The Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award was established in 2003 to recognize a Tarleton State University faculty member who has shown exemplary performance scholarly or creative activities. 

Past COB Winners!

  • 2023-2024 Ceyhan Kilic (College)
  • 2022-2023 Chun-Kai “Tommy” Hsu (College)
  • 2021-2022 Stephen Blythe (College)
  • 2020-2021 Omar Esqueda (College)
  • 2019-2020 David Notgrass (College)
  • 2018-2019 Dianna Krueger (College)
  • 2017-2018 Chun-Kai (Tommy) Hsu (College)
  • 2016-2017 Omar Esqueda (College)
  • 2015-2016 Jerry Burch (College)
  • 2014-2015 Sue Lewis (College)
  • 2013-2014 Jason Sharp (College/University)
  • 2011-2012 Nate Heller (University)

Award Criteria

Eligibility Criteria 

  • Evidence of exceptional scholarly or creative work within the field;
  • Three years of service at Tarleton State University;
  • Full-time faculty appointment or administrator holding a joint faculty appointment; and
  • Must not have received this award within the past three years. 

University Criteria (Minimum Criteria for COBA) 

Evidence of scholarly or creative activity includes: 

  • Authored books and/or journal articles; 
  • Authored monographs or book chapters;
  • Scholarly paper presentations of conducted or published research;
  • Collaborative research involving faculty and/or student colleagues;
  • State, national, international level seminars, workshops; and
  • Shows, recitals, recordings, or musical performances, or lighting, set, or costume design.

Additional Criteria

Additional consideration will be given to nominees with the following:

  • continuous record of refereed publications (not all in a year or two), Cabell’s listed journal or other widely circulated database, first author led research, faculty should avoid the concept of “double-dipping” and show progression of research with a variety of intellectual contributions;
  • research presentations at regional, national or international level academic conferences;
  • leadership in research societies, serving on an editorial board, executive board involvement in research societies or publications, inter-disciplinary research, grant writing, consistent involvement of students in faculty research; and
  • Practice Academics (PA) sustain currency and relevance through professional engagement, interaction, and relevant activities.