March Kudos

Congratulations and thanks for all you do.

Associate professor in the department of plant biology Peggy Brickman was one of two UGA professors to be named 2013 Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors.

Senior associate dean Hugh Ruppersburg was named University Professor. The honor, first awarded in 1974, is bestowed selectively on UGA faculty who have had a significant impact on the university in addition to fulfilling their normal academic responsibilities. 

John Knox, associate professor of geography and faculty member in the atmospheric sciences program, was named one of three recipients of the Russell Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Ivan Ingermann, an assistant professor of theatre and film studies, won the 2012 Suzi Bass Award for outstanding costume design of a play for his work on The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls at the Alliance Theatre. The Suzi Bass Award recognizes the best of Atlanta theater.

The National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration awarded $19,150 to Victor Thompson, an assistant professor of anthropology, in support of his archaeological project "Mound Key: The capital of the Calusa kingdom."

Labor Studies Journal named an article co-written by Andrew Herod, Distinguished Research Professor of Geography and adjunct professor of international affairs and anthropology, Best Article for 2012. The formal announcement will be made at the United Association for Labor Education Conference in Toronto on April 17-20. The article, "Dockers and Seafarers: What the Politics of Spatial Embeddedness and Geographical Scale Have Meant for Union Organizing in the European Maritime Trades," was co-authored by Leah Carmichael, a doctoral student in international affairs.