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CAS Faculty Win University Research Awards
Dr. William Cupach
Dr. William Cupach
Provost Presley has announced that College of Arts and Sciences faculty won one of two Outstanding University Researcher Awards and four University Research Initiative Awards. Dr. William Cupach has won the Outstanding University Researcher Award, which recognizes faculty whose research accomplishments are outstanding among their peers across the entire University and who have established a national and/or international reputation in their field. Cupach's research focuses on the interpersonal communication that supports successful human relationships, and so illuminates the “dark side” of relationships by studying such phenomena as embarrassing predicaments, conflict, and stalking. His theoretical framework on obsessive relational intrusion is the leading conceptual contribution to understanding this phenomenon and is characterized by H. Dan O’Hair, Vice President of the National Communication Association, as “at the cutting edge” and having implications that “will be felt for years to come.”

 

 

The College is also honored to have four University Research Initiative Award winners: Dr. Byron Heidenreich (Assistant Professor of Psychology); Dr. Lucian Ionescu (Assistant Professor of Mathematics); Dr. Elizabeth King (Assistant Professor of Geography-Geology); and Dr. William Perry (Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences). The University Research Initiative Award recognizes new faculty members who have initiated a promising research agenda. "We are very pleased to see the outstanding work of our faculty recognized by their colleagues University-wide," said Associate Dean Sam Catanzaro. "Congratulations to them and to all of our nominees."  

The Outstanding Researcher Awards were first proposed by the University Research Council in 1984 to recognize individuals actively involved in research. Awards are given to individuals who are beginning their academic careers, to those who have conducted research at an outstanding level among peers in their College, and to those who have conducted research at an outstanding level among peers at the University. The winners will be formally recognized at the College awards ceremony on February 4, 2005 and again at Founders Day Convocation on February 17, 2005.
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