Honors & Awards

In recognition of his distinguished research and dedication to others’ scholarship over an almost 50-year career, UNC Charlotte sociology professor Murray Webster has received the national 2015 Cooley-Mead Award from the American Sociological Association’s Social Psychology Section.

UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor of English JuliAnna Ávila and her co-editor Jessica Zacher Pandya have received the prestigious 2014 Edward B. Fry Book Award for their book that explores the intersection of critical and digital literacies and the impact on students and teachers.

A UNC Charlotte psychology graduate student has found her community research efforts rewarded with the Outstanding Health Psychology Student Research award.

UNC Charlotte political science and public administration researcher Eric S. Heberlig has received a national prize for the most significant book on the U.S. Congress, awarded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. The foundation awarded the D.B. Hardeman Prize to Heberlig and Bruce A. Larson of Gettysburg College.

For his work as a mentor, UNC Charlotte Communication Studies staff member David Landrum has received the 2014 North Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service. This award is the highest honor a state employee may receive.

Credited with creating “a Japanese family” at UNC Charlotte, Fumie Kato, associate professor in the Department of Languages and Culture Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, received the Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship in Teaching at the University Convocation on August 19, 2014.

UNC Charlotte researcher Margaret M. Quinlan has teamed with WOUB Center for Public Media and received a regional Emmy nomination for the documentary series, The Courage of Creativity. The series showcases the role of artists in fostering storytelling and well-being in health-related contexts.

A UNC Charlotte student has been chosen as a winner from among 1,500 entrants United Nations Contest “Many Languages One World.” Lauren Klein, an English major, submitted her essay in the Russian Language category.

In recognition of their focus on collaboration and communications, two students and a faculty member from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have won recognition from the UNC Charlotte Health Academy this year.

Oscar de la Torre, an assistant professor in the Department of Africana Studies, received a 2014 College Educators Research Fellowship from the UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.