summer 2012 / 19
FEATURES
A Year in the Life …
Faculty Scholarship
and Honors
E
veryone knows that BSC’s faculty members are devoted
to engaging their students and broadening minds in the
classroom. But they’re also committed to being engaged
in their own research and going above and beyond when it
comes to serving the campus. Some of this year’s standouts:
•
Dr. Jason Heaton
,
assistant professor of biology, co-
authored an article in the March issue of the
Journal of
Human Evolution
describing 14 new hominid fossils his team
discovered in the important Swartkrans Formation in South
Africa.
•
Dr. Alan Litsey
,
professor of theatre, finished two years
as president of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, the
country’s largest theatre organization.
•
Dr. Dave Ullrich
,
professor of English, published an article
on the novel
This Side of Paradise
in the
Fitzgerald Review
,
another on Kurt Vonnegut’s
Cat’s Cradle
in the journal
The
Explicator
,
and a third upcoming in
BLAKE/An Illustrated
Quarterly
.
He won the Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams
Faculty Scholarship Award, given to a professor who has
excelled in scholarship.
•
Art Professor
PamelaVenz
had a photograph, “Window
Series: Bedroom Setting #2,” included in the 17th Annual
International Exhibition at the Meadows Gallery at the
University of Texas at Tyler.
•
Dr.Tynes Cowan ’85
,
assistant professor of English, received
the Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award, which goes
to a non-tenured faculty member for excellence in teaching.
•
Dr. Guy Hubbs
,
associate professor of library science, was
one of three recipients of the President’s Service Award, given
to members of the BSC community who show commitment,
character, service, and leadership.
•
Dr. Sandra Sprayberry
,
Robert E. Luckie Professor of
English, and Claire Emily Clifford, visiting assistant professor
of English, won the Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence
in Teaching Award and the United Methodist Church
Exemplary Teacher Award, respectively.
Sprayberry
Litsey
