Art and Design Faculty Excellence
School of Art and Design professors are top-notch instructors, artists, designers, scholars, and educators. Our faculty are recognized in multiple ways at the college, university, and system-wide level for their excellence in teaching, research, and creative activity.
Honors, awards, and recognition displayed on this page include the following:
- UNC Distinguished Professor for Teaching
- University Alumni Association Awards for Outstanding Teaching
- Lifetime and Five Year Achievement Awards
- ECU Scholar Teacher Awards
UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award
These awards recognize and support excellent teaching at ECU. Awardees are full-time faculty members who have taught at ECU for at least three years, have demonstrated excellent or exceptional teaching ability, are teaching in the academic year in which they are selected, and have not received the award within the previous four years. Award recipients are recognized in the spring during the annual ECU Teaching Awards Ceremony.
Previous School of Art and Design recipients include:
2006-2007 Christine Zoller
2004-2005 Catherine Walker-Bailey
1999-2000 Hanna Jubran
University Alumni Association Awards for Outstanding Teaching
Annually two University Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Awards and one Robert L. Jones Teaching Award recognize outstanding teaching at East Carolina University. These awards carry a monetary prize and recipients are recognized in the spring during the annual ECU Teaching Awards Ceremony.
Previous School of Art and Design recipients include:
2020-2021 Dan Elliott
Lifetime & 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Awards
These awards reward originality and excellence in research and creative activities performed while contributing to the academic functions of ECU. Awardees, at any rank, must have taught at ECU for at least five years, have demonstrated sustained, high-quality research and creative activity, and been involved in research at ECU during the academic year in which they are selected. These awards carry a monetary prize and recipients are recognized in the spring during the annual ECU Teaching Awards Ceremony.
Previous School of Art and Design recipients include:
2020-2021 Dr. Jessica Christie, Five Year Achievement
2015-2016 Robert W. Ebendorf, Lifetime Achievement
2008-2009 Linda Darty, Lifetime Achievement
ECU Scholar-Teacher Awards
These awards recognize faculty members who effectively integrate research and creative activity in classroom teaching. ECU faculty member recognized with the award must demonstrate excellence in the classroom, as evidenced by SOIS, peer observation, and recommendations of colleagues and students; have an outstanding record of scholarly accomplishments, as evidence by publication in recognized disciplinary venues and presentations before scholarly organizations; effectively integrate research/creative activity in classroom teaching; and mentor developing scholars, both students and faculty.
Previous School of Art and Design recipients include:
2011-2012 Dr. Robert D. Quinn
2008-2009 Christine Zoller