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Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lectureship

Jointly sponsored by the Auburn Alumni Association and the AU Graduate School, the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lectureship Award carries with it a $2,000 award from the Alumni Association. The recipients are nominated by deans, department heads, etc. and chose by the Graduate Faculty Council on the basis of excellence in research.

The 2009 recipient of this award was
Dr. Kimberly C. Walls, Music Education,
Dept. of Curriculum and Teaching.

Kimberly C. Walls is a professor and program coordinator of music education in Auburn University's Department of Curriculum and Teaching; her research specialty involves applications of technology in music learning. Walls designed and leads Auburn's innovative graduate distance-learning program for practicing music-education professionals. She has chaired the committees of 71 graduate students and served as graduate program officer for the Department of Curriculum and Teaching from 2004-08. She has been recognized by professional associations, has held numerous leadership positions and is a recipient of the College of Education's Emily and Gerald Leischuck Outstanding Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. Walls will give the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture this fall and will be honored with a reception following the lecture.

Former AU drum major leads parade of music education researchers

Other recent awardees include:

2008
Dr. Bernhard Kaltenboeck, Pathobiology

2007
Dr. Ram Gupta, Dept. Chemical Engineering

2006
Dr. Olav Kallenberg, Professor of Mathematics & Statistics

2004-05
Dr. Vitaly Vodyanoy, Physiology

2003-04 
Jacquelyn Mize, Human Development and Family Studies

2002-03  
Jitrendra K. Tugnait, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2001-02  
Krystyna Kuperberg, Mathematics

2000-01  
Daniel Szechi, History

1999-00  
David B. South, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

1998-99  
W. Daniel Lewis, History

1997-98  
L. Bruce Gladden, Health and Human Performance

1996-97  
Chris Rodger, Discrete & Statistical Sciences

1995-96  
Richard C. Jaeger, Electrical Engineering