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Outstanding University Researcher Award Winners

The Outstanding University Researcher Award recognizes faculty members for excellence in research. Candidates for this award must be nominated by their college dean, and must be previous recipients of the Outstanding College Research Award.

2024 Award Winners

Marilyn Prasun

Marilyn Prasun

Mennonite College of Nursing

Ben Sadd

Ben Sadd

Department of Biological Sciences

Eric Wesselmann

Eric Wesselmann

Department of Psychology

Past Recipients

2023

  • Kelly Laurson, School of Kinesiology and Recreation
  • Eric Peterson, Department of Geology, Geography, and the Environment
  • Wolfgang Stein, Department of Biological Sciences

2022

  • Kathryn Sampec, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  • Justin Vickers, School of Music

2021

  • Lara Handsfield, School of Teaching and Learning
  • Aslihan Spaulding, Department of Agriculture

2020

  • Andrew Hartman, Dept of History
  • John Sedbrook, School of Biological Sciences

2019

  • Aysen Bakir, Dept of Marketing
  • Jeffrey Wagman, Dept of Psychology

2018

  • Thomas Critchfield, Dept of Psychology
  • Issam Nassar, Dept of History

2017

  • Nerida Ellerton, Dept of Mathematics
  • Cheri Simonds, School of Communication

2016

  • Guang Jin, Dept of Health Sciences
  • Jeffrey Kahn, Dept of Psychology