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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is pleased to announce and celebrate its exemplary faculty and staff with the 2020 Liberal Arts and Sciences and Iowa State University awards recipients.

Recipients will be formally recognized in Fall 2020.

Cassling Family Faculty Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
George Archer, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Aili Mu, Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures

Ruth W. Swenson Award for Outstanding Advising
Ann Haugland, Academic Advisor, Department of Psychology, Communication Studies

Shakeshaft Master Teacher in Humanities and Social Sciences
Beth Martin, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Academic Advising
Terry Kruse, Academic Advisor, Department of Chemistry

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Carly Manz, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Tao Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Aaron Wood, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
Brian Behnken, Associate Professor, Department of History
Shenglan Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Cristina Bonaccorsi, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry
Heike Hofmann, Professor, Department of Statistics

LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Jonathan Smith, Professor, Department of Mathematics

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research
Bernard Lidicky, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Jia Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Elizabeth Swanner Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

LAS Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
Wenyu Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Amanda Petefish-Schrag, Assistant Professor, Department of Music and Theatre
Amy Erica Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
Ruslan Prozorov, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

LAS Award for Inclusive Excellence
Karin Dorman, Professor, Department of Statistics

LAS P&S Excellence Award
Kenneth McCabe, Manager, Greenhouse, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

LAS P&S Outstanding New Professional Award
Kimberly Hope, Program Coordinator, Women’s and Gender Studies Program

LAS Institutional Service Award
Gloria Jones-Johnson, University Professor, Department of Sociology

LAS International Service Award
Abdi Kusow, Professor, Department of Sociology

LAS Merit Excellence Award
Valerie Awino, Laboratory Technician, Department of Chemistry

To nominate someone for an LAS award, visit the awards page on my.las.iastate.edu, the college internal website.