Faculty Awards
Tridib Banerjee
ProfessorJames Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Award: Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship, 2005
Presented by: Rockefeller Foundation
Description: A Bellagio residency provides time for critical thinking, disciplined work, individual reflection, and collegial engagement, uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands. (Source: Rockefeller Foundation Web site)
Robert Biller
Professor Emeritus
Award: Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008
Presented by: University of Southern California (USC)
Description: Awarded to a very select number of retired faculty at the annual Academic Honors Convocation, the USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes eminent careers and notable contributions to the university, the profession and the community.
Award: Presidential Medallion, 1998
Presented by: University of Southern California (USC)
Description: The USC Presidential Medallion is the university's top honor, awarded to those who have brought honor and distinction to the campus.
Raphael Bostic
Professor
Award: Elected Academic Fellow, 2004
Presented by: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Description:
Founded in 1936, the institute now has more than 40,000 members worldwide representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service. As the preeminent, multidisciplinary real estate forum, ULI facilitates the open exchange of ideas, information and experience among local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better places. The mission of ULI is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. (Source: ULI Web site)
Gerald Caiden
ProfessorAward: Fred Riggs Award, 2007
Presented by: The Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA), which is part of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
Description: Established by SICA in 1985 to recognize those who have made significant substantial, and widely recognized contributions to the conceptual, theoretical, or operational development of international, comparative, or development administration. (Source: ASPA Web site)
James M. Ferris
ProfessorEmery Evans Olson Chair in Non-Profit Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Award: Outstanding Article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2007
Presented by: Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
Description: The Outstanding Article Award is presented annually to the author(s) of an article that stands out among the many contributions to the ARNOVA journal — Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. In 2007, Ferris and Eleanor Brown received the award for co-authoring "Social Capital and Philanthropy: An Analysis of the Impact of Social Capital on Individual Giving and Volunteering." (Source: ARNOVA Web site)
Genevieve Giuliano
ProfessorSenior Associate Dean for Research and Technology
Director, METRANS Transportation Center
Award: Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship, 2007
Presented by: Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Description: In 1992, the Transportation Research Board created a TRB Distinguished Lectureship to recognize the career contributions and achievements of an individual in the areas covered by TRB's Technical Activities Division. In 2002, TRB's Executive Committee renamed it the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship, in honor of the Board's eighth Executive Director, who served with distinction from 1980 to 1994. The Honorees are invited to present overviews of their area of expertise, including the evolution, the present status, and the prospects for the future. (Source: TRB Web site)
Award: W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award, 2005
Presented by: Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Description: In June 1972, the Executive Committee created an award designed to recognize people who have given leadership and distinguished service to the Board but who have not necessarily been personally active in transportation research. (Source: TRB Web site)
Peter Gordon
Professor
Award: Fellows Award, 2009
Organization: Regional Science Association International
Description: The RSAI is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change. In 2001, the RSAI Council initiated the RSAI Fellows Award to honor a select group of members of the Association who have made important scholarly and research contributions to the field of regional science. (Source: RSAI Web site)
Richard K. Green
ProfessorDirector and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Award: Appointed President, 2007
Organization: American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)
Description: The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association was originated at the 1964 meeting of the Allied Social Science Association in Chicago. AREUEA grew from discussions of individuals that recognized a need for more information and analysis in the fields of real estate development, planning and economics. The continuing efforts of this non-profit association has advanced the scope of knowledge in these disciplines and has facilitated the exchange of information and opinions among academic, professional and governmental people who are concerned with urban economics and real estate issues. (Source: AREUEA Web site)
Jack H. Knott
C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Dean and Professor
Award: Best Article of the Year, 2008
Organization: American Review of Public Administration (ARPA)
Description: The American Review of Public Administration sponsors an annual award for the best article published in the previous year's volume of the ARPA journal. It is selected by three members of ARPA's editorial board who determine the best piece of scholarship. In 2009, Knott and Gary Miller, Washington University, received the award for co-authoring "When Ambition Checks Ambition." (Source: ARPA Web site)
Award: Elected Fellow, 2007
Organization: National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
Description: The academy has an unmatched wealth of expertise amongst its membership of over 500 Fellows, who serve as the cornerstone of the organization. These fellows provide insight and experience as they oversee Academy projects and provide general guidance. They are also the academy's primary vehicle for addressing emerging issues and contributing to the intellectual and popular discourse on government. The principal criterion for selection is a sustained and outstanding contribution to the field of public administration through public service or scholarship. (Source: NAPA Web site)
Martin Krieger
Professor
Award: Elected Fellow, 2006
Organization: American Physical Society
Description: Elected for his series of books on the historical development of models and the mathematics employed in 20th-century physics, especially the Ising model and its relatives and the proofs of the stability of matter. (Source: American Physical Society Web site)
Award: USC Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2005-2007
Presented by: University of Southern California (USC)
Description: The USC Mellon Mentoring Awards honor individual faculty for helping build a supportive academic environment at USC through faculty-to-student and faculty-to-faculty mentoring. Professor Krieger received the honor for his mentoring of undergraduate students, junior faculty and graduate students.
Richard Little
Senior FellowDirector, USC Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy
Award: Induction into National Academy of Construction, 2008
Presented by: National Academy of Construction
Description: The National Academy of Construction is a select organization made up of industry leaders whose present or past professional career, over a period of years, demonstrates outstanding contribution to the effectiveness of the engineering and construction industry. (Source: NAC Web site)
Dowell Myers
ProfessorInterim Director, Doctoral Programs
Director, Population Dynamics Research Group
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration
Award: Best Article Award, 2008
Presented by: American Planning Association (APA)
Description: Each year, APA and the Journal of the American Planning Association honor authors of excellent JAPA articles with the Best Article Award. Members of the JAPA Editorial Advisory Board serve as judges, and selections are made based on several criteria, which include making a significant contribution to the literature of the planning profession, having the potential to change the nature of discourse on the given topic, and providing useful insights or implications for planning practice or public policy. Myers also won this award in 2001. (Source: APA Web site)
Award: Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award (for best book on international migration), 2007
Presented by: American Sociological Association
Description: The Thomas and Znaniecki Award is given annually for outstanding social science scholarship in the field of international migration to a book published within the previous two years. For the first award in 1996, section bylaws permitted nominations of books published in the last four years. (Source: ASA Web site)
Award: Haynes Award for Research Impact, 2006
Presented by: Haynes Foundation
Description: The Haynes Foundation's Board of Trustees recently established the Haynes Award for Research Impact as a means of recognizing individuals whose research has been especially important in raising the public's awareness of significant Los Angeles issues and in affecting policy outcomes. (Source: Haynes Foundation Web site)
Award: Elected Academic Fellow, 2002
Presented by: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Description:
Founded in 1936, the institute now has more than 40,000 members worldwide representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service. As the preeminent, multidisciplinary real estate forum, ULI facilitates the open exchange of ideas, information and experience among local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better places. The mission of ULI is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. (Source: ULI Web site)
Robert C. Myrtle
Professor
Award: Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
Presented by: Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division
Description: The Excellence in Teaching Award, established in 2005, recognizes innovative and outstanding teaching that takes place in our classrooms and provides the opportunity to encourage, recognize and reward the work of excellent, dedicated and inspiring teachers. (Source: AOM)
Award: Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2009 (sixth consecutive year)
Presented by: Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division
Description: The Outstanding Reviewer Award recognizes the members who go above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts reviewing papers and symposium proposals submitted to the Academy's annual program. Recipients are chosen on the basis of the quality and comprehensiveness of their reviews. (Source: AOM)
Louise Nelson Dyble
Associate Director for Research, USC Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy
Award: Michael Robinson Award, 2008
Presented by: American Public Works Association (APWA)
Description: Established in 1981, the Michael Robinson Award is presented annually by APWA’s Public Works Historical Society to recognize the best new article published in the field of public works history. The award provides encouragement and recognition to historians whose research and publications contribute generously to the body of public works history. Dyble was selected for the award by a committee of public works professionals and scholars.
Chester A. Newland
ProfessorFrances R. and John Duggan Distinguished Professorship in Public Administration
Award: Dwight Waldo Award, 2007
Presented by: American Society for Public Administration
Description: Presented to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career. (Source: ASPA Web site)
Award: Chester A. Newland Academic Achievement Award (established in 2007)
Organization: American Society for Public Administration
Description: The Sacramento ASPA Chapter presented the regional Academic Achievement Award to Newland in 2007 and permanently named it the Chester A. Newland Academic Achievement Award.
Award: Carl Franklin Award, 2005
Presented by: USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Gary Painter
Associate ProfessorDirector of Research, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Award: Homer Hoyt Post-Doctoral Fellow, Spring 2005
Organization: Homer Hoyt Institute of Advanced Studies
Description: The Homer Hoyt Institute (HHI) is dedicated to improving the quality of decisions about this valuable resource. The institute, an independent, non-profit research and educational foundation established in 1968, has contributed to improving the quality of public and private real estate decisions.(Source: The Hoyt Group Web site)
Christian Redfearn
Assistant Professor
Award: Homer Hoyt Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007
Organization: Homer Hoyt Institute of Advanced Studies
Description: The Homer Hoyt Institute (HHI) is dedicated to improving the quality of decisions about this valuable resource. The institute, an independent, non-profit research and educational foundation established in 1968, has contributed to improving the quality of public and private real estate decisions.(Source: The Hoyt Group Web site)
Harry Richardson
ProfessorJames Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Award: Elected Fellow, 2009
Organization: Western Regional Science Association
Description: Founded in 1961, the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) is an international multidisciplinary group of university scholars and government and private-sector practitioners dedicated to the scientific analysis of regions. (Source: WRSA Web site)
Award: Fellows Award, 2008
Organization: Regional Science Association International
Description: The RSAI is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change. In 2001, the RSAI Council initiated the RSAI Fellows Award to honor a select group of members of the Association who have made important scholarly and research contributions to the field of regional science. (Source: RSAI Web site)
Award: Walter Isard Award in Scholarly Achievement, 2004
Presented by: Regional Science Association
Description: The Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement is named in honor of Walter Isard, founder of the Regional Science Association.The award pays tribute to regional scientists who have made significant theoretical and methodological contributions to the field of regional science throughout their careers. (Source: Regional Science Web site)
Award: Overseas Fellowship, Churchill College, 2004 and 2006
Presented by: Cambridge University
Description:
Overseas Fellowships are full fellowships of Churchill College and are offered to senior academics from abroad. They are intended for distinguished visitors who will spend a full academic year at the college.(Source: Churchill College Web site)
Peter J. Robertson
Associate Professor
Award: Fullbright Scholarship (to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), 2009
Presented by: Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Description: The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends approximately 1,100 American scholars and professionals per year to approximately 125 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. (Source: CIES Web site)
David Sloane
Professor
Award: USC Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Faculty-to-Faculty Mentoring), 2008
Presented by: University of Southern California (USC)
Description: The USC Mellon Mentoring Awards honor individual faculty for helping build a supportive academic environment at USC through faculty-to-student and faculty-to-faculty mentoring.
David Suarez
Assistant Professor
Award: Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Comparative Education, 2007
Presented by: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Description: Each year, CIES recognizes an outstanding doctoral dissertation with its Gail P. Kelly Award. The award honors a doctoral dissertation that addresses social justice and equity issues in an international context. Is is conferred upon an outstanding Ph.D. or Ed.D. dissertation that manifests academic excellence, originality, methodological, theoretical, and empirical rigor, and deals with issues of social justice and equity in international settings. The dissertation should reflect the scholarly purpose of the society: comparative, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and international studies contributing to the interpretation of developments in education in their broad and interrelated political, economic, and social contexts. (Source: CIES Web site)
Shui Yan Tang
Professor
Award: Harry Scoville Award for Academic Excellence, 2008
Presented by: American Society for Public Administration, Los Angeles Metro Chapter
Description: This award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to public administration through teaching, research, writing and related activities. (Source: ASPA Web site)
Detlof Von Winterfeldt
Professor
Award: MCDM Gold Medal, 2009
Presented by: International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making
Description: The highest honor bestowed by the society. The award is given to a scholar who, over a distinguished career, has devoted much talent, time and energy to advancing the field, and who has contributed significantly to the theory, methodology and practice of multiple criteria decision making. (Source: International MCDM Society Web site)
Award: Best Article Award in Decision Science, 2007
Presented by: Society for Risk Analysis
Article: Rosoff, H., von Winterfeldt, D. (2007). "A risk and economic analysis of dirty bomb attacks on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach." Risk Analysis, 533-546.
Vivian Wu
Assistant Professor
Award: Best Abstract in Health Care Markets and Competition, for "Managed Care's Price Bargaining with Hospitals," 2007
Presented by: AcademyHealth
Description: Awarded during AcademyHealth's annual conference.