Outstanding Faculty Award Winners

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Associate Professor Donna Westfall-Rudd, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

College of Architecture, Arts, and Design: Professor Susan Piedmont-Palladino, Architecture.

College of Engineering: Professor Emily Sarver, Mining and Minerals Engineering.[SL1]

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Assistant Professor Rebecca Hester, Science, Technology, and Society.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: Associate Professor William Mark Ford, Fish and Wildlife Conservation.

College of Science: Professor Sophia Economou, Physics.

Pamplin College of Business: Associate Professor Idris Adjerid, Business Information Technology.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine: Professor Kylene Kehn-Hall, Biomedical and Veterinary Science.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Professor Scott Salom, entomology

College of Architecture, Arts, and Design: Associate Professor Marcia Feuerstein, architecture

College of Engineering: Professor Zhenyu Kong, industrial and systems engineering

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Associate Professor Ashley Shew, science, technology, and society

College of Natural Resources and Environment: Associate Professor Ashley Dayer, fish and wildlife conservation

College of Science: Associate Professor Susan Whitehead, biological sciences

Pamplin College of Business: Associate Professor Richard “Rick” Hunt, management

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine: Assistant Professor Nisha Duggal, biomedical sciences

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Boris Vinatzer, professor of plant and environmental sciences and director of the Laboratory of Plant & Atmospheric Microbiology & (Met)Genomics

College of Architecture and Urban Studies:  Frank Weiner, professor of architecture.

College of Engineering:  David Knight, associate professor of engineering education and director of the Data Enlightened Educational Practice Lab.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences:  Jordan MacKenzie, assistant professor of philosophy.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: Kevin Edgar, professor of sustainable biomaterials, director of the Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Science (ICTAS) Bio-based Materials Center, co-director of the Infectious Disease Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program, and associate dean of the Graduate School.

College of Science (2 winners): Pearl Chiu, associate professor of psychology in the College of Science, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine in the School of Medicine; Brooks King-Casas, associate professor of psychology, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine in the School of Medicine.

Pamplin College of Business:  Mario Pandelaere, associate professor of marketing and Graduate Program Director.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech: John Rossmeisl, professor of biomedical and veterinary science, interim director of the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center, associate department head of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, and Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Alan Ealy, professor of animal and poultry sciences.

College of Architecture and Urban Studies: Annie Pierce, associate professor of building construction.

College of Engineering:  Kostas Triantis, professor of industrial and systems engineering; co-director of the Systems Performance Lab.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: David Brunsma, professor of sociology.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: Marc Stern, professor of forest resources and environmental conservation.

College of Science: Webster Santos, professor of chemistry; Cliff and Agnes Lilly Faculty Fellow of Drug Discovery; director of the Santos Lab.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech:, Linda Dahlgren, professor of large animal clinical sciences.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Brenda Davy, professor of human nutrition, foods, and exercise; director of the Laboratory for Eating Behaviors and Weight Management.

College of Architecture and Urban Studies: Marcia Feuerstein, associate professor of architecture.

College of Engineering:  Subhas Sarin, Paul T. Norton Professor of industrial and systems engineering.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Laura Welfare, associate professor of education.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: M. Chad Bolding, professor of forest resources and environmental conservation.

College of Science: Martha Ann Bell, University Distinguished professor of psychology; director of the Cognition, Affect, and Psychophysiology Lab.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech: Coy Irving Allen, associate professor of inflammatory disease; director of the Allen Laboratory.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Thomas Kuhar, professor of entomology; director of the Vegetable Insect Pest Research Lab.

College of Architecture and Urban Studies: Steven Thompson, associate professor of architecture and design.

College of Engineering:  Walter Lee, associate professor of engineering education; Director for Research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Nancy Bodenhorn, associate professor of counselor education.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: Marcella Kelly, professor of fish and wildlife conservation; director of the Wildlife Habitat and Population Analysis Lab.

College of Science: Jeffrey Walters, Howard Bailey Professor of biological sciences; director of the Walters Lab.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech: Xin M. Luo, associate professor of immunology; director of the Luo Laboratory.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Richard Veilleux, the Julian and Margaret Gary Professor of Horticulture and interim head of the Department of Horticulture.

College of Architecture and Urban Studies: Max Stephenson Jr., professor of public and international affairs; director of the Institute for Policy and Governance.

College of Engineering: Holly Matusovich, associate professor and assistant department head for graduate programs in the Department of Engineering Education.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Matthew Wisnioski, associate professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: Sarah Karpanty, associate professor and assistant department head in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation.

College of Science: Roseanne Foti, associate professor of psychology and director of the Interface of Leadership and Teams Lab.

Pamplin College of Business: Cliff Ragsdale, the Bank of America professor of business information technology.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech: Michelle Theus, assistant professor of molecular and cellular neurobiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, assistant professor in the Faculty of Heath Sciences, and director of the Theus Laboratory.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: David Bevan, professor of biochemistry.

College of Architecture and Urban Studies: Patrick Miller, professor of landscape architecture and associate dean for graduate studies and outreach. 

College of Engineering: Amy Pruden, W. Thomas Rice Professor of civil and environmental engineering.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: April Few-Demo, associate professor of human development.

College of Natural Resources and Environment: William Hopkins, professor of wildlife and director of the Global Change Center.

College of Science: Ann Stevens, professor of biological sciences.

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech: Lijuan Yuan, associate professor of virology and immunology.