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Faculty Awards

UMKC is proud to salute its faculty for their many contributions in the areas of teaching, research and service.

 

2021-22 Awardees

UMKC Teaching Awards

Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

2021 Michael Wacker, Associate Professor, School of Medicine

2022 TBD

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

2021 Mikah Thompson, Professor, School of Law

2022 Ganesh Thiagrajan, Professor, School of Science and Engineering

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring

2021  Dr. Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, Professor, School of Dentistry

2022 None

Chancellor’s Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching

2021 Christopher Madden, Assistant Professor, UMKC Conservatory

2022 Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, Assistant Professor School of Education, Social Work, and Psychological Sciences

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

2021 Lena Hoober-Burkhardt, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Science and Engineering

2022 Diana Tamer, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy

Elmer F. Pierson Good Teaching Awards’s

– Business   

2021 Jeff Johnson, Associate Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management

2022 Larry Wigger, Associate Teaching Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management

 – Dentistry 

2021 Simon MacNeill, Professor, School of Dentistry

2022 Narayanan Sreenivasan, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Dentistry

 – Law     

2021 Allen Rostron, Professor, School of Law

2022 Mary Kay O’Malley, Clinical Professor, School of Law

 – Medicine    

2021 Lance Carter, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Medicine

2022 Tim Cole, Teaching Professor, School of Medicine

UMKC Research Awards:

 N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity

2021 Gary Sutkin, Professor, School of Medicine

2022 Sean O’Brien, Professor, School of Law

Trustees Faculty Fellowship Award     

2021 Jennifer Huberman, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences

2022 None

Trustees Faculty Scholar Award

2021 Alison Graettinger, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences

2022 Antonio Byrd, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers, Scholars, and Artists

2022 Virginia Blanton, Professor School of Humanities and Social Sciences  -and-

2022 Majid Bani-Yaghoub, Associate Professor, School of Science and Engineering -and-

2022 Amanda Grimes, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies

UMKC Service Awards

 Chancellor’s Award for Embracing Diversity

2021 Tyler Smith, Assistant Professor School of Medicine

2022 Student National Dental Association/Hispanic Dental Association

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement

2021 Dr. Kenneth J. Budde Special Collections, Department in University Libraries

2022 Brent Never, Associate Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management

Chancellor’s Award for Career Contributions to the University

2021 Patricia Marken, Professor Emerita, School of Pharmacy

2022 Mark Johnson, Professor, School of Dentistry