In The Halls
Faculty & Staff
Jorge Atiles (Associate Dean, Outreach and Extension) has been promoted to the position of professor in the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics.
Maria Breen (MS ’09, Foods and Nutrition; BSFCS ’07, Dietetics) was awarded the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Outstanding Young Investigator Award for 2009. She received the award for the abstract submission of her thesis work, “25(OH) D, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Bone Mineral Accrual During Growth.” She currently is working for Rick Lewis (Professor, Foods and Nutrition) on a project focusing on vitamin D.
Joan Koonce (Associate Professor, and Financial Planning Specialist, Housing and Consumer Economics) has written “Integrity in a Box of Chocolates: Consuming Life’s Hardships One Bite at a Time. The book focuses on the obstacles Koonce overcame—poverty, incest, discrimination, alcohol and drug addiction and more—to attend college, including earning a PhD, and maintain hope, determination and faith. The book is published by Tate Publishing.
Megan Lee (Assistant Professor, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) is one of seven University of Georgia faculty chosen as a 2009-2010 Service Learning Fellow. The year-long program provides selected faculty members to develop new ways to integrate service learning into their teaching, research and public service work. The fellowship includes a $2,500 award.
Rick Lewis (Professor, Foods and Nutrition) has been selected as a 2009-2010 Senior Teaching Fellow by the UGA Center for Teaching and Learning. The fellowship provides funding for senior faculty members to develop new instructional projects, as well as to meet on a monthly basis with other faculty members for in-depth discussions related to teaching.
Diann Moorman (Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) has been selected as a 2009-2011 Lilly Teaching Fellow. The fellowships are limited to faculty members who are in their first three years of a tenure-track position and who have demonstrated a passion for and commitment to excellence in teaching.
Sharon Nickols (Janette M. Barber Distinguished Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) has been awarded the 2009 Distinguished Research Award by the Kansas State University College of Human Ecology.
Dawn Schueneman (Instructor, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) and her husband, Wade, are the parents of Luke Arthur, born Aug. 5.
Cheryl Williams (Special Events Coordinator) retired Aug. 31 after 21 years of service to the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and a total of 27 years of service to the University of Georgia. She was also the winner of the 2009 Nettie Marie Nickols Outstanding Staff Award.
