2022 University Faculty Awards Announced

LSU faculty are among the brightest scholars and educators world-wide. Each year, LSU recognizes and awards faculty for their sustained dedication to research, instruction and service, and we are pleased to announce this years’ recipients of the 2022 University Faculty Awards. These individuals, along with the 2021 faculty award recipients, will be recognized at an awards ceremony and reception on Wednesday, May 4, from 3-5 p.m., in the Noland Laborde Ball Room of the Lod Cook Alumni Center. The entire LSU community is invited to attend.  

The 2022 award recipients are: 

John Rhea Alumni Professorship

• Dorin Boldor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering

Class of 1942 Alumni Professorship

• Dana Browne, Physics & Astronomy, College of Science

Greater Houston Alumni Chapter Endowed Alumni Professorship

• Edward Laws, Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment

LSU Distinguished Faculty Award:

• Christopher Austin, Biological Sciences, College of Science
• Renee Carter, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
• John Flake, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Shengmin Guo, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
• Tim Slack, Sociology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences

LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award: 

• David Chicoine, Geography & Anthropology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
• Aixin Hou, Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
• Nathan Kalmoe, Manship School of Mass Communication

• Shane Stadler, Physics & Astronomy, College of Science

LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award: 

• Sabrina Taylor, Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture

LSU Faculty Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Mentoring Award

• Kelvin Jones, Bands, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
• Petra Robinson, Leadership & Human Resource Development, College of Humanities & Social Sciences

LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award: 

• Ashley Clayton, Education, College of Human Sciences & Education
• Hunter Gilbert, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
• Eileen Haebig, Communications Sciences & Disorders, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
• Matthew Hiatt, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
• Daniel Holstein, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
• Weishan Huang, Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Jangwook “Philip” Jung, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering
• Sonika Patial, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Patricia Persaud, Geology & Geophysics, College of Science

• Rockford Sansom, Theatre, College of Music & Dramatic Arts

Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award: 

• Joy Blanchard, Education, College of Human Sciences & Education

H.M. "Hub" Cotton Award for Faculty

• Kevin Smith, Chemistry, College of Science

Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award: 

• Courtney Szocs, Marketing, E.J. Ourso College of Business

Communication across the Curriculum Outstanding Faculty Award: 

• Rafael Orozco, World Languages, Linguistics & Cultures, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
• Laura Wiley, Accounting, E.J. Ourso College of Business

George Deer Distinguished Teaching Award:

• Caroline Schneider, Chemistry, College of Science

LSU Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award: 

• Aswathy Anakkathil Pradeep, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Humanities & Social Sciences

• Nichole Santee, Manship School of Mass Communication