University of Indianapolis Faculty Award Winners
2025 Winners
Connecting Expertise with Action Award
Carissa Newton
Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing
Director of the Stephen F. Fry Scholars Program
School of Business
Education for Service Award
Dr. Julie Gahimer
Professor
Krannert School of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences
Emerging Scholar Award
Dr. Alex Nelson
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Institutional Leadership Award
Dr. Stephen Spicklemire
Associate Professor of Physics
Director of Engineering Instruction
R.B. Annis School of Engineering, Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Faculty Award
Michelle Itczak
Associate Professor
Program Director of Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy
Phylis Lan Lin School of Social Work & Counseling, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Outstanding Scholar Award
Dr. Beth Ann Walker
Professor
School of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences
Teaching in the Core Award
Dr. Stephen Zimmerly
Associate Professor
Department of English, Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences
Past Faculty Award Winners
- Dr. Trent Cayot - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Rick Dunkle - Education for Service
- Dr. Alex Nelson - Education for Service
- Dr. Matthew Stapleton - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Roxxi Davis - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Lori Bolyard - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Laura Santurri - Outstanding Faculty
- Dhabih Chulhai - Outstanding Scholar
- Mary Gobbett - Teaching in the Core
- Dr. John Somers - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Dr. Toni Morris - Education for Service
- Tracy Johnson - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Abigail Richard - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Kara Cecil - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Katie Boucher - Outstanding Faculty
- Dr. Kevin Gribbins - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Cameron Powden - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. James Willis - Teaching in the Core
- Dr. Sarah Denney - Connecting Expertise with Action
- Dr. Karen Hirsch - Education for Service
- Dr. MD Munirul "Sunny" Haque - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Allison Snyder - Emerging Scholar
- Dr. Katie Kivisto - Institutional Leadership
- Dr. Brenda Howard - Outstanding Faculty
- Dr. Jim Bellew - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Marc Milne - Outstanding Scholar
- Dr. Stephanie Wideman - Teaching in the Core
- Catherine Miller - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Sarah Wareham - Education for Service
- Mason Burns - Emerging Scholar
- Nathan Johnson - Emerging Scholar
- Heidi Hancher-Rauch - Institutional Leadership
- Diane Smith - Institutional Leadership
- Jennifer Camden - Outstanding Faculty
- Christopher Schmidt - Outstanding Scholar
- Kara Cecil - Teaching in the Core
- Liz Whiteacre - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Julie Blazek - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Lainey Collins - Education for Service
- Libby Turner - Education for Service
- Craig Seidelson - Emerging Scholar
- Nathanial Eckert - Emerging Scholar
- Eduard Arriaga - Institutional Leadership
- Kim Baker - Institutional Leadership
- Briyana Morrell - Outstanding Faculty
- Stephanie Miller - Outstanding Scholar
- Ana Maria Ferreira - Teaching in the Core
- Tia Bell - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Karen Elsea - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Mary Gobbett - Connecting Expertise to Action
- Kendra Thomas - Education for Service
- Laura Merrifield Wilson - Education for Service
- Chi Zhang - Emerging Scholar
- Stephanie Miller - Institutional Leadership
- Erin Fekete - Institutional Leadership
- Heidi Hancher-Rauch - Outstanding Faculty
- Jean Lee - Outstanding Faculty
- Aaron Kivisto - Outstanding Scholar
- Dan Vice - Teaching in the Core