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2025 Thrive Award Recipients
The Thrive Awards Banquet is an invitation-only event that recognizes faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.
The awards are the Presidential Teaching Excellence Awards, Provost's Community Builder and Mentor Award,
Ambrose Amos Shaw Endowed Chair Awards, Innovative Teaching Grants, Course Materials Affordability Award,
WSU Online Excellence Award, and the CETL Thrive Awards.
We thank the following donors for making these recognitions possible:
Bob and Marcia Harris, Robert L. Marquardt Family, Steven and Ruth Lowe, Alta and T.R. Davis, John and Nancy Lowe, and Brad and Jeni Wilson
PRESIDENTIAL TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Katarina Anderson
Teacher Education
Tamara Berghout
School of Nursing
Annie Taylor Dee Teaching Excellence Award
Randall "Randy" Boyle
Business Administration
Brian T. Davis Presidential Teaching Excellence Award
Sam Bryson
Performing Arts
Ryan Evans
English Language & Literature
Sarah Herrmann
Psychological Science
Scott Holland
Automotive Technology
Rieneke Holman
School of Nursing
Annie Taylor Dee Teaching Excellence Award
Michelle Jeffs
Criminal Justice
Robert L. Marquardt Presidential Teaching Excellence Award
Joshua Jensen
School of Computing
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Demetrios Pagonis
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Hannah Stedge
Athletic Training
PROVOST'S CAMPUS COMMUNITY BUILDER AND MENTOR AWARD
Colleen Packer
Professor, Communication
AMBROSE AMOS SHAW ENDOWED CHAIR AWARDS
Christina Aguilar
Instructor, Moyes College of Education
Elizabeth Balgord
Associate Professor, College of Science
Darcie Costello
Associate Professor, Goddard School of Business & Economics
Andrea Gouldman
Professor, Goddard School of Business & Economics
Jessica Greenberg
Professor, Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities
Eddie Hill
Associate Professor, Moyes College of Education
Bharath Babu Nunna
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology
Justin Rhees
Associate Professor, Dumke College of Health Professions
Stephanie Wolfe
Professor, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Adolph Yonkee
Professor, College of Science
INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS
Community Engaged Learning Innovative Teaching Grant
Alexis Bucknam
Executive Director, Center for Community Engaged Learning
Sarah Grunnah
Assistant Professor, Performing Arts
Joseph Blake
Assistant Professor, Performing Arts
Alexander Lancaster
Associate Professor, Communication
Mary Beth Willard
Professor, Political Science and Philosophy
George and Beth Lowe Innovative Teaching Grant
Melina Alexander
Professor, Teacher Education
Elizabeth Balgord
Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Li Chen
Assistant Professor, Communication
Shirley Dawson
Professor, Teacher Education
Mylynn Felt
Assistant Professor, Communication
Kristin Rabosky
Associate Professor, Physics
Shernavaz Vakil
Professor, Teacher Education
Collette Wilfong
STEM Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow, Botany
Presidential Teaching Innovation Grant
Aaron Atkins
Assistant Professor, Communication
Isabel Asensio
Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Diego Batista
Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Craig Bergeson
Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Chloe Cai
Professor, Mathematics
Shannon Dixon
Professor, Mathematics
Electra Fielding
Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Jim Hutchins
Professor, Health Sciences
Cynthia Jones
Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures
James McAllister
Assistant Professor, Communication
Joseph Mulligan
Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra
Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
K Stevenson
Professor, Visual Arts
Kaori Takimura
Adjunct Instructor, English Language and Literature
John Trimble
Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Yong Zhang
Professor, School of Computing
COURSE MATERIALS AFFORDABILITY AWARDS
Jonathan West
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Xin Zhao
Assistant Professor, Psychological Science
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
WSU ONLINE EXCELLENCE AWARD
Deann Carver
Instructor, Communication
CETL THRIVE AWARDS
Student Choice: Outstanding Faculty Member
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Browse all nominees here
Teaching for All Students
Siân Griffiths
Professor, English Language and Literature
Nominees: Joyce Barra, Azenett Garza Caballero, Qi Jin, Jamie Wankier Randles, Shannon Smith,
Caitlin Tems, Kathryn Van Wagoner, Ranga Don Wahalathantrige, Linnette Wong, Cora Neal & Dylan Zwick
Outstanding Weber Service
Leigh Shaw
Professor, Psychological Science
Nominees: Matthew Donahue, Amanda Gonzalez, Carrie Jeffrey, Sheree Josephson, Michell Oki, Justin Rhees, Ryan Ridge
Outstanding Adjunct
Erin Thomas
English Language and Literature
Nominees: Jessica Fisher, Shandel Hadlock, Julee Smith
Unsung Hero
Misty Allen
Resource Sharing & Course Materials Manager, Stewart Library
Nominees: Shawn Berry, Emily Evensen, Alicia Guthrie, Robert Holt, Rainie Ingram,
Stacie Leavitt, Maleesa Morris, Aimee Ruhnke, Tanya Scott, Kaori Takimura, Jennifer Vesper, Sonya Welsh
Outstanding New Faculty
Maddison Johnston
Instructor, Health Sciences