National Awards
Erin Barnes
Counselor Education Clinical Associate Professor
- North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
(NCACES) Outstanding Supervisor Award
Allison Levine
Counselor Education Assistant Professor
- North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
(NCACES) Outstanding Professional Teaching Award Recipient
Counselor education faculty, students receive honors for research, teaching
James Joshua “Josh” Coleman
English Education Assistant Professor
- Children’s Literature Assembly Research Award
- Children’s Literature Assembly Early Career Award
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Coleman garners national awards for ‘Banned Childhoods’ project
Mark McDermott
Associate Dean for Teacher Education and Student Services
- Impact Academy fellow, Deans for Impact
Mark McDermott named to national fellowship for educator-preparation leaders
Sherry Watt
Higher Education and Student Affairs Professor
- 2024 American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Contribution to Knowledge Award
Watt earns American College Personnel Association Contribution to Knowledge Award
State awards
Allison Bruhn
Special Education Professor and Executive Director of the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health
Pamela Wesely
Professor of Multilingual Education and Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs
- 2023 Inductees to the Iowa Academy of Education
UI’s Bruhn and Wesely inducted into Iowa Academy of Education
University of Iowa Award
Kenneth Brown
Departmental Executive Officer and Professor, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
College of Education and
Tippie Children Professor of Management
Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
- 2024 Michael J. Brody Award
Brown honored with the Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service
College of Education Awards
Hyesun You
Science Education Assistant Professor
Leah Zimmermann
Special Education Clinical Assistant Professor
- College of Education 2024 Meritorious Research Award Recipients
COE faculty recognized for excellence in research
Lesa Hoffman
Educational Measurement and Statistics Professor
Ted Neal
Clinical Professor of Science Education
- College of Education 2024 Collegiate Teaching Award Recipients
Neal, Hoffman receive Collegiate Teaching Awards
Student & Alumni Awards
Margo Christensen
Bachelor of Arts degree in history and social studies education ‘23
- Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Thailand for 2024-25
Fabian Ouellet-Pinto
Master of Arts in Teaching English education ‘24
- Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Taiwan for 2024-25
Alumni awarded Fulbright awards to Asia
Aimen Hameed
Graduate student in educational leadership
- Margaret P. Benson Memorial Scholarship
UI Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women
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Chantel Johnson
Doctoral Student in Counselor Education and Supervision Program
- North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) Research Grant Recipient
Tevin Middleton, doctoral student in Counselor Education and Supervision Program
North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
(NCACES) Research Grant Recipient
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars program recipient
Sailee Karkhanis
Doctoral student in the Department of Counselor Education
- North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Counselor education faculty, students receive honors for research, teaching
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Amira Nash
Associate director of partnerships and programs, Baker Teacher Leader Center and doctoral student in the UI College of Education's Literacy, Culture, and Language Education program
- 2023 Global Student Award
University of Iowa International Programs
International education leader lauded
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Yareli Reeve-Mendoza
PhD candidate in Higher Education and Student Affairs
- Inaugural Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans “Larry Lockwood” Student Award recipient
Reeve-Mendoza honored with 2023 Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award
