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ArtFields 2023 Grand Prize

Writer-in-residence Amira Hanafi recently won the $50,000 top prize at ArtFields, a prestigious annual art competition in Lake City, S.C., that draws artists from throughout the Southeast. Hanafi’s work, “Mexicans in Canada,” is a digital poem that plays on a sentence spoken by Gabriel Iglesias on the documentary series Inside Jokes: “The next thing you know, there’s Mexicans in Canada.” Hanafi’s poem disassembles the sentence and reassembles it with phrases referencing places and immigrant populations around the world. A judge called the poem a “forward-thinking, cutting-edge piece that speaks to the future of digital arts.” 

“Mexicans in Canada” is on display in Klosett Remixx Boutique.

Edwards College Faculty and Staff Awards, 2022-2023

Apple Core Awards
The Apple Core Awards are presented to instructors of core courses in our college, based on votes cast by students in those courses. We award one prize to an instructor who teaches primarily in Core Goal I, and one who mainly teaches in Core Goal II. Student response to these awards was very strong. A total of 637 students in core classes nominated 134 individual professors.
  • Apple Core Award for Goal I
    Hastings Hensel, Senior Lecturer in the English Department
  • Apple Core Award for Goal II
    Bruce Maggi, Teaching Associate in the Department of Visual Art
Apple Awards
Presented to a faculty member from each department, based on votes cast by students who have declared a major or minor in that department.
  • Jeanne Stewart, Lecturer in the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture
  • Anna Mukamal, Assistant Professor in the Department of English
  • Amanda Brian, Associate Professor in the Department of History
  • Mark Chandler, Professor of Practice in the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies
  • Claire Calhoun, Teaching Associate in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Xinyi Tan, Assistant Professor, soon to be Associate Professor, in the department of Languages and Intercultural Studies
  • David Carter, Assistant Professor in the Department of Music 
  • Dennis Earl, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Alison Levenberg, Artist in Residence in the Department of Theatre
  • Joshua Knight, Teaching Associate in the Department of Visual Arts

John B. Durrell Award
The Durrell Award is given each year to the member of the faculty who makes a distinctive overall contribution to the life of this college through teaching, professional activity, and service. And as you may know, nominations for the Durrell Award candidates can only come from Department Chairs.

Aneilya Barnes, Professor in the Department of History.

Distinguished Service Award
Dory Sibley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre

Distinguished Teaching Award
Edurne Beltran, Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies.

Distinguished Scholarship or Creative Endeavors Award
Andrea Bergstrom, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture

Edwards College Support Staff Award
Abby Sink, Graphic Designer 

Judy Davis Administrative Staff Award
Karen Williams, Business Manager

Faculty Innovation and Excellence Awards

The Faculty Innovation and Excellence Awards highlight accomplishments across all areas of university life, spanning teaching excellence and innovation; research, scholarly, and creative accomplishments; and outreach and service, to celebrate the distinctive manifestations of our teacher-scholar model.

Edwards College faculty were well represented among the winners, taking 10 of the 17 total awards granted.

The Teaching Innovation and Excellence Awards recognize faculty members who have achieved excellence in undergraduate teaching. This year’s awardees from the Edwards College are:

  • Emma M. Howes, Associate Professor in the Department of English
  • Arianna Fognani, Assistant Professor Italian in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies
  • Joshua L. Knight, Teaching Associate in the Department of Visual Arts

Inclusive Pedagogy awardees are faculty members who have adopted inclusive teaching practices to create equitable learning environments.  This year’s awardees from the Edwards College are:

  • Benjamin Sota, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre
  • Anna E. Mukamal, Assistant Professor of Digital Cultural and Design in the Department of English
  • Kristi R. McIntyre, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English

Global Engagement through Student Mobility and Global Engagement through Community Engagement, as well as International Research, Scholarly and/or Creative Collaboration awards for excellence in raising awareness of global engagement.  This year’s awardees from the Edwards College are:

  • Xinyi Tan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies
  • Katie Stringer Clary, Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

The Research Excellence Award is given to faculty members who have made outstanding contributions in research, scholarly, or creative activity that advance a body of disciplinary or interdisciplinary knowledge.  This year’s awardee from the Edwards College is:

The University Service Award recognizes faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the life of the university.  This year’s awardee from the Edwards College is:

  • Wendy M. Weinhold, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture