College of Arts and Sciences: Notable faculty, staff and student awards for 2012-13

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

Janis Weeks and Shawn Lockery

American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship

Bruce Bowerman, Biology Department

Physics World’s “Top 10 Breakthroughs for 2012”

For efforts on the ATLAS experiment in Geneva

James Brau, Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science, Department of Physics, and the Large Hadron Collider team (UO members include physicists David Strom, Ray Frey and Eric Torrence; senior research associate Nick Sinev; postdoctoral researchers Mansoora Shamim and Chris Potter; and graduate students Elizabeth (Liza) Brost, Elizabeth Ptacek, Andreas Reinsch and Jacob Searcy).

Society of Wetland Scientists fellowship

Scott Bridgham, biology and environmental studies

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards

Kevin Butler, computer science

Eric Corwin, physics

American Mathematical Society fellowships

Charles W. Curtis, Mathematics Department, emeritus

Peter Gilkey, Mathematics Department

Huaxin Lin, Mathematics Department

William Kantor, Mathematics Department, emeritus

Gary Seitz, Mathematics Department, emeritus

Lewis Ward, Mathematics Department, emeritus

Eugene Luks Department of Computer and Information Science

American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellowship

Jon Erlandson, Archaeology Department

Guggenheim fellowship

Jessica Green, Biology Department

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

Eisenbud Professorship, endowed chair

Jim Isenberg, Department of Mathematics

National Endowment for the Humanities residential fellowship

Brian Klopotek, ethnic studies

Society for Research in Child Development

Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research

Heidemarie Laurent, Psychology Department

Chevrolet GREEN Educator Award (one of 10 nationwide)

Kathryn Lynch, environmental anthropology and co-director of the UO Environmental Leadership Program

American Publishers Association’s Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award

W. Andrew Marcus, Geography Department and acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

With Atlas of Yellowstone team:

James Meacham, Geography Department and director and co-founder of the InfoGraphics Lab
Alethea Steingisser, InfoGraphics Lab
Ann Rodman, Yellowstone’s GIS coordinator

Ministère des Relations Internationales du Québec

Quebec Faculty Research Award

Karen McPherson, French

Medical Research Foundation of Oregon

Mentor Award

Christopher Minson, Department of Human Physiology

Association for Psychological Science

William James Fellow Award (one of three nationwide)

Helen Neville, neuroscience

University of California at Merced

Distinguished Cognitive Scientist Award

Helen Neville, neuroscience

National Institutes of Health New Innovator

Cris Niell, Department of Biology and member of UO Institute of Neuroscience

American Chemical Society

Charles Lathrop Parsons Award

Geri Richmond, Department of Chemistry

American Physical Society

Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics

Geri Richmond, Department of Chemistry

National Science Board

Presidential appointment

Geri Richmond, Department of Chemistry

Oregon Academy of Science

2013 Outstanding Scientist

Eric Selker, Biology Department

National Humanities Center fellowship

Stephen Shoemaker, Religious Studies

Institute for Advanced Study fellowship (Princeton and Budapest)

Stephen Shoemaker, Religious Studies

Human Biology Association

Michael A. Little Early Career Award

Josh Snodgrass, biological anthropology

Mexican Academy of Sciences

Visiting Distinguished Professor

Lynn Stephen, Anthropology Department and director of the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies

Ronald T. and Gayla D. Farrar Media and Civil Rights History Award

Carol Stabile, School of Journalism and Communication, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Bulgarian Studies Award

Cynthia Vakareliyska, Linguistics Department

Arizona State University Institute for Humanities Research

Residential Research Fellowship

David Vázquez, English Department

Biophysical Society

2013 Founders Award

Pete von Hippel, biophysical chemistry and molecular biology, emeritus

Rockefeller Foundation

Bellagio Center Residency (Italy)

Anita Weiss, Department of International Studies

Graduate students:

Perry-Weiss Clinical Psychology Training Award

Gordon Hall, Psychology

International Awards

Scholarship for Language Study

Chinese Government Special Scholarship Program

Kyle Fortenberry, History

Research Award

Integrated Ocean Drilling Project

Robert Skarbek, Geological Sciences

National Awards

Women in Medicine Fellow

Harvard University

Carrie Adkins, History

Allan Saxe Award

Southwest Political Science Association

Dan Andersen, Political Science

New Investigator Award

American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research

and

Research Recognition Award

Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section; American Physiological Society

Christopher Banek, Human Physiology

Graduate Student Scholarship

Bob Peterson Northwest Athletic Trainers Association

Kelli Burkholder, Human Physiology

Liberty Mutual Safety Research Fellowship

American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation

Betty Chen, Human Physiology

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students Award

National Science Foundation

Keats Conley, Environmental Studies

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Fellowship

International Research & Exchanges (IREX)

Jekatyerina Dunajeva, Political Science

Predoctoral Fellowships

American Heart Association

American Lung Association

Jon Elliott, Human Physiology

Honorable Mention, Graduate Research Fellowship

National Science Foundation

Nicholas Famoso, Geological Sciences

Fulbright Scholarship

Fulbright Foundation

Tristan Grunow, History

Brian Guy, Political Science

Research Award

National Research Council
Theresa Hawkes, Human Physiology

The Oregon Poetry Community Fellowship

Literary Arts: Oregon Literary Fellowships

Jessa Heath, Creative Writing

James C. McCreight Fellow

Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing

Sarah Hulse, Creative Writing

Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award

American Physiological Society

Jennifer Miner, Human Physiology

Emmanuil Troyansky Graduate Fellowship

American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry

Bradley Rose, Chemistry

Predoctoral Fellowship

American Heart Association

Brynn Simek, Biology

President’s Award for Outstanding Paper by a Master’s Student

and

Larry Ford Fieldwork Scholarship in Cultural Geography

and

Margaret Trussell Scholarship

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

Emma Slager, Geography

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship

National Science Foundation

Daniel Thomas, Biology

Doris Duke Fellowship

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Amanda Van Scoyoc, Psychology

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship

National Science Foundation

and

Graduate Fellowship

Mycological Society of America

and

Outstanding Research Project Scholarship

Cascade Mycological Society

and

Donald E. Wimber Fund Award

Department of Biology

Andrew “Roo” Vandegrift, Biology

Honorable Mention, Student Prize

GeoPRISMS

Kristina Walowski, Geological Sciences

Fellowship

Oregon Heritage Foundation

Patrick Lozar, History

Regan Watjus, History

Graduate Student Scholarship

Bill Robertson Northwest Athletic Trainers Association

Kiri Weeks, Human Physiology

National Research Service Award

National Institutes of Health

Alice Graham, Psychology

Allison Waters, Psychology

Dissertation Improvement Grant

National Science Foundation

Aquila Flower, Geography

Kelley Littlepage, Political Science

Jaime Peña, Linguistics

Graduate Research Fellowship

National Science Foundation

Joshua Bahr, Biology

Ashley Bateman, Biology

Alese Colehour, Anthropology

Hannah Dietterich, Geological Sciences

Laurel Hiebert, Biology

Kathryn Jankowski, Psychology

Lauren Kahn, Psychology

Alexander Kendall, Chemistry

Jordan Livingston, Psychology

Kirstin Meyer, Biology

Candice Mottweiler, Psychology

Jimena Santillan, Psychology

Kristin Sikkink, Biology

Andrew “Roo” Vandegrift, Biology

Andrea Yocom, Physics

Oregon University System awards

Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF)

Graduate Fellowships for International Research

Oregon University System

Jekatyerina Dunajeva, Political Science

Melissa Liebert, Anthropology

Laurie Trautman, Geography

University of Oregon Awards

John L. and Naomi M. Luvaas Fellowship