This Spring Quarter, 2011, seven faculty members and one Graduate Student of the English Department received awards for their hard work and excellence within their fields. Awards have stemmed from many sources, including work within the community, program development, scholarly achievement, and student outreach.  We are proud and honored to have so many talented individuals in the Department, and we congratulate them on their success. The list of winners follows -- for further information about the awards and the winners, see Banner Year: 2010-2011:

2011 Graduate Associate Teaching Award

Katherine Parker

2011 Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award

Chadwick Allen

The 2011 Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring in Humanities, and The 2010-11 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award

Brenda Jo Brueggemann

2011 Alumni Award for Distinguished University Service

Kay Halasek

Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor

David Herman 

The 2011  Paul W. Brown Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching

Elizabeth Hewitt 

2011 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching  

Jennifer Higginbotham 

2011 Faculty Award for Excellence in Community-Based Scholarship

Cynthia Selfe