Faculty Awards
SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award
Paul Sorrentino, 2005-06
Lucinda Roy, 2004-05
Tom Gardner, 2002-03
Teaching Awards: Virginia Tech
Wine Award
J. D. Stahl, 2007-08
Thomas Gardner, 2005-06
Paul Sorrentino, 2004-05
James Owen, 1985
Sporn Award
Matthew Vollmer, 2009
Elisabeth Bloomer, 2008
Paul Heilker, 2006
Geraldine S. Saffle, 2004
James Owen, 1972
Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award
Fritz Oehlschlaeger, 2006
Tony Colaianne, 2004
Tom Gardner, 1990-91
Lucinda Roy, 1989-90
J. D. Stahl, 1986-87
Paul Sorrentino, 1984
XCaliber Award
Nancy Metz (leader); with Virginia Fowler, Kathryn Graham, Vicki LeCorre, Elisabeth Bloomer, Jennifer Lawrence, Julie Mengert, Vanessa Ruccolo, Steve Oakey, Todd Stafford, Ray Van Dyke, Steve Culver, Anne Laughlin, Marc Zaldivar, Teggin Summers, Hongbo Zhang, Jennifer Sparrow, 2011
Bob Siegle, 2009
Virgil Cook, 1998
Diggs Teaching Scholar
Gena Chandler, 2007
Jim Dubinsky, 2006
Clare Dannenberg, 2005
Bob Siegle, 2004
Lissa Bloomer, 2003
Nancy Metz, 1996
Thomas Gardner, 1994
Grace Bauer, 1993
Ellen Brown, 1992
Certificate of Teaching Excellence (CLAHS)
Julie Mengert, 2011
Kathryn Graham, 2011
Jennifer Mooney, 2010
Jane Wemhoener, 2010
Peter Graham, 2009
Sheila Carter-Tod, 2008
Edward Weathers, 2008
James Collier, 2007
Jeff Mann, 2007
Fritz Oehlschlaeger, 2005
Aileen Murphy, 2004
Bob Siegle, 2003-04
Tony Colaianne, 2002-03
James Dubinsky 2001-02
Peter Graham, 1998-99
Peter Graham, 1997-98
Linda Anderson, 1993-94
Kaye Graham, 1995-96
Alice Kinder, 1993-94
Nancy Metz, 1990-91
Tom Gardner, 1988-89
Lucinda Roy, 1988-89
J. D. Stahl, 1986-87
Tom Gardner, 1985-86
Nancy Metz, 1981
Paul Sorrentino, 1981
Paul Sorrentino, 1980
Dr. Caroll B. Shannon Excellence in Teaching Award, CLAHS
James Collier, 2006-07
Joyce Gentry Smoot Award for Teaching Excellence: Instructors (Department of English)
Cathy Skinner, 2011
Jane Wemhoener, 2010
Aileen Murphy, 2009
Jennifer Mooney, 2008
Kathryn Graham, 2007
Ed Weathers, 2007
Julie Mengert, 2006
Jennifer Lawrence, 2005
Bruce Watson, 2004
Stephen Mooney, 2003
Gyorgyi Voros, 2001
Cheryl Ruggiero, 2000
Kathryn Graham, 2000
Sue Saffle, 1999
Lissa Bloomer, 1998
Cheryl Ruggiero, 1994-95
Cathy Skinner, 1994-95
Mary Denson Moore, 1993
Alice Kinder, 1991
JoAnn Harvill, 1990
Cheryl Ruggiero, 1988
Teaching Awards: External
South Atlantic Association of Departments of English 1990 Outstanding Teacher Award
Paul Sorrentino, 1990-91
Society for Technical Communication Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication
Carolyn Rude, 1998
Research and Creative Scholarship Awards: Virginia Tech
Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship (CLAHS)
Ed Falco, 2012
Daniel W. Mosser, 2011
Paul Sorrentino, 2010
Peter Graham, 2006-07
Ernest Sullivan, 2005-06
Tom Gardner, 2004-05
Excellence in Research and the Creative Arts: Sturm Award (Phi Beta Kappa)
Erika Meitner, 2011
Matthew Vollmer, 2010
Katrina M. Powell, 2010
Peter Graham, 2009
Bob Hicok, 2009
Edward Falco, 2008
Fred D’Aguiar, 2007
National Research and Creative Scholarship Awards
Guggenheim Fellowships
Bob Hicok, 2008-09
Paul Sorrentino, 2008-09
Thomas Gardner, 2002-03
Bobbitt National Poetry Prize
Bob Hicok, 2008-09
Carl Sandburg Literary Award
Nikki Giovanni, 2007
NAACP Image Award: Outstanding Literary Work
Nikki Giovanni, 100 Best African American Poems, 2011
Nikki Giovanni, Bicycles, 2010
Nikki Giovanni, Hip Hop Speaks to Children, 2009
Nikki Giovanni, Acolytes, 2008
Nikki Giovanni, Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, 2003
Nikki Giovanni, Blues: For All the Changes, 2000
Nikki Giovanni, Love Poems, 1998
Gustavus Myers Award
for a work published in a given year that extends our understanding of the root causes of bigotry and the range of options we as humans have in constructing alternative ways to share power.
Steven Salaita, 2008, for Anti-Arab Racism in the United States
Service, Outreach, Diversity, and Advising Awards
Excellence in Administration, CLAHS
Carolyn Rude, 2011
Nancy Metz, 2008
Lucinda Roy, 2006
University Student Leadership Award
James Dubinsky, 1999-00
Excellence in Undergraduate Student Advising, CLAHS
Virginia Fowler, 2012
Cathy Skinner, 2008
Jennifer Mooney, 2005
Alumni Advising Award
Jennifer Mooney, 2005-06
Excellence in Graduate Student Advising, CLAHS
Diana George, 2011
Paul Heilker, 2008
Bernice Hausman, 2007
Cheryl Ruggiero, 2005
Diversity, CLAHS
Sheila Carter-Tod, 2007
Virginia Fowler, 2006
Inclusion and Innovation, Department
Steve Oakey, 2010
Gena Chandler, 2009
Carlos Evia, 2008
Virginia Fowler, 2004
Writing Center, 2003
Outreach Excellence, CLAHS
Katrina Powell 2012
Carlos Evia, 2011
Nikki Giovanni, 2006-07
Jane Wemhoener, 2005-06
Mark Armstrong, 2005-06
James Dubinsky, 2004-05
Outstanding Service-Learning Educator Award
Jane Wemhoener, 2005-06
James Dubinsky, 2000-01