Awards

Carnegie Fellowship

2025—Aklilu Zeleke

Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship

2024-25—Robert T. Pennock

Humboldt Research Award

2025—Kevin C. Elliott

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAS) Fellows

• 2023—Kevin C. Elliott
• 2019—Jim Smith
• 2005—Robert T. Pennock

American Association of Physics Teachers Fellows

2026—Clausell Mathis

American Physical Society Fellow

2024—Vashti Sawtelle

Mathematical Association of America Henry L. Alder Award

2023—Richard A. Edwards

Michigan Association of State Universities Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year Award

• 2022—Vashti Sawtelle
• 2015—Ryan D. Sweeder
• 2011—Robert LaDuca

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

2024—stef m. shuster

Sigma Xi Fellow

2024—Robert T. Pennock

Distinguished Academic Staff Award

• 2025—Samantha Cass
• 2012—Hanni Nichols

Distinguished Faculty Award

2011—Robert T. Pennock

Faculty Emeriti Association Outstanding Contributions by an Individual

2011—Walter Benenson

Phi Kappa Phi Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship

2012—Robert T. Pennock

Red Cedar Distinguished Professorship

2025—Kevin C. Elliott

University Distinguished Professorship

2019—Robert T. Pennock

William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award

2019—Kendra Spence Cheruvelil

ASMSU Senior Class Outstanding Faculty Award

• 2019—Dr. Georgina M. Montgomery
• 2017—Dr. Douglas Luckie
• 2015—Dr. Jim Smith

Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award

• 2024—Jennifer Doherty
• 2024—Kirtimaan Mohan
• 2022—stef m. shuster
• 2018—Vashti Sawtelle
• 2016—Georgina M. Montgomery
• 2012—Kendra Spence Cheruvelil
• 2008—Gerd Kortemeyer
• 2001—Douglas Luckie

MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award

• 2015—Dr. Douglas Luckie
• 2014—Dr. Ryan Sweeder
• 2013—Dr. Aklilu Zeleke
• 2010—Dr. Robert LaDuca
• 2007—Dr. Robert Shelton

MSU AT&T Faculty Award for Instructional Technology

• 2024—Isaac Record: Advances in Science and Technology - LB 322A
• 2023—Katie Hinko, Kirtimaan Mohan, Vashti Sawtelle: LB 273/LB 274 - Studio Physics
• 2020—Rachel Barnard and Ryan Sweeder: Honorable Mention for Technology-Enhanced Course (LB 171)

Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program  

• 2025-26—Ryan D. Sweeder
• 2018–19—Kendra Spence Cheruvelil
• 2015–16—Robert LaDuca 

Lilly Teaching Fellows  

• 2021-22—Megan Halpern
• 2012–13—Georgina Montgomery
• 2009–10—Kendra Spence Cheruvelil
• 1999–2000—Douglas Luckie 

Walter & Pauline Adams Academy of Instructional Excellence and Innovation 

• 2019–20—Marisa Brandt
• 2015–16—Samantha Cass
• 2012–13—Maxine Sewell Davis 

Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Award

• 2012—Ryan Sweeder & Philip Strong   
• 2011—Douglas Luckie   
• 2010—Kendra Spence Cheruvelil and Cori Fata-Hartley
• 2008—Kent D. Workman

Excellence in Diversity Awards

Emerging Progress

• 2014—Maxine Sewell Davis
• 2014—Samantha M. F. Cass
• 2014—Gerald R. Urquhart

Excellent Progress toward Advancing Diversity within Community

• 2012—Lyman Briggs College
• 2020 (Team)—Robert T. Pennock, BEACON Center

Lifetime Achievement

2018—Kent D. Workman

Sustained Effort towards Excellence in Diversity

2015—Naoko Wake 

Center for Gender in Global Context Inspiration Awards

Professional Achievement Award

2022—stef m. shuster

Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 

Spirit of Ability Award

2019—Vashti Sawtelle

Association of American Publishers PROSE Book Award Finalist-Clinical Medicine

2022—Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender, stef m. shuster, NYU Press.

Top 2% of Career-Long Citation Impact, PLOS-Biology

2021—Robert LaDuca

University Advising Awards

• 2025 nomination for the Rising Star in Advising Award: Carmen Ruiz-Sanchez
• 2025 nomination for the Sustained Excellence in Advising Award: Anne Slavin

Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award

2024—Sarah Evans-Cain

Rising Star Award from the Great Lakes District of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

2024—Sarah Dickinson

Outstanding New Career Services Professional Award from the Hire Big10+ Career Consortium

2023—Krysta Foster

MSU Outstanding Supervisor Award

2023—Niki Rudolph