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Staff Awards Recognize Dedication and Exemplary Service
April 29, 2021 The annual college staff awards recognize employees who have delivered exemplary service to the college and UCF.
2021 Founders’ Day Awards Honor Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
April 07, 2021 Faculty members from across the college were honored for the 2021 Founders’ Day Honors Convocation, which recognizes UCF faculty members and students from across disciplines for their academic achievements, contributions and tenures.
Reach for the Stars Honorees Pushing the Boundaries of Earth and Space
April 07, 2021 Five faculty members were recognized for their outstanding research and creative activity, including Mel Stanfill, assistant professor of English and Texts and Technology.
Faculty Awards
Pegasus Professor
The Pegasus Professor award recognizes excellence in the three primary areas of academic endeavor: teaching, research and service.
2021
Luis Martínez-Fernández
Department of History
2020
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
2019
Tison Pugh
Department of English
2015
Humberto López Cruz
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
2014
Jeff Rupert
School of Performing Arts (Music)
2012
Stella Sung
CREATE, School of Visual Arts & Design
2001
Jose Fernández
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
UCF Reach for the Stars Award
The UCF Reach for the Stars Award honors and rewards highly successful research and creative activity accomplished by early-career university professionals.
2021
Mel Stanfill
Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D.
2014
Stephen Fiore
Department of Philosophy
Excellence Awards
The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers.
2020–2021
College Award for Excellence in Research
Duncan Hardy
Department of History
College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Francisco Fernandez-Rubiera
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Martha Garcia
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Duncan Hardy
Department of History
Alla Kourova
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Luis Martínez Fernandez
Department of History
College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Cheryl Briggs
School of Visual Arts and Design
College Award for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising
Adele Richardson
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
University Award for Excellence in Professional Service
Keri Watson
School of Visual Arts and Design
2019–2020
College Award for Excellence in Research
Vladimir Solonari
Department of History
College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Matthew Bryan
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Nicholas Shrubsole
Department of Philosophy
Sandra Sousa
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Laurie Uttich
Department of English
College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Elizabeth Horn
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
College Award for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising
Patricia Farless
Department of History
University Award for Excellence in Professional Service
Beatriz Reyes-Foster
Women's and Gender Studies
2018–2019
College Award for Excellence in Research
Yovanna Pineda
Department of History
College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Matt Dombrowski
School of Visual Arts and Design
Luis Martínez-Fernández
Department of History
Sybil St. Claire
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Kristina Tollefson
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
2017–2018
College Award for Excellence in Research
David Brunner
School of Performing Arts (Music)
College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Cheryl Briggs
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Edward Dandrow
Department of History
Ilenia Colón Mendoza
School of Visual Arts & Design
Peter Telep
Department of English
University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Faculty Academic Advising
Kristina Tollefson
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
2016–2017
College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Martha Garcia
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Ann Gleig
Department of Philosophy
Adele Richardson
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Keri Watson
School of Visual Arts & Design
2015–2016
College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Farrah Cato
Department of English
Tison Pugh
Department of English
Charlotte Trinquet du Lys
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Stephanie Vie
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Barry Mauer
Department of English
University Award for Excellence in Professional Service
Stephanie Vie
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
UCF Trustee Chairs
The UCF Trustee Chair Professorships were established to both retain outstanding UCF faculty and attract exceptional faculty to UCF.
2021–2026
Jeff Rupert
School of Performing Arts (Music)
2017–2022
Stella Sung
CREATE, School of Visual Arts & Design
UCF Luminary Award
The UCF Luminary Award is designed to shine a light on exceptional faculty whose work is advancing their discipline and making a difference.
2021
David James Poissant
Department of English
2018
Humberto López Cruz
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
2017, Inaugural Year
Keith Folse
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
School of Visual Arts & Design
Anastasia Salter
School of Visual Arts & Design
Eileen Smith
School of Visual Arts & Design
Stephanie Vie
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Pavel Zemliansky
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Scroll and Quill Society
During Spring 2016, Faculty Excellence relaunched a streamlined and contemporary UCF Scroll & Quill Society, based on two prestigious faculty clubs established in the 1980s to honor faculty members who brought recognition to the university through: (a) The Quill, to recognize authored books and (b) The Scroll, to recognize significant and sustained peer reviewed publications in national and international journals.
2020–2021
Cheryl Briggs
School of Visual Arts & Design
Ilenia Colón Mendoza
School of Visual Arts & Design
Stephen Fiore
Department of Philosophy
Charlotte Trinquet du Lys
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Gergana Vitanova
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Scott Warfield
School of Performing Arts (Music)
2019–2020
Nathan Holic
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Shelley Park
Department of Philosophy
Kerry Purmensky
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Terry Thaxton
Department of English
2018–2019
Alla Kourova
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Rudy McDaniel
School of Visual Arts & Design
Florin Mihai
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Maria Cristina Santana
Women's and Gender Studies
Sybil St. Claire
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
2017–2018
James Clark
Department of History
Martha García
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Blake Scott
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Michael Strawser
Department of Philosophy
Ayako Yonetani
School of Performing Arts (Music)
UCF Women of Distinction Award
Presented by the Faculty Excellence Center for Success of Women Faculty for the last seven years, the Women of Distinction award highlights the achievements of outstanding women faculty at UCF. The three awards given this year – 5 years of service, 6-10 years of service and more than 10 years of service – are for “Excellence in turning your Big Ideas into Big Successes at UCF”: accomplishments and initiatives about complex issues related to teaching, research, campus service, community service, outreach efforts, and/or advocacy.
2020
Cheryl Briggs
School of Visual Arts and Design
Laurie A. Pinkert
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
2019
Anne Bubriski
Women's and Gender Studies
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
2018
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
School of Visual Arts & Design
LIFE@UCF Women Faculty Recognition Awards
With generous support from the Learning Institute for Elders at UCF (LIFE@UCF), the LIFE@UCF Women Faculty Recognition Awards celebrate and promote women faculty whose scholarship, teaching, and/or service best represent excellence in this strategic mission of our university.
2020
Terry Thaxton
Department of English
UCF Research Incentive Award
The UCF 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. This award recognizes employee contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities.
2020–2021
Per Danielsson
School of Performing Arts
Wesley Dierdorff
School of Visual Arts & Design
David Head
Department of History
Elizabeth Horn
School of Performing Arts
Lisa Nalbone
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
David Poissant
Department of English
Tison Pugh
Department of English
Mel Stanfill
Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D.
Gergana Vitanova-Haralampiev
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Ayako Yonetani
School of Performing Arts
2019–2020
Jonathan Beever
Department of Philosophy
Cheryl Briggs
School of Visual Arts & Design
Ilenia Colon Mendoza
School of Visual Arts & Design
Matthew Dombrowski
School of Visual Arts & Design
Luis Favela
Department of Philosophy
Jeff Rupert
School of Performing Arts (Music)
Anastasia Salter
Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D.
Sandra Sousa
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Sonia Stephens
Department of English
2018–2019
Anna Jones
Department of English
Adem Ozoglu
Department of History
Yovanna Pineda
Department of History
Vladimir Solonari
Department of History
Martha Garcia
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Alla Kourova
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Kerry Purmensky
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Charlotte Trinquet Du Lys
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Bruce Janz
Department of Philosophy
Kristina Tollefson
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Keri Watson
School of Visual Arts & Design
Robert Hall
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
John Scott
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
2017–2018
James Campbell
Department of English
Barbara Gannon
Department of History
Ann Gleig
Department of Philosophy
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Humberto Lopez
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Chiara Mazzucchelli
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Florin Mihai
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Lisa Mills
School of Visual Arts & Design
Shelley Park
Department of Philosophy
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
School of Visual Arts & Design
Bert Scott
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
UCF Teaching Incentive Program
UCF’s Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) rewards teaching productivity and excellence contributing to the university’s key goals of offering the best undergraduate education available in Florida and achieving international prominence in key programs of graduate study.
2020–2021
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
Department of History
Patricia Farless
Department of History
Christy Flanagan-Feddon
Department of Philosophy
Nathan Holic
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Ilenia Colon Mendoza
School of Visual Arts and Design
Anne Prucha
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Kerry Purmensky
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Sandra Sousa
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Kristina Tollefson
School of Performing Arts
Gergana Vitanova-Haralampiev
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Stephanie Wheeler
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
2019–2020
Farida Cato
Department of English
Rita De Luca Guerriero
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Sabatino Dibernardo
Department of Philosophy
Martha Garcia
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Jeremy Hunt
School of Performing Arts (Music)
Megan Lambert
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Chung Park
School of Performing Arts (Music)
Melissa Pompos
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Adele Richardson
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Nicholas Shrubsole
Department of Philosophy
Amanda Snyder
Department of History
2018–2019
David Poissant
Department of English
Laurie Uttich
Department of English
Edward Dandrow
Department of History
John Sacher
Department of History
Marcella Farina
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Francisco Fernandez-Rubiera
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Maria Montalvo
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Julie Pomerleau
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Thaddeus Anderson
School of Performing Arts (Music)
Kelly Miller
School of Performing Arts (Music)
Jeanine Viau
Department of Philosophy
Keri Watson
School of Visual Arts & Design
Matthew Bryan
Department of Writing and Rhetoric
2017–2018
Robert Cassanello
Department of History
R. Mark Hall
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Kathleen Hohenleitner
Department of English
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Amelia Lyons
Department of History
Florin Mihai
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Lisa Nalbone
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Lisa Peterson
School of Visual Arts & Design
Leandra Preston-Sidler
Women's & Gender Studies Program
Tison Pugh
Department of English
Claudia Schippert
Department of Philosophy
Peter Telep
Department of English
Kacie Tartt
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Charlotte Trinquet du Lys
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
SoTLs recognize discovery, reflection, and using evidence-based methods to research effective teaching and student learning. While the implementation of SoTL outcomes may result in teaching excellence and increased teaching effectiveness, this award recognizes scholarly efforts beyond teaching excellence.
2020–2021
Kevin Roozen
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
2018–2019
Keri Watson
School of Visual Arts & Design
John "Blake" Scott
Department of Writing and Rhetoric
2016–2017
Angela Rounsaville
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
2015–2016
Mark Hall
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Mary Tripp
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
Pavel Zemliansky
Department of Writing & Rhetoric
UCF Allies Initiative
2017–2018
Earl D. Weaver
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Student Awards
Order of Pegasus
The Order of Pegasus is the most prestigious and significant award a student can attain at UCF. Order of Pegasus recognizes exemplary performance in the areas of academic achievement, outstanding university involvement, leadership, and community service.
2021
Mariana Kellis
Madeleine Smith
2020
Taylor Pryor
2019
Kate Kilpatrick
2018
Carissa Baker
Porsha Dossie
Ana Beltran
Honors in the Major Outstanding Thesis Award
The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers. Along with awards for teaching, research and service, the dean of each college selects one undergraduate student pursuing honors in their major and commends them for their outstanding thesis.
2018
Rachael Rothstein-Safra
Founders’ Award
The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers. Along with awards for teaching, research and service, the dean of each college selects one undergraduate student a year to receive the $500 Founders’ Award for exceptional work within their area of study.
2021
Ryan Polk
2019
Elizabeth Klements
2018
Thomas Heller
2017
Kayla Davis
2016
Kerrianne Reilly
Staff Awards
CAH Staff Recognition Awards
These annual awards presented to two USPS employees and one A&P employee for their outstanding work and contribution to their school, department or program, and to the College of Arts and Humanities.
2020–2021
Ashli Van Horn
CAH Dean's Office
Tiffany Rivera
Department of History
Tracey Morrison
CREATE
2019–2020
Janki Maraj
School of Visual Arts & Design
Steven Blackburn
School of Visual Arts & Design
Susan Jefferson
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
2018–2019
Jon Bowen
Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Meghan Crowther
Department of English
Amy Giroux
Texts & Technology Ph.D.
2017–2018
Lauren Becker
School of Performing Arts
Arlene Flores
School of Performing Arts
Christine Michel
School of Visual Arts & Design
USPS Employee of the Month
The University of Central Florida USPS Employee of the Month Award recognizes exceptional performance of currently employed USPS staff.
2020–2021
Samuel Waters
School of Performing Arts
2019–2020
Pamela McGlinchey
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Arlene Flores
School of Performing Arts
2018–2019
Ashli Vanhorn
CAH Dean's Office
2015–2016
Arlene Flores
School of Performing Arts