Awards Program

A.A.U.A. Annual Awards Program

Note: Although nominations for all awards are solicited on an annual basis, awards are made only when the selection committee believes there is a sufficiently qualified candidate.

The Blackburn Award, and Exemplary Models Awards

Recognizes outstanding examples of college/university leadership activities that demonstrate creative solutions to common problems in higher education. These include programs or methods that exemplify successful efforts to meet internal or external challenges and demands, including, but not limited to, those posed by one or more of a wide variety of influencing sources such as legislative bodies or public policy bureaucracies, accreditation agencies, institution-based strategic aspirations, and/or external demands for documentable evidence of the effectiveness and value of higher education. Awards can be given for work at any or all institutional levels, about any or all institutional functions, and at any public or private two- or four- year college(s) or university(ies). Occasionally AAUA gives multiple Exemplary Models awards in a single year with the Blackburn Award going to the one judged the best of all submissions. The Blackburn Award, named for AAUA-pioneer and long-time AAUA executive officer John L. Blackburn, is considered to be AAUA’s highest institutional/programmatic recognition.

Khaladjan International Award for Innovation in Higher Education

Recognizes innovation and achievement in higher education worldwide, and is given for work that is both innovative and has wide potential for application or impact on the international dimensions of post-secondary education. It is named for the founder and former president of the Moscow External University of the Humanities, Nikolai N. Khaladjan. Any higher education institution or unit within a higher education institution is eligible to compete for this award. The award sponsors are especially interested in recognizing: (1) innovative teaching methods; (2) methods which widen access to education; (3) extension of or more efficient use of teaching resources; (4) wide use of or development of learning technology; and (5) efforts that accelerate or deepen student learning.

Tosney Award for Career Service in Higher Education Leadership

Recognizes outstanding, long-term experience as an administrator in the field of higher education; it is most often awarded as a career capstone recognition. Eligibility requires that the nominee: (1) be an active (or recently retired), full-time professional administrator, (2) have a minimum of five years of administrative experience, and (3) have demonstrated significant external professional activities; usually, recipients have an established national profile in higher education leadership. Named for one of AAUA’s pioneer members, Elieen Tosney, this award is considered to be AAUA’s highest individual recognition.

McInness/Ryan Award for Mid-Career Higher Education Leadership

Named for the two individuals who authored the association’s first statement of professional standards for administrators in higher education—William C. McInness, S.J. and  Edmund G. Ryan, S.J.—the McInness/Ryan Award is made to an individual with 5 to 15 years of higher education administrative service who has demonstrated professional accomplishment significantly beyond the norm and who has—by virtue of his/her achievements and behaviors—demonstrated a personal commitment to ethical and principled leadership practice.

The MacVittie Emerging Leader Award

Named for Robert W. MacVittie, first elected-president of the association, this award is made to an individual who is currently engaged in a higher education administrative position below the level of vice president and who has completed no more than five years of service at the current level of appointment and who, by virtue of demonstrated professional accomplishment, is thought to have outstanding potential for higher education leadership.

The Cavanaugh Award for Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Named for two long-time AAUA members, academic leaders, and advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Drs. Christine K. Cavanaugh and John C. Cavanaugh; this award recognizes innovative and/or extraordinarily effective administrative leadership in policy, hiring, or mentorship to create, promote, support, and maintain institutional cultures of diversity, equity, and inclusion within American colleges and universities.

The King Award for Outstanding College/University Trustee Leadership

Named for Dan L. King, former and longest serving executive of the association, this award Is given to a college or university board member whose service exemplifies commitment to higher education and who demonstrates the highest ethical standards in providing leadership from the trustee-level; currently serving or recently retired board members are eligible.

The Goodheer Distinguished Service Award

This award, named for Wil C. Goodheer longtime board member and former elected-president of AAUA, is presented to a current or former member of AAUA who is recognized as having made significant contributions both to the association and to the advancement of American higher education. (This award is given at the discretion of the Awards Committee; nominations/applications are not considered.)

Neuner Award for Excellence in Professional Scholarly Publication

Given annually to the author judged to have written the overall finest manuscript published during the preceding year in the Journal of Higher Education Management, this award is named for Jerome L. Neuner, two-time elected-president and chairperson of the Board, and longest tenured Board member in the history of AAUA. Selection criteria include overall intellectual, scholarly, and professional quality; and the extent to which the manuscript advances (a) a discussion of the current issues, problems and challenges facing higher education; (b) an exchange of practical wisdom and techniques in the areas of higher education leadership, policy analysis and development, and institutional management; and (c) the identification and explication of the principles and standards of college and university administration. (This award is given at the discretion of the Awards Committee; nominations/applications are not received or considered.)

Watson Award for Excellence in Professional Scholarly Presentation

Named for Bert Allan Watson, a former AAUA elected-president who later served as the association’s executive officer, this award is given annually to the presenter judged to have delivered the overall finest presentation at the preceding year’s AAUA meeting. Criteria include scholarly quality, professional relevance and importance, overall presentation quality, and extent to which the session advanced the theme/topic of the seminar. (This award is given at the discretion of the Awards Committee; nominations/applications are not received or considered.)

The Trachtenberg Award for Outstanding Thought Leadership Higher Education

Given periodically by the association, this award is named for Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, third president of the University of Hartford, 15th president of George Washington University, and former elected-president of AAUA. It is intended to recognize exceptional contributions to the advancement of critical thought about college/university leadership to advance American higher education and its role in American society. (This award is given at the discretion of the Awards Committee; nominations/applications are not considered.)

These two awards—named to honor professionally prominent long-time leaders of the association—are made to authors of outstanding doctoral dissertations in the field of higher education or higher education administration. Criteria for selection are: (1) the importance and relevance of the topic to the broad field of higher education administration; (2) evidence of the development of a theoretical framework which guided the research; (3) the appropriateness of the research method and analysis; (4) the overall quality of writing; (5) the potential for publication and/or other dissemination of research results; and (6) the degree to which the results provide useful information for practitioners in the professional field of higher education.

Call for Nominations

Call for Nominations/Applications for Annual A.A.U.A. Awards

The American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) seeks nominations of/applicants from candidates for several of its annual higher education leadership recognition awards. (NOTE: Although nominations/applications for awards are solicited annually, awards are made only when the selection committee believes there is a sufficiently qualified candidate pool.)

Membership in AAUA is not required of award nominators, applicants, or recipients; nor is it given any consideration in awardee selection

Nomination Procedures

Although nominations for awards are solicited annually, awards are made only when the selection committee believes there is a sufficiently qualified candidate pool. Nominations may be made on behalf of another person, program, or institution; or they may be submitted as self-nominations. (There is no penalty for submitting a self-nomination and, in fact, several past awards have been made to highly qualified recipients who were self-nominees.) Membership in AAUA is not a criterion for eligibility nor is it a consideration in awardee selection.

Nomination Process

Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent directly to the awards committee chair, Jerome Neuner at neuner@canisius.edu as attachments to emails. Specific expectations for and restrictions on nominations are as follows:

  • For Awards to Individuals (Tosney, McInnis/Ryan, MacVittie, Cavanaugh, and King): The submission should begin with a completed Awards Nomination Cover Sheet followed by a letter of nomination that directly refers to the description and/or selection criteria as enumerated above; a CV of the nominated individual is required. All of the submitted materials including any testimonials or letters of support—but not counting the candidate’s C.V—is limited to a total of seven pages, single spaced.
  • For Awards to Projects/Programs (Blackburn, Exemplary Models, Khaladjan): The submission should begin with a completed Awards Nomination Cover Sheet. Refer to the criteria stated in the awards description and summarize how the project or activity fulfills the criteria. Great importance is given to qualitative or quantitative evidence of success for the activity. References or testimonials are allowed. The full submission must not exceed seven pages single spaced.
  • For Dissertation Awards: The submission should begin with a completed Awards Nomination Cover Sheet. Followed by a nominating letter (no more than three pages) addressing the criteria. The nomination should also include substantial sections of the dissertation or links to where the text
    can be found electronically. The awards committee will normally read sections such as the problem(s), method(s), and conclusion(s).

Deadline Date

Only nominations received by January 15th will be assured of consideration.

Awards Nomination Cover Sheet

Past Recipients of A.A.U.A. Awards

BLACKBURN AND EXEMPLARY MODELS AWARDS

  • 2023 – IDEATE Fellowships, Adelphi University
  • 2023 – DEI@Work Program, Endicott College
  • 2023 – Colin Powel Public Service Career Hub, City College of New York
  • 2022 – The ElevatED Program, Florida State University College of Education (Damon Andrew, Dean)
  • 2022 – Integrated Studies Program, Gwynedd Mercy University (Ariana Amaya, Director)
  • 2021 – “Accelerate to Industry Program,” North Carolina State University (Laura E. Demarse, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School)
  • 2020 – “Jill Watson Artificial Intelligence Graduate Assistant,” Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech University
  • 2020 – “Prep for Success: Center for Career and Professional Development,” Adelphi University
  • 2019 – “The Student Resilience Project,” Florida State University
  • 2019 – “Personalizing the Enrollment Process,” Adelphi University
  • 2019 – “Cohort Course Design Model,” Central Michigan University, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
  • 2018 – ATLAS: Academic Training, Leadership, & Assessment Services (Jeffrey L. Buller & Robert E. Cipriano, Senior Partners)
  • 2018 – Oakwood University Information Technology Division (Kirk Nugent, Director)
  • 2017 – The Leonard Kaplan Education Collaborative for Critical Urban Studies, Wayne State University College of Education (R. Douglas Whitman, Dean; William E. Hill Assistant Dean)
  • 2017 – The University of San Diego Outcomes Website (Andrew T. Allen, Provost; Carole Huston, Associate Provost; Margaret Leary, Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives)
  • 2016 – California State University Chanel Islands, for “CI 2025 Vision Plan: Envisioning Our Future”
  • 2016 – Western Governors University, for “Responsible Borrowing Initiative”
  • 2015 – Stephen Spinelli, Jr. President of Philadelphia University for “Strategic Planning at Philadelphia University”
  • 2015 – Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for “Improving Quality the Expansion of the Mission of a Comprehensive State University to Better Meet Local Career-Technical Education Demands”
  • 2015 – DeVry University for “Creating a Supportive Community for Faculty and Staff Pursuing Doctorates”
  • 2014 – Erie (Pennsylvania) Regional Education and Training Consortium of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership (Barbara Chaffee, President/C.E.O.)
  • 2012 – Wheelock College, Mattahunt Community Center Revitalization (Adrian K. Haugabrook, Vice President.
  • 2010 – Bio-Link Program (Elaine A. Johnson, Director), City College of San Francisco
  • 2009 – Excellence Through Leadership Program, Human Resources – Learning Services Office, Emory University
  • 2008 – Fostering Student/Faculty Collaborations Through the ‘Research Group’ Model, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business (Kenneth R. Bartkus, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Research), Utah State University
  • 2007 – The John R. Kernodle Center for Service Learning (Mary Morrison, Director), Elon University
  • 2007 – A Student Development Transcript, University of South Carolina Sumter, Lynwood Watts (Associate Dean for Student Affairs)
  • 2006 – B. Jean Floten, President, Bellevue Community College
  • 2006 – Early Enrollment Success Program, Simons Rock College of Bard (Mary B. Marcy, Provost and Vice President)
  • 2006 – The Race, Hip-Hop, and Sports Learning Community at LSU (Louis Harrison Jr. and Leonard N. Moore, Directors), Louisiana State University
  • 2005 – Taking Graduate Degrees to the Region and Beyond: Success Through Simplicity and Focus, Ohio University (Stephen M. Flaherty, Associate Vice President)
  • 2005 – Success Through Education Programs, School of Education (Dennis W. Spurlock, Dean), University of Houston Clear Lake
  • 2004 – Alternative Teacher Certification Program in Science and Mathematics, Benedictine University (Eileen Kolich, Associate Provost)
  • 2004 – iOptimize Integrated Learning System, DeVry University (Patrick Mayers, Academic Vice President)
  • 2004 – Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge (Carolyn Collins, Dean of University College and Associate Vice Chancellor)
  • 2003 – Indiana University Faculty Leadership Program (Susan Sciame-Giesecke, Director), Indiana University
  • 2002 – Successful Planning and Accreditation of a Two-Year – Four-Year Institution, Rogers State University (Joe A. Wiley, President)
  • 2002 – The Analytic Data Warehouse, University of Memphis (Gary L. Donhardt and Darla M. Keel, Directors)
  • 1993 – New Approaches to Teaching American Culture, University of California at Berkeley
  • 1993 – The Women in Science Project, Dartmouth University
  • 1993 – The Peer Advisor Program, University of Virginia
  • 1993 – The Learning Enrichment for Academic Program Program, Loyola University of Chicago
  • 1993 – The Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University
  • 1992 – Development of a TQM Finance Accountability Model, Oregon State University (L. Edwin Coate)
  • 1992 – Developing Systems Approaches to Enrollment Monitoring and Management, Indiana University
  • 1992 – Strategies to Revitalize Colleges While Restraining Administrative Costs, Chaffet Community College (Jerry Young)
  • 1991 – Making Diversity Work on an Urban Campus, University of New Orleans
  • 1991 – A President’s Influence on Fostering Diversity and Creating Community, Rockhurst College
  • 1991 – Practicing What We Teach: Critical Thinking, Diversity, and Community, Glendale Community College
  • 1990 – Achieving a More Appropriate Balance Between Teaching and Research, Texas A&M University
  • 1990 – Revitalizing the Academic Program for Non-Traditional Students, Northwestern University
  • 1990 – Bergen 2000: Alliances with Business and Government to Improve Quality of Life for Bergen County Residents, Bergen Community College

KHALADJAN INTERNATIONAL AWARD

  • 2023 – American Passport Project, Institute for International Education (Allan Goodman, Director)
  • 2022 – New York University, Abu Dhabi (Mariet Westermann, Vice Chancellor)
  • 2021 – Executive-Accelerated Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership, Gwynedd Mercy University (Raymond V. K. Bandlow, Director)
  • 2018 – Bossier Parish Community College Open Campus (Allison Haughton Martin, Director of Institutional Effectiveness Initiatives)
  • 2017 – “Sustainable Development: Service Learning in Tropical America” (Stephen R. Madigosky, Widener University)
  • 2016 – The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
  • 2015 – The Honors Program at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg (Thomas W. Smith, Director) for “The St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs”
  • 2014 – Rosemary Weston Gil, Eastern Michigan University (Global Michigan Program)
  • 2012 – David Rudd, Arcadia University (ATLAS Initiative)
  • 2011 – James P. Johnson, Rollins College (The Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education)
  • 2009 – Rosina C. Chia and Elmer Poe, East Carolina University (Global Academic Initiatives)
  • 2009 – Stefanos Gialamas, American Community Schools of Athens (Summer Leadership Institute, Institute for Critical and Creative Thinking)
  • 2008 – Jeffrey Aube, University of Kansas and Oliver Reiser, Regensburg University (A Transatlantic Dual Degree Program in Chemistry)
  • 2007 – Gordon B. Smith, The Richard L. Walker Institute of International and Area Studies,University of South Carolina
  • 2006 – Kathryn Chang Barker, FuturEd, Inc.
  • 2005 – Kenton Lewis, St. George’s Hospital Medical School of the University of London (Widening Access to Medical Education)
  • 2004 – Carol Fimmen, Western Illinois University
  • 2003 – Gale Young, California State University, Hayward (A Principle-Based Partnership: CSU Hayward and Peninsula Technikon)
  • 2002 – James K. Carr, Ohio State University ATI Wooster (An International Experience in Residential Construction)

TOSNEY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP

  • 2023 – Jolene Koester, California State University
  • 2022 – Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • 2022 – Andrew Westmoreland, Samford University
  • 2021 – Jeffrey L. Buller, Florida Atlantic University (retired); Atlas Leadership Training
  • 2020 – John Cavanaugh, President, Consortium of Universities of the Washngton Metropolitan Area
  • 2019 – Judy Genshaft, President, University of South Florida System
  • 2018 – Philip Dubois, Universty of North Carolina – Charlotte
  • 2017 – Allen D. Calvin, Palo Alto University
  • 2015 – Peter Lange, Duke University
  • 2014 – Harold Hellenbrand, California State University, Northridge
  • 2012 – Joseph S. Brosnan, Delaware Valley College
  • 2010 – Cory L. Duckworth, Utah Valley University
  • 2009 – Karol A. LaCroix, Granite State College
  • 2007 – Salvatore G. Rotella, Riverside Community College
  • 2006 – Robert M. Coard, Urban College of Boston
  • 2005 – Glenn A. Goerke, University of Houston
  • 2005 – Francis E. Hazard, Urbana University
  • 2004 – John Nazarian, Rhode Island College
  • 2003 – Bob H. Suzuki, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • 2002 – William Lee Dandridge, Leslie University
  • 1993 – James H. McCormick, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
  • 1992 – Virginio L. Piucci, Governors State University
  • 1991 – Hoke Smith, Towson State University
  • 1990 – Charles E. Diehl, George Washington University
  • 1989 – Maxwell C. King, Brevard Community College
  • 1988 – Patricia R. Plante, University of Southern Mine
  • 1987 – Jerry Carlton Lee, Gallaudet University
  • 1986 – Joyce F. Brown, City University of New York
  • 1985 – Edward J. Jennerich, Virginia Intermont College
  • 1984 – Ralph Edwards, Kingsborough Community College

McINNIS/RYAN MID-CAREER LEADERSHIP AWARD

  • 2023 – Sydney J. Freeman, Jr., University of Idaho
  • 2022 – Sandra K. Grunwald, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
  • 2022 – Heeyoung Kim, Rider University
  • 2021 – Christopher Michael Johnson University of Houston System
  • 2020 – Barbara J. F. Feldman, New College of Florida
  • 2019 – Barry E. Kopetz, Mississippi State University
  • 2018 – Josh Joseph, Yeshiva University
  • 2017 – Damon P. S. Andrew, Louisiana State University
  • 2016 – William Austin, Warren County Community College
  • 2016 – Scott Newman, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
  • 2015 – Daniel F. Mahony, Kent State University

MacVITTIE EMERGING LEADER AWARD

  • 2023 – Carolina Gonzalez, Montclair State University
  • 2021 – Joel P. Baumgart Emory University
  • 2020 – Sunddip Aguilar, St. Augustine University for Health Sciences
  • 2019 – Chris Hubbard Jackson, St. Charles Community College
  • 2018 – Faiza Khoja, University of Houston – Downtown
  • 2017 – Gregg A. Garn, University of Oklahoma
  • 2016 – Judson C Edwards, Troy University
  • 2015 – Sydney Freeman, Jr., Tuskegee University
  • 2014 – Scott E. Miller, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
  • 2012 – Andrea L. Beach, Western Michigan University
  • 2011 – Damon P. S. Andrew, Troy University
  • 2010 – Michele M. Cuomo, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York
  • 2010 – Constantin Rasinariu, Columbia College Chicago

CAVANAUGH AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

  • 2023 – Jodi-Ann Nunes Francis, City College of New York
  • 2022 – Juanita Cole, California State University, Monterey Ban
  • 2022 – Jeffrey Leak, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • 2022 – Edward A. Martinez, Luna College

KING AWARD FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP

  • 2023 – Arthur Halsey Rice, Quinnipiac University
  • 2021 – Paul S. Beideman, Widener University
  • 2021 – Barbara P. Lovenheim, Monroe Community College (State University of New York)
  • 2020 – Ann Brothers Smith, West Virginia State University.
  • 2019 – Kay Benesh, Marygrove University
  • 2018 – Thomas E. Blumer, Corning Community College (State University of New York)
  • 2016 – William B. McIlwaine, Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
  • 2015 – James Otieno, Palo Alto University

NEUNER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL – SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION

  • 2023 – Nwanda Achebe, Carole Gibbs, Brian Johnson, Chiama Nwaiche & Daniel Valez Ortiz (Michigan State University), “Creating Sustainable University Structures for Offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
  • 2023 – Lelie D. Cramblet Alvarez (University of Denver), Renee P. Beeton (Fort Lewis College), Carol Guerrero Murphy (Adams State University) & Lea Ann “Beez” Schell (Colorado Mountain College), “CTLs As University Change Levers
  • 2022 – Megha Answer & Rhonda Phillips (Purdue University), “Fostering an Anti-Racist and Inclusive Living-Learning Community”
  • 2022 – Jeffrey L. Wilson (Virginia Commonwealth University), “Rethinking the Education Doctorate”
  • 2021 – Karen A. Longman (Azuza Pacific University), Susan R. Madsen (Southern Utah University), “Women’s Leadership in Higher Education: Status, Barriers, and Motivators”
  • 2021 – David E. Bartz (Eastern Illinois University), “Higher Education Administrators Attaining Excellence.”
  • 2020 – Rick Ginsberg (University of Kansas), Kathryn B. Chval (University of Missouri), & Donald Easton-Brooks (University of Nevada – Reno), “The Crises are Coming: Social Media Challenges Facing Higher Education Leadership”
  • 2019 – William G. Tierney & Raquel M. Rall (University of Southern California), “Lessons Not Yet Learned: Culture, Governance, and the Jerry Sandusky Case”
  • 2018 – William A. Henk (Marquette University), Steven A. Melnick (Pennsylvania State University), Sharon Lovell (James Madison University), and Shelley B. Wepner (Manhattanville College), “Education Deans’ Beliefs About Essential Ways of Thinking, Being, and Acting: A National Survey”
  • 2017 – Jana L. Bouwma-Gearhart (Oregon State University) and Matthew T. Hora (University of Wisconsin), “Supporting Faculty in the Age of Accountability: How Postsecondary Leaders Can Facilitate the Meaningful Use of Instructional Data for Continuous Improvement”
  • 2016 – Floyd F. Quinn, Brian K. Miller, Debbie M. Thorne (Texas State University), “Diversity Management and Public Orientation as Predictors of Service Orientation in Higher Education”
  • 2015 – Robert S. Balough and Rose M. Logue (Clarion University), “Strategies for Successful Implementation of Responsibility Centered Budgeting in Mid-Sized Universities”

WATSON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL – SCHOLARLY PRESENTATION

  • 2023 – Carlos R. Morales & Shelley Pearson (Tarrant County College), “Implementation Strategies for a Sudden Surge in Enrollments and Long-Term Impacts”
  • 2022 – Julie E. Wollman (University of Pennsylvania) & Katie Herschede (Widener University), “An Innovative Approach to Strategy”
  • 2020 – Monica Brockmeyer, Michelle Hunt Bruner, & Kenya Swanson (Wane State University), “Removing Silos and Strengthening Collegiate Partnerships While Closing the Achievement Gap”
  • 2019 – Vicky Brittain, Nelly R. Herrera, Cynthia Opheim (Texas State University), “Guns on Campus: Implementing Campus Carry in Texas”
  • 2016 – Karen M. Lee (University of San Diego), “The Impact of Accreditation Reaffirmation on Institutional Assessment Culture”
  • 2015 – Holly Hoffman, Elizabeth Kirby, Barbara Klocko, Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, (Central Michigan University), “Creating a Culture of Scholarship in a Teaching College”

GATZKE DISSERTATION AWARD

  • 2023 – Karen A. Williams, Higher Ed CDOs in Times of Emerging Crises: A Study of Integration, Experience, and Impact (Fielding Graduate University)
  • 2022 – Janet Gao, College and Career Choices of International Graduate Students in the United States: A Focus on STEM (George Washington University)
  • 2021 – Candice J. Hunter, Exploring the relationship between organization culture, personal values, and person-organization fit . . . (Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Washington, DC)
  • 2020 – Robert Bellarmine Farrell, Leadership Response to Campus Free Speech Incidents (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2019 – Christine F. Brown, Faculty Validation of Students: An Exploration of Validation Theory Through a Survey of Faculty Attitudes (Immaculata University)
  • 2018 – Colin M. Coyne and Alexis J. Stokes, An Exploratory Model of First Year Retention (Vanderbilt University)
  • 2017 – Amanda N. Rutherford: Politics, Perceptions, and Performance in Higher Education (Texas A&M University)
  • 2016 – Joshua D. Merchant: From Altrusim to Investment: Venture Philanthropy and Its Impact on Shared Governance at Liberal Arts Colleges (Western Michigan University)
  • 2015 – Karen Michelle Lee: Impact of a Reaffirmation Accreditation Program on Institutional Assessment Culture (Oakland University).
  • 2014 – Pandora Grewe Carlucci: Understanding the Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Appointment (University of Massachusetts Boston)
  • 2012 – Kristi D. Caravela: Mimetic, Coercive, and Normative Influences in Institutionalization of Organizational Practices: The Case of Distance Learning in Higher Education (Florida Atlantic University)
  • 2011 – Michael C. Komos: Adjunct Faculty Members’ Views on Effective College Teaching: A Case Study (Northern Illinois University)
  • 2010 – Kathleen Lis Dean: At the Base of the Bridge: A Case Study of Boundary Spanning by Members of a University’s Presidential Leadership Team (University of Maryland)
  • 2009 – Christine C.A. Katsapis: Incidence and Types of Occupational Role Stress Among University Research Administrators (American University)
  • 2008 – Tatiana Melguizo: What Types of Colleges Were Doing a Better Job Graduating Minorities in the 1980s and 1990s? (Stanford University)
  • 2007 – Rachael Murphey Brown: Allegiance to Race: Racial Identity, Academic Culture, and the Politics of African American Academic Intellectuals (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
  • 2006 – James R. Johnsen: Leadership in Context: A Case Study of Presidential Effectiveness (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 1993 – Sandra C. Coyner: Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Pre-Admission Testing Criteria for Teacher Education Students at the University of Akron (University of Akron)
  • 1992 – Laurie Richlin: Preparing Future Faculty: Meeting he Need for Scholar-Teachers by Enlarging the View of Scholarship in Ph.D. Programs (The Claremont Graduate School)
  • 1991 – Jeffrey Gilmore: Price-Quality Relationships in Higher Education: Testing a Conceptual Model of Institutional Effectiveness (Pennsylvania State University)
  • 1990 – Dennis W. Viehland: Nonresident Enrollment Demand in Higher Education (University of Arizona)
  • 1989 – Larry R. Brooks: The Applicability of Service Marketing Principles to Student Recruitment at Private, Church-Related Colleges (University of Arkansas)
  • 1988 – Robert O. Thomas: Student Retention at Liberal Arts Colleges: The Development and Test of a Model (Indiana University)
  • 1987 – Ann Elizabeth Stephenson: The Impact of Collective Bargaining o Community College Governance and Faculty Welfare (University of Texas at Austin)
  • 1986 – Ruth J. Persons: Faculty Autonomy: Its Location and Relationships in the University (University of Denver)
  • 1985 – Lloyd Mark Tyree: An Assessment of the Impact of Changes in the Student-Faculty Ratio Used in the Budget Formula for Virginia Colleges and Universities on Instructional Costs per Student, Institutional Complexity, and Financial Stability (College of William and Mary

GOODMAN-MALAMUTH DISSERTATION AWARD

  • 2023 – Margaret M. Holland, Women Leading Higher Education: Disrupting Patriarchal Mediation in Higher Education Spaces (George Washington University)
  • 2022 – Ciji Ann Heiser, Examining Cultural Responsiveness and Invariance in the National Survey of Student Engagement for First-Generation College Students (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
  • 2021 – Kristin C. Scott, Initial evidence of construct validity of data from a self-assessment instrument . . . (University of Texas Tyler)
  • 2020 – Ronna L. Halbgewachs, The Trait Emotional Intelligence of College and University Presidents: A Foundational Descriptive Quantitative Study (George Washington University)
  • 2019 – Cortni McNamara, Bullying In Higher Education: The Female Experience (Central Michigan University)
  • 2018 – Dearl D. Lampley (East Tennessee State University), Institutional Budget Function Allocations as Predictors of Performance Outcomes of Tennessee Public Community Colleges and Universities
  • 2017 – Alvin C. Merritt Boyd, III: Experience and Perceptions of Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty at a Four-Year University (St. John Fisher College)
  • 2016 – Liz Gross (Cardinal Stritch University), An Examination of the Relationship Between the Communication Methods Used in Out-of-Class Student-Faculty Interactions and the Content and Frequency of Those Interactions
  • 2015 – Ian Phillip Neuhard: Evaluating Florida’s Policy of Expanding Access through Community College Baccalaureate Degrees: An Analysis of Enrollment Trends, Demographic Characteristics and Systemic Impacts (University of Florida); and Stephanie A Schmitt: Assessment and Ranking Efforts: The Effects on Institutional and Program Level Change (University of North Carolina)
  • 2014 – Camille Broussard Wise: No Crystal Stair: Narratives of Female Community College Presidents of Color (Drexel University)
  • 2012 – Deborah J. Bradford: Emerging and Disruptive Technologies for Education: An Analysis of Planning Implementation, and Diffusion in Florida’s Eleven State University System Institutions (University of Central Florida)
  • 2011 – Jesus Fernandez: Factors that Differentiate Persistence Beyond the First Session at a For-Profit University (Florida International University)
  • 2010 – Ryan E. Smerek: “Sensemaking and Sensegiving” Leadership Processes of New College Presidents (University of Michigan)
  • 2009 – Christine Smith: The Person Next to You on the Bus Probably has a Graduate Degree: A Study of the Expansion of Graduate Education (State University of New York at Albany)
  • 2008 – James M. Owston: Survival of the Fittest? The Rebranding of West Virginia Higher Education (Marshall University)
  • 2007 – Susan Beck-Frazier: Perceptions of Selected University Deans’ Leadership Behavior (East Carolina University)
  • 2006 – Loren J. Rullman: Sources of College Student Political Cynicism (Indiana University)
  • 1993 – Pamela Cooper, A Characterization and Analysis of Research Universities (Texas Tech University)
  • 1992 – Dennis R. Sherrod, Flow of Doctoral Students Through Four University Departments (North Carolina State University)
  • 1991 – Carol J. Logan, Job Satisfaction of African-American Faculty at Predominately African-American and Predominately White Four-Yer, State-Assisted Institutions i the South (Bowling Green State University)
  • 1990 – Michael S. Rao, Differentiation-Integration Organization Theory in Fund Development Programs of Public Universities (University of Florida)
  • 1989 – Annette E. Greenland, Responsiveness to Adult Undergraduates in a Traditional Land Grant University: An Institution-Wide Self-Assessment (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
  • 1988 – Richard M. Clugston, Strategic Adaptation in an Organized Anarchy: Priority Setting and Resource Allocation in the Liberal Arts College of Public Research Universities (University of Minnesota)
  • 1987 – Marilyn Frey Reagan, Study of Job Satisfaction in the College of Education at Michigan’s Three Research Universities Following a Period of Major Resource Decline (Wayne State University)
  • 1986 – Bettie Moretz Smolansky, Job-Transition Behavior in the Labor Market for Administrators in Higher Education (Pennsylvania State University)
  • 1985 – Russell R. Rogers, Toward a Theoretical Model of the Integration of Organizational Development Within the Administration of Higher Education (Michigan State University)
  • 1984 – William L. Dillon, Concepts for the Management and Evaluation pf Educational Endowments (University of Pittsburgh)
  • 1983 – Paul T. Brinkman, Marginal Costs of Instruction in Public Higher Education (University of Arizona)

TRACHTENBERG AWARD FOR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION

  • 2023 – Terry Hartle
  • 2019 – Robert Archibald
  • 2019 – Ryan Craig
  • 2019 – David H. Feldman
  • 2019 – Elaine P. Maimon
  • 2018 – Norman R. Smith
  • 2017 – F. King Alexander

Goodheer Distinguished Professional Service Award

  • 2022 – Christine K. Cavanaugh
  • 2019 – Damon P. S. Andrew
  • 2011 – Abour Cherif
  • 2009 – Jerome L. Neuner
  • 2007 – Dan L. King
  • 1993 – Katsuyuki Sakamoto
  • 1992 – H. J. Zoffer
  • 1992 – Patricia A. Hollander
  • 1990 – Sanford M. Lottor
  • 1989 – John Blackburn
  • 1987 – Catherine R. Gira

Contact Information

Awards-related questions or requests for further awards-related information should be directed to the awards committee chair, Jerome Neuner (Neuner@Canisius.edu).

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