Rainmakers
The Office of Research & Economic Development, Campus Federal Credit Union, and the Council on Research have established the Rainmaker Awards, given each year to faculty who show outstanding research, scholarship, and creative activity for their respective ranks and discipline. The awards recognize both sustained and continuing work, as well as the impact that work has had on the faculty members, their department, and their academic community. The following list are the faculty who have been awarded the Rainmakers distinction.
2023 Rainmakers | ||
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Don Zhang | Psychology | Emerging Scholar |
Christine Lattin | Biological Sciences | Emerging Scholar |
Kathleen Searles | Political Science | Mid-Career Scholar |
Catherine Deibel | Physics & Astronomy | Mid-Career Scholar |
Rafael Orozco | Linguistics and Spanish | Senior Scholar |
Michael Malisoff | Mathematics | Senior Scholar |
2022 Rainmakers | ||
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Yu "April" Chen | Education | Emerging Scholar |
Sungyoung Park | School of Leadership & Human Resource Development | Mid-Career Scholar |
Mark S. Wagner | World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures | Senior Scholar |
Manos Chatzopoulos | Physics & Astronomy | Emerging Scholar |
Z. George Xue | Oceanography & Coast Sciences | Mid-Career Scholar |
Shengmin Guo | Mechanical & Industrial | Senior Scholar |
2021 Rainmakers | ||
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Nichole Bauer | Political Science and Manship School of Mass Communication | Emerging Scholar |
Julia Buckner | Psychology | Mid-Career Scholar |
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell | Education | Senior Scholar |
David Vinyard | Biological Sciences | Emerging Scholar |
Thomas Corbitt | Physics & Astronomy | Mid-Career Scholar |
Robert Twilley | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2020 Rainmakers | ||
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Nathan Kalmoe | Mass Communication | Emerging Scholar |
Benjamin Kahan | English | Mid-Career Scholar |
Craig Colten | Geography & Anthropology | Senior Scholar |
Christopher Arges | Chemical Engineering | Emerging Scholar |
Maheshi Dassanayake | Biological Sciences | Mid-Career Scholar |
Rongying Jin | Physics & Astronomy | Senior Scholar |
2019 Rainmakers | ||
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Matthew Valasik | Sociology | Emerging Scholar |
Raymond Pingree | Mass Communication | Mid-Career Scholar |
Jinx Broussard | Mass Communication | Senior Scholar |
Weiwei Xie | Biological Science | Emerging Scholar |
Michael Brylinski | Biological Science | Mid-Career Scholar |
Samithamby "Jey" Jeyaseelan | Pathobiological Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2018 Rainmakers | ||
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Kathleen Searles | Mass Communication | Emerging Scholar |
Susan Weinstein | English | Mid-Career Scholar |
Katherine Kemler | Music | Senior Scholar |
Michael Polito | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences | Emerging Scholar |
Mark Wilde | Physics & Astronomy | Mid-Career Scholar |
George Stanley | Chemistry | Senior Scholar |
2017 Rainmakers | ||
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Chris Barrett | English | Emerging Scholar |
Brannon Costello | English | Mid-Career Scholar |
Barry Keim | Geography & Anthropology | Senior Scholar |
Morgan Kelly | Biological Sciences | Emerging Scholar |
Karen Maruska | Biological Sciences | Mid-Career Scholar |
Anne Grove | Biological Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2016 Rainmakers | ||
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Benjamin Kahan | English | Emerging Scholar |
Lance Porter | Mass Communication | Mid-Career Scholar |
Femi Euba | Theatre/English | Senior Scholar |
Rendy Kartika | Chemistry | Emerging Scholar |
Donghui Zhang | Chemistry | Mid-Career Scholar |
Kermit Murray | Chemistry | Senior Scholar |
2015 Rainmakers | ||
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Jesse Allison | Music | Emerging Scholar |
Alex Cohen | Psychology | Mid-Career Scholar |
Fahui Wang | Geography & Anthropology | Senior Scholar |
Catherine Deibel | Physics & Astronomy | Emerging Scholar |
Prosanta Chakrabarty | Biological Sciences | Mid-Career Scholar |
Marcia Newcomer | Biological Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2014 Rainmakers | ||
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Megan Papesh | Psychology | Emerging Scholar |
James Fannin | Ag Econ & AgriBusiness | Mid-Career Scholar |
Edward Shihadeh | Sociology | Senior Scholar |
Francisco Hung | Chemical Engineering | Emerging Scholar |
Parampreet Singh | Physics & Astronomy | Mid-Career Scholar |
James Moroney | Biological Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2013 Rainmakers | ||
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Michael Pasquier | Philosophy & Religious Studies | Emerging Scholar |
Brian Shaw | Music | Emerging Scholar |
Hongchao Zhang | Mathematics | Emerging Scholar |
Troy Blanchard | Sociology | Mid-Career Scholar |
Michael Malisoff | Mathematics | Mid-Career Scholar |
Sharon Weltman | English | Senior Scholar |
2012 Rainmakers | ||
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Julia Buckner | Psychology | Emerging Scholar |
Ashok Mishra | Agricultural Economic & Decision Sciences | Mid-Career Scholar |
Rudolf Hirschheim | Information Systems & Decision Sciences | Senior Scholar |
Prosanta Chakrabarty | Biological Sciences | Emerging Scholar |
Rongying Jin | Physics | Mid-Career Scholar |
Kam-biu Liu | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2011 Rainmakers | ||
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Timothy Slack | Sociology | Emerging Scholar |
Ying "Jane" Wang | Mechanical Engineering | Emerging Scholar |
Milen Yakimov | Mathematics | Mid-Career Scholar |
James Honeycutt | Communication Studies | Senior Scholar |
Jacqueline Stephens | Biological Sciences | Senior Scholar |
2010 Rainmakers | ||
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Graham Bodie | Communication Studies | Emerging Scholar |
Bryan Carstens | Biological Sciences | Emerging Scholar |
Bijaya Karki | Computer Science | Mid-Career Scholar |
Kalliat Valsaraj | Chemical Engineering | Senior Scholar |