Professional Development
Faculty Awards
All awards are available to faculty at all campuses.
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
The Distinguished University Professor award recognizes senior faculty members who have distinguished themselves among their peers both within and outside the University. The title is awarded through a process of nomination and external peer review and identifies those holding it as outstanding members of their profession.
DUP Lectures
- Tammy D. Allen - Work-Family Research: What We Know and New Directions
- Roger Ariew - Fromundus versus Galileo on Comets
- Bill Baker - Adventures in Marine Biomedicine
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Mya Breitbart - A Journey Through the Virosphere
- Susan Bell - Using a Seascape Approach to Study Resiliency of Marine Ecosystems
- Robert H. Bishop - Space Navigation
- Patrice Buzzanell - Organizing Resilience: Theory Practice
- Timothy Dixon - Improving Earthquake and Tsunami Forecasts in Subduction Zones
- V. Mark Durand - Understanding and Treating Severe Behavior Problems in Persons with Autism and Related Disorders
- Maureen Groer - A Career Devoted to Biobehavioral Research
- Dmitry Goldgof - Healthcare in the Age of AI and Deep Learning: Automatic Assessment of Neonatal Pain
- Kathleen M. Heide - Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide
- Alan R. Hevner - Innovative Design in Scientific Research
- Frank Muller-Karger - Marine Life 2030: Building A Better Understanding of Marine Biodiversity for Sustainable Ocean Uses in the Un Ocean Decade
- William M. Sappenfield - Maternal & Infant Health Care Quality Improvement in Florida: Future Challenges
- Thomas Unnasch - Onchocerciasis Elimination: Is the end in sight for an NTD?
EMERITUS PROFESSOR
Emeritus/Emerita status may be conferred upon retirement from USF to faculty and to senior administrators, as recognition of honorable service to the university.
FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS
Recognizing the success of USF faculty.
FACULTY SENATE AWARDS
The USF Faculty Senate manages multiple faculty awards, including: the Distinguished Service Award, Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award, Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award, Kosove Undergrad Teaching and Service Award, and the Kosove Graduate Teaching and Service Award.
Faculty Senate Awards
Innovation in Online Design and Teaching Award
The Award for Innovation in Online Design and Teaching recognizes exceptional online teaching practices and significant contributions to the design, development, and delivery of student-centered online teaching and learning.
OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ENGAGED TEACHING AWARD
The Outstanding Community Engaged Teaching Awards recognize excellence, innovation and effectiveness in teaching that demonstrates community collaboration, institutional impact, and deeply engaged, high-quality teaching.
Outstanding Faculty awards
We proudly celebrate those who have been recognized by the most prestigious organizations and who have most recently been selected as USF Distinguished Professors.
OUTSTANDING LIBRARY FACULTY AWARDS
The Outstanding Library Faculty Award provides recognition to a member of the general faculty of the USF Libraries who demonstrates superior achievement in their professional duties, their research and creative activity, and in their service to the university, profession, or community.
OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARDS
The Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards recognize excellence, innovation and effectiveness in teaching in our undergraduate programs.
UNDERGRADUATE Academic ADVISING Recognition Program
The goal of the Undergraduate Academic Advising Recognition program is to recognize and encourage the excellence, leadership, and effectiveness of professional academic advisors in their contributions toward undergraduate student success at the University of South Florida (USF).
Discontinued Awards
Due to the consolidation of the three campuses, some awards have been combined or discontinued in order to represent OneUSF. Please use the links below to view the past awardees:
- Chancellor’s Award - Excellence in Civic and Community Engagement
- Chancellor's Award - Excellence in Teaching
- College Teacher of the Year
- Chancellor's Award - Excellence Clinical Faculty Teaching
- Chancellor's Award - Global Engagement
- Chancellor's Award - Excellence in Service
- Chancellor's Award - Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship
- Chancellor's Award - Excellence for Academic Services Faculty