Awards and Recognition

Texas Research & Scholarship Award

Recognizing faculty for high level of scholarship on topics concerning the state of Texas.

Transforming Research into Practice: Holding Police Accountable by 
Examining Officer’s Attitudes Regarding Body Worn Cameras (BWCs) in a Border Community - Kimberly Dodson 

Not Looking to Blame, Shame or Horrify People’: Texas Educational 
Leaders Reflect on Employing Anti-Racism in Everyday School Leadership - Jennifer Grace

Dow's Reservoir and the Realities of Flooding in Texas - Lisa Gossett

The Influence of COVID-19 on Campus Leaders’ Curriculum Integration, Perceptions Towards, and Acquired Expertise in Technology - Michelle Peters

Scholarship to Improve Higher Education

Recognizing faculty for publishing or presenting scholarship to improve academia.

Building Synergistic Mindsets in International Business Education: The Unmet Demands of a VUCA Marketplace - Dina Abdel-Zaher

A Case Study Discussion of ‘Strange Fruit’: Teaching an Interdisciplinary-Multimedia Lesson Regarding Vigilante Justice and Racism in the United States - Debra Clark

Using Kolb's Experiential Learning in Agile Software Development Course - Soma Datta

Abolishing the Language of Slavery: Critical Pedagogy for Anti-Racist 
Conversations - Wanalee Romero

Instructional Innovation

Recognizing faculty for stimulating a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

Food Deserts Scavenger Hunt - Kathleen Garland

Counseling Intervention Infomercials: Shark Tank©Style - Kimberly McGough

Antigone vs. Creon: Staging a Mock Trial to Develop Ethical Problem Solving - Daniel Silvermintz

2008 Financial Crisis Interview and Round Table Discussion - Allyssa Wadsworth

Early Career Faculty

Recognizing early career faculty who have performed at a very high level before they apply for promotion.

"Go to 11" Award

Awarded to faculty who earned 11 or more credits for activities sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.

"Go to 11" All-Stars

Awarded to faculty who earned the most credits in the "Go to 11" award category sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.

• Christine Walther
• Gene "Xiaojun" Shan
• Angela Kelling

Faculty Who Have Taught 5000+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 2500+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 1000+ Students

College Cup

Award annually to a UHCL college with the highest faculty participation in Center for Faculty Development activities

College of Human Sciences and Humanities

CFD Staff Appreciation Award

Awarded annually to a distinguished staff member who has shown outstanding excellence and superior performance to assist the Center for Faculty Development accomplish goals throughout the year.

Lee Hilyer, Executive Director, Alfred R. Neumann Library

Texas Research & Scholarship Award

Recognizing faculty for high level of scholarship on topics concerning the state of Texas.

Importing Care, Faithful Service: Filipino and Indian American Nurses at a Veteran’s Hospital - Stephen Cherry 

A Graphical Alternative for Multiple Group Comparisons in Analysis of Covariance - Kalanka Jayalath

The Impact of Strong Families, Strong Communities on Relationship Functioning in Low-Income African American and Hispanic Individuals: Findings from a Federally Funded Randomized Control Trial - Roberta Leal

Scholarship to Improve Higher Education

Recognizing faculty for publishing or presenting scholarship to improve academia.

Speed-Interviewing for Classroom Group Formation: How a Clever Twist on the Classic ‘Speed-Dating’ Tradition Enhances Small Group Coursework - Lisa Sublett, Amanda Johnston, Christine Walther, Christal Seahorn, and Georgina Moreno

Writing-to-Learn: Strategies to Promote Engagement, Peer-to-Peer Learning, and Active Listening in Economic Courses - Femi Ayadi

Dialogue Practices in Teacher Education Classrooms: Students and Teacher Educators’ Perceptions - Leslie Gauna and Jane Cooper

The Impact of COVID-19 on Students’ Perceived Justice, University Support, Professor Support, and Intentions to Drop Out - Silvana Chambers and Clifton Mayfield

Instructional Innovation

Recognizing faculty for stimulating a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

AI Teaching Assistant to Personalize Student Learning - Silvana Chambers

The Cognitive Psychology Media Project - Kelsey James

Discussion Board Activity Using Blooms Taxonomy - Leticia French

Cultural Heritage and Community Partnerships in Experiential Learning - Maria Curtis

Early Career Faculty

Recognizing early career faculty who have performed at a very high level before they apply for promotion.

"Go to 11" Award

Awarded to faculty who earned 11 or more credits for activities sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.

"Go to 11" All-Stars

Awarded to faculty who earned the most credits in the "Go to 11" award category sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.

• Christine Walther
• Gene "Xiaojun" Shan
• Angela Kelling

Number of Students Taught

Honoring faculty members who have taught 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, and 10,000 students since their hire date at UHCL. The faculty listed below achieved this milestone at the last award ceremony.

Faculty Who Have Taught 5000+ Students

• Christine Kovic

Faculty Who Have Taught 2500+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 1000+ Students

College Cup

Award annually to a UHCL college with the highest faculty participation in Center for Faculty Development activities

• College of Education

CFD Staff Appreciation Award

Awarded annually to a distinguished staff member who has shown outstanding excellence and superior performance to assist the Center for Faculty Development accomplish goals throughout the year.

• Briana Ramos, Administrative Assistant II, Office of Planning and Assessment

CFD Fellowship

Faculty receive time and funds to gain expertise, create programming, and advocate for instructional change.

2023-2024
Angela Kelling & Georgina Moreno
HSI Best Practices

2023-2024
Xiaojun "Gene" Shan
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL

Texas Research & Scholarship Award

Recognizing faculty for high level of scholarship on topics concerning the state of Texas.

Unruly Borders, Bodies, and Blood: Mexican “Mongrels” and Eugenics of Empire - Christina Cedillo 

Keep Calm and Conceal Carry: Opinions About Campus Carry on a Nontraditional University Campus in Texas - Angela Kelling, Nicholas Kelling, Amanda Johnston, Christine Walther

Bond Insurer Competition and the Likelihood of Texas Bonds being Insured - Barry Marks

Scholarship to Improve the Academy

Recognizing faculty who stimulate a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

Relating Our Experiences: The Practice of Positionality Stories in Student-Centered Pedagogy - Christina Cedillo

Against the Professorial Odds: Barriers at Building Blocks for Educational Advancement - Sheila Baker, Denise McDonald, Debby Shulsky

The Five-Year Job Interview: A Call for More Structure on the Tenure Line - Lorie Jacobs

Malice in Wonder-How-This-Happened Land: Falling Down the Political Rabid Hold of Academia - Denise McDonald

Rebuild the Academy: Supporting Academic Mothers During COVID-19 and Beyond - Lory Santiago-Vázquez

Instructional Innovation

Recognizing faculty who stimulate a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

Building My Unique Story - Giazú Enciso Domínguez

Viral Video Assignment - Laura Guerrero 

Creating a Virtual Learning Laboratory Experience Based on Student Preferences - Angela Kelling 

Introduction of Real-Time, Real-Sample Analysis in CHEM 4268 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Class - Charuksha Walgama

Early Career Faculty

"Go to 11" Award

Awarded to faculty who earned 11 or more credits for activities sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development

Number of Students Taught

Honoring faculty members who have taught 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, and 10,000 students since their hire date at UHCL. The faculty listed below achieved this milestone at the last award ceremony.

Faculty Who Have Taught 10,000+ Students

• S. Altan Erdem

Faculty Who Have Taught 5,000+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 2,500+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 1,000+ Students

College Cup

Award annually to a UHCL college with the highest faculty participation in Center for Faculty Development activities

• College of Human Sciences and Humanities

CFD Staff Appreciation Award

Awarded annually to a distinguished staff member who has shown outstanding excellence and superior performance to assist the Center for Faculty Development accomplish goals throughout the year.

Charise Armstrong, Executive Assistant to the Provost

CFD Fellowship

Faculty receive time and funds to gain expertise, create programming, and advocate for instructional change.

2022-2023
Angela Kelling & Georgina Moreno
HSI Best Practices

2022-2023
Xiaojun "Gene" Shan
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL

Texas Research & Scholarship Award

Recognizing faculty for high level of scholarship on topics concerning the state of Texas.

“Nothing More nor Less than Rebellion”: Rethinking Southern Labor Politics through the 1946 Houston Municipal Workers’ Strike - Adam Hodges

Factors influencing the success of first generation, non-traditional age, Hispanic early childhood educators as university students - Rebecca Huss-Keeler

On a reef far, far away: Anthropogenic impacts following extreme storms affect sponge health and bacterial communities - Lory Santiago-Vázquez

Scholarship to Improve the Academy

Recognizing faculty who stimulate a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

A Multi-Faceted and Practical Analysis of Online Courses at UHCL - Nicholas Kelling/Angela Kelling

Schools’ CPA review course affiliations and success on the uniform CPA examination - Haeyoung Shin/Shanshan Pan/Michael Lacina 

The relationship between faculty diversity and graduation rates in higher education - Carol Carman

Increasing chemistry students’ knowledge, confidence, and conceptual understanding of pH using a collaborative computer pH simulation - Anton Dubrovskiy/Michelle Peters

Instructional Innovation

Recognizing faculty who stimulate a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

Utilization of Office 365 for a connected classroom - Daniel Imrecke

Highly engaging video content on improving student engagement in an online course - Nicholas Kelling

MicroCURE – A Course-based Research Experience in Microbiology - Michael LaMontagne

Project-centre learning with OpenIC - Xiaokun Yang

New Faculty Awards

Recognizing new faculty who have performed at a very high level on either teaching, research, or service before they apply for promotion.

"Go to 11" Award

Awarded to faculty who earned 11 or more credits for activities sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.

Number of Students Taught

Honoring faculty members who have taught 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, and 10,000 students since their hire date at UHCL. The faculty listed below achieved this milestone at the last award ceremony.

Faculty Who Have Taught 10,000+ Students

• Cindy Howard

Faculty Who Have Taught 2,500+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 1,000+ Students

ACUE (Association of College & University Educators)

Faculty complete a series of modules on effective teaching and creating an inclusive & supportive online learning environment.

• Comeka Anderson Diaz – Promoting Active Learning Online
• Femi Ayadi – Designing Student Centered Courses
• Silvana Chambers – Designing Student Centered Courses
• Soma Datta – Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment
• Youssef Hamidi – Promoting Active Learning Online
• Monica Khural – Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning
• Angela Kelling – Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning
• Henry Newkirk – Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment
• Janice Newsum – Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners in Your Online Course

College Cup

Award annually to a UHCL college with the highest faculty participation in Center for Faculty Development activities

• College of Education

CFD Staff Appreciation Award

Awarded annually to a distinguished staff member who has shown outstanding excellence and superior performance to assist the Center for Faculty Development accomplish goals throughout the year.

• Steven Fernandez, Client Server DB Analyst I

CFD Fellowship

Faculty receive time and funds to gain expertise, create programming, and advocate for instructional change.

2021-2022
Angela Kelling & Georgina Moreno
HSI Best Practices

2021-2022
Lorie Jacobs
The Writing Intensive Course Initiative

2021-2022
Xiaojun "Gene" Shan
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL

Community of Practice

Recognizing faculty for leading a faculty community of practice

• COACHE - Lory Santiago-Vazquez
• Interdisciplinary Data Visualization - Soma Datta
• Practical Online Pedagogy - Gene Shan

Texas Research & Scholarship Award

Recognizing faculty for high level of scholarship on topics concerning the state of Texas.

Co-Winners

"Nothing More nor Less than Rebellion": Rethinking Southern Labor Politics through the 1946 Houston Municipal Workers’ Strike  - Adam Hodges

On a reef far, far away: Anthropogenic impacts following extreme storms affect sponge health and bacterial communities - Lory Santiago-Vázquez

Factors influencing the success of first generation, non-traditional age, Hispanic early childhood educators as university students  - Rebecca Huss-Keeler

Scholarship to Improve the Academy

Recognizing faculty who stimulate a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

The relationship between faculty diversity and graduation rates in higher education - Carol Carman

A Multi-Faceted and Practical Analysis of Online Courses at UHCL – Angela Kelling and  Nicholas Kelling

Increasing chemistry students' knowledge, confidence, and conceptual understanding of pH using a collaborative computer pH simulation - Anton Dubrovskiy and Michelle Peters

Schools' CPA review course affiliations and success on the uniform CPA examination - Michael Lacina, Shanshan Pan and Haeyoung Shin

CFD Fellowship

Faculty receive time and funds to gain expertise, create programming, and advocate for instructional change.

2020-2021
Angela Kelling & Georgina Moreno
HSI Best Practices

2020-2021
Lorie Jacobs
The Writing Intensive Course Initiative

2020-2021
Xiaojun "Gene" Shan
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL

Community of Practice

Recognizing faculty for leading a faculty community of practice

• COACHE - Lory Santiago-Vázquez
• Interdisciplinary Data Visualization - Soma Datta
• Practical Online Pedagogy - Gene Shan

New Faculty Awards

Recognizing new faculty who have performed at a very high level on either teaching, research, or service before they apply for promotion.

Service - no nominations received

Texas Research & Scholarship Award

Recognizing faculty for high level of scholarship on topics concerning the state of Texas.

Co-Winners

A closer look at the effects of restoration design on biologic function in restored estuarine wetlands: A case study in Galveston Bay, Texas - Cindy Howard

Surviving the storm: Avoidant coping, helping behavior, resilience and affective symptoms around a major hurricane-flood - Steven Bistricky, Heather Kanenberg, Sara Elkins, Mary Short

Instructional Innovation Award

Recognizing faculty who stimulate a spirit of experimentation and creativity in trying out new ideas to enhance teaching and learning in specific, practical, and generalizable ways.

Using  Interactive Video Modules for Delivering Online Instruction – Silvana Chambers

Honorable Mentions: 

Turning Pedagogical Conversations about Critical Thinking and Ethical Commitment in Core United States History Courses - Anne Gessler and Barbara Hales

Innovative Teaching Agile Software Development - Soma Datta

“Go to 11” Award

Awarded to faculty who earned 11 or more credits for activities sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.

2019-2020 Recipients

College Cup

Award annually to a UHCL college with the highest faculty participation in Center for Faculty Development activities

• College of Education

Number of Students Taught

Honoring faculty members who have taught 1,000, 2,500, and 5,000 students since their hire date at UHCL. The faculty listed below achieved this milestone at the last award ceremony.

Faculty Who Have Taught 5,000+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 2,500+ Students

Faculty Who Have Taught 1,000+ Students

ACUE (Association of College & University Educators)

Faculty complete a series of modules on effective teaching

2019-2020

• Soma Datta
• Randy Seevers
• Pilar Goyarzu
• Jennifer Willis-Opalenik

Active Learning

Creating an Inclusive & Supportive Online Learning Environment

Writing Focused Faculty

Faculty complete an intensive workshop series on improving student writing. 

CFD Fellowship

Faculty receive time and funds to gain expertise, create programming, and advocate for instructional change.

2019-2020
Lorie Jacobs
Writing Across the Disciplines at UHCL

CFD Staff Appreciation Award

Awarded annually to a distinguished staff member who has shown outstanding excellence and superior performance to assist the Center for Faculty Development accomplish goals throughout the year.

• Jennifer Willis-Opalenik, Instructional Designer III

Community of Practice Leaders

Recognizing faculty for leading a faculty community of practice

College Cup

Award annually to a UHCL college with the highest faculty participation in Center for Faculty Development activities

• College of Education