Honors and Awards

The Pegasus Professor award recognizes excellence in the three primary areas of academic endeavor: teaching, research and service.

2023

Stephen Fiore, Department of Philosophy

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2021

Luis Martínez-Fernández, Department of History

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2020

Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2019

Tison Pugh, Department of English

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2015

Humberto López Cruz, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

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2014

Jeff Rupert, School of Performing Arts (Music)

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2012

Stella Sung, CREATE, School of Visual Arts & Design

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2001

Jose Fernández, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

The UCF Reach for the Stars Award honors and rewards highly successful research and creative activity accomplished by early-career university professionals.

2024

Chloe Rae Edmonson, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2023

Haidar Khezri, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

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2022

Chrissy Kolaya, Department of English

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2021

Mel Stanfill, Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D.

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2014

Stephen Fiore, Department of Philosophy

The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers.

2023–24

The College Award for Excellence in Research

Sandra Sousa, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

The College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Ilenia Colon, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Matthew Dombrowski, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Ashley Taylor, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts and Design

The College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2022–23

The College Award for Excellence in Research

Anastasia Salter, Department of Texts & Technology

The College Award for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising

Adele Richardson, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

The College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Stephen Hopkins, Department of English
• Chiara Mazzucchelli, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Melissa Pompos, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Emily Proulx, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

2021–22

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The University Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students

Mel Stanfill, Department of English and Texts & Technology

The College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Anastasia Salter, Texts & Technology

The College Award for Excellence in Professional Service

Anne Bubriski, Women’s & Gender Studies

The College Award for Excellence in Research

Jonathan Beever, Department of Philosophy

The College Award for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising

Luis Martínez-Fernandez, Department of History

The College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Elizabeth Horn, School of Performing Arts
• Farrah Cato, Department of English
• Tison Pugh, Department of English
• Brandy Dieterle, Department of English

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2020–21

College Award for Excellence in Research

Duncan Hardy, Department of History

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Francisco Fernandez-Rubiera, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Martha Garcia, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Duncan Hardy, Department of History
• Alla Kourova, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Luis Martínez Fernandez, Department of History

College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts and Design

College Award for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising

Adele Richardson, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

University Award for Excellence in Professional Service

Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts and Design

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2019–20

College Award for Excellence in Research

Vladimir Solonari, Department of History

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Matthew Bryan, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Nicholas Shrubsole, Department of Philosophy
• Sandra Sousa, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Laurie Uttich, Department of English

College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Elizabeth Horn, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

College Award for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising

Patricia Farless, Department of History

University Award for Excellence in Professional Service

Beatriz Reyes-Foster, Women's and Gender Studies

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2018–19

College Award for Excellence in Research

Yovanna Pineda, Department of History

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Matt Dombrowski, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Nicholas Shrubsole, Department of Philosophy
• Sandra Sousa, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Laurie Uttich, Department of English

College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2017–18

College Award for Excellence in Research

David Brunner, School of Performing Arts (Music)

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Cheryl Briggs, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Edward Dandrow, Department of History
• Ilenia Colón Mendoza, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Peter Telep, Department of English

University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Faculty Academic Advising

Kristina Tollefson, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2016–17

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Martha Garcia, Department of Modern Languages &Literatures
• Ann Gleig, Department of Philosophy
• Adele Richardson, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts & Design

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2015–2016

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Farrah Cato, Department of English
• Tison Pugh, Department of English
• Charlotte Trinquet du Lys, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Stephanie Vie, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Barry Mauer, Department of English

University Award for Excellence in Professional Service

Stephanie Vie, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

The UCF Trustee Chair Professorships were established to both retain outstanding UCF faculty and attract exceptional faculty to UCF.

2016–2026

Jeff Rupert, School of Performing Arts (Music)

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2017–2027

Stella Sung, CREATE, School of Visual Arts & Design

The UCF Luminary Award is designed to shine a light on exceptional faculty whose work is advancing their discipline and making a difference.

2023

Tommy James, School of Visual Arts and Design

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2022

Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts

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2021

David James Poissant, Department of English

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2018

Humberto López Cruz, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

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2017, Inaugural Year

• Keith Folse, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Anastasia Salter, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Eileen Smith, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Stephanie Vie, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Pavel Zemliansky, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

During Spring 2016, Faculty Excellence relaunched a streamlined and contemporary UCF Scroll & Quill Society, based on two prestigious faculty clubs established in the 1980s to honor faculty members who brought recognition to the university through: (a) The Quill, to recognize authored books and (b) The Scroll, to recognize significant and sustained peer reviewed publications in national and international journals.

2021–22

• Martha Brenckle, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• David James Poissant, Department of English

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2020–21

• Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Ilenia Colón Mendoza, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Stephen Fiore, Department of Philosophy
• Charlotte Trinquet du Lys, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Gergana Vitanova, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Scott Warfield, School of Performing Arts (Music)

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2019–20

• Nathan Holic, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Shelley Park, Department of Philosophy
• Kerry Purmensky, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Terry Thaxton, Department of English

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2018–19

• Alla Kourova, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Rudy McDaniel, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Florin Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Maria Cristina Santana, Women's and Gender Studies
• Sybil St. Claire, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2017–18

• James Clark, Department of History
• Martha García, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
• Blake Scott, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
• Michael Strawser, Department of Philosophy
• Ayako Yonetani, School of Performing Arts (Music)

Presented by the Faculty Excellence Center for Success of Women Faculty for the last seven years, the Women of Distinction award highlights the achievements of outstanding women faculty at UCF.  The three awards given this year – 5 years of service, 6-10 years of service and more than 10 years of service – are for “Excellence in turning your Big Ideas into Big Successes at UCF”: accomplishments and initiatives about complex issues related to teaching, research, campus service, community service, outreach efforts, and/or advocacy.

2020

• Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Laurie A. Pinkert, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2019

• Anne Bubriski, Women's and Gender Studies
• Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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2018

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design

With generous support from the Learning Institute for Elders at UCF (LIFE@UCF), the LIFE@UCF Women Faculty Recognition Awards celebrate and promote women faculty whose scholarship, teaching, and/or service best represent excellence in this strategic mission of our university.

2020

Terry Thaxton, Department of English

The UCF Research Incentive Awards (RIA) program supports outstanding research, scholarly, and creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including interdisciplinary research and collaborations. This award recognizes employee contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities.

2023–24

• Louise Kane Bishop, Department of English
• Fayeza Hasanat, Department of English
• Rachel Hurt, Department of English
• Emily Johnson, Department of English
• Martha Garcia, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Cyrus Zargar, Department of Philosophy
• Jesse Cook, School of Performing Arts
• Ross Winter, School of Performing Arts
• Amer Kobaslija, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts & Design

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2022–23

• William Fogarty, Department of English
• Christine Kolaya, Department of English
• Florin Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Timothy Brown, School of Performing Arts
• Alexander Burtzos, School of Performing Arts
• Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts
• Ann Gleig, Department of Philosophy
• Esther Milu, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Laurie Pinkert, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2021–22

• Hadi Abbas, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Sonia Arellano, Department of Writing and Rhetoric
• Stephen Fiore, Department of Philosophy
• Nora Lee Garcia, School of Performing Arts
• Duncan Hardy, Department of History
• Mark Kamrath, Department of English
• Jamila Kareem, Department of Writing and Rhetoric
• Michael Knight, Department of Philosophy
• Luis Martínez-Fernández, Department of History
• Kevin Roozen, Department of Writing and Rhetoric

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2020–21

• Per Danielsson, School of Performing Arts
• Wesley Dierdorff, School of Visual Arts & Design
• David Head, Department of History
• Elizabeth Horn, School of Performing Arts
• Lisa Nalbone, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• David Poissant, Department of English
• Tison Pugh, Department of English
• Mel Stanfill,Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D.
• Gergana Vitanova-Haralampiev, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Ayako Yonetani, School of Performing Arts

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2019–20

• Jonathan Beever, Department of Philosophy
• Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Ilenia Colon Mendoza, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Matthew Dombrowski, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Luis Favela, Department of Philosophy
• Jeff Rupert, School of Performing Arts
• Anastasia Salter, Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D.
• Sandra Sousa, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Sonia Stephens, Department of English

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2018–19

• Anna Jones, Department of English
• Adem Ozoglu, Department of History
• Yovanna Pineda, Department of History
• Vladimir Solonari, Department of History
• Martha Garcia, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Alla Kourova, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Kerry Purmensky, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Charlotte Trinquet Du Lys, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Bruce Janz, Department of Philosophy
• Kristina Tollefson, School of Performing Arts
• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Robert Hall, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• John Scott, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2017–18

• James Campbell, Department of English
• Barbara Gannon, Department of History
• Ann Gleig, Department of Philosophy
• Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts
• Humberto Lopez, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Chiara Mazzucchelli, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Florin Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Lisa Mills, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Shelley Park, Department of Philosophy
• Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Bert Scott, School of Performing Arts

UCF’s Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) rewards teaching productivity and excellence contributing to the university’s key goals of offering the best undergraduate education available in Florida and achieving international prominence in key programs of graduate study.

2023–24

• Amy Darty, Department of History
• Alicia Duffy, Department of History
• Francisco Fernandez-Rubiera, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Deborah Horzen, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Julie Pomerleau, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Evelin Pegoraro, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Stacey DiLiberto, Department of Philosophy
• Jeanine Viau, Department of Philosophy
• Chloe Spencer, School of Performing Arts
• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Esther Milu, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2022–23

• Amelia Lyons, Department of History
• Hong Zhang, Department of History
• Lisa Nalbone, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Elizabeth Horn, School of Performing Arts
• Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts
• Matthew Dombrowski, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Melissa Geppert, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Shannon Lindsey, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Anastasia Salter, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Emily Proulx, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Florin Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Jonathan Beever, Department of Philosophy

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2021–22

• Garrett Arban, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Esmeralda Duarte, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Ann Gleig, Department of Philosophy
• Duncan Hardy, Department of History
• David Head, Department of History
• Tremon Kizer, School of Performing Arts
• Alla Kourova, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Shelley Park, Department of Philosophy
• Christian Ravela, Department of Philosophy
• Maria Spina, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

2020–21

• Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Department of History
• Patricia Farless, Department of History
• Christy Flanagan-Feddon, Department of Philosophy
• Nathan Holic, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Ilenia Colon Mendoza, School of Visual Arts and Design
• Anne Prucha, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Kerry Purmensky, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Sandra Sousa, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Kristina Tollefson, School of Performing Arts
• Gergana Vitanova-Haralampiev, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Stephanie Wheeler, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2019–20

• Farida Cato, Department of English
• Rita De Luca Guerriero, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Sabatino Dibernardo, Department of Philosophy
• Martha Garcia, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Jeremy Hunt, School of Performing Arts
• Megan Lambert, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Chung Park, School of Performing Arts
• Melissa Pompos, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Adele Richardson, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Nicholas Shrubsole, Department of Philosophy
• Amanda Snyder, Department of History

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2018–19

• David Poissant, Department of English
• Laurie Uttich, Department of English
• Edward Dandrow, Department of History
• John Sacher, Department of History
• Marcella Farina, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Francisco Fernandez-Rubiera, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Maria Montalvo, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Julie Pomerleau, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Thaddeus Anderson, School of Performing Arts
• Kelly Miller, School of Performing Arts
• Jeanine Viau, Department of Philosophy
• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Matthew Bryan, Department of Writing and Rhetoric

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2017–18

• Robert Cassanello, Department of History
• R. Mark Hall, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Kathleen Hohenleitner, Department of English
• Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts
• Amelia Lyons, Department of History
• Florin Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Lisa Nalbone, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Lisa Peterson, School of Visual Arts & Design
• Leandra Preston-Sidler, Women's & Gender Studies Program
• Tison Pugh, Department of English
• Claudia Schippert, Department of Philosophy
• Peter Telep, Department of English
• Kacie Tartt, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
• Charlotte Trinquet du Lys, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

The Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching recognizes one UCF faculty member who has recently taught an exemplary online (W) or video (V) course.

2022–23

Stacey DiLiberto, Department of Philosophy

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2021–22

Ashley Taylor, School of Visual Arts and Design

SoTLs recognize discovery, reflection, and using evidence-based methods to research effective teaching and student learning. While the implementation of SoTL outcomes may result in teaching excellence and increased teaching effectiveness, this award recognizes scholarly efforts beyond teaching excellence.

2021-22

• Melody Bowdon, Department of Writing and Rhetoric
• Laurie Pinkert, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2020-21

Kevin Roozen, Department of Writing and Rhetoric

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2018-19

• Keri Watson, School of Visual Arts & Design
• John "Blake" Scott, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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2016-17

Angela Rounsaville, Department of Writing and Rhetoric

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2015-16

• Mark Hall, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Mary Tripp, Department of Writing & Rhetoric
• Pavel Zemliansky, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

2017–18

Earl D. Weaver, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)