WOMEN'S PROGRESS AWARDS
The Women’s Progress Awards have been honoring Texas A&M University students, staff, faculty, and administrators who encourage and promote sensitivity to and awareness of issues that relate to women since 1994.
Award recipients will be announced at the Accountability, Climate and Equity (ACE) Awards, where award recipients receive a commemorative item and $250.
Nomination Guidelines
Nominations can be submitted online at the ACE Awards Website and are due by Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Nominations must include 1) a statement (letter) from the nominator and 2) up to two additional letters of support. Letters of support must be uploaded with the nomination statement.
The nomination statement should inform the Selection Committee why the nominee should receive the Women’s Progress Award. To the best of your ability, please include answers to the following questions:
- In what capacity do you know the nominee and how long have you known them?
- How has the nominee impacted and/or transformed the environment for women through their actions? (this could include improving the climate for women around them; positively supporting, promoting, and advocating for women)
- How has the nominee demonstrated leadership?
- How long has the nominee been involved in women’s issues?
- Any other relevant information you would like to include.
All award nominees MUST:
- Demonstrate concern for and actively seek out experiences that raise awareness of women’s-related issues.
- Be nominated by another individual.
Specific Criteria per Category
Student: Nominee must be a currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student; demonstrates commitment to an improved environment for women students; shows commitment to women’s issues through volunteer work, elected position, advocacy, and/or other forms of leadership on or off-campus.
Staff: Nominee must be a non-faculty employee, other than an administrator as defined below; strives to improve the work environment for women; positively promotes women in the workplace.
Faculty: Nominee must be a tenure or non-tenure track faculty; fosters an environment that is supportive to the needs of women; provides class content and lectures that are inclusive in their approach and sensitive to women’s issues.
Administrator: Nominee must be at department head level or above; encourages and directs attention to an improved environment for women through policy formation, goal setting, programs, staff selection, etc.; positively promotes women’s issues in the workplace.
Past Winners
Student: Sara Amani
Staff: Holly Kasperbauer
Faculty: Dr. Kristan Poirot
Administrator: Dr. Amy Waer
Staff: Chelsea Knutson
Faculty: Jyotsna Vaid
Administrator: Mark Zoran
Student: Ashali Chimata
Staff: Tanna Burge
Faculty: Dr. Joan Wolf
Administrator: Dr. Valen Johnson
Student: Chloe Hawkings
Staff: Kristi Mejias
Faculty: Dr. Tasha Dubriwny
Administrator: Dr. Blanca Lupiani
Student: Erin Black & Prerna Jain
Staff: Laura Trevino
Faculty: Dr. Joanna Lahey
Administrator: Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian
Student: Emily Parrish
Staff: Samantha Huge
Faculty: Dr. Adrienne Carter-Sowell
Student: Emily Thompson & Mutryce A. Williams
Staff: Christine Kaunas
Faculty: Dr. Kathi Miner
Administrator: Dr. Teri Reed
Student: Laura Bolling
Staff: Penny King
Faculty: Dr. Chanda Elbert
Administrator: Dr. Beverly Irby
Student: Rebecca Cross
Staff: Jo Evans
Faculty: Dr. Kristen Maitland
Administrator: Dr. Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni
Student: Lauren Joy Ray
Faculty: Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez
Administrator: Dr. Eleanor Green
Student: Brittany Jones
Staff: DeAun Woosley
Faculty: Dr. Stephanie Payne
Student: Audrianne Doucet
Staff: Diane Hurtado
Faculty: Dr. Jane Welsh
Administrator: Dr. Claudia Nelson & Dr. Dannay Ballard
Student: Vanessa Delgado & Carissa Delgado
Staff: Rhonda Kogut
Faculty: Dr. Alessandra Luiselli
Administrator: Jane Schneider
Student: Judith Boor
Staff: Kathy Pilgrim
Faculty: Dr. Nancy Amato
Administrator: Karan Chavis
Student: Kristina (Tina) M. Garcia
Staff: Dr. Mary Ann Covey
Student: Kelly McDonald
Staff: Shelia Dotson
Faculty: Dr. Harriette Andreadis
Administrator: Dr. Linda L. Glessner
Student: Lydia E. Tapia
Staff: Dorothy Koontz
Faculty: Dr. Caroline Ketcham
Administrator: Di Fontenot & Dr. Deborah Kochevar
Student: Sara Bendoraitis
Faculty: Dr. Mary W. Meagher
Administrator: Julie Baker & Dr. Ann Kier
Student: Sara Allenson
Staff: Dale Hayes
Faculty: Dr. Kimberly Brown & Dr. Donna Davenport
Administrator: Brenda L. Bethman
Student: Lynn Lowell
Staff: Kristen Harper & DeAun Woolsey
Faculty: Dr. Sherry Yennello
Administrator: Jeanette Phariss
Student: Carol Walther
Staff: Jackie Caruso & Rosemary Schoenfeld
Faculty: Dr. Jane Packard
Administrator: Susan Irza
Student: Heather Bowen
Staff: Jane Rinehart
Faculty: Dr. Nancy Holland
Administrator: Dr. Janis Stout
Student: Kelly Garrity
Staff: Becki Elkins Nesheim
Faculty: Dr. Austin Daily
Administrator: Dr. Mary Miller
Student: Tara Tripp & Ann Machinsky
Staff: Donovan Cumbie
Faculty: Dr. Nancy Amato
Administrator: Dr. William Perry
Student: Kristen Paris
Staff: Michelle Avarado
Faculty: Dr. Vivian Paul & Dr. Frances Downing
Administrator: Dr. Steven Oberhelmen & Dr. Lawrence Mitchell
Student: Michelle Pickard
Staff: Lora Bertelsen
Faculty: Dr. Ramona Paetzold
Administrator: Dr. Julius Gribou
Student: Nancy Magnussen & Victoria Stolarski
Staff: Chareny Rydl & Patty Andrews
Faculty: Dr. Pamela Matthews
Administrator: Dr. Karan Watson