Faculty Excellence in Research Awards

Faculty Excellence in Research Awards are presented to one faculty member per school who shows evidence of consistently high research productivity and quality and has achieved a particularly notable milestone demonstrating the impact of their work over the past year. This award replaced the Distinguished Faculty Research Award beginning in 2020.

2023

• Casey Wichman, assistant professor, School of Economics
• Sherie Randolph, associate professor, School of History and Sociology
• Fei-Ling Wang, professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
• Brian Magerko, professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
• Stéphanie Boulard, associate professor, School of Modern Languages
• Omar Asenio, assistant professor, School of Public Policy

2022

• Brian An, assistant professor, School of Public Policy
• Katie Farris, associate professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
• Lelia Glass, assistant professor, School of Modern Languages
• Danny Hughes, professor, School of Economics
• Rachel Whitlark, assistant professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
• Germán Vergara, assistant professor, School of History and Sociology

2021

• André Brock, associate professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
• Lindsey Bullinger, assistant professor, School of Public Policy
• Kelley Fong, assistant professor, School of History and Sociology
• Natalie Khazaal, assistant professor, School of Modern Languages
• Anjali Thomas, associate professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
• Karen Yan, assistant professor, School of Economics

Distinguished Faculty Research Award Winners

The Faculty Excellence in Research Awards replaced the Distinguished Faculty Research Award beginning in 2020. Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Researchers were senior faculty who had an eminent record of publications in academic and industry journals and/or influential books, and who had current projects with noteworthy potential. 

2019

• Lisa Yaszek, professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication

2018

• Brian Magerko, professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication

2017

• Mary Frank Fox, professor, School of Public Policy

2016

• Jay P. Telotte, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication

2015

• Alasdair Young, professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
• Hanchao Lu, professor, School of History and Sociology