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Overview of Dean's Distinguished Faculty Awards
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Overview
The Dean's Distinguished Faculty Awards include five distinct awards. Each of these is described in greater detail in the PDF document below its name on this page, including criteria, process for nomination, required materials, and timeline.
With the exception of the Early Career Faculty Award, all nominated faculty must have completed at least five years of service at UT Austin.
Professional-track faculty are eligible for all awards except the Early Career Faculty Award, which is for tenure-track faculty only.
COE faculty may nominate themselves or others for these awards by notifying their department chair and administrative manager by [Date TBD]. Nominations will first be reviewed by departmental committees with
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nominee for each award going forward to
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the Dean's Office. Note that departmental nomination materials must be received by the Dean's Office by [Date TBD]. The Dean will convene a committee to review nominations who will make recommendations
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for final selection.
Five awards are available - see brief descriptions of each below. See additional information about each award on separate tabs on this page.
List of Awards
Dean’s Distinguished Career Faculty Award
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Briefly, the five distinct awards are:
Dean’s Distinguished Professional-Track Award: Recognizes a COE professional-track faculty member who has compiled a distinguished record in at least two of the following areas: teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, research, or service. This award is meant to acknowledge and celebrate the faculty member’s impact on the department, the college, and the field.
Dean’s Distinguished
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To recognize a faculty member in the College of Education who has compiled a distinguished record of teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, and has been teaching in the college for at least 5 years. Selection will be based on evidence of sustained excellence in teaching, as evidenced by peer evaluations, participation in course and program design, instructional innovation, and student comments and ratings on CIS evaluations.
Dean’s Distinguished Community Impact Award
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Community Impact Award: Recognizes a COE faculty member with extraordinary achievement across their portfolios. In particular, this faculty member has compiled a distinguished record of addressing education and/or health disparities, and centering access and equitable opportunities for students, families and other stakeholders by working in close partnership with communities of practice. In bridging research and practice, the faculty member has led efforts to connect faculty, staff, and/or students in their program/department/college,
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The University
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with broader communities in Central Texas, the state of Texas, the nation, and beyond.
Dean’s Distinguished
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Early Career Faculty Award: Recognizes an early career tenure-track faculty member in the College of Education
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in their fourth, fifth or sixth year in rank as an assistant professor who has compiled a distinguished record of research.
Dean’s Distinguished Research Award: Recognizes a mid-career/senior COE faculty member who has developed a distinguished record of research/scholarly contributions (the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies can grant exceptions to other research-related professionals who would like to be eligible for this award). Selection will be based on evidence
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of sustained excellence in research, including such things as publications (quantity and quality), grant activity, and impact and significance of research/scholarship to the field.
Dean’s Distinguished
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To recognize an early career tenure-track faculty member in the College of Education in their fourth, fifth or sixth year in rank as an assistant professor who has compiled a distinguished record of research.
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Dean’s Distinguished Career Faculty AwardPurposeTo recognize a career faculty member (non-tenure track) in the College of Education who has been on faculty in the COE for at least five years and compiled a distinguished record in at least two of the following areas: teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, research, or service. This award is meant to acknowledge and celebrate the faculty member’s impact on the department, the college, and the field. AwardThe award recipient will be recognized with a certificate and will receive a stipend of $2,500. Nomination ProcedureNominations are solicited from the students and faculty of the college, to be sent to the appropriate department chair. Each department may nominate one career (non-tenure track) faculty member. Nominations shall include the following: a. A teaching statement b. Copies of all course-instructor evaluations for the last three years, including student written comments c. Concrete examples of other evidence of teaching excellence including course development, program development, and field involvement (please limit to no more than three pages) Nomination DeadlineAll nomination materials are to be in the Dean’s Office by March 1, 2024. Please submit materials as a single PDF to Sonja Runberg at sonja.runberg@austin.utexas.edu. Selection ProcedureFinal selection will be made by a committee appointed by the Dean and chaired by an Associate Dean. Recipient will be notified of the award in May. Award payment will be processed by Dean's Office Faculty Affairs. |
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Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Purpose
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Teaching Award: Recognizes a COE faculty member in the College of Education who has compiled a distinguished record of teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, and has been teaching in the college for at least 5 years. Selection will be based on evidence of sustained excellence in teaching, as evidenced by peer evaluations, participation in course and program design, instructional innovation, and student comments and ratings on CIS evaluations.
Award
The award recipient will be recognized with a certificate and will receive a stipend of $2,500.
Nomination Procedure
Nominations are solicited from the students and faculty of the college, to be sent to the appropriate department chair. Each department may nominate one faculty member. Nomination packets should be no more than 20 pages. Nominations shall include the following:
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Nomination Deadline
All nomination materials are to be in the Dean’s Office by March 1, 2024. Please submit materials as a single PDF to Sonja Runberg at sonja.runberg@austin.utexas.edu.
Selection Procedure
Final selection will be made by a committee appointed by the Dean and chaired by an Associate Dean. Recipient will be notified of the award in May.
Award payment will be processed by Dean's Office Faculty Affairs.
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Dean’s Distinguished Community Impact AwardPurposeTo recognize a faculty member in the College of Education who has been on the faculty for at least five years with extraordinary achievement across their portfolios. In particular, this faculty member has compiled a distinguished record of addressing education and/or health disparities, and centering access and equitable opportunities for students, families and other stakeholders by working in close partnership with communities of practice. In bridging research and practice, the faculty member has led efforts to connect faculty, staff, and/or students in their program/department/college, the University of Texas with broader communities in Central Texas, the state of Texas, the nation, and beyond. AwardThe award recipient will be recognized with a certificate and will receive a stipend of $2,500. Nomination ProcedureNominations are solicited from the students and faculty of the college, to be sent to the appropriate department chair. Each department may nominate one faculty member, either tenured/tenure-track or clinical. Nomination packets should be no longer than 20 pages. Nominations shall include the following: Nomination DeadlineAll nomination materials are to be in the Dean’s Office by March 1, 2024. Please submit materials as a single PDF to Sonja Runberg at sonja.runberg@austin.utexas.edu. Selection ProcedureFinal selection will be made by a committee appointed by the Dean and chaired by an Associate Dean. Recipient will be notified of the award in May. Award payment will be processed by Dean's Office Faculty Affairs. |
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Dean’s Distinguished Research AwardPurposeTo recognize a mid-career/senior faculty member in the College of Education who has been on faculty for at least five years and has developed a distinguished record of research/scholarly contributions (the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies can grant exceptions to other research-related professionals who would like to be eligible for this award). Selection will be based on evidence of sustained excellence in research, including such things as publications (quantity and quality), grant activity, and impact and significance of research/scholarship to the field. AwardThe award recipient will be recognized with a certificate and will receive a stipend of $2,500. Nomination ProcedureNominations are solicited from graduate students and faculty of the college, to be sent to the appropriate department chair. Each department may nominate one faculty member. Nominations shall include the following: Nomination DeadlineAll nomination materials are to be in the Dean’s Office by March 1, 2024. Please submit materials as a single PDF to Sonja Runberg at sonja.runberg@austin.utexas.edu. Selection ProcedureFinal selection will be made by a committee appointed by the Dean and chaired by an Associate Dean. Recipient will be notified of the award in May. Award payment will be processed by Dean's Office Faculty Affairs. |
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Dean’s Distinguished Early Career Faculty AwardPurposeTo recognize an early career tenure-track faculty member in the College of Education in their fourth, fifth or sixth year in rank as an assistant professor who has compiled a distinguished record of research. AwardThe award recipient will be recognized with a certificate and will receive a stipend of $2,500. Nomination ProcedureNominations are solicited from the students and faculty of the college, to be sent to the appropriate department chair. Each department may nominate one faculty member. Nominations shall include the following: Nomination DeadlineAll nomination materials are to be in the Dean’s Office by March 1, 2024. Please submit materials as a single PDF to Sonja Runberg at sonja.runberg@austin.utexas.edu. Selection ProcedureFinal selection will be made by a committee appointed by the Dean and chaired by an Associate Dean. Recipient will be notified of the award in May. Award payment will be processed by Dean's Office Faculty Affairs. |
Please Read a more detailed description of each award below.
Dean's Distinguished Professional-Track Award
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Dean's Distinguished Community Impact Award
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Dean's Distinguished Early Career Award
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Dean's Distinguished Research Award
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Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award
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