April 24, 2020
UCF Reflecting Pond and library

Congratulations to the faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities who have been selected to receive 2019-20 UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Awards or Research Incentive Awards (RIA).

The TIP rewards teaching productivity and excellence. The award recognizes in-unit employee contributions to the university’s key goals of offering the best undergraduate education available in Florida and achieving international prominence in key programs of graduate study.

The RIA program supports outstanding research, scholarly, and creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including interdisciplinary research and collaborations. This award recognizes employee contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities.

Teaching Incentive Program Awardees:

  • Farida Cato, English
  • Rita De Luca Guerriero, Modern Languages and Literatures
  • Sabatino Dibernardo, Philosophy
  • Martha Garcia, Modern Languages and Literatures
  • Jeremy Hunt, School of Performing Arts (Music)
  • Megan Lambert, Writing and Rhetoric
  • Chung Park, School of Performing Arts (Music)
  • Philip Peters, Nicholson School of Communication and Media (Film)
  • Melissa Pompos, Writing and Rhetoric
  • Adele Richardson, Writing and Rhetoric
  • Nicholas Shrubsole, Philosophy
  • Amanda Snyder, History

Research Incentive Awardees:

  • Jonathan Beever, Philosophy
  • Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts and Design (Emerging Media)
  • Ilenia Colon Mendoza, School of Visual Arts and Design (Art History)
  • Matthew Dombrowski, School of Visual Arts and Design (Emerging Media)
  • Luis Favela, Philosophy
  • Matthew Mosher Nicholson School of Communication and Media (Games and Interactive Media)
  • Philip Peters, Nicholson School of Communication and Media (Film)
  • Jeffrey Rupert, School of Performing Arts (Music)
  • Anastasia Salter, Nicholson School of Communication and Media (Games and Interactive Media)
  • Sandra Sousa, Modern Languages
  • Sonia Stephens, English