science

Noureddin Zaamout, Political Science

Nigel Mantou Lou, Psychology

Juana Park, Psychology

Jonathan Simmons, Sociology

Michael Zajko, Sociology

Frederick Mills, History & Classics

James White, History & Classics

Contract Instructor Teaching Award

Mark Dickens, History & Classics

Laura Schechter, English & Film Studies

Community Service-Learning Instructor Award

Jason Taylor, Philosophy

Unit Teaching Award

Vocal Area, Department of Music (John Tessier, Elizabeth Turnbull, Sherry Steele, Shannon Hiebert, Leanne Regehr)

Undergraduate Teaching Award
(Early Achievement)

Evangelia Daskalaki, Linguistics

Xavier Gutiérrez, Modern Languages & Cultural Studies

Natalie S. Loveless, Art & Design

Kathleen W. Klawe Prize for Excellence
in Teaching of Large Classes

Cecily Devereux, English & Film Studies

Undergraduate Teaching Award

Christine Anne Stewart, English & Film Studies

Jana Grekul, Sociology

Angela Schroeder, Music

Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
and Mentorship

Leonard Ratzlaff, Music

Valentina Galvani, Economics

Research Excellence Award

John Tessier, Assistant Professor, Music

Dominique Clément, Associate Professor, Sociology

Johanne Paradis, Professor, Linguistics

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AWARDS

McCalla Professorship

Michael O'Driscoll, English & Film Studies

Students' Union SALUTE Award

Hansy Herrera, Modern Languages & Cultural Studies

Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Odile Cisneros, Modern Languages & Cultural Studies

Catherine Kellogg, Political Science

William Hardy Alexander Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Lucinda Rasmussen, English & Film Studies

J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research

Mark Nuttall, Anthropology

Martha Cook Piper Research Prize

Sandra Bucerius, Sociology

Killam Annual Professorship

Lianne McTavish, Art & Design

NATIONAL AWARDS

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Abubakar Abdulkadir, History & Classics

Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story

Thomas Wharton, English & Film Studies

The Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry

Marilyn Dumont, English & Film Studies

Canadian Association for Theatre Research Award

Jane Heather, Drama

Jan Selman, Drama

Canada Research Chair

Kevin Haggerty, Sociology

Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries

John Considine, English & Film Studies

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Jim Lightbody, Political Science

Governor General's Gold Medal

Tracy Bear, English & Film Studies

Order of Canada

Patricia Demers, English & Film Studies

Liz Ingram, Art & Design

Check out our Facebook photo album of last night's 2017 Celebration of Excellence in the Faculty of Arts