The College of Sciences is committed to providing a world-class education for students and contributing to innovative research and creative work happening at UCF. An important part of this culture is fostering recognition of excellence and celebrating successes.
Please see the below award and recognition opportunities for College of Sciences faculty, along with past winners.
Recognizing Outstanding Instruction Award
These annual awards recognize faculty’s notable instructional accomplishments, contributions and impact at the undergraduate or graduate level. See below and the nomination site for more information:
- Accomplishments in multiple categories related to instruction will be recognized.
- High-Impact or High-Quality Instruction
- Successful Course Design, Redesign, Transformation, or Innovation
- Individualized Instruction, Supervision, or Mentorship
- Faculty members may nominate a colleague to their chair/director for consideration.
- For each unit, chairs and directors can nominate a total of three (3) or up to 10% of their full-time faculty (whichever is the higher number) of any rank.
- Selected faculty will be recognized at a college event.
- Selected faculty will receive a certificate of recognition.
- Not all nominees will receive an award.
- Award does not include financial incentive.
Winners
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Neil Duncan, Associate Professor (Anthropology)
Amanda Groff, Senior Lecturer (Anthropology)
Sandra Wheeler, Associate Lecturer (Anthropology)
Peter Sinelli, Senior Lecturer (Anthropology)
Paul Varcholik, Instructor (Nicholson School of Communication & Media)
Karen Mottarella, Senior Lecturer (Psychology)
Michael Loree, Instructor (Sociology)
Aubrey Jewett, Associate Professor (School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs)
Michele Yeargain, Instructor (Biology)
Nicole Lapeyrouse, Lecturer (Chemistry)
Rachid Ait Maalem Lachen, Associate Lecturer (Mathematics)
Piotr Mikusinski, Professor (Mathematics)
Barry Sandler, Associate Professor (Nicholson School of Communication & Media)
Archana Dubey, Senior Lecturer (Physics)
Richard Jerousek, Lecturer (Physics)
William Kaden, Associate Professor (Physics)
Adam LaMee, Instructor (Physics)
Laurene Tetard, Associate Professor (Physics)
Drew Doyle, Instructor (Statistics and Data Science)
Nizam Uddin, Professor (Statistics & Data Science)
Steve Neel, Associate Instructor (Nicholson School of Communication & Media)
Michael Dunn, Associate Professor (Psychology)
Thomas Dolan, Associate Professor (School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs)
Michael Armato, Associate Lecturer (Sociology)
Angela Vergara, Lecturer (Sociology)
Rick Brunson, Senior Instructor (Nicholson School of Communication & Media)
Melissa Dodd, Associate Professor (Nicholson School of Communication & Media)
John Murray, Assistant Professor (Nicholson School of Communication & Media)
Jason Chesnut, Lecturer (Psychology)
Kelsey Larsen, Assistant Professor (School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs)
Rong Zhou, Lecturer (Statistics & Data Science)
Recognizing Outstanding Scholarship, Creative Works, and REsearch Awards (OSCaR)
These annual awards recognize faculty member’s exceptional achievements in research, scholarship or creative activities. See below and the nomination site for more information:
- Faculty members may nominate a colleague to their chair/director for consideration.
- For each unit, chairs and directors can nominate a total of three (3) or up to 10% of their full-time faculty (whichever is the higher number) of any rank.
- Selected faculty will be recognized at a college event.
- Selected faculty will receive a certificate of recognition.
- Not all nominees will receive an award.
- Award does not include financial incentive.
Winners
The COS Research and Facilities Annual Report from 2021-2022 identifies the faculty members recognized. They can be found on the following pages:
- UCF Strategic Program Awards – Page 14
- Top Awards – Page 18
- Top Collaborative Awards – Page 19
- Career Awards – Page 19
- Top Awards from Various Sponsor Types – Page 20
- Top Equipment Award – Page 21