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