Honors & Awards

Religious Studies Chair Earns Award For Innovative Teaching
For innovative teaching methods that extend well beyond a traditional classroom setting, Joanne Maguire Robinson, UNC Charlotte Religious Studies chair and professor, has received the 2016 American Academy of Religion Excellence in Teaching Award.

Africana Studies Professor Awarded For Literary Excellence, Values’ Commitment
For his commitment to democratic ideals, humanistic values, and literary excellence in Africa. Tanure Ojaide, UNC Charlotte’s Frank Graham Porter Professor of Africana Studies, has won The Fonlon-Nichols Award.

Hauser Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Transportation Research
UNC Charlotte researcher Edd Hauser, director of the Center for Transportation Policy Studies and the Center for Disaster Studies, recently received the academic Lifetime Achievement in Transportation Research and Education Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers.

Japanese Faculty Member Honored for Promoting Japan – U.S. Friendship
Fumie Kato, associate professor of Japanese at UNC Charlotte, has been honored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for outstanding achievements in promoting friendship between Japan and the United States.

West Honored for Scholarship, Service to Children’s Literature Field
Mark West is a self-effacing scholar who can deftly turn attention from himself to the students, faculty and staff in UNC Charlotte’s Department of English and to colleagues in the field of children’s literature. Despite his reticence to stand in the spotlight, others are shining a beam on his service and have chosen him to receive the 2016 Anne Devereaux Jordan Award.

Professor Named One of 10 “Must Take Psychology Professors” in Charlotte
UNC Charlotte’s Jeanette M. Bennett has been named one of the 10 Must Take Psychology Professors in Charlotte by the online site Careers in Psychology. “Educating the next generation of leaders and scientists has always been one of my primary goals,” Bennett says. “My classroom provides an environment that is open to questions and a safe place to process new student ideas.”

Rubin, Brody Paper Nominated for Prestigious Kanter Award
UNC Charlotte researcher Beth A. Rubin’s third paper on management citizenship behavior was one of 16 articles worldwide nominated for the 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Co-authors are Charles J. Brody and David J. Maume.

Alumna, Faculty Members Earn Award for Gender, Leadership Research
A UNC Charlotte organizational science graduate and two faculty members have received a best paper award for their research on gender and leadership.

Dalsheim Receives Inaugural Atkins Library Faculty Engagement Award
CLAS researcher Joyce Dalsheim has won the inaugural J. Murrey Atkins Library Faculty Engagement Award. Dalsheim is an assistant professor in UNC Charlotte’s Department of Global, Area, and International Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Award-Winning Faculty Join Award-Winning Community Psychology Program
Two researchers who have received major national awards in their field will join the UNC Charlotte Department of Psychology as core faculty in the Community Psychology Training Program this fall.