Honors & Awards

UNC Charlotte’s Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration program has ranked in the top 25 percent of public affairs programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

Odes to strong women who have inspired them emerged as a common thread at the International Women’s Day program held in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. Among those honored were the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ dean, other employees and students.

For innovative teaching methods that extend well beyond a traditional classroom setting, Joanne Maguire Robinson, UNC Charlotte Religious Studies chair and professor, has received the 2016 American Academy of Religion Excellence in Teaching Award.

For his commitment to democratic ideals, humanistic values, and literary excellence in Africa. Tanure Ojaide, UNC Charlotte’s Frank Graham Porter Professor of Africana Studies, has won The Fonlon-Nichols Award.

UNC Charlotte researcher Edd Hauser, director of the Center for Transportation Policy Studies and the Center for Disaster Studies, recently received the academic Lifetime Achievement in Transportation Research and Education Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers.

Fumie Kato, associate professor of Japanese at UNC Charlotte, has been honored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for outstanding achievements in promoting friendship between Japan and the United States.

Mark West is a self-effacing scholar who can deftly turn attention from himself to the students, faculty and staff in UNC Charlotte’s Department of English and to colleagues in the field of children’s literature. Despite his reticence to stand in the spotlight, others are shining a beam on his service and have chosen him to receive the 2016 Anne Devereaux Jordan Award.

UNC Charlotte’s Jeanette M. Bennett has been named one of the 10 Must Take Psychology Professors in Charlotte by the online site Careers in Psychology. “Educating the next generation of leaders and scientists has always been one of my primary goals,” Bennett says. “My classroom provides an environment that is open to questions and a safe place to process new student ideas.”

UNC Charlotte researcher Beth A. Rubin’s third paper on management citizenship behavior was one of 16 articles worldwide nominated for the 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Co-authors are Charles J. Brody and David J. Maume.

A UNC Charlotte organizational science graduate and two faculty members have received a best paper award for their research on gender and leadership.