Faculty Distinctions

Internal Awards

IUPUI and the IU School of Liberal Arts recognizes outstanding faculty annually for teaching, advising, and research excellence.

2020-2024

2020

Tijen Demirel-Pegg, IU Trustees’ Teaching Award
Scott Pegg, Inaugural Winner, E. F. Byrne Peace and Global Justice Award
Shana Stump, IUPUI Athletics Department Favorite Professor

2015-2019

2019

Erin M. Engels, appointed Clinical Associate Professor
Erin M. Engels, IU School of Liberal Arts Student Council Outstanding Advisor Award
Shana Stump, appointed Clinical Associate Professor
Bill Blomquist, Named a Senior Research Fellow of the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University – Bloomington
Amanda Friesen, IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI) Summer Academy Fellow

2018

Aaron Dusso, appointed Chair of the Department of Political Science
Erin M. Engels, Trustees Teaching Award
Shana Stump, Trustees Teaching Award 

2017

Aaron Dusso, appointed Associate Professor
Amanda Friesen, appointed Associate Professor of Political Science
Scott Pegg, IUPUI Chancellor’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement
Scott D. Wallace, Silver Level, Gateway Teaching Academy, IUPUI Gateway to Graduation Program, Fall, 2017
John McCormick, IU Trustees Teaching Award

2016

Amanda Friesen, 2016 IUPUI Office for Women Outstanding IUPUI Woman Leader, Newcomer Faculty
Shana Stump, Favorite Professor, IUPUI Athletic Department

2015

Amanda Friesen, Faculty, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (2015- )
Scott D. Wallace, Certificate in Online Teaching, Excellence, Indiana University East Center for Teaching and Learning, Fall 2015

2010-2014

2014

John McCormick, Trustees Teaching Award
Scott D. Wallace, Bronze Level, Gateway Teaching Academy, IUPUI Gateway to Graduation Program, Fall 2014
Aaron Dusso, Indiana University Center for Civic Literacy Research Grant
Aaron Dusso, IUPUI School of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant

2012

Aaron Dusso, New Frontiers in the Arts & Humanities, Indiana University, Research Grant

2011

Scott D. Wallace, IUPUI Favorite Professor Award, IUPUI Athletics Department Fall 2011, Spring 2011

2004-2009

2009

Scott D. Wallace, IUPUI Favorite Professor Award, IUPUI Athletics Department 2009 

2007

John McCormick, Trustees Teaching Award

1997-2000

2000

John McCormick, Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

1997

John McCormick, Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

 

Additional Honors and Awards

The School of Liberal Arts recognizes these faculty who have received external fellowships, awards, and honors.

2020-2024

2021

Amanda Friesen, Religion & Politics Section Co-Chair, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting,

2020

Amanda Friesen, Member Association for Politics and the Life Sciences Governing Council 2020-2023
Amanda Friesen, Diverse Europe Lecture Series Speaker, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies

2015-2019

2019

Amanda Friesen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Visiting Scholar, Amsterdam Research Centre on Gender & Sexuality/Challenges to Democratic, Representation Programme Group (2019-2020)
Amanda Friesen, Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Governing Council member (2019 – current)
Bill Blomquist,
Named Distinguished Member of the Year, White River Alliance, Indianapolis
Amanda Friesen, Religion & Politics Section Chair, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Amanda Friesen, Erasmus Mundus EuroCulture Faculty Exchange
Scott Pegg, Presented “Oil to Cash in Somaliland: A Debate Whose Time Has Come” to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Republic of Somaliland, Hargeisa, Somaliland, March 13, 2019
Shana Stump, Appointed Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness, 2019-present

2018

Amanda Friesen, 2018 American Political Science Association Best Conference Paper Award, Political Networks Section
Bill Blomquist, Named an RBC Visiting Fellow at The Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Amanda Friesen, Best Conference Paper Award, American Political Science Association, Political Networks Section
Scott Pegg, Presented “Oil to Cash in Somaliland: A Debate Whose Time Has Come” at the “High Level International Conference” organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Republic of Somaliland, Hargeisa, Somaliland, October 2018

2016

Amanda Friesen, Politics & Religion, Editorial Board Member (2016- current)
Bill Blomquist, Named a Landreth Visiting Fellow, Water in the West Program, Stanford University, California
Amanda Friesen, Politics & Religion Editorial Board Member, 2016- present

2015

John McCormick, gives testimony before hearing on the future of the European Union, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, US House of Representatives, Washington DC, July 2015

2010-2014

2014

John McCormick, Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics, European Commission (2014 – 2017)

2013

John McCormick, Fulbright-Schuman Chair at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium 2013)
Scott Pegg, Editorial Board Member, Extractive Industries and Society, 2013-present

2012

Amanda Friesen, Research Fellow/Project Director, Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture (2012- current)

2010

John McCormick, Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics, European Commission (2010 – 2013)

2003-2009

2005

John McCormick, member of team that won a European Union Center of Excellence €300,000 grant awarded to Indiana University for the period 2005-08.

2004

Scott Pegg, International Advisory Board Member, Center for the Environment, Human Rights and Development, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 2004 – present.

2003

John McCormick, Principal Investigator for $750,000 team grant from Indiana University for internationalizing the curriculum at IUPUI. Funds supported work of the IUPUI Office of International Affairs, 2003-2006