Faculty Recognition: Research and Teaching Effectiveness
RIA Awardees
The University of Central Florida Research Incentive Awards (RIA) program supports outstanding research, scholarly and creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including interdisciplinary research and collaborations.
The below faculty members were recognized for their contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities.
Joanna Mishtal, Anthropology
Linda Walters, Biology
Qiyu Sun, Mathematics
Joshua Colwell, Physics
Talat Rahman, Physics
Corey Bohil, Psychology
TIP Awardees
The UCF’s Teaching Incentives Program (TIP) rewards sustained high levels of teaching effectiveness. UCF awards as many as 40 new TIPs to the colleges each year. Eligible faculty must have been employed by UCF for at least four years and meet or exceed median student credit hour production at one of the following levels:
- Undergraduate and graduate SCHs combined at the department level
- Undergraduate and graduate SCHs combined at the college level
- Graduate SCHs at the department level
- Graduate SCHs at the college level
The below faculty members were recognized for their outstanding teaching effectiveness.
Beatriz Reyes-Foster, Anthropology
Florencio Hernandez, Chemistry
Pedro Patino, Chemistry
Matthew Rex, Chemistry
Jonathan Matusitz, Communication
Harry Weger, Communication
Tammy Muhs, Mathematics
Zhisheng Shuai, Mathematics
Ahlam Al-Rawi, Physics
Abdelkader Kara, Physics
Robert Peale, Physics
Alfons Schulte, Physics
Aubrey Jewett, Political Science
Steven Berman, Psychology
Daniel McConnell, Psychology
Chrysalis Wright, Psychology
Amanda Anthony, Sociology
Elizabeth Grauerholz, Sociology