'23 Faculty Awards
Honoring High Merit
Every year, we welcome the brightest minds into a community of exceptional faculty. Celebrate this year’s cohort and learn how wonder makes them reach higher.
February 15, 2023
The University of Arizona has an outstanding reputation because of extraordinary faculty
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A Legacy of Impact
At the University of Arizona, the passion, dedication and achievements of our Outstanding Faculty create a positive environment for all.
These awards recognize luminary faculty for their spark of lasting contributions to the common good in our community, nation, and world.
2022-2023 Honorees
Learn more about the University of Arizona luminaries working to change the future of our state, nation, and world.
Congratulations, the Wildcat family honors you.
2022 Regents Professor
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Juanita L. Merchant, M.D., Ph.D.
2022 Regents Professor
Professor and Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2022 Distinguished Director's Award
Professor, Department of Medicine
2022 Distinguished Scholar Award
Associate Professor, School of Sociology and Department of Mexican American Studies
2022 University Distinguished Outreach Faculty
Professor, Department of Management and Organizations
2022 Distinguished Scholar Award
Associate Professor, School of Plant Sciences
2022 Distinguished Head Award
Department Head and Director, Department of Religious Studies & Classics, SILLC
2022 University Distinguished Outreach Faculty
Professor, School of Theatre, Film & Television
2022 Distinguished Scholar Award
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
2022 The Margaret M. Briehl and Dennis T. Ray Five Star Faculty Award
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
2022 University of Arizona Foundation Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award
Professor, Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
2022 Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize
Associate Professor of Practice, Spanish and Portuguese
2022 University Early Career Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award
Assistant, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2022 University Distinguished Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
2022 Early Career Scholars Award
Areas Assistant Agent, Cooperative Extension
2022 Early Career Scholars Award
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2022 Early Career Scholars Award
Assistant Professor of Viola, Fred Fox School of Music
2022 Early Career Scholars Award
Assistant, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2022 Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award
Faculty in Training, Internal Medicine
2022 Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award
Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Anthropology
2022 Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award for Graduate Education
Professor, Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies Department
Stephanie Troutman Robbins, Ph.D.
2022 Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award for Graduate Education
Department Head and Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies
2022 Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
Assistant Professor, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Artwork designed by Dwayne Manuel
Reaching Higher
Outstanding Faculty medallions are reserved for Regents Professors, Distinguished Outreach Professors, and University Distinguished Professors. Learn more about the artist who helped craft each of these pieces.
We are honored to have some of the best and brightest professors in the world.
Feeling inspired? Follow the link below to nominate a colleague or learn more about faculty awards and honors in the Office of the Provost.