KU Kudos: Faculty and staff achievements, November 2024
LAWRENCE — It’s time to celebrate Jayhawk colleagues’ achievements: KU News Service staff accepted submissions and combed websites, social media and newsletters for recent external honors and awards for current faculty and staff at the Lawrence, Edwards and Medical Center campuses and affiliates.
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Craig Alexander, senior director of Jayhawks Elevate, received the Best Practices Award on behalf of his team at the 2024 Central Association of College & University Business Officers (CACUBO) conference. Jayhawks Elevate was recognized with the award for its unique approach to giving a voice to employees and creating a culture of continuous improvement at KU.
Ann Brill, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, was inducted into the Kansas Newspaper and Photojournalism Hall of Fame by the Kansas Press Association.
Patrizio Ceccagnoli, associate professor of Italian, and collaborators received the Arrowsmith Press & Walcott Festival’s Walcott Prize for their translation of poet Antonella Anedda’s book “Historiae.”
Chris Crandall, professor of psychology, was elected president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the world's largest scientific society for social-personality psychologists.
A project by Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science & Athletic Training faculty member Linda D’Silva was highlighted by the Frontiers Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Titled "Listening Sessions to Understand the Lived Experience of Latino Roofers and Construction Workers After Unintentional Head Injury," her work engages the local population and aims to understand barriers the Latino community faces when trying to access health care.
Hannes Devos, associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science & Athletic Training, received the 2024 Research Scholar Award at the annual conference of the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists.
Debabrata "Deb" Dey, Davis Area Director of Analytics, Information & Operations and Ronald G. Harper Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Information Systems in the School of Business, was named a senior member of INFORMS, the largest professional organization for the decision and data sciences.
School of Education & Human Sciences associate professors Zak Foste and Eugene Parker III were elected to the American College Personnel Association Leadership Council.
Melissa Greene-Blye, assistant professor of journalism, received the Best Article Award from the editorial board of American Journalism at the American Journalism Historians Association conference.
Maiah Hambrick, hall director at Naismith Hall, received the Outstanding New Professional Award – Bachelor’s Level during the Upper Midwest Region Association of College and University Housing Officers - International conference, a cornerstone event for housing professionals.
Rachel Krause, professor of public affairs & administration, received the World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance for her outstanding work in environmental policy. She received the award at the 2024 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Fall Research Conference.
Department of Hearing & Speech faculty member Susan Koerner was chosen to receive the 2024 State Clinical Achievement Award for Kansas. Presented by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, the award recognizes demonstrated contributions to the advancement of knowledge in clinical practice in speech-language pathology.
Min-Young Kim, assistant professor of teaching & curriculum, received the Alan C. Purves Award from the National Council of Teachers of English for her work, "Adopting an Empathizing Stance in Classroom Argumentation: Pedagogical Constructs and Affordances."
Scott Murphy, professor of music, won an Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory for his 2023 article “An Eightfold Taxonomy of Harmonic Progressions, and Its Application to Triads Related by Major Third and Their Significance in Recent Screen Music,” published in the Journal of Music Theory. He also gave a presentation at the society's 2024 meeting in November.
Renée Rains, doctoral capstone coordinator, Occupational Therapy Education, has been recommended by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for placement on the Fulbright Specialist Roster.
Alex Red Corn, associate vice chancellor for sovereign partnerships and Indigenous initiatives, presented on state-level work related to the Kansas Association for Native American Education as well as the broader Indigenous education community at the Western History Association conference.
Colin Roust, associate dean of academic affairs and associate professor of musicology, presented a paper and spoke at roundtables at the recent Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society.
Rebekka Schlichting, assistant professor of the practice in journalism & mass communications, presented “Seeds and Beads: Indigenous Persistence in Art and Film” at the Western History Association conference.
Meredith Schnug, clinical associate professor of law, and Barbara Wrigley, administrative assistant with the School of Law, were among those named to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Pro Bono Honor Roll for 2024.
Jacob Sosnoff, associate dean for research, School of Health Professions, was recognized with the Fellows Program Award from the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions. This award provides meaningful recognition to members who have contributed significantly to health professions as administrators, educators, clinicians or researchers.
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