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CEHS announces annual college award recipients
22 Apr 2024
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, April 26.
“I’m thrilled to see these dedicated folks receive this recognition,” Interim Dean Nick Pace said. “They each in their own ways advance our mission and make lasting impacts. They are almost always too busy doing award-winning work to talk about it, and I’m very grateful that their nominators put them forward for this recognition. Our people are amazing.”
The complete list of 2024 awards and award recipients, including their title and unit, follows.
Annual Staff Award
Jonathan Carlson, grant specialist – lead, CEHS Business Center
Tina Horan, assistant director for research operations, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
CEHS Outstanding Teaching Award
Katelyn Coburn, assistant professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Susan Loveall-Hague, associate professor, Special Education and Communication Disorders
College Distinguished Teaching Award
Gilbert Parra, professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Kristy Weissling, professor of practice, Special Education and Communication Disorders
Jiangang Xia, associate professor, Educational Administration.
Faculty-Student Mentoring Award
Beth Lewis, professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Distinguished Research/Creative Activity Career Award
Maria de Guzman, professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Emerging Scholar Research/Creative Activity Award
Taeyeon Kim, assistant professor, Educational Administration
Graduate Student Research and Creative Activity Award
Molly Goldberg, Child Development/Early Childhood Education Ph.D. student, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Matt Brooks, Developmental and Learning Sciences Ph.D. student, Educational Psychology
Donald R. & Mary Lee Swanson Award for Teaching Excellence
Kristy Weissling, professor of practice, Special Education and Communication Disorders
To see a complete historical list of CEHS award recipients, visit https://cehs.unl.edu/cehs/award-recipients/.
College of Education and Human Sciences
Child, Youth and Family Studies
Educational Administration
Educational Psychology
Special Education and Communication Disorders
Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education
CEHS Staff Council