AUSTIN, Texas – Seventeen professional-track faculty members have been named recipients of the inaugural round of Faculty Development Awards (FDAs) for professional-track faculty. The University created the FDA program to recognize professional-track faculty excellence and provide funding to support professional development opportunities.
Through this funding, up to $10,000, can be used to fund summer professional-development effort and activities. In some units, faculty can also use the money to support attendance at and participation in professional conferences and workshops, as well as other activities designed to seed the professional-track faculty member’s continued professional growth.
“Professional-track faculty hold a wealth of knowledge and expertise that enrich the learning of our students and faculty in so many different ways on this campus. And this new award expresses our continuing investment in their professional journeys at UT,” said senior vice president for faculty affairs, Tasha Beretvas.
Born from the Change Starts Here strategic plan, the FDA program is one of many new faculty development initiatives created to support and enhance career growth at UT.
Applications for the second year of this opportunity will open at the start of this fall term.
2023 Faculty Development Award recipients
School of Architecture
Joyce Rosner, Distinguished Senior Lecturer
McCombs School of Business
Patrick Badolato, Associate Professor of Instruction, Accounting
Moody College of Communication
Micah Barber. Associate Professor of Practice, Radio Television Film
Benjamin Bays, Associate Professor of Instruction, Radio Television Film
Karen Kocher, Professor of Practice, Radio Television Film
Katherine Dawson, Professor of Practice, Journalism And Media
College of Education
Tolga Ozyurtcu, Associate Professor of Instruction
College of Fine Arts
Alexander Birchler, Professor of Practice, Art and Art History
Guido Olivieri, Professor of Instruction, Music
School of Law
Wayne Schiess
Elissa Steglich
Heather Way
College of Liberal Arts
Marina Alexandrova, Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies
Patricia M. Garcia, Associate Professor of Instruction, English
Jocelly G. Meiners, Associate Professor of Instruction, Spanish And Portuguese
Suzanne K. Seriff, Associate Professor of Instruction, Anthropology
Maria Del Pilar Zazueta, Associate Professor of Instruction, Institute of Latin American Studies
College of Natural Sciences
Jessica Ciarla, Associate Professor of Instruction, Textiles and Apparel
Milica Cudina, Associate Professor of Practice, Mathematics
Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Diane Rhodes, Senior Lecturer