2019-2020 NASPA Annual Award Winners
Supporting the Profession
January 28, 2020
We are pleased and honored to announce the recipients of the 2019-2020 NASPA Annual Awards
Presented each year at the NASPA Annual Conference, the NASPA Annual Awards recognize a wide range of student affairs professionals from across higher education. NASPA Annual Awardees join the legacy of decades of past recipients, including many of student affairs' and higher education's most transformational leaders. Please join us in congratulating the 2019-2020 NASPA Annual Award winners.
AVP/Senior-Level Student Affairs Professional Award
Clint-Michael Reneau, Associate Vice President, Student Affairs, California State University, Fullerton
Bobby E. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award
Melvin Cleveland Terrell, Vice President Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University
Doris Michiko Ching Award for Excellence as a Student Affairs Professional
Matthew Jeffries, Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center, Washington State University
Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA
Patricia A. Whitely, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Miami
Outstanding Contribution to Higher Education Award
Inside Higher Ed, Editors, Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman
George D. Kuh Outstanding Contribution to Literature and/or Research Award
George S. McClellan, Associate Professor, Higher Education, University of Mississippi
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Lori Patton Davis, Chair, Department of Educational Studies and Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs, The Ohio State University
Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member
Tony W. Cawthon, Director of Graduate Studies, EOLDs; Alumni Distinguished Professor of Education; Professor, Student Affairs & Higher Education, Clemson University
Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a Dean*
Karen L. Pennington, Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life, Montclair State University
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Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs (posthumous), Northwestern University
The President's Award
Carol Quillen, President, Davidson College
Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award
Antonio Duran, Assistant Professor, Auburn University Main Campus
Dissertation Title: An Intersectional Grounded Theory Study Examining Identity Exploration for Queer Collegians of Color at Historically White Institutions