HSS Outstanding faculty awards
Purpose
To recognize and reward the commitment and professionalism of our exceptional College of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty. The award amount for the Distinguished Faculty Member is $5,000 (or 3 WTUs). All other award amounts are $2,000.
Important Dates
| Nominations Due | 03/29/2024 |
| Application/Documents Due | 04/22/2024 |
| Notifications Sent | May 2024 |
Applications are due at 4PM (PST) on the listed deadline.
Eligibility
All H&SS faculty are eligible for these awards, including tenured/tenure track, and lecturers. Individual faculty members are eligible to receive only one award every three years and can be nominated in only one category in any given year; two years must elapse following the receipt of an H&SS Faculty Award before being nominated again. One faculty member may be selected annually for each of the awards listed below.
These annual awards are in six categories:
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Distinguished Faculty Member
The Distinguished Faculty Member award honors a tenured faculty member with rank of professor who has served the college for at least five years and has demonstrated a consistent record of excellent teaching, research, and service.
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Outstanding Teaching
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Outstanding Scholarship and Creativity
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Outstanding Service
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Outstanding Untenured Faculty Member
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Outstanding Lecturer (full-time or part-time)
Instructions
Step 1: Submit nomination letter written by an active H&SS colleague (e.g., FERP, T/TT and Lecturers) to ngraham@fullerton.edu by the deadline listed above; self-nominations not accepted. Online applications will be sent to those that accept the nomination.
Step 2: Submit the online application with required documents (as one PDF) by the deadline listed above.
Required documents include:
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A narrative by the nominee of accomplishments related to the award during the last three years – except for the Distinguished Faculty Member Award, which may cover one’s career (maximum of one-page for all narratives).
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A current annotated CV that highlights award criteria (maximum of 6 pages; for the Distinguished Faculty Member Award a maximum of 12 pages).
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One supporting letter by an active H&SS colleague (e.g., FERP, T/TT and Lecturers). Note: This is in addition to the nomination letter. For the Distinguished Faculty, Outstanding Untenured Faculty, Outstanding Teaching, and Outstanding Lecturer Awards, the letter must be written from an active H&SS Colleague who has observed the nominee’s teaching within the past three years and can address in the supporting letter.
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Please do not include the nomination letter; this will be provided to the H&SS Faculty Awards Committee by the Dean’s Office.
Important Information
The Distinguished Faculty Member is eligible to receive three units of assigned time for professional development (research, writing, curriculum planning, etc.) during the fall or spring semester of the year following the award. At the discretion of the Dean, release time may be converted to $5,000 in funds to support professional development (travel to conferences, equipment, research assistance, publication expenses, etc.). Recipients of the other awards are eligible to receive $2,000 in a Dean’s Office account to support professional development activities that enhance teaching, research, and/or service. The recipients will also receive personalized plaques.
Applications are evaluated by the HSS Faculty Awards Committee and recommends award recipients to the Dean. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the H&SS Faculty Awards Committee. All recommendations and decisions are final.
