WLP Faculty Research Award

The USF WLP Faculty Research Award was developed to recognize distinguished faculty members in the USF System (USF Tampa, USF Sarasota-Manatee, and USF St. Petersburg) whose research and creative efforts focus on women, women's issues, and women's initiatives. The recipient receives a one-time $5,000 award through the USF Foundation to support their continued work as well as an honorary lifetime membership in the USF System Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program.

Criteria for Award Selection:

• Recognition among colleagues in the discipline for productive research or creative work focused on women or related issues.

• Demonstrated effort toward the advancement of his or her scholarly discipline.

• Intellectual and professional growth, both as a member of a specialized discipline and as a participant in the academic affairs of the university.

• Active in scholarly presentations at professional conferences, associations, and learned societies and disseminates current knowledge to students.

• Contributes to the institutional welfare of women within the university.

Eligibility Criteria for Nominees:

• Faculty member will hold a regular appointment at the university at the level of instructor or higher.
  

• Nomination must be for a single individual; joint/team nominations are not accepted.
  

• No consideration will be given to age, sexual orientation, gender, race, national origin, religion, or financial need.
  

• Faculty members awarded the WLP Faculty Research Award in a given year are not eligible for re-nomination for a three-year period.

Application Process:
The following documents must be submitted for review by Wednesday, February 20, 2013 to be considered for the 2013 USF System WLP Faculty Research Award.  All items should be placed on a CD and sent through campus mail to Kelly Addington, USF Tampa Campus, ALC 100 or email a pdf document to Kelly Addington at kaddington@usf.edu.

• A contact sheet indicating the applicant's name, e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address. Please also indicate university title, college, and area of study.

• A two-page letter discussing the importance and meaning of one's research and creative scholarship regarding women.

• A copy of his or her Curriculum Vitae.

• A listing of contributions to women through teaching, scholarship, professional associations, and institutional welfare.

• A letter of nomination describing the nominee's overall achievement and its significance from a department chair or institute/center/program director with an endorsement by the dean.

Selection and Recognition:

An ad hoc committee reviews all submissions and makes a final selection. WLP will notify the recipient who will be recognized at the WLP Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 4, 2013.

 

WLP Faculty Research Award Recipients

2012 Dr. Jamie Goldenberg Dr. Goldenberg, Associate Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at USF Tampa was named the 2012 WLP Faculty Research Award Recipient. Through her research, Jamie Goldenberg has successfully improved the lives of women in very significant ways and she is dedicated to creating better conditions for women. Her research focuses on the impact of existential concerns associated with mortality on attitudes toward sex and the body, and women’s bodies in particular. She has published extensively on the topic, and currently has a grant from the National Cancer Institute of NIH to apply her theoretical model to cancer-relevant health behavior. Dr. Goldenberg received the $5,000 award to purchase the necessary equipment for her next research project which will assess the association between women and objects using implicit measures. Jamie believes this may be her most important research to date.

2011 Dr. Jody Lynn McBrien Dr. Jody Lynn McBrien Assistant Professor in the College of Education at USF Sarasota-Manatee was named as the recipient of the 2011 WLP Faculty Research Award. Dr. McBrien received the $5,000 award to support her research into the educational programming needs of women and girls affected by war, including those resettled in the United States, those remaining in refugee camps, and post-war returnees.

2010 Dr. Ellen Daley The 2010 WLP Faculty Research Award recipient is Dr. Ellen Daley. Dr. Daley began her college education as the women’s movement was gathering momentum. That forever changed the course of her life and she began developing community clinics. Her work evolved into research on the Human Papilloma virus, violence against women, and risk-taking behaviors in adolescents. As a mentor, she enjoys development of student researchers, but says music and family provide her with balance. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Community and Family Life in the College of Public Health.

2009 Patricia A. Kruk The recipient of the 2009 WLP Faculty Research Award is Patricia A. Kruk, Ph.D. Dr. Kruk is currently a Professor in the Department of Pathology & Cell Biology in the College of Medicine. After receiving her Ph.D. in Medical Sciences in 1992 from the University of British Columbia, Canada, Dr. Kruk pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. She joined the Department of Pathology at USF in 1996 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003 and to Full Professor in August of this year. With over 25 years research experience as a cell and molecular biologist, more than 17 years experience in the area of ovarian cancer research, 40 publications and more than 35 trainees, Dr. Kruk has become established as an excellent mentor and expert in area of ovarian cancer.

2008 Linda M. Whiteford Linda M. Whiteford, professor of anthropology, received the Faculty Research Award for 2008 Whiteford is known for her research on access to reproductive health care and the condition of women and children throughout the world. Her research has taken her to work with Mexican American migrant farm women, as well as poor families and single mothers in the U.S., families in Ecuador, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Cuba. Whiteford has also studied the conditions of refugee women in Darfur, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her findings have been widely used to guide policy-makers and practitioners in helping to improve the lives of women.

2007 Naomi Yavneh Naomi Yavneh, director of undergraduate research and associate professor of humanities, received the first WLP Faculty Research Award in 2007. The awards committee cited Yavneh for development of an interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduates, as well as for her own scholarly research and leadership. Yavneh's research focuses on women and gender in the Italian Renaissance as they relate to spirituality, sensuality and the representation of the body. Yavneh, considered one of the leading feminist scholars, has co-edited and contributed to two books.