Jonis Agee, Adele Hall Professor of English; Sherilyn Fritz, George Holmes Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences; and Kimberly Tyler, Willa Cather Professor of Sociology, earned the College of Arts and Sciences' Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award during the college's Celebration of Excellence.
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Brandon Bosch, assistant professor of practice in political science and sociology; Kelsy Burke, assistant professor of sociology; Lory Janelle Dance, associate professor of sociology and ethnic studies; David Harwood, professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences; Eric Malina, associate professor of practice in chemistry; and Rachael Shah, assistant professor of English received the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award during the college's Celebration of Excellence.
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Joy Castro, Willa Cather Professor of English and ethnic studies, has been selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Scholar program, which provides an avenue for faculty to collaborate with experts in humanities disciplines. She will participate in the four-week Institute, "José Martí and the Immigrant Communities of Florida in Cuban Independence and the Dawn of the American Century," at the University of Tampa.
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Jenna Finch, assistant professor of psychology, has received the 2019 Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Psychological Association. Finch was honored for her dissertation "Executive Functions in Elementary School: Contextual Influences and Links to Adaptive Functioning." She will be recognized at the association's Division 15 Business Meeting in August and will deliver a keynote address at the annual convention in 2020.
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Rosemarie Holz, associate director and associate professor of practice in Women's and Gender Studies, earned the Hazel R. McClymont Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. Holz received the award during the college's Celebration of Excellence.
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Alumna Allison Black ('19) presented at an April 25 meeting of the Governor's Council for International Relations celebrating the success of five Nebraska students. Read more about the event.
