A History of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Crime and Society Program at Southwest Missouri State University

~ University Award Recipients ~

1985-1986 Excellence in Teaching Ravindra Amonker	1995-1996 Excellence in Community Service Lloyd Young	2000-2001 Excellence in Community Service Burton Purrington

1986-1987 Excellence in Research Juris Zarins	1995-1996 Excellence in Teaching Shahin Gerami	2003 Excellence in Teaching Karl Kunkel

1988-1989 Excellence in Teaching Burton Purrington	1997-1998 Excellence in Teaching Karl Kunkel	2004 Excellence in Teaching Tim Knapp

1992-1993 Excellence in Research David Hartmann	1998-1999 Excellence in Research Liying Li	2004 Excellence in Research Juris Zarins

1993-1994 Excellence in Research Martha Wilkerson	1998-1999 Excellence in Teaching John Harms	2004-2005 Excellence in Community Service Michael Carlie

1994-1995 Excellence in Community Service Doris Ewing	1999-2000 Excellence in Teaching Margaret Buckner


~ College of Humanities and Public Affairs Award Recipients ~

1997 Teaching John Harms	2001 Teaching Melodye Lehnerer	2003 Service Margaret Buckner

2000 Service Karl Kunkel	2002 Service Melodye Lehnerer	2004 Teaching Marty Prosono

2002 Service John Harms	2003 Service Suzanne Walker	2004 Service LiYing Li

2003 Research Jeffrey Nash	1999 Service William Wedenoja	2004 Service Bill Wedenoja

1999 Service Melodye Lehnerer	2005 Teaching Suzanne Walker	2001 Teaching Liying Li

2005 Service Shahin Gerami	2005 Research Robin Amonker
~ Other Awards ~

Fall, 2003 Missouri State Graduate School Award for Excellence in Online Instruction Mike Carlie	2004 Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching Mike Carlie	2004 Excellence in Advisement Award Mike Carlie

	2004 National Academic Advisor's Association national award for Excellence in Academic Advisement Mike Carlie

~ Missouri State Foundation Award Recipients ~

2004 For Research Shahin Gerami	2004 For Teaching Mike Carlie	2005 For Teaching Margaret Buckner