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FACULTY AND STAFF EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSThe PSU Faculty and Staff Excellence and Achievement Awards acknowledge individuals who have achieved outstandingscholarship and accomplishments at Portland State University, and are one example of how we honor, recognize and incentivizethe ongoing excellence of PSU faculty and staff, both through scholarship and dedication to PSU students.BRANFORD PRICE MILL AR AWARD FOR FACULT Y E XCELLENCEDavid H. Peyton, Ph.D.DAVID H. PEYTON, PH.D., is a professorin the Department of Chemistryin the College of Liberal Arts andSciences. He is the author of morethan 70 publications on structuralbiology, malaria drug discovery anddevelopment, and the toxicity oftobacco-related products. He is knownat the national and international levelsas a leading expert in the applicationof nuclear magnetic resonancespectroscopy to problems relating topublic health.Peyton received his doctorate fromthe University of California atSanta Barbara in 1983, then heldpostdoctoral research positions at theCornell University Medical College(now called Weill Cornell Medicine)and at the University of California atDavis before coming to Portland StateUniversity in 1987. He is a regularreviewer of submitted journal articlesin the fields of biochemistry, analyticalchemistry, environmental chemistry,physical chemistry, parasitology,inorganic chemistry and pharmaceuticalchemistry; a member of the jointScientific Advisory Committee forthe NIH South Asia and IndiaInternational Centers of Excellence forMalaria Research; and was the recipientof the Sigma Xi Columbia-WillametteChapter “Outstanding ScientificResearcher Award (Chemistry)” in 2011.A major research program in the Peytonlab has been drug development leadingto overcoming the effects of drug4resistance, particularly in malaria. Thiswas a shift in research direction fromdeveloping NMR methods andapplication to biomolecular interactions,to medicinal chemistry. In 2008, Peytonco-founded DesignMedix, Inc., in 2008to help discover and develop the drugsto overcome resistance, bringing evenmore focus to his medicinal chemistryresearch. In another major project,collaboratively carried out with theStrongin and Pankow laboratories atPSU, Peyton studied aerosols fromelectronic cigarettes, as well as smokefrom cigarettes and other tobaccoproducts. This work brings togetheraspects of the physiology of nicotineaddiction with its physical state, aswell as the larger aspects of publichealth priorities and impact on policy.Thus, public health has become theoverarching theme of thePeyton laboratory.The Branford Price Millar Award isgiven annually to a faculty member in atenure-track or tenured appointment whohas demonstrated excellence in the areasof scholarship, instruction, universityservice and public service, and whoseperformance in the area of scholarshipand research is judged to be exceptional.

GEORGE C. HOFFMANN AWARDWilliam Parnell, Ed.D. (2005)WILL PARNELL, ED.D., is a professor inearly childhood education, departmentchair of Curriculum and Instruction,and a pedagogical liaison to the HelenGordon Child Development Center atPortland State University. His specialtyareas are rethinking readiness in theearly years, disrupting traditional earlychildhood research, creating learningdesigns, and documenting and makingyoung children’s learning visible.Parnell currently serves as presidentof the National Association of EarlyChildhood Teacher Educators,consultant for the International Schoolof Beijing Early Years, and founder ofthe Inventing Remida Portland project.Parnell finished his doctorate ineducation at PSU in 2005, and hasbeen researching Reggio-inspiredpractices related to making listening andlearning visible and valued; and workingwith children’s creative expression,representational work and Remidacreative reuse materials. His most recentresearch centers on meaning-makingthrough early childhood education artsbased narrative-building processes thatinforms classroom practices. Parnellhas presented and written many journalarticles and book chapters about hisresearch. He has co-edited and authoredthree books: “Making Meaning in EarlyChildhood Research,” “DisruptingResearch in Early ChildhoodEducation,” and “Rethinking Readinessin Early Childhood Education.” Hisother scholarly research articles andbook chapters focus on children,5teachers and parents’ lived experiencesand he is actively working with manydoctoral candidates in the U.S.and Australia.Parnell has been an educator andresearcher in the field of early childhoodeducation/teacher education since1986 with a significant background inteaching and leadership. His backgroundincludes work in lab schools, parentcooperatives, and public-school settingsand he has consulted around the globefrom across the U.S and Canada tocountries like Beijing, Australia, Bulgariaand Denmark. He has also started manyschools for young children, workingwith architects on place-making, spaceplanning and pedagogy inarchitectural design.The Hoffmann Award is given annuallyto a faculty member in recognitionof distinguished contributions to theUniversity in the areas of instruction,university service, and scholarship whichare done in the spirit of humanism,civility, and collegiality, with particulardedication to students and loyaltyto the University. These values wereespecially cherished by the late GeorgeC. Hoffmann, a distinguished dean andprofessor of history at Portland StateUniversity.

KENNETH W. AND ELSIE W. BUTLER AWARD FOR LIBRARY FACULT Y SERVICERichard M. Mikulski, Ph.D.RICK MIKULSKI, PH.D., is an assistantprofessor in the PSU Library, where heserves as the government documentsand social sciences librarian. He joinedPSU in 2018 and is a liaison to theCollege of Urban and Public Affairs,which allows him to work closely withstudents and faculty in the departmentsof Economics, International and GlobalStudies, and Public Administration.He also provides data managementservices to the university communityand is the coordinator of PSU’s FederalDepository, which contains state,federal and international governmentdocuments and maps.Mikulski received his M.L.S. (libraryscience) and Ph.D. (history) fromthe University at Buffalo (SUNY).His areas of scholarship includegovernment information and data,scholarly communication and culture,and the history of education. His currentresearch examines the development ofscholarly communities and academiccultures, which in turn shape scholarshipvalues, research practices and thetransmission of information. Mikulskiis currently on the editorial boardsof the Journal of New Librarianshipand DttP: Documents to the People,and is the editor of H-Education. Heis also a member of the DepositoryLibrary Council, which is the advisorycommittee to the GovernmentPublishing Office.6The Butler Award for Library FacultyService was established in 1999 torecognize outstanding performance bya faculty member of the Branford P.Millar Library. This annual award—supported through a gift by professoremeritus Kenneth W. Butler and ElsieW. Butler—is granted to librarians whodemonstrate excellence in their service tostudents, faculty and the community.

MARY H. CUMPSTON AWARD FOR SERVICE TO STUDENTSMarcy Hunt, Ph.D.MARCY HUNT, PH.D. is the directorof Counseling Services at the Centerfor Student Health and Counseling(SHAC). She received her Bachelor’sdegree from the College of Wooster andher doctorate in Counseling Psychologyfrom the University of Oregon. As alicensed psychologist, Hunt has spenther career serving students in universitycounseling centers with prior leadershipas the counseling services director atBaldwin Wallace University in Ohio.Since 2010, Hunt has served PortlandState University with a mission to centermental health as a core facet to studentsuccess and wellbeing. Within SHAC,she and her team have createdinnovative practices to increase studentaccess to mental health care, such assame- or next-day access to counselingconsultation appointments; expandingtransgender health and mental healthcare services; enhancing group therapy,psychoeducation workshops, MindfulMoment for classrooms/meetings; andmost recently, successfully transitioningall counseling services, including LD/ADHD evaluations, to a telehealthplatform.Hunt has made connections acrossdivisional and departmental lines topromote student and faculty/staffwellbeing through her involvementin the CARE Team, InterpersonalViolence Task Group, HealthyCampus Initiative, University PublicSafety Oversight Committee, StudentExperience Committee and theReimagine Campus Public Safety7Committee. She has consistentlycontributed to and promoted a cultureof care across campus through hermentoring of students and intentionalcollaborations with colleagues inStudent Affairs, EnrollmentManagement, Academic Affairs, GlobalDiversity and Inclusion, Finance andAdministration, Office of InformationTechnology and Athletics.Dana Tasson, associate vice provost forStudent Health and Well-Being, wrote“[Hunt] has enhanced our communityby setting an example of how to adopt aculture of care and help-seeking in ourdaily work, and through her generousmentoring has helped countless studentsand colleagues through difficult times.I often think of [Hunt] as one of thekey people who ‘takes care of ’ ourcommunity. However, it might be moreaccurate to say that she helps us learnhow to better take care of each other.”The Mary H. Cumpston Award forService to Students is given annually toan academic professional or universityadministrator, without academic rank,who has demonstrated excellence in thearea of service to students. Mary H.Cumpston was a beloved colleague whotruly embodied the meaning of excellencein service to students at Portland StateUniversity.

PSU FOUNDATION PHIL ANTHROPIC CULTIVATION AWARDEthan Sperry, DMAETHAN SPERRY, DMA, is in his eleventhyear as director of choral activities atPortland State University, where heconducts the world-renowned ChamberChoir and leads undergraduate andgraduate programs in conducting.He earned a bachelor's degree inphilosophy from Harvard College anda masters and doctoral degree in choralconducting from the University ofSouthern California.Before moving to Oregon, Sperry servedfor 10 years on the faculty of MiamiUniversity in Ohio and has also servedas artistic administrator of the AradPhilharmonic Chorus in Romaniaand Conductor of the Coeur Regionalde Guadeloupe, the only SymphonicChorus in the French West Indies.Currently, he is the artistic director andConductor of the Oregon RepertorySingers, one of America's mostdistinguished adult choruses.Under his direction in 2013, thePortland State Chamber Choir becamethe first American Choir ever towin the Grand Prix at the SeghizziInternational Choral Contest in Italy,and in 2017 they became the firstAmerican choir to win the Grand Prixat the Bali International Choral Festival,the largest choral gathering in Asia.A prolific arranger of world music forchoirs, Sperry is the editor of the GlobalRhythms series for Earthsongs Music,one of the bestselling choral series inthe world, and is also published by HalLeonard. He serves as a consultantfor the KM Music Conservatory inChennai, the first classical music schoolin India, which opened in 2009.8Sperry has been deeply involved in allaspects of the cultivation, solicitationand stewardship of support for thechoral program and voice students.Sperry has been a close partner tothe PSU Foundation in building acase around priorities for the choirsand voice student support and hasraised more than 400,000 for voicestudent scholarships since 2017 and anadditional 3 million for choir and voicearea programs, projects and initiatives,and other voice student scholarships.The Portland State UniversityFoundation Philanthropic CultivationAward is given annually to a PSUfaculty or staff member in recognitionof their role as a partner in cultivatingphilanthropic support for a priorityprogram within their unit.

ADJUNCT FACULT Y E XCELLENCE AWARD FOR RESEARCHMolly Wallace, Ph.D.MOLLY WALLACE, PH.D., teaches inPortland State University’s ConflictResolution program and serves ascontributing editor of the PeaceScience Digest. Her research andteaching interests include nonviolentaction; unarmed civilian peacekeeping/protection (UCP); demilitarizedsecurity; conflict resolution/transformation; military desertion/defection; transitional justice,reconciliation, and peacebuilding; therelationship between weapons andprotection/vulnerability; the legitimationof political violence; humanitariannegotiation; gender and global politics;and ethics of war and peace. Her recentbook, “Security Without Weapons:Rethinking Violence, NonviolentAction, and Civilian Protection,”published with Routledge in 2017,explores nonviolent alternatives forcivilian protection in war zones, andshe has published research in CriticalStudies on Security, Global Society andInternational Politics. She regularlypresents at the International StudiesAssociation and in 2017 was invitedto deliver a keynote lecture at theRethinking Pacifism for Revolution,Security and Politics conference at theUniversity of Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand.Wallace earned her Ph.D. in politicalscience from Brown University andher B.A. (magna cum laude) in Peaceand Conflict Studies from MountHolyoke College. At Brown, she wasawarded the P. Terrence HopmannAward for Excellence in Teaching andwas recipient of the Watson InstituteGraduate Program inDevelopment Fellowship.9She currently teaches two coursesat PSU—Introduction to ConflictResolution and ReconciliationProcesses—and especially values thediverse life experiences and forms ofexpertise that PSU students bring tothe classroom. Beyond PSU, she hastaught in the International Affairs and/or Political Science programs at BrownUniversity, the University of NewHampshire, and Lewis & Clark College.She is also a volunteer facilitator withMultnomah County's restorativedialogue program, she previouslyserved as a volunteer mediator withthe Community Mediation Center ofRhode Island and on the staff of conflictresolution and international affairsNGOs in Washington, D.C. Morerecently, she has also worked with theJames Lawson Institute (as a facilitator)and USD’s Kroc Institute for Peace andJustice (as an editor).Wallace grew up in Salem, Oregon,and returned to Oregon in 2016. Sheand her spouse have two young kidsand feel lucky to now live so close tograndparents and other family.The Adjunct Faculty Excellence Awardfor Research was created to recognizeand honor the outstanding contributionsof Portland State University adjunctinstructors in the area of research.

ADJUNCT FACULT Y E XCELLENCE AWARD FOR INSTRUCTIONChristopher Allen, Ph.D.CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, PH.D. servesas a senior adjunct instructor in thepsychology department at PortlandState University. He has been teachingat Portland State University since 2011and has twice been awarded the JohnEliot Alan outstanding teaching award.Allen draws on a rich background ofworking in clinical psychology andorganizational psychology and regularlyteaches for PSU in the area of abnormalpsychology and personality theory. Morerecently, Allen teaches classes on thepsychology of happiness and TibetanBuddhism, including live streamingvirtual education abroad classes fromTibet and Nepal, along with his coteacher and spouse, who was raisedin Tibet.Larry Martinez, associate professorand chair of the PSU Department ofPsychology, said “Allen is an exemplaryexample of what I believe this awardseeks to recognize. He isn’t just a greatinstructor. He’s a great instructor whois also innovative, tireless and dedicatedto providing the very best educationalexperience for our students. He bringshis wealth of knowledge and practicalexperience as a professional psychologistto the classroom in ways that weaveeffortlessly with lecture material tofacilitate learning in ways that areextremely engaging and effective. Imyself learned a great deal by observinghis class, both about the lecture contentand about impressivelyeffective pedagogy.”10Allen would like to dedicate his awardto his students and let them know hefeels honored to be their teacher. Hewishes them happiness and wants themto know that he sees their struggles andjoys and appreciates being together on alearning journey with them. He wouldalso like to dedicate this award to thepassionate and devoted adjunct facultymembers at Portland State Universitywhere he has served as an executivecouncil member for the Portland StateUniversity Faculty Association unionand has heard many important storiesfrom across the university about thecommitment and caring of adjunctfaculty members. Finally, Allen wouldlike to dedicate this award to the deans,department managers and office staffin the Department of Psychology whohave made it possible to enjoy his yearsof teaching while keeping up with thepaperwork and technology.The Adjunct Faculty Excellence Awardfor Instruction recognizes and honors theoutstanding contributions of PortlandState University adjunct faculty andtheir excellence as instructors.

FACULTY EMERITI 2020-2021THE EMERITUS RANK MAY BE AWARDED UPON RETIREMENT IN RECOGNITION OFOUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.Sona Andrews, Ph.D.Department of GeographyProfessor EmeritaJohn Freeouf, Ph.D.Department of PhysicsProfessor EmeritusAndrew Black, Ph.D.Department of Computer ScienceProfessor EmeritusDebbie Glaze, M.M.School of Music and TheaterNTTF Professor EmeritaPatricia Boas, MFASchool of Art DesignProfessor EmeritaBrad Hansen, D.A.School of Music & TheaterProfessor EmeritusKatharine Cahn, Ph.D.Center for Improvement of Child andFamily ServicesProfessor of Practice EmeritaDebra Harris, Ph.D.OHSU-PSU School of Public HealthSenior Instructor II EmeritaTucker Childs, Ph.D.Department of Applied LinguisticsProfessor EmeritusRoberto de Anda, Ph.D.Chicano and Latino Studies ProgramProfessor EmeritusChristine Meadows, M.M.School of Music & TheaterProfessor EmeritaJeanette Palmiter, Ph.D.Fariborz Maseeh Department ofMathematics and StatisticsProfessor Emerita11Deborah Peterson, Ed.D.Educational Leadership a

as the Day Division of the Portland State Extension Center. The Legislature created Portland State College as a four-year, degree-granting institution in 1955. Graduate work was added in 1961, doctoral programs began in 1968 and the institution became Portland State University in 1969. The University has grown from an initial