ECU’s Joyner Library honors ECU faculty authors
Faculty honorees as the annual book awards ceremony. (Contributed photo)
The fourth annual Joyner Library/Academic Affairs Faculty Author Book Awards held Oct. 24 honored 35 faculty members for scholarly book publications.
“Publishing a scholarly book is a significant professional achievement for university faculty. We want to recognize our faculty authors and congratulate them on their accomplishments, said Jan Lewis, interim dean of Academic Library Services. “The library is an important partner in the creation of scholarly output so it’s a natural fit for us to host such an event,” Lewis added.
Dr. Ron Mitchelson, interim provost and senior vice chancellor of Academic Affairs remarked, “the book remains the signature event in an academic’s life and we admire our authors for their creativity and endurance.”
Criteria for the book awards were books authored, co-authored or edited; peer reviewed by scholars, published between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014; and authors employed at ECU when the book was published.
Faculty members honored are as follows:
Dr. Katie Flanagan, Health Education & Promotion; Dr. Megan Janke, Department of Recreation & Leisure Studies; Dr. Kimberly Myers, Department of Nutrition Science; Dr. Roman Pawlak, Department of Nutrition Science; Dr. John Kerbs, Department of Criminal Justice; Dr. Melvin Weber, Department of Hospitality Leadership; Dr. Dori Dennison, Department of Hospitality Leadership; Dr. George Fenich, Department of Hospitality Leadership; Dr. Jennifer Hodgson, Department of Child Development & Family Relations; Dr. Cheryl Johnson, Department of Child Development & Family Relations; Dr. Anglea Lamson, Department of Child Development & Family Relations.
Also Dr. Susanne Jones, Department of Foreign Languages & Literature; Dr. Tom Eamon, Department of Political Science; Dr. Holly Hapke, Department of Geography; Dr. Kyle Summers, Department of Biology; Dr. Nathan Richards, Department of Maritime Studies; John Tucker, Department of History; Dr. Jonathan Reid, Department of History; Dr. Jeffrey C. Johnson, Department of Sociology; Dr. Helena Feder, Department of English; Dr. Seodial Deena, Department of English; Dr. Tracy Morse, Department of English; Dr. Ken Parille, Department of English; Dr. David Wilson-Okamura, Department of English.
Also Dr. David Griffith, Department of Anthropology; Dr. Michael Hardy, Institute of Outdoor Theatre; Fred Harrison, Academic Library Services; Barry Munson, Academic Library Services; Alan Bailey, Academic Library Services; Arthur Carlson, Academic Library Services; Dr. Lori Flint, College of Education – Special Education Foundations & Research; Dr. Jami Biles Jones, Department of Interdisciplinary Professions; Dr. Kylie Dotson-Blake, Department of Interdisciplinary Professions; Dr. Scott Glass, Department of Interdisciplinary Professions; Dr. Hoazhe Chen, Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management.
Joyner Library collects, organizes, preserves, and provides access to books for education, research, and enrichment. The books featured at the awards ceremony are added to the reading collections and are available for check out.
For more information, contact Dawn Wainwright at (252) 328-4090.