The College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the recipients of its annual college awards. The honorees will be recognized during the annual awards ceremony on Friday, May 2.
Three faculty were selected as recipients of the College Distinguished Teaching Awards announced by the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. The remaining 12 awards were selected by the nine faculty and staff members who make up the CEHS scholarship and awards committee.
The complete list of 2025 awards and award recipients, including their title and unit, follows.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Om Joshi, developmental and learning sciences Ph.D. student, Educational Psychology
Graduate Student Research and Creative Activity Award
Weiman Xu, global family health and wellbeing Ph.D. student, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Annual Staff Award
Mel Sedlacek, office associate, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Ly Tran, business center manager, CEHS Business Center
Emerging Scholar Research/Creative Activity Award
Deepika Menon, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Distinguished Research/Creative Activity Career Award
Guy Trainin, professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Outstanding Teaching Award
Tricia Gray, assistant professor of practice, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Patty Kuo, assistant professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Sarah Zuckerman, associate professor, Educational Administration
Faculty-Student Mentoring Award
Guy Trainin, professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
College Distinguished Teaching Award
Katelyn Coburn, assistant professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Christine Kiewra, associate professor of practice, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Susan Lovall-Hague, associate professor, Special Education and Communication Disorders
Charman Outstanding Professor Award
Elizabeth Niehaus, associate professor, Educational Administration
Donald R. & Mary Lee Swanson Award for Teaching Excellence
Shavonna Holman, associate professor of practice, Educational Administration
College of Education and Human Sciences
Child, Youth and Family Studies
Educational Administration
Educational Psychology
Special Education and Communication Disorders
Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education
