Academic Staff: Early Career Award

Recipients of the L&S Academic Staff Early Career Award must have 0-7 years’ (including the current year) experience and demonstrate outstanding performance, promise of future contributions and a high degree of professionalism.
 

All Recipients

2025-2026 Announcement Article

• Chang-Uk Lee, Assistant Scientist, Department of Chemistry
• Molly Harris, Instructional Project & Engagement Specialist, L&S Instructional Design Collaborative

2024-25

• Amanda Buchberger, Teaching Faculty IV, Department of Chemistry
• Jana Martin, Associate Director, Language Institute
• Susan Rufledt, Assistant Director, L&S Academic Advising Services
   

2023-24

• Chelsea Andrews, Lecturer, Department of Psychology
• Ingrid Jordon-Thaden, Botany Garden and Greenhouses Director, Department of Botany
• Léa Gustin, Teaching Faculty IV (Associate General Chemistry Lab Director), Department of Chemistry
   

2022-23

• Maria Hartwig, Academic Advising Manager, Department of Psychology
• Laura Schmidli, Instructional Technology & Engagement Specialist, L&S Instructional Design Collaborative

2021-22

• Antonella Caloro, Instructional Technologist, L&S Instructional Design Collaborative
   
• Julie Lindsey, Department Administrator, Department of Integrative Biology

2020-21

• Kaitlin Koehler, International Directions Adviser, Language Institute
• Tracey Reitz, Associate Faculty Associate, Chemistry Learning Center
   

2019-20

• Mary Ann Feist, Senior Academic Curator within the Wisconsin State Herbarium of the Department of Botany
• Bob Wiedenhoeft, Instructional Support Specialist/Advisor, Center for Academic Excellence

2018-19

• Soledad Benguria-Andrews, Assistant Faculty Associate, Mathematics Department
• Stacy Forster, Faculty Associate, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Elizabeth Leith, Academic Curator, Department of Anthropology

2017-18

• Carmela Diosana, Student Services Coordinator, Department of Botany
• Ellen Hamann, Senior Research Specialist, Center for Limnology
• Valerie Johnson, Student Services Coordinator, Department of Psychology
• Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, Assistant Director, Mead Witter School of Music

2016-17

• Hilary Shager, La Follette School of Public Affairs
• Libby Dowdall, Department of Chemistry
• Michael Kruse, Language Institute
• Brian Esselman, Department of Chemistry

2015-16

• Stephen Block, Assistant Director of the General Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry
• Linnea Burk, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology
• Elizabeth Foste, Careers and Outreach Coordinator, Department of Economics
• Jesse Steinberg, Faculty Associate & Assistant to the Chair Department of Philosophy

2014-15

• Desiree Bates, Computational Chemistry Leader, Department of Chemistry
• Adam Hinterthuer, University Relations Specialist, Department of Limnology
• Oh Hoon Kwon, Course Supervisor for the Mathematics 13x series, Department of Mathematics
• Russell Portier, Assistant to the Directors, School of Social Work

2013-14

• Carol Warden, Associate Outreach Specialist, Center for Limnology
• Tiziana Serafini, Associate Faculty Associate, Department of French & Italian
• Cheri Barta Rossi, Associate Faculty Associate, Department of Chemistry

2012-13

• Melanie Jones, Faculty Associate, Department of Psychology
• Laura Halverson Monahan, Senior Academic Curator, Department of Zoology
• Dorothea Salo, Faculty Associate, School of Library & Information Studies
• Chad Wilkinson, Associate Faculty Associate, Department of Chemistry

2011-12

• Danielle Benden, Senior Academic Curator, Department of Anthropology
• Allison Kaplan, Faculty Associate, School of Library & Information Studies

2010-11

• Nancy Linh Karls, Faculty Associate, The Writing Center in the Department of English
• Shirin Malekpour, Faculty Associate, Department of Mathematics

2009-10

• Marilyn Larsen, Assistant Director, Center for Limnology
• Byung-jin Lim, Associate Faculty Associate, East Asian Languages & Literature
• Jaime Stoltenberg, Map and GIS Librarian, Department of Geography

2008-09

• Erlin Barnard, Faculty Associate, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
• Ilia Guzei, Senior Scientist, Department of Chemistry

2007-08

• Ron Harris, Academic Staff, Department of English.
• Dianna Murphy, Academic Staff, The Language Institute

2006-07

• Shea Ramey, Academic Staff, Chemistry Learning Center
• Richard Slaughter, Academic Staff, Geology and Geophysics

2005-2006

• Melissa Tedrowe, Academic Staff, Department of English

2004-2005

• Patrick Barrett, Academic Staff, the Havens Center in the Department of Sociology
• Emily B. Hall, the Writing Center in the Department of English

2003-2004

• Jeff Henriques, Department of Psychology

2002-2003

• Ron Cramer, Learning Support Services

2001-2002

• Grace Krewson, Department of English