Awards

Department of Sociology
2004-2005 Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award
2004 SWS Stamp of Excellence in Gender & Feminist Studies

Robert J. Antonio
2002 Center for Teaching Excellence Award (Sociology)
2000 Center for Teaching Excellence Award (American Studies)
2000 J. Michael Young Outstanding Academic Advisor Award (College of Liberal Arts; for Social Sciences)
1996 Outstanding Educator (Mortar Board Honors Society Teaching Award)
1991 Outstanding Educator (Mortar Board Honors Society Teaching Award)
1989 Chancellor's Club Teaching Professorship
1988 Chancellor's Club Award for Career Teaching Excellence
1988 Outstanding Educator (Mortar Board Honors Society Teaching Award)
1979 Chancellor's Club Award for Teaching Excellence
1975 Outstanding Educator (Mortar Board Honors Society Teaching Award)
1974-1975 Younger Humanist Fellow-National Endowment for the Humanities

Kelly H. Chong
2006-2007 Korea Foundation Advanced Research Fellowship
2006-2007 Social Science Research Council/SAR Resident Scholar (declined)
2004-2005 New Faculty General Research Fund Award, University of Kansas
2002-2003 Visiting Lecturer/Research Associate, Harvard Divinity School
2001-2002 Research Fellow, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Yale University
2001 Park Prize Lecturer in Sociology, University of Chicago
1999 Junior Fellow, Martin Marty Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Chicago
1996 Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship

Brian Donovan
2007 Silver Anniversary/ Chancellor's University Distinguished Teaching Award
2005-2006 National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Fellowship
2004 Hall Center Travel Grant Competition

Tanya Golash-Boza
2005 Fellowship, Junior Scholars in the Study of Democracy in Latin America, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Ford Foundation

Shirley A. Hill
2005 Keeler Intra-University Professorship
2004 Ned Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching
2001 Outstanding Woman Educator Award

Joane Nagel
1998-present Sociological Research Association
2004 Outstanding Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology
2001 HOPE Award Finalist
2000 Graduate and Professional Association, Outstanding Mentor Award
1996 William T. Kemper Fellowship Teaching Excellence
1996 Outstanding Academic Book, Choice
1995 Bellagio Center Resident Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation
1995 Louise E. Bryd Graduate Educator Award
1994-1995 Jensen Lectureship, Duke University and the American Sociological Association
1994 Outstanding Achievement Award, Armenian Behavioral Science Association
1992 Outstanding Woman Teacher, The Commission on the Status of Women and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center

David Smith
2004 Public Citizen of the Year (awarded by the National Association of Social Workers, Kansas Chapter)
2001 Collaborative Research Grant, 2001-2006, National Endowment for the Humanities
1999 Teacher Appreciation Award (Center for Teaching Excellence)
1997 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
1995 Silver Anniversary Award for Outstanding Classroom Teaching (Alumni Association and the Chancellor's Office)
1993 Outstanding Educator (Mortar Board Senior Honors Society Teaching Award)
1977 University Fellowship (University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Research Foundation)
1976 University Fellowship (Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Research Foundation)
1975 University Fellowship (Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Research Foundation)
1974 Phi Beta Kappa (University of California-Berkeley)

Joey Sprague
2005-2006 J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award in the Social Sciences Division, University of Kansas
2004 Mentor of the Year, Sociologists for Women in Society
2004 Keeler Family Intra-University Professorship, University of Kansas
2003 Archie and Nancy Dykes Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Kansas
1998 Teacher Appreciation Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas
1990 Outstanding Woman Teacher, Commission on the Status of Women, University of Kansas

William G. Staples
2005-2010 Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
2003 Book Award Prize, American Sociological Association Marxist Section, for Power, Profits, and Patriarchy: The Social Organization of Work at a British Metal Trades Firm, 1791-1922 (with C. Staples) Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001
2001 Graduate Teacher Appreciation Award, University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence

Norman Yetman
2005 Fulbright Professorship, Austria
2004 Mary C. Turpie Award for Outstanding Teaching, Advising, and Program Development, American Studies Association
2004 Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award, University of Kansas Graduate School
2003 Graduate and Professional Association Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
2002 Center for Teaching Excellence, Recognition for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
1999 J. Michael Young Outstanding Academic Advisor Award
1997 Elizabeth Kolmer Mentoring Award, Mid-America American Studies Association
1992 Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship
1989-1990 Intra-University Professorship, University of Kansas
1986 Mortar Board Outstanding Educator Award
1981-1982 Fulbright Professorship, Denmark
1972-1973 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
1971 Outstanding American Educator
1960-1965 Danforth Graduate Fellowship
1960-1961 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship

Mary Zimmerman
2000 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
1990 Fulbright Scholar, Finland
1989 Outstanding Woman Teacher Award, University of Kansas

 

Professor Kelly Chong, Spring 2008