Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member

Supporting the Profession New Professionals and Graduate Students Faculty

Application Deadline: October 6, 2023 | Award Type: national

Established in 1986, this award, named for a Dean and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, is presented to a tenured, full-time faculty member in a graduate preparation program in student affairs. Each Robert H. Shaffer Award recipient has inspired graduate students and served on doctoral dissertation committees; has a distinguished record of scholarly achievement, including publication in relevant literature; and has made significant contributions to professional associations.

Nominations have closed for the 2023 Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member. The application for 2024 will open on August 23, 2023 with a deadline of October 6, 2023.

2023 Current Recipient

Dennis E. Gregory

Associate Professor of Higher Education and Community College Leadership
Old Dominion University

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Award Criteria

Required

Responsibility for teaching graduate or professional school students who generally pursue careers in higher education administration and student affairs
Consistent and excellent mentorship of graduate students, several of whom have moved into responsible positions in higher education or student affairs
Solid record of scholarly achievement in appropriate journals and publications
Active individual NASPA membership

Preferred

Significant contributions to professional associations

Past Recipients

2022 | Sharon Fries-Britt

Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member

Professor
University of Maryland

2021 | Kathy Guthrie

2021 | Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member

Associate Professor Higher Education
Florida State University

2020 | Tony W. Cawthon

2020 Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member

Alumni Distinguished Professor Student Affairs and Higher Education
Clemson University

2019 | Marilee Bresciani Ludvik

Professor
The University of Texas at Arlington

2018 | Samuel Museus

Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs and Director of the National Institute for Transformation and Equity
Indiana University

2017 | Robert Schwartz

Professor and Department Chair
Florida State University

2016 | Laura Dean

Associate Professor
University of Georgia

2016 | Lori Patton Davis

Associate Professor
Indiana University

2015 | Audrey J. Jaeger

Professor & Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor
North Carolina State University

2015 | Thomas Miller
2014 | Marilyn Amey
2013 | Deborah J. Taub
2012 | Shaun Harper
2011 | Jan L. Arminio
2010 | Susan R. Jones
2009 | Raechele L. Pope
2008 | Joan B. Hirt
2007 | Mary Howard-Hamilton

2006 | John H. Schuh
2005 | Dudley B. Woodard, Jr.
2004 | Susan R. Komives
2003 | Terry Williams
2002 | Marcia Baxter Magolda
2001 | Daniel Robinson
1999 | Karen D. Arnold
1998 | Don Creamer
1997 | Albert B. Hood

1996 | Larry H. Ebbers
1995 | Patricia M. King
1994 | George D. Kuh
1993 | Robert D. Brown
1992 | Theodore Miller; Esther M. Llyod Jones*
1990 | Donald Gehring
1989 | Gerald L. Saddlemire
1988 | Melvene D. Hardee
1987 | Louis Stamatakos