Catalyst Award Recipients
Individual Faculty/Staff Awards
2019
Aniruddha Dutta, Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies and Asian & Slavic Languages and Literatures
Diane Finnerty, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Jodi Graff, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Carver College of Medicine
Michelle McQuistan, Preventative and Community Dentistry
2018
Nkanyezi Ferguson, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Dermatology, Carver College of Medicine
Barbara Baquero, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in Community and Behavioral Health, and deputy director of the UI Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health
Tracy R. Peterson, director of Diversity and K-12 Outreach the College of Engineering
2017
Gabby Blanchard, Police Officer, UI Public Safety
Amy Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Assistant Dean for Research, Carver College of Medicine
Denise Martinez, M.D., Assistant Dean for Cultural Affairs and Diversity Initiatives, Carver College of Medicine
Kirk Corey, Ph.D. and Todd M. Weissenberger, Information Technology Services
2016
Lan Samantha Chang, M.F.A., Director, Iowa Writer’s Workshop
Jason Daniel-Ulloa, MPH Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health
Michael Hill, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English and African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tina Tootle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine
2015
Jennifer Blair, Assistant Director for Global Community Engagement, Tippie College of Business
Robin Clark-Bennett, Labor Educator, Labor Center
Malik S. Henfield, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, School Counseling and Counselor Education and Supervision, College of Education
Jefri L. Palermo, Development Specialist, School of Social Work
2014
Motier F. Haskins, MSW, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
David M. Lubaroff, Ph.D., Associate Director, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor, Departments of Urology and Microbiology
2013
Brad M. Brunick, Psy.D., Staff Psychologist, University Counseling Service
Jake Christensen, B.A., Senior Admission Counselor, Office of Admissions
Katie Imborek, M.D., and Nicole L. Nisly, M.D., co-Directors, Iowa River Landing LGBTQ Clinic, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Tonya Peeples, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering/Director, Ethnic Inclusion Effort for Iowa Engineering, University of Iowa College of Engineering
2012
Michael Anderson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics/Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine
Daniel F. Eberl, Ph.D., Professor, Biology and Otolaryngology, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, College of Medicine
Patrick A. Dolan, Jr., Ph.D., Lecturer, Rhetoric Department
2011
Kathryn Chaloner, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health
2010
Thomas Weingeist, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
2008
John Achrazoglou, Director, Educational Technology Center, College of Education
2007
Rachel Garza Carreon, Outreach, Recruitment & Research Librarian, University Libraries
Kathleen Kemp, Program Administrator & Admissions Coordinator, School of Social Work
2006
Judie Hermsen, Senior Assistant Director, University Human Resources
Vanessa Shelton, Director, IHSPA/Summer Journalism Workshops, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
2005
Carolyn Colvin, Associate Dean, College of Education
Tess Judge-Ellis, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
2004
Victor Rodgers, Professor, College of Engineering
2003
Diana Davies, Director, International Programs
Adrienne Drapkin, Director, Medical Museum
2002
Barbara Muller, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine
Virginia Woodard, Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum, Carver College of Medicine
2001
Akwasi Agyeman Boateng, Supervisor, Food and Nutrition Services, UI Hospitals and Clinics
Eugene Madison, Professor, Department of Mathematics
2000
Raul Curto, Executive Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mickey Eliason, Associate Professor, College of Nursing
1999
Billie Townsend, Liberal Arts and Sciences Administration
Individual Student Awards
2019
Taha Gesalla, Minority Association of Pre-medical Students (MAPS)
2018
Lilián M. Sánchez Garcia, fourth-year undergraduate student and student body vice president, University of Iowa Student Government
2017
Dawson Davenport, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
2016
Cindy Ann Kilgo, Ph.D., Higher Education and Student Affairs, College of Education
2015
Tawanda Carson Owens, Ph.D., Afro American Cultural Center Manager
2014
Michael Considine, Senior Airman, 185th Air National Guard in Sioux City, IA and President, University of Iowa Veterans’ Association
Anthony Ferguson, Jr., Assistant District Director, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and President and Founder- Young, Black, and Educated
2013
Sauvik Goswami, University of Iowa Student Government
2012
stef shuster, M.A., Sociology
Kyla R. Djannie, College of Law and Darcelle A. Skeete, College of Law
2010
Theodore J. Patton, College of Law
2008
Jimmy Reyes, College of Nursing
2007
Katie Imborek, Carver College of Medicine Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual orgainization MEDIQS
2006
Amina Mahmood, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundation
2004
Amber Keller, Carver College of Medicine
Department/Group Awards
2019
Tippie Gateway and BizEdge, Henry B. Tippie College of Business
2018
Hawkeye Accessibility Ambassador Program
2014
Division of Student Life Multicultural Work Group
2010
REACH: Realizing Educational and Career Hopes
2008
Iowa Edge, Program Initiative Award
Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC)
2007
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Graduate/Postdoctoral Workshop Series
2005
Power Plant Diversity Task Force
2004
Men in Nursing Task Force, College of Nursing
2003
Philip G. Hubbard Law School Preparation Program
2002
Iowa Biosciences Advantage Program
School of Social Work
2001
Department of Theatre Arts
2000
Graduate College
1999
Department of Mathematics
Student Organization Awards
2010
Engineers Without Borders
2006
Partners for Success, Carver College of Medicine Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Mentoring Program
2005
UI Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allied Union (GLBTAU)
2004
Indian Cultural Association
Distinguished Catalyst Award Recognition
2016
Valerie S. Garr, Diversity and Supplemental Instruction Coordinator, College of Nursing
2012
Leonard Sandler, J.D., Clinical Professor of Law, College of Law
2007
Willie 'Fred' Mims, Associate Director of Athletics for Student Services and Compliance, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Individual Diversity Practitioner Awards
2010
Helen Park Jameson, Office of International Students and Scholars