ODU Professor Kent Carpenter Earns State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
December 09, 2019
Kent Carpenter has been teaching at Old Dominion University since 1996.
By Joe Garvey
Kent Carpenter, professor and Eminent Scholar in the Department of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University's College of Sciences was named one of 12 recipients of a State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) 2020 Outstanding Faculty Award.
Carpenter will receive his award, which includes a $7,500 gift from Dominion Energy, during a ceremony in Richmond on March 9. He becomes the 33rd ODU faculty member to win this award, which recognizes faculty at Virginia's institutions of higher learning who exemplify the highest standards of teaching, scholarship and service since the program was established in 1987.
"I am honored to contribute to the fine record ODU has in receiving SCHEV awards," Carpenter said. "We have a great team that helps faculty put together the award packages, and I thank Larry Weinstein and Bridget Anderson for their guidance, Deborah Waller for nominating me, and my family for their support and tolerance of my need to travel to study fishes."
Carpenter has taught at Old Dominion University since 1996. He was honored for his internationally recognized research in marine conservation biology, the systematics and evolution of marine fish and marine biogeography, as well as his significant contributions to advancing science and his service to the University.
Nominees are selected by the institutions, reviewed by a panel of peers and chosen by a committee of leaders from the public and private sectors. In all, 85 nominations were submitted this year. This group was narrowed to a field of 27 finalists.
Other nominees from ODU were Jennifer Fish (women's studies), Katherine Hammond (communication and theatre arts), Sylvain Marsillac (electrical and computer engineering), Balsa Terzic (physics), Chunsheng Xin (electrical and computer engineering) and Richard Zimmerman (ocean, Earth and atmospheric sciences).
The following are Old Dominion's previous SCHEV outstanding faculty winners:
2018
Helen Crompton, Teaching and Learning
2017
Jennifer Michaeli, Engineering Technology
Anatoly Radyushkin, Physics
2016
Charles Hyde, Physics
2015
Gail Dodge, Physics
2014
Carolyn Rutledge, Nursing
2012
Steve Yetiv, Political Science
2011
Mark Butler, Biological Sciences
2009
Lawrence Hatab, Philosophy
Lawrence Weinstein, Physics
2008
Bridget Anderson, English
Shaomin Li, Business Management
2007
John Adam, Mathematics & Statistics
2006
Donald Zeigler, Political Science & Geography
Sharon Raver-Lampman, Early Childhood, Speech-Language Pathology, & Special Education
2005
Katharine Kersey, Early Childhood, Speech-Language Pathology, & Special Education
Cynthia Jones, Ocean Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
2004
Charles Wilson, English
2003
Sheri Reynolds, English
2002
Janet Peery, English
2001
Sushil Chaturvedi, Mechanical Engineering
Dwight Allen, Educational Curriculum & Instruction
2000
John Toomey, Music
1999
Daniel Dauer, Biological Sciences
Chris Drake, Political Science & Geography
1997
Dana Heller, English
1996
William Stanley, Engineering Technology
1995
Helen Rountree, Sociology & Criminal Justice
1994
Nancy Bazin, English
1993
Michele Darby, Dental Hygiene & Dental Assisting
1992
Gregory Selby, Mechanical Engineering
1991
Karen Polonko, Sociology & Criminal Justice
