Boise State University honors exemplary faculty members

The College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs honored five Boise State University Faculty members at a Jan. 10 college meeting.

Both full-time and part-time faculty members were given a plaque shaped like the state of Idaho and a cash award for outstanding achievement in three areas: teaching,
research and service.

Heidi Reader, assistant professor for the Department of Communication, received an award for Tenured Teaching.

Les Alm, professor and chair for the Department of Public Policy and Administration, received the Tenured Research Award. Susanne McCorkle, professor for the Department of Communication and interim dean for the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, received an award for Tenured Service. Christopher Meyerhoeffer, teaching in the Department of Criminal Justice, received the Adjunct Award; and John Ziker, assistant professor for the Department of Anthropology, was given the award for Tenure Track. 

“I greatly appreciate this recognition of my work by my colleagues in the college,” Ziker said. “In my case, our department chair, Mark Plew, made the nomination.”

Ziker said each department nominated an individual for one of the awards.

The final decision concerning who received what award came down to a committee made up of Boise State faculty members. Committee chair, Leslie Martin presented the awards along with University Provost, Sona Andrews.

The purpose of the awards program is to honor faculty members in the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs who are doing outstanding work. Honorees are also included on the college’s “Wall of Fame.”

On December 6, 2006 Ziker said he received an award from ASBSU for outstanding service as an exemplary faculty member in the college of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State.

“This award meant a lot to me because I was nominated by a student and it relates to my teaching,” Ziker said. Ziker has taught in the Anthropology Department at Boise State since the Fall Semester of 2003.

“Prior to that, I was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany for two years,” Ziker said.

Alm said he thought he received his award for his consistency in publications over the past 16 years.

“It is a very nice feeling to know my work is recognized as valuable to the university and it contributes to furthering students’ education,” Alm said

Arbiter Staff

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