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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) announced today the selection of outstanding faculty and staff for the 2019 LAS awards. Each year, the college solicits nominations of exceptional faculty and staff for consideration. The college gratefully acknowledges the work of the LAS Faculty Awards Committee and Julie Palmer, who provided administrative support for the process. Members of the committee for this year’s selections include Elizabeth Hoffman, Department of Economics; Joseph Kupfer, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies; Michael Young, Department of Mathematics; Ranjan Maitra, Department of Statistics; Olga Mesropova, Department of World Languages and Cultures; and James Raich, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology.

Congratulations to the following LAS award recipients, who will receive their awards at the LAS Fall Convocation September 9, 2019 at the ISU Memorial Union:

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Academic Advising
Kristin Towers, Academic Advisor III, Department of Psychology

Ruth W. Swenson Award for Outstanding Advising
Erin Wilgenbusch, Senior Lecturer, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Megan Myers, Assistant Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Michael Goebel, Lecturer, Department of Sociology

LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
James Cliber, Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
David Alexander, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
David Hollander, Associate Professor, Department of History
Beth Martin, Senior Lecturer, Department of World Languages and Cultures

LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Carol Chapelle, Distinguished Professor, Department of English
Patricia Thiel, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry

LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research
Geetu Tuteja, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Yuyu Zhou, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

LAS Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
Dipali Sashital, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Michael Young, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics

LAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
Hailiang Liu, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Robert McQueeney, Professor, Physics and Astronomy

LAS P&S Research Award
Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen, Associate Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

LAS P&S Excellence Award
Jana Stenback, Assistant Scientist I, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

LAS Award for Inclusive Excellence
Pablo Raul Stinga, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics

LAS P&S Outstanding New Professional Award
Kathy Houseman, Director of Enrollment, LAS Administration

LAS Institutional Service Award
Lisa Larson, Professor, Department of Psychology

LAS Merit Excellence Award
Patricia Augustin, Secretary II, Department of Chemistry
Robin Gogerty, Secretary III, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology